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“It was a constant battle with myself… to be as cool/as hip/as smart/as ‘whatever’ as everyone else.”
At 33, though, things shifted.
“I am 33 years old today. And I am happy,” she wrote. “To figure out how to be kind to yourself… to feel [happiness] — it takes time.”
From Suits to St. George’s chapel
That little girl who felt invisible would grow up to become Rachel Zane on Suits, and eventually — Meghan, Duchess of Sussex.
She met Prince Harry in 2016. Two years later, they married at Windsor Castle. By 2021, they had two children: Prince Archie and Princess Lilibet.
But life as a royal mom wasn’t without terrifying challenges.
A postpartum nightmare
In April 2025, Meghan launched her podcast, Confessions of a Female Founder. In her first episode, she revealed something few had known: a life-threatening health scare after giving birth.
“We both had very similar experiences — though we didn’t know each other at the time — with postpartum,” she told Bumble founder Whitney Wolfe Herd. “We both had preeclampsia. Postpartum preeclampsia. It’s so rare and so scary.”
“In the quiet, you’re still trying to show up for people — mostly for your children — but those things are huge medical scares.”
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Whitney agreed: “I mean life or death, truly.”
Meghan survived. But not long after, she suffered another private heartbreak — a miscarriage, which she later shared in an emotional essay.