Britain’s Duchess Meghan Markle reveals miscarriage and ‘almost unbearable grief’ in op-ed article

The intimate details shared are strikingly at odds with the usual policy of senior members of the British royal family, who reveal almost nothing about their personal lives

Meghan and Prince Harry stepped back from royal duties and moved to the US earlier this year to try and forge a new role for themselves outside the royal bubble

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Meghan and Harry married in May 2018 in a glittering ceremony televised around the world. Photo: AFP

Published: 6:08pm, 25 Nov 2020Updated: 6:20pm, 25 Nov 2020

Meghan, Britain’s Duchess of Sussex, has revealed that she had a miscarriage, an extraordinarily personal disclosure coming from a high-profile British royal.

The wife of Prince Harry and former actress wrote about the experience in detail in an opinion article published in The New York Times on Wednesday, saying that it took place one July morning when she was caring for Archie, the couple’s son.

“I knew, as I clutched my firstborn child, that I was losing my second,” Meghan wrote, describing how she felt a sharp cramp after picking up Archie from his crib, and dropped to the floor with him in her arms, humming a lullaby to keep them both calm.

Meghan described how she and her husband were both in tears as she lay in a hospital bed hours later.

Meghan, Duchess of Sussex, with Britain’s Prince Harry earlier this year. Photo: AFP

“Losing a child means carrying an almost unbearable grief, experienced by many but talked about by few,” she wrote.