5. Harry described what he called the "invisible contract" between the royal family and the tabloid press, in which currying favor with particular reporters leads to more favorable press. While this might seem self-evident, Harry used it to explain what he called "how scared they [in the family] are of the tabloids turning on them," and said that he believes this is partially why the family and the Firm failed to offer support to him when it came to bad press. Repeatedly, they both said that the biggest issue that lead to their departure from their duties was this same lack of support from within the family and the institution. No one would stand up for them, they said — which Harry found galling especially when Meghan was suffering racist harassment that earned her the public support of more than 70 members of Parliament — but not the royal family. Meghan summed it up starkly: ""They were willing to lie to protect other members of the family" — she did not say who — "but they weren't willing to tell the truth to protect me and my husband."

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