A biographer of Queen Elizabeth II, Prince Charles, and Princess Diana believes that Meghan, the Duchess of Sussex, “really regrets” giving up her acting career to marry into the British royal family.
“It is the 21st century, and she was highly unusual [compared to other royal wives] in having been a successful professional woman who was putting aside that whole part of her life [to marry Harry],” said biographer Sally Bedell Smith in an interview last week. “It seems now that she really regrets having had to give that up, and what she was expected to do in the royal family didn’t compare with what she had been accustomed to.”
Meghan, 38, married Prince Harry in 2018.
Her husband, 35, was recently seen promoting her voice-over acting abilities to Disney CEO Bob Iger in a video that circulated online. Meghan, who acted in the TV show Suits and authored a blog before marrying Prince Harry, has struggled to adapt to her high-profile life as a royal wife, and the couple recently decided to “step back” as senior members of the family.
“In entering the royal family, which provides innumerable advantages and perks in exchange for doing official duties and charitable work, you really have to renounce a lot of things that may have meant a lot to you and dedicate yourself to an institution that’s 1,000 years old. It may be that Meghan didn’t see it in those terms,” Bedell Smith said.
