Speaking on the final episode in the first series of her Confessions of a Female Founder podcast, Meghan Markle talks about the difficulties of trying to grow her business while raising her children, Prince Archie and Princess Lilibet
Meghan Markle has given a rare update on her children, Prince Archie and Princess Lilibet, while making a candid confession about juggling motherhood and her business. The Duchess of Sussex revealed the challenges faced by female entrepreneurs like herself, who choose to grow a business while raising children in the final episode of her podcast, Confessions Of A Female Founder.
Meghan made these comments while expressing her admiration for podcast guest Sara Blakely, founder of shapewear clothing company Spanx and mother of four. The Duchess told her, “The amount of what you have created, evolved through the level of what you have done while having this many children, all at that age. It’s something that I think people often forget.”
Discussing her own experiences, Meghan added: “People forget that Lili is three, and Archie is five. So you look at the past five, six years of my life, it’s yes, with being pregnant or with a newborn or with a toddler, and then another one.”
Sara then added: “How are those cute little munchkies?” To which Meghan replied: “Oh my gosh, I’ll send you some pictures, they are so grown.”
Meghan stepped back from being a senior working royal and started a new life in the US when Archie was 10 months old, and has recently been focusing on launching her own As Ever brand and lifestyle Netflix series.
She has started sharing more and more photos of her children on her Instagram account, although all are carefully curated not to show their faces. Just days ago, she shared a clip of her and her daughter Lilibet beekeeping in matching protective suits. Meghan posted the short video capturing the sweet moment to her Instagram story to the tune of Sugar, Sugar by fictional band The Archies.
The footage showed the duchess walking hand in hand with Lilibet, who ambled along in rainbow-coloured wellies. Meghan let go of the three-year-old’s hand for a brief moment when they neared the hive, leaning down to rub her daughter’s back before taking her hand again.
She also shared images of the young princess last week, along with snapshots of Archie and Prince Harry, as part of a celebration post for her and Harry’s seventh wedding anniversary.
Among the images were numerous pictures of the couple embracing and one of the duke tenderly cradling the head of one of their children as a swaddled newborn. There was also a baby scan labelled Archie, a photo of Archie kissing Lili on the forehead, and a number of notes, including a central one in Meghan’s handwriting reading “Our love story.”
Elsewhere in the podcast, Meghan expanded on other challenges facing female chief executives, including what she called a “guilt mentality” over having a lot of money.
“I think so many women, especially, were taught to not even talk about money. And there’s lots of guilt mentality surrounding having a lot”, she said. “It wasn’t until the 70s that women could even have a credit card, a line of credit on a credit card without her husband.”
The duchess also spoke of the importance of self-care, saying: “I remember my acupuncturist in the UK said to me, and it has always stayed with me, he said, if the baby’s crying, treat the mother. It all starts with us. Good Lord, we have to take care of ourselves first.”