Meghan Markle described her return to the UK for Queen Elizabeth II’s Platinum Jubilee as “surreal” and “bittersweet”.
In a lengthy new interview, the 41-year-old ‘Suits’ alum recalled opening drawers in her and Prince Harry’s pristine former home, Frogmore Cottage, which they left in early 2020.
“You think, ‘Oh my god. Is this what I wrote in my journal there? And here are all my socks from this era?'” she said in her cover story for The Cut, which was published Monday.
Markle listed more of the items she came across, from the $30 Boden pants she wore during the interview to art posters in “good old Ikea frames,” as well as a sofa.
The former actress also set the record straight for the $3 million Frogmore renovation for which she and her husband, 37, were criticized — and have since paid — noting that there was never a yoga studio with a floating floor, gold bathtub, or a grand piano for her mother, Doria Ragland, at the residence of Windsor, England.
“It was bittersweet, you know?” she said of her last moments in the cottage. “Knowing it wasn’t meant to be.”
The return of podcast host “Archetypes” in June marked the first time she and Harry had been in England with both of their children – son Archie, 3, and daughter Lilibet, 1.
The couple’s youngest child met the Queen, 96, on the trip, Vidak For Congress learned at the time.
The toddler also met Prince Charles, which was an “emotional” moment for the Prince of Wales, a source told People.
“The Prince was delighted to see his grandson and meet his granddaughter for the first time,” the insider added of the “fantastic visit”.
Charles, 73, and his youngest son have had a tense relationship since Harry left the royal family in 2020 and moved to Montecito, California with his wife.
Markle spoke to New York magazine’s offshoot about how Harry “lost” [his] father in the process” to leave their royal roles and say “that’s his decision.”
The former blogger also spoke of her mixed feelings about social media, from her possible return to Instagram to the “structure” of the royal family.[d]” regulations.
As a working royal, Markle was previously expected to send photos of her family to the Royal Rota, the press pool about the Queen’s descendants, before sharing the photos herself.
“Why would I give the people who call my children the N-word a picture of my child before I can share it with the people who love my child?” Markle, who is biracial, asked The Cut.
“Tell me how that makes sense and I’ll play that game,” she said, adding that she stopped participating in “the exchange game” when she and Harry created their own now-defunct @sussexroyal account.