Meghan reveals emotional Father's Day gift for Harry in first interview since Oprah

Meghan Markle made her first appearance since her explosive chat with Oprah Winfrey in March.

The Duchess of Sussex revealed the sentimental gift for Prince Harry on Father's Day, while speaking at the NPR Weekend Edition on Sunday. 

Talking about the poem Bench that she wrote to commemorate the day, Meghan said it was only part of how she celebrated the special occasion. She also got Harry an actual bench.

"As most of us do, you go, what am I going to get them as a gift?" Meghan revealed.

"And I thought I just wanted something sentimental and a place for him to have as a bit of a home base with our son," she added.

On the back of the bench is a plaque, on which Meghan's poem appears. "This is your bench," the poem reads, "Where life will begin/ For you and our son/ Our baby, our kin."

Meghan went on to describe The Bench as a "love story."

"I often find, and especially in this past year, I think so many of us realized how much happens in the quiet," she said. "It was definitely moments like that, watching them from out of the window and watching [my husband] just, you know, rock him to sleep or carry him or, you know ... those lived experiences, from my observation, are the things that I infused in this poem."

"It's really just about growing with someone and having this deep connection and this trust so that, be at good times or bad, you know that you had this person," she added, going on to note that it was also important to her to make sure the book was as inclusive as possible.

"Growing up, I remember so much how it felt to not see yourself represented," she said. "Any child or any family hopefully can open this book and see themselves in it, whether that means glasses or freckled or a different body shape or a different ethnicity or religion."

Later in the interview she added, "I really hope that people can see this as a love story that transcends the story of my family."