Meghan Markle breaks silence on ‘inauthentic’ life as a royal – and rule she hated

In an interview promoting her latest series of With Love, Meghan, that dropped on Netflix on 26 August, Meghan Markle sat down with Emily Chang and revealed her 'inauthentic' life as a royal as well as the one rule she hated.

As the second series of Meghan Markle's With Love, Meghan, drops on Netflix, viewers have once again been treated to an intimate look into the Duchess of Sussex's post-royal life. Joined by celebrity guests and high-profile chefs, Meghan's series is filled with cooking and laughter. While she offers carefully curated titbits about her life with Prince Harry in the Netflix series, Meghan dropped a major bombshell in an interview promoting the show. The mother-of-two revealed that she felt she was leading an "inauthentic" life as a royal — and lifted the lid on the one rule she hated.

Speaking with The Circuit's Emily Chang in a segment called 'Meghan, the Duchess of Sussex, on Life and Business Beyond the Royal Spotlight', Meghan talked about the importance of authenticity. She also revealed that she didn't feel that she was being her authentic self while being in the royal family, with Emily Chang noting that there's an inherent tension in being relatable while also being a duchess.

Meghan asserted that she was just being herself but added: "It was different several years ago, I couldn't be as vocal." Meghan also revealed the one rule that she hated, saying: "I had to wear nude pantyhose all the time… that was not very myself," she told Emily.

"That felt a little bit inauthentic, but that's a silly example, but that's an example of when you're able to dress the way you want to dress, you're able to say the things that are true and you're able to show up in a space really organically and authentically, that's being comfortable in your own skin." She added: "Right now, I don't feel I need to prove anything."