On her own terms being the key words. Because while Meghan can control how she posts about her life or promotes her lifestyle brand As Ever, she can’t control what’s said about her and Harry online, including reports about his rift with the royal family.
So how does she balance owning her own narrative while also having to deal with the constant media frenzy?
“It’s a fine line,” the duchess admitted on the podcast, “but it’s also setting up boundaries—which I would say to anyone no matter what you’re going through, what your experience has been. You set boundaries of where you’re comfortable and it’s OK to say no.”
Still, social media can also be a scary place. And when she released With Love, Meghan—her Netflix series showcasing her passions for cooking, gardening and entertaining—some online users accused her of being inauthentic or unrelatable. But Meghan just reminds them that her world was once very different, telling The New York Times in April, “Don’t they know my life hasn’t always been like this?”
Ultimately, she’s expressed how she’s focusing less on her critics and more on just living her life. As she shared on an April episode of The Jamie Kern Lima Show, “I am just so done with the prove it game.”
In honor of Meghan’s 44th birthday keep reading to see photos she’s shared of her with Harry, Archie and Lili.
