Meghan Markle, the Duchess of Sussex, is getting candid about the highs and lows of her pregnancies with her children, Prince Archie and Princess Lilibet, — including how her weight gain affected her royal duties.
During a recent episode of her Confessions of a Female Founder podcast, Markle revealed that she gained 65 pounds during both of her pregnancies, referencing an old photo her friend had found.
"A friend just said to me the other day, they were like, 'I just saw this picture I'd forgotten about when you were so pregnant with Archie,'" Markle shared during the May 27 episode. "I mean, I gained 65 pounds with both pregnancies."
Markle, who was still working as a senior royal while expecting Archie in 2019, said she had to lean on Prince Harry for support towards the end of her pregnancy — especially because she was still wearing "five-inch pointy-toed stilettos" to events!
"They're like, 'You have the most enormous bump, and your tiny little ankles are bracing themselves in these high heels.' But all of my weight was in the front," Markle said. "How on Earth am I not just tipping, face-planting?"
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Thankfully, her husband was nearby to offer her a helping hand and keep her stable in her stilettos. Looking back, Markle admitted that she was "always clinging very closely to my husband, like, 'Please don’t let me fall!'"
Just months after Archie's birth, the couple decided to take a step back from royal duties, leaving the U.K. and moving to the U.S. That left Markle to have a more private second pregnancy in 2021, free from royal obligations — and stilettos.
Markle's comments about her pregnancy come shortly after she posted a never-before-seen photo of her bare baby bump. In the snapshot, Markle could be seen cradling her bump while wearing dark trousers with her hair pulled back in a ponytail.
While she didn't share any backstory for the striking image, Markle included the intimate throwback photo as part of a "mood board" style collage celebrating the couple's seventh wedding anniversary. It also featured handwritten notes and photographs documenting the couple's relationship from their wedding, travels and family life.
The couple tied the knot in 2018 and now reside in California with Archie, 6, and Lilibet, who will turn 4 in June.
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