In a raw op-ed published Nov. 25, 2020, by the New York Times, the Duchess of Sussex revealed that she had suffered a miscarriage in July, realizing that something was wrong when she experienced a sudden, devastating cramp one morning.
“I knew, as I clutched my firstborn child, that I was losing my second,” Meghan wrote.
Identified in her byline as a “mother, feminist and advocate,” the 39-year-old, who along with husband Prince Harry withdrew from senior royal life earlier this year and moved with son Archie Harrison to Southern California, reflected on how the simple question of “Are you OK?”—which a journalist memorably inquired of her on camera during a September 2019 interview—was more important than ever these days.
Meghan reflected, “Sitting in a hospital bed, watching my husband’s heart break as he tried to hold the shattered pieces of mine, I realized that the only way to begin to heal is to first ask, ‘Are you OK?'”