Meghan Markle’s final words as a working royal have been revealed by Omid Scobie, author of the Sussex biography, Finding Freedom: Harry and Meghan and the Making of A Modern Royal Family. Scobie reports that just as the former Duchess of Sussex was to leave the UK and her royal role, she tearfully whispered, “it didn’t have to be this way.”
Prince Harry and his wife, Meghan Markle’s departure from the royal family into a more private life has been the focus of many royal fans since the early months of 2020 when the pair made the announcement. Now, we have even more details about those final days of being a royal.
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Meghan’s Final Days as a Royal
The Suits actress’s final royal engagement was a meeting with the Association of Commonwealth Universities scholars. Meghan invited the scholars to Buckingham Palace and together they discussed the need for sustainable cities and health innovation in order to attack the issue of climate change. But, after the scholars had left, the tears began to flow.
“Tears that the Duchess had been bravely holding back [were] free to flow,” Scobie recalls of the day. “The Duchess of Sussex emotionally [bid] much-loved aides farewell, with her flight ‘home’ to Canada leaving in a matter of hours.” The Duchess and her royal aides had grown close during her tenure as a royal, and at this moment, Meghan was saying goodbye to more than just close friends.
Was there another way?
Scobie reports that Meghan caught the last commercial flight to Canada so that she would be home before her son, Archie, awoke in the morning. But before she departed, she hugged Scobie close and tearfully whispered, “it didn’t have to be this way.”
Such a heavy and emotionally charged statement has so many potential meanings. Does Meghan wish she had remained a royal? She and her husband, Prince Harry, announced that they would be taking a step back from their royal roles in January of 2020, seeking to live a more private life to focus on family. However, since then more information about the reasons behind their departure has been revealed.
Harry and Meghan sat down with Oprah in March of 2021 and explained that after receiving no royal protection from the press, they felt the need to leave their royal duties behind. Meghan also revealed that members of the royal family expressed concern about how “dark” their child Archie’s skin tone would be.
So, does Meghan wish she was still a royal? Does she want to be welcomed back in? These questions and more are hard to ignore after Meghan’s final words as a royal are revealed.
