Meghan Markle Admits It’s Hard to Be Her ‘Best and Shiniest Self’ on ‘Painful’ Days

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The Duchess of Sussex, 43, shared insight into how she juggles tough times in her personal life with running her lifestyle brand, As Ever, on the latest episode of her “Confessions of a Female Founder” podcast.

Detailing how she leans on other female founders for support, Meghan shared, “The safety of stream of consciousness with someone who understands it … That is part of that sisterhood and that understanding of, ‘OK, every day is not going to be the same. Some days are going to be harder to show up as your best and shiniest self.’”

“Maybe on that day, something really painful happened in your real life, but for your team, that is not how you show up. You can’t,” Meghan added in a conversation with her guest, Hannah Mendoza, the cofounder of coffee company Clevr Brands.

Meghan’s latest comments come after her husband, Prince Harry, made a public plea to reconcile with his father, King Charles III.

Harry, 40, lost his appeal in an ongoing battle to reinstate government-funded security in the U.K. on Friday, May 2. Harry and Meghan initially lost their security detail after they stepped down from their royal duties and moved out of the U.K. in 2020. The couple’s security measures have been decided on a case-by-case basis since their move to the United States.

In an interview with BBC News, the Duke of Sussex cast doubt on the likelihood of relocating his family back to the U.K. in light of the court ruling.

“I can’t see a world in which I would be bringing my wife and children back to the U.K. at this point,” he said. “The things that they’re going to miss is, well, everything. I love my country. I always have done. Despite what some people in that country have done.”

Harry added, “I miss the U.K., I miss parts of the U.K., of course I do. I think that it’s really quite sad that I won’t be able to show my children my homeland.”

The prince also spoke about his strained relationship with his father, who has been undergoing treatment following a cancer diagnosis in February 2024.

“I would love reconciliation with my family. There’s no point in continuing to fight anymore,” Harry told BBC News. “Life is precious. I don’t know how much longer my father has.”

Harry admitted to reporters that Charles “won’t speak to [him]” following his recent court battle, though he continued to hold out hope to “reconcile” at some stage. The prince said he’d “forgiven” his family for the “many disagreements” they’d had over the years.

Meghan subtly showed her support for her husband by sharing a black-and-white family picture via Instagram on Saturday, May 3. The snap shows Harry walking with the couple’s two children, Prince Archie, 6, and Princess Lilibet, 3. Lili is shown sitting on her father’s shoulders, while the prince holds Archie’s hand as they stroll near a palm tree.