'UNBEARABLE GRIEF'
When did Meghan Markle have a miscarriage?
THE former Duchess of Sussex Meghan Markle opened up about suffering a miscarriage in a personal essay.
Meghan announced she was expecting a second baby on Valentine's Day, February 14, 2021.
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When did Meghan Markle have a miscarriage?
In 2020, Meghan Markle wrote a piece for the New York Times detailing her tragic miscarriage.
She said , a year after son Archie was born.
In the article, she described the feeling as "an almost unbearable grief."
"I knew, as I clutched my firstborn child, that I was losing my second," Meghan wrote after feeling sharp cramps in her body.
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"I dropped to the floor with him in my arms, humming a lullaby to keep us both calm, the cheerful tune a stark contrast to my sense that something was not right," she wrote.
"Hours later, I lay in a hospital bed, holding my husband's hand. I felt the clamminess of his palm and kissed his knuckles, wet from both our tears.
"Staring at the cold white walls, my eyes glazed over. I tried to imagine how we'd heal."
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She went on to describe how she watched "my husband's heart break as he tried to hold the shattered pieces of mine."
At the time, a Buckingham Palace spokesman said: "It's a deeply personal matter we would not comment on."
When is Meghan and Harry's baby due?
Meghan Markle and Prince Harry announced they are via a statement on February 14.
The couple said: “We can confirm that Archie is going to be a big brother. The Duke and Duchess of Sussex are overjoyed to be expecting their second child.”
Meghan told Oprah during their sit down exclusive interview that her and Harry will be having a baby girl due in the Summer of 2021.
The duchess kept her pregnancy under wraps as she, Harry, and baby Archie have been social distancing in their Santa Barbara, California home.
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Speaking to the , royal expert Ingrid Seward described how Harry and Meghan won't feel "obliged to .
Ingrid added: "I imagine they might go for the Victorian style names which are all symbolic of colors.
"For a boy, they may choose Red, which is Redmond, Blue or Grey. Whereas for the girl choices, I can see them turning to the flowers - Daisy, Primrose, Violet or Ivy."
What was discussed in Meghan and Harry's Oprah interview?
The after Harry and Meghan’s tell-all chat with Oprah Winfrey.
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The couple used the interview to "get what they want to say off their chests" before they announced they have permanently quit as frontline royals.
The interview delivered since the Panorama confessions of Diana, Princess of Wales, in 1995.
The couple spoke about marriage, parenthood, life as royals and their charity work during the discussion.
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The Duke and Duchess of Sussex's tell-all interview was criticized as "nonsense" after it showed Oprah dramatically ask Meghan if she was "silent or silenced" in the royal family.
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