Meghan Markle's fears over Prince Archie and Princess Lilibet reading negative things about her
Meghan Markle has been the name on everyone's lips this week
Meghan Markle has spoken out about the impact public criticism has on her – and how it may impact Prince Archie and Princess Lilibet.
The With Love, Meghan star and luxury lifestyle brand mogul has addressed the negative response she often endures from the public.
Meghan Markle discusses Archie and Lilibet’s future
The Duchess of Sussex discussed the sensitive topic in an interview with Emily Chang on The Circuit, part of Bloomberg Originals, released on August 26.
When asked to choose one thing for people to know to truly understand her, Meghan shared her thoughts.
She detailed: “I think when I sit with it for a second here, I just want people to know that I’m a real person.”
“And I think a lot of that gets lost in what can be super dehumanising,” she went on to say. “When you look at the clickbait culture and how much is written about someone, it’s like, no, my friends have to read those things.”
“Like I have real best friends, the same one since I was 17,” Meghan said. “I’m a real mom. I have to go, I choose to go and do school pickup and drop off.
Meghan Markle on being in the spotlight
“But I do that under a landscape that is created that forgets that I’m a real person. And how would you want someone to treat a real person in your life that you cared about or loved or respected? And so there’s something about that, I think, that often gets lost.”
“Even though earlier I was saying you can compartmentalise, like I say, ‘That’s a caricature.’ Yes. But my kids will see those magazines and we all know moms gossip.
“And so I have to make a choice to move through the world as myself in spite of all the noise that’s created. But maybe there would be less noise if people remembered that I’m a real person.”
“You’re a real person,” Chang affirmed following Meghan’s moving words.
Meghan then lightened the moment by adding: “Pinch me. I’m real. She’s real. She’s a real person.”
Meghan and Harry moved to the US following their step back from The Firm.
Meghan Markle’s ‘normal’ life
The Duchess previously told People that her hometown of Montecito is “protective,” of her and her family.
“Once you know us, I think you want us to have the same normalcy as parents and for our children as they do, despite however unique our situation is,” Meghan said of her community.
Meghan also shared a glimpse into what spending time with Harry now looks like as business owners and parents rather than working royals.
She said: “We go to a lot of dinners, and not just in people’s homes or private rooms; we just go into the restaurant.
“I really love that we can just have fun.”
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