MEGHAN’S BABY HEARTACHE
“ARE you okay?” It was a simple question from a journalist but it meant a lot to her.
‘Staring at the cold white walls, I tried to imagine how we’d heal’
“Thank you for asking,” she replied. “Not many people have asked if I’m okay but it’s a very real thing to be going through behind the scenes.”
This conversation happened back in October 2019, shortly after Harry and Meghan’s tour of Southern Africa. Meghan was a new mom then and – triumphant though the tour undoubtedly was – the Duchess of Sussex was not happy.
Negative publicity had overshadowed her pregnancy and early motherhood and she and Harry were taking strain. What happened next is history: the Sus-sexes’ growing unhappiness that culminated in the shock of Megxit.
But that question – “Are you okay?” – has stayed with Meghan. To her, it was a small light in a dark time – so when Harry stood by her bedside after the loss of their second baby, his eyes full of pain, she asked him that little three-word question.
“Sitting in a hospital bed, watching my
