Here are my rough body language notes that I gave in my interviews with the media about Meghan and Harry.
Meghan goes through every emotion in this interview, starts nervous and giggling, she gets angry, she is poised calm, and confident, she cries, she gets mad some more than she ends happy serene and at peace.
There are so many revealing tells.
1.
Meghan’s feelings about the Queen
7:16 When I look at interviews,
I always pay very close attention to the cues that are given when someone is
hearing a topic or person for the first time in the interview before they
think about how they want to look. So when Oprah introduces the discussion of
the Queen/Grandmother/matriarch
Meghan has the complex negative vocal and gesture cluster,
first, you hear Meghan in a slightly grow; her response “um her” and then says,
“She was one of the first people I met” then she looks down grimaces and does a
tongue thrust.” Though Meghan later goes
on in the interview to share lovely stories about the Queen and her
relationship with her, these cues revealed her underlying feelings.
2. Baby Bump
***19:49 Baby Bump
The way she holds her baby bump compared to Kate
Her spontaneous anger as she says, What does that have to do
with pride or vanity” We need to hear her voice because it’s the way she
strikes down hard on Pride or Vanity with her paralanguage that is revealing.
3.
**44:12When Meghan is asked who had the conversation with
you?” about what color Archies skin would be.
You see Meghan give a “seat adjustment” she rises out of her
seat subconsciously wants to get out of her seat and runaway and we know why
because she wants to run away because this look of pure fear comes over her the face I would love a freeze-frame of the fear on her face, because in that moment I was afraid for her.
4.
***1:44:46 They as a couple form a heart with their bodies and at the center of the heart they are
holding hands. And I want to describe that their legs are crossed towards each
other, body windows, belly heart throat are towards each other.
So here are extra ideas and topics in order.
Here are those topics and more in order.
Very beginning when Meghan is talking about revealing the
gender of their baby she adjusts her shoulder in shadow near her mike in a
comfort cue smiles and giggles
7:16 When I look at
interviews I always pay very close attention to the cues that are given when
someone is hearing a topic or person for the first time in the interview,
before they think about how they want to look. So when Oprah introduces the discussion
of the Queen/Grandmother/matriarch
Meghan has the complex negative vocal and gesture cluster, first
you hear Meghan in a slightly grow; her response “um her” and then says, “She
was one of the first people I met” then she looks down grimaces and does a
tongue thrust.” Though Meghan later goes
on in the interview to share lovely stories about the Queen and her
relationship with her, these cues revealed her underlying feelings.
8:50--- She talks about the curtain, She does a “cleansing
cue” of wiping down her legs to get rid of her negative feelings, then wipes a
tear from her eye.
9:18 (I think that’s the time code) Moment when she talks
about the polarity created by the media between her and Kate she looks confident
poised and wise.
_-----------------------Time codes change
***19:49 Baby Bump
The way she holds her baby bump compared to Kate
Her spontaneous anger as she says, What does that have to do
with pride or vanity”
26:15
“I worked for a woman’s right to speak and I was silent”
Then she is asked by Oprah, “Where you silent or were you
silenced.” And she replies I was silenced.
38:39 discussion about security for baby, “…baby will not
receive security she gives a tongue thrust of anger and attack, no security.”
41:13 Discussion about baby Archie not going to be a Prince.
“They want to change the convention for Archie.” And she glares.
**43:56 Oprah moment “WHAT” about what color baby Archies
skin might be when he was born.
**44:12When Meghan is asked who had the conversation with
you?” about what color Archies skin would be.
You see Meghan give a “seat adjustment” she rises out of her
seat subconsciously wants to get out of her seat and runaway and we know why
because she wants to run away because this look of pure fear comes over her
face I would love a freeze-frame of the fear on her face, because in that
moment I was afraid for her.
55:20 When she talks about her thoughts of suicide. She is
at first very composed, even as she reveals that she told them “I don’t want to
be alive anymore” and I was watching and saying she is so calm and detached
from something so horrible. But when she
talks about sharing that with Harry and him saying she didn’t have to go the
event the next day, as she says
“I can’t be left alone.” She cries, the timing and the tears
as she relives that are so real and heartbreaking.
***1:44:46 They as a couple from a heart with their bodies and at the center of the heart they are
holding hands. And I want to describe that their legs are crossed towards each
other, body windows, belly heart throat are towards each other.
When he is asked
about his relationship with his father, first he gives a long silent pause,
sticks out his tongue, and then though he says, “I will always love him.” He
shakes his head no. showing he doesn’t feel that love. H
In this photo of Meghan and Harry listening to Oprah
intensely
Here Harry is very protective of himself. Starting
with the feet that are oddly crossed over at the ankles to protect his real
feelings and an effort to stay grounded under stress is shown with one foot
planted and the bottom of one-foot pointed away and upraised showing part of him wants
to run away. I also see that he is doing a loose holding of his own hand and
is a bit collapsed down in his chair and overall looking like a much younger
man or body under stress. This was an
incredibly stressful interview and overall he was so calm and supportive of Meghan. And Meghan always gives him such focused eye contact when he is speaking.
What I noticed overall during the broadcast is how Harry focused his
eye contact on Oprah. He really listened as was sure and careful of his answers.
Here we see how his legs are crossed high at the knee in the European male leg
cross manner towards Oprah, in a way that includes Meghan as a partner with him
and protects himself and her from outside scrutiny. But he also shields himself
from Oprah with the way he forms a “castle wall protection” with these interlaced
hands and his full forearm and elbows resting on the chair arm for further
protection. And look at the sad distance look on his face. This may have been during
the line of questioning about his family when he showed the most sadness
during the interview.