Prince Harry says he was 'probably bigoted' before he met Meghan Markle

• Prince Harry said he was "probably bigoted" before meeting Meghan Markle.
• In a preview clip from his "60 Minutes" interview, Harry spoke about the racism she experienced.

Speaking in a clip from his forthcoming "60 Minutes" interview, Prince Harry said he was likely bigoted before his relationship with Meghan Markle.

The interview will air on CBS on Sunday and will promote Harry's memoir, "Spare," set to be published worldwide on Tuesday.

In a preview clip, shared on YouTube on Friday, Harry told Anderson Cooper that while Meghan's experience in joining the royal family was similar to Kate Middleton and Camilla, Queen Consort's, he believed the circumstances were different due to what he described as racism in the British press.

"But then you add in the race element, which is what the press — British press — jumped on straight away," Harry said.

"I went into this incredibly naive. I had no idea the British press were so bigoted. Hell, I was probably bigoted before my relationship with Meghan," he added.

"You think you were bigoted before your relationship with Meghan?" Cooper asked.

"I don't know," Harry said. "Well, put it this way, I didn't see what I now see."

Harry previously said in his "Harry & Meghan" Netflix docuseries that the royal family didn't understand the full extent of the racism Meghan experienced from the tabloids.

Harry said that some royals thought of the media scrutiny and harassment from paparazzi that Meghan faced as a "rite of passage" and that they didn't understand that the "race element" was a factor.

"Some of the members of the family said, 'Right, but my wife had to go through that, so why should your girlfriend be treated any differently? Why should you get special treatment, why should she be protected?'" Harry said.