Meghan Markle reveals in New York Times op-ed: "I had a miscarriage"
"I knew, when I hugged my first child tightly, that I was losing the second", is the heartfelt tale of Prince Harry's wife, "it was an immense pain". The Duchess of Sussex also writes about personal distress in recent years and sadness because no one asked her "How are you?"
LONDON - “I held my little Archie in my hands while I knew I was losing my second child”. This is the dramatic revelation of Meghan Markle, the Duchess of Sussex, activist, former American actress and wife of Prince Harry, in a touching editorial published today in the New York Times. Until now it was never known that Markle was pregnant, much less of the tragic developments that were disclosed today in the article "The losses we share" by her.
“It was a July morning,” says the Duchess of Sussex, “I was preparing breakfast, feeding the animals and then taking my vitamins. Then, at one point, as I was changing Archie's diaper, I felt a strong pang in my body. I fell to the ground with Archie in my arms. While I was holding the hand of my firstborn, I was sure that I was losing the second ”.
Meghan then says she went straight to the hospital, comforted by her husband Harry, but unfortunately there was nothing to do. Miscarriage. “I kissed my husband's hands and we started to cry. It was an unspeakable pain for us ”, he explains,“ I looked at the wall of my room in the hospital and I asked myself: will we recover from all this? ”.
In the article, the Duchess also talks about her personal unease in recent years, the sadness she had to overcome because no one asked her "how are you?". "It is fundamental in life", he explains, "in fact when an English journalist asked me" are you ok? " in the summer of 2019 after a long and tiring African tour with Harry, I replied as frankly as possible ". Markle refers to when, in that interview with ITV, she revealed how no one ever asked her "how are you?" and above all the sad admission "I exist, I don't live".
And so, again in the article at the NYT, Meghan tells how family and personal pains, such as that of losing a child, can be alleviated by greater compassion and empathy in the world, as well as by sharing the tragedies we have to face in life.
He remembers an episode when he was young in Manhattan and saw a homeless man without stopping, now regretting not having asked him "Are you ok?". He regrets his country, the United States, where the concept of truth has disappeared.
And then a reflection: "The anti Covid masks can remove the vision of the smile, but at least we will be able to look better in the eyes". “Are we ok?”, He asks himself in conclusion, “are we okay” now? “Yes, we will,” he promises.
