The interview that showed Meghan Markle was going to break ALL the royal rules – and it was only a sign of things to come

Tom Bower, journalist and author of Revenge: Meghan, Harry and the war between the Windsors, wrote she was ‘ecstatic’ when she was asked to appear on the cover of the magazine’s September 2017 issue.
Keleigh Thomas Morgan, a partner at Meghan’s PR firm Sunshine Sachs, organised the interview, which was conducted by Sam Kashner – a long-standing contributing editor at Vanity Fair, who admitted before the interview that he had no idea who Meghan was.
According to Mr Bower, Mr Kashner was told Meghan was under strict orders from both Harry and her PR firm to steer clear of sensitive subjects.

The interview was done at Meghan’s home. Mr Bower says Mr Kashner was uneasy knowing that Meghan had been told to be careful with what she told him.
‘Both knew that a lot was riding on the interview, and both understood that the critical issue of Harry had been vetoed,’ he writes in his book.
‘Meghan spoke, he realised, knowing that she had the winning ticket but avoiding giving an impression of triumphalism.’
After first discussing Meghan’s speech at the United Nations and a letter she sent to Procter and Gamble as an 11-year-old requesting that they change a slogan promoting washing-up liquid that was deemed sexist, Mr Kashner asked her about Harry.
To his surprise, Mr Bower wrote, Meghan replied: ‘We’re a couple. We’re in love.’
Meghan said: ‘I’m sure there will be a time when we will have to come forward and present ourselves and have stories to tell, but I hope what people will understand is that this is our time.
‘This is for us. It’s part of what makes it so special, that it’s just ours. But we’re happy. Personally, I love a great love story.’