Duchess of Sussex Meghan Markle has revealed she was left unwell after being separated from her children Archie and Lilibet for almost three weeks
08:17, 26 Aug 2025Updated 09:00, 26 Aug 2025
Meghan Markle revealed the impact of being away from her kids(Image: Aaron Chown/PA Wire)
Meghan Markle has revealed she was left unwell after spending almost three weeks away from her children. The Duchess of Sussex has started a new life in the US with husband Prince Harry and their two children Archie and Lilibet.
She has left fans get a closer look into her life in Los Angeles thanks to her Netflix series With Love, Meghan. Her new eight-episode series of the lifestyle and cooking show has been released this week as she made a candid confession.
Meghan did not elaborate on dates, but there has been speculation she was referring to when the Sussexes unexpectedly remained in the UK due to the death of Queen Elizabeth II in 2022.
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Meghan was away from her kids for almost three weeks
The former Suits star was sympathising with Queer Eye star Tan France who explained he gets heartbroken if away from his two young children for more than a couple of days.
A serious-looking Meghan replied, nodding and looking up at the ceiling: “Oh I know. The longest I went without being around our kids was almost three weeks.”
“I was,” she says before pausing “…not well.” Prince Harry has also addressed the time he spent away from his young family in his memoir Spare.
He spoke of the “difficult days” after the Queen’s death, how he and Meghan were separated from Prince Archie and Princess Lilibet for “longer than we’d ever been”.
Harry explained that when they reunited in California “for days and days we couldn’t stop hugging the children, couldn’t let them out of our sight”.
The Prince said later in an ITV interview that there was a “really horrible reaction from my family members” when the Queen died, with “the briefings and the leakings and the planting”.
Harry said they couldn’t stop hugging their children when they got home(Image: meghan/Instagram)
He flew solo to Balmoral, in a last-minute dash to try to see his grandmother before she died, after his brother the now-Prince of Wales ignored his texts.
Meghan remained in Windsor after the now-King asked Harry not to bring his wife to Scotland, he claimed in his autobiography.
The Sussexes had left Archie, then three, and one-year-old Lili, being cared for by Meghan’s mother Doria Ragland in LA, after travelling to Manchester for a One World Summit on September 5 2022, before heading to Dusseldorf for an Invictus event and then returning to London.
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They ended up having to extend their stay when Harry’s grandmother died on September 8, remaining to make various public appearances including greeting mourners with William and the Princess of Wales at Windsor despite the brothers’ rift, and attending the September 19 funeral.
In her latest series, Meghan opened up about what she misses most about the UK, confesses she dislikes baking, and tells how she produced a “truly terrible” roast chicken on the night Harry asked her to marry him.
“Honestly one of the things I miss the most about the UK is the radio station called Magic,” said Meghan, who originally planned to apply for British citizenship after marrying Harry.
Tan France quipped: “Magic FM. Wow! Now sorry to say this to you publicly, but that’s such a grandma station.” A laughing Meghan replied: “I’ll be that grandma”.
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