LONDON – Meghan Markle said on Wednesday she had a miscarriage, wrote in an article about her “unbearable grief” and society’s need for empathy at a time of massive loss and isolation.
In a commentary on “Shared Losses” published in The New York Times, British Princess Sussex’s wife, Prince Harry, revealed that her miscarriage occurred in July.
She describes feeding her regular morning dogs, taking vitamins, and changing her son Archie’s diaper before feeling a sharp cramp.
“I fell to the floor,” Markle, 39, wrote. Adding, “he felt something was wrong. I knew when I was squeezing my firstborn child that I was losing my second.”
“Hours later, I lay in a hospital bed, holding my husband’s hand,” he wrote. Staring at the cold white walls, my eyes flickered. I tried to imagine how we would heal.
“Losing a child means carrying an almost unbearable grief that many experience but few talk about,” he added.
About 10 to 20 percent of known pregnancies end in miscarriage, according to data from the Mayo Clinic, a U.S. nonprofit academic medical center.
Even though “this pain has a staggering audience,” Markle wrote, “the conversation remains taboo, imbued with (unreasonable) shame and a lone cycle of mourning.”
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In the midst of his deeply personal disclosure, Markle writes, there is a wider debate about how important it is to ask each other, “Are you okay?” during the time of the tragedy caused by the coronavirus epidemic and in social calculations against the species.
“This year has brought so many of us to our breaking point. The loss and pain hit us all in 2020, in a matter of moments, both full and debilitating,” he wrote.
The former actress, whose mother is black, had previously spoken out on the issue of racism and police called the May murder of George Floyd “absolutely devastating” after provoking global protests.
The image of the biracial, foreign woman was received into the bosom of white, traditional Britain after marrying Prince Harry at a fairytale wedding in 2018, carrying tremendous symbolism – and signaling greater acceptance and tolerance.
But since their wedding, the couple has repeatedly complained about the toxic media coverage that, according to their supporters, has at times been mixed with racist harassment and harassment.
In Ople, Markle discussed the Black Lives Matter campaign and the need to achieve a lighter burden of grief. After the recent U.S. election, he also touched on “division” and “polarization,” so many “felt alone like never before.”
Prince Harry and Buckingham Palace did not comment on the article.
Britain’s royal family was surveyed this month after millions tuned in to the latest series of “Crown,” and questions also arose about how a landmark interview with Harry’s mother, Princess Diana, was born 25 years ago.
The Sussex, who now live in Los Angeles, stunned the British facility in January when they decided to “step back” from the royal duties and move to North America with Archie, who was born in May 2019.
Looking to the Thanksgiving celebration, Markle encouraged individuals and families to “undertake” to show empathy and control each other’s well-being.
