Hillary Clinton has said she wants to hug the Duchess of Sussex and “tell her to hang in there” over “racist” treatment. The former US presidential candidate said the way Meghan has been treated over the past three years has been “heartbreaking and wrong”.

Meghan and the Duke of Sussex have spoken out about the pressures they have felt from media scrutiny. Mrs Clinton said the duchess “deserves a lot better”. The former first lady and her daughter Chelsea spoke to BBC Radio 5 Live’s Emma Barnett on a visit to London to promote their new book about women they find inspiring.

Barnett asked the pair to comment on Meghan’s “embattled” time in the public eye – citing two legal cases the duke and duchess have launched against newspapers.

The duchess is suing the Mail on Sunday after alleging the paper unlawfully published a private letter to her father, while the prince is suing the owners of the Sun, the defunct News of the World, and the Daily Mirror, in relation to alleged phone-hacking.(BBC)…[+]