The Duchess also revealed the very touching nightly ritual she performs for the couple’s two children, Archie and Lilibet, which will hopefully give them memories on which to reflect when they’re older. The mother-of-two explained that she was inspired by one of her ‘mom friends’ to write emails for her children ‘every night’ that they can open ‘maybe when they’re 16, maybe when they’re 18. She added: ‘I thought it was such a great time capsule to create for them. And so I created for the kids these email addresses… that I will give them at some point. Before I go to bed, almost every night, I email them.’ In one heart-warming moment, Meghan professed herself ‘so proud’ of her children and, wiping away tears, poignantly discussed her love language, explaining that it’s ‘not about the grandeur of a gesture’ but instead those tiny moments that show ‘I see you, I’m nurturing you’.
Moved to tears at one point, Meghan talked of her love language, and the way she shows her children and others that she is ‘nurturing’ them
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These moving insights into her family life were paired with Meghan’s reflections on her own growth, and how she no longer feels the need to prove herself to others. ‘We spend so much of our lives trying to prove something, to prove that you’re enough, you have to prove that you’re pretty enough, you have to prove you’re smart enough, you have to prove that you’re a good wife or a good friend,’ she told Kern Lima, adding that she was now ‘done’ with that game. ‘I know that I’m a great friend, and I know the kind of mum I am, and I know the kind of human being I am, and I know how I show up. And I love being able to be that person with the people that I love.’
With a new business, a TV series and a podcast to her name, plus a close-knit family unit supporting her every step of the way, it seems that Meghan Markle is stepping into a new era: one in which she feels confident, happy and, crucially, not beholden to prove a thing.