Meghan Markle’s honest quotes about royal life and more

Meghan Markle She has faced many challenges since her marriage to the British royal family, but she did not allow them to dim her light.

the previous Suits The star fell into a whirlwind romance with Prince Harry In 2016, by November 2017, the couple was engaged. During a candid interview with the BBC shortly after their engagement, Meghan and her then-fiancé made headlines I opened up about the intense negativity They were exposed to it while living in the public eye.

“Of course, it’s frustrating,” Meghan said at the time. “You know, it’s a shame that that’s the climate in this world…but I think at the end of the day, I’m really proud of who I am and where I come from, and we’ve never focused on that.” Which. We just focused on who we are as a couple. And so, when you remove all these extra layers and all this noise, I think it makes it really easy Just enjoy being together And adjust all the rest of it.

The couple married in May 2018 The first black member of the royal family It was a groundbreaking event in itself, but Meghan has shocked the world once again When you were born To Archie’s son, Queen Elizabeth IIFirst biracial grandchild, in May 2019.

Eventually, the pressures of royal life became too much. The Duke and Duchess of Sussex Step down from their senior roles Inside the mansion in January 2020, and three months later, they settled in Los Angeles with their son. In July 2020, A family of three was transferred To the quieter neighborhood of Montecito in Santa Barbara, California. Meghan and Harry have continued to put down roots in California as they expand their family with daughter Lilibet, whom they welcomed in June 2021.

Scroll down to relive some of Meghan’s most honest quotes about the struggles of royal life, motherhood, and more.