From insecure teen to royal TV star — she nearly died after giving birth
“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.
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.”
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.
From fast food dinners to royal engagements, Meghan Markle’s story is anything but a fairy tale — it’s a raw, real portrait of a woman who fought to find her place in a world that kept trying to box her in.
And now, with a microphone in hand and two kids by her side, she’s telling her story — on her own terms.
