In her first TV appearance since Oprah Winfrey’s notorious “all-nighter”, the Duchess has revived calls for paid, compulsory family leave in America.
Meghan Markle told close friend Ellen DeGeneres on Thursday: ‘I think that people truly forget, or don’t even know that in this country, it’s one of the only six countries in the entire world and the only wealthy nation in the entire world that does not mandate and have a federal paid leave programme.
Everyone knows this, even those who have not had children.
“And we don’t offer it here. As a mom of 2 children, that is something that will make me do my best to ensure that that can be implemented for everyone.
Recenty, the duchess of Cambridge stepped beyond royal protocol by writing a letter to US Congress asking for a paid family-leave law to be made available to all Americans.
Meghan DeGeneres, Meghan’s husband Prince Harry lives in California, where she is promoting her book The Bench.
The Duchess Sussex in Burbank during The Ellen DeGeneres Program taping
Ellen DeGeneres and Meghan Markle (right) during the taping of The Ellen DeGeneres show at Warner Bros lot, Burbank
Meghan and DeGeneres looking at the audience during a taping at the Warner Bros lot in Burbank, California
DeGeneres and Meghan (right) during the taping of The Ellen DeGeneres show at Warner Bros lot, California
Meghan Markle walked on stage during her appearance at The Ellen DeGeneres Radio Show, Thursday
Meghan with DeGeneres, Meghan’s close friend on Warner Bros Lot. Behind them is a picture showing Meghan and Prince Harry when they announced their engagement.
The Duchess of Cambridge revealed that Archie, her son, dressed as a Dinosaur for Halloween while Lili (her five-month old daughter) was a little skunk similar to Flower from Bambi.
Meghan shared her memories of the party with DeGeneres, chat host and actress Portia De Rossi, her neighbors in Montecito’s celebrity enclave in California.
Meghan stated that Archie, two years old, and his sister are ‘not interested’ in Halloween. Archie stayed in his costume for less then five minutes.
After the scandalous sit-down between Oprah Winfrey and the Sussexes in August, which led to crisis for the royal family, this actress is now a prominent celebrity.
Harry and Meghan have been extremely private with Lili since her birth in June. She was given the name Lilibet by the Royal Family’s nickname for Queen Elizabeth.
The couple has yet to publish a photograph of their little girl publicly.
Meghan spoke about Lili’s teething during the Ellen DeGeneres Show interview. DeGeneres joked that she might suggest tequila.
Meghan responded: “That’s Auntie Ellen.
Video clips released prior to Thursday’s interview showed the duchess smiling and laughing as she spoke about her children.
Meghan said, “We were back home when we saw you guys. That was awesome.”
“But no. But we wanted to make it fun and have some good times with our kids, but the kids didn’t like it all.”
“Archie was only a dinosaur for five minutes.” Not even five minutes.’
DeGeneres recounted how Harry got Archie into his dinosaur costume. He said: “Finally Harry talked him in to putting it on. Lili, however, was an adorable skunk.
Meghan responded, “She was a little snake.” As Flower from Bambi.
She also shared how Harry and her went to an Halloween themed party in disguise when they were still dating. This was before they found out they were actually a couple.
Harry’s cousin, Princess Eugenie, and Jack Brooksbank (her husband), were there to join them.
Meghan explained that the four of them snuck out wearing Halloween costumes in order to have one night out on the town before we became a couple.
“It was a theme of the post-apocalypse,” she said. We had all of this bizarre costume work and were able just to have one last fun night.
They became a married couple in October 2016.
The Duchess promoted The Bench for her children’s books, which she claimed she wrote to Harry as a Father’s Day poem.
She stated, “It wasn’t about his observation of me being a father. Which was the most beautiful thing that I watched.”
DeGeneres posed the question: “Does Archie understand that he is in this? Do you think he knows that it’s him?
Meghan answered, “He does. He says, “That’s Pula.” That’s Guy’.’
They have a Labrador called Pula, and Guy their beagle.
Meghan, according to some reports, also talked about Harry and Meghan’s new happy life in the US.
Both the couple resigned as working royalty in 2020 to seek financial and personal freedom.
DeGeneres inquired about Harry’s love for California and the duchess answered, “We are just happy.”
DeGeneres met Meghan for the first time at an animal shelter a few years back and encouraged Meghan to adopt Bogart, her first dog.
The former Mrs. Sussex described them as “the cutest and most down to earth” couple.