Meghan Markle has complained she ‘had to wear nude pantyhose all the time’ during her time as a working royal.
In what appeared to be a thinly veiled jab at the royal family, the Duchess told journalist Emily Chang that donning the sheer tights ‘felt a little bit inauthentic’ – adding she couldn’t be ‘as vocal’ several years ago.
But Meghan was photographed several times with bare legs during her time in the UK, before quitting the royal family to embark on a new life with Harry in California.
Reflecting on straddling the line between being herself and a Duchess, Meghan told Emily that she is ‘just being herself’, before appearing to take a dig at her former life in the royal fold.
‘It was different several years ago where I couldn’t be as vocal and I had to wear nude pantyhose all the time!’ the Duchess said, adding it ‘felt a little bit inauthentic’.
‘Let’s be honest, that was not very myself. I hadn’t seen pantyhose since movies in the 80s! That felt a little bit inauthentic.
‘That’s a silly example but it is an example of when you want to dress the way you want to dress and say the things that are true and you’re able to show up in that space really organically and authentically – that’s being comfortable in your own skin. That’s had different chapters in my life.’
Meghan is pictured with Prince Harry and the late Queen Elizabeth II
Meghan Markle has complained she ‘had to wear nude pantyhose all the time’ during her time as a working royal. Meghan is pictured wearing tights
Prince Harry and Meghan at Kensington Palace, London, after the announcement of their engagement. Meghan does not appear to be wearing tights
Meghan said she is ‘just being herself’ before appearing to take a dig at her former life in the royal fold
Meghan has already touched on things she had to sacrifice in order to be a royal, such as her lifestyle blog The Tig, which she ditched in April 2017, a few months before her engagement to Harry.
She linked the decision to the immense changes that came with joining the institution.
When relaunching her lifestyle brand As Ever in February, Meghan said: ‘As Ever essentially means as it’s always been, and if you’ve followed me since 2014 with The Tig, you know I’ve always loved cooking and crafting and gardening – this is what I do.
‘And I haven’t been able to share it with you in the same way for the past few years, but now I can so, as things are starting to trickle out there, I wanted you to hear it from me first.’
In 2021, Harry and Meghan stepped back from social media after abuse from online trolls.
When Emily quizzed Meghan about her current political stance later on in the episode, the Duchess appeared to dodge the question – admitting she hadn’t spoken about it since 2016, before she met Prince Harry.
Queen Elizabeth II accompanied by the Duchess of Sussex leaving Chester Town Hall, Chester, following a lunch as guests of Cheshire West and Chester Council
While speaking to Bloomberg’s Emily Chang over smashed burgers and pints of beer, Meghan is asked if there is an ‘inherent tension’ between ‘trying to be relatable’ while also being a Duchess
Emily referenced Meghan’s appearance on Larry Wilmore’s The Nightly Show in 2016, in which she branded Donald Trump ‘misogynistic’ and ‘divisive’, especially with female voters.
Speaking about the video, Emily asked if there was anything Meghan was ‘dying to say right now, but you feel like you can’t’ – appearing to ask her current views on US politics.
But Meghan simply responded ‘no’, before appearing to change the subject: ‘I just make a choice of what matters to me and what’s important to me. And that was a different time in 2016.’
Instead, she spoke about how ‘excited’ she was to be on the show at the time.
