{"id":620632,"date":"2026-10-04T20:24:15","date_gmt":"2026-10-04T20:24:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/620632\/"},"modified":"2026-10-04T20:24:15","modified_gmt":"2026-10-04T20:24:15","slug":"meghan-markles-view-on-uk-life-with-prince-harry-revealed-not-a-stepford-wife-royal-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/620632\/","title":{"rendered":"Meghan Markle&#8217;s view on UK life with Prince Harry &#8216;revealed&#8217; &#8211; &#8216;not a Stepford wife&#8217; | Royal | News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Meghan Markle and Prince Harry have been back in the UK a little over a month, and it&#8217;s safe to say their return has been eventful. Between local pub lunches, reformer pilates classes, and a sudden school change for Archie and Lilibet, the couple are settling into Cotswolds life. Now an insider has revealed the duchess&#8217;s perspective on life here with Prince Harry, making it clear she is anything but a &#8220;Stepford wife&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>A source said that Meghan has adopted a \u201cdivide and conquer\u201d approach, which <a href=\"https:\/\/www.express.co.uk\/latest\/prince-harry\" data-link-tracking=\"InArticle|AutoLink\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Prince Harry<\/a> reportedly agrees with. While <a href=\"https:\/\/www.express.co.uk\/latest\/meghan-markle\" data-link-tracking=\"InArticle|AutoLink\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Meghan Markle<\/a>, 45, has been concentrating on growing her As Ever lifestyle venture and helping her children adjust to life in their new home, she has also been giving <a data-link-tracking=\"InArticle|Link\" class=\"auto-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.express.co.uk\/latest\/prince-harry\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Harry<\/a>, 42, space to take centre stage in his own projects and public appearances.<\/p>\n<p>However, she has reportedly made it clear that pursuing separate priorities does not mean she is playing a secondary role, insisting she continues to forge her own path rather than living in her husband&#8217;s shadow.<\/p>\n<p>An insider told Heatworld: \u201cShe\u2019s focused on the kids and her brand, and truth be told, she\u2019s not interested in following him around like some Stepford wife,&#8221; before revealing the couple&#8217;s plan as they adapt to British life.<\/p>\n<p>The source added: &#8220;Her view is that they should divide and conquer and Harry agrees, but it does mean a whole lot more pressure on his shoulders and absolutely zero time to himself because the moment he\u2019s free from work he\u2019s got to rush home to give Meghan a break from parenting duties.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Meghan was reportedly &#8220;adamant&#8221; that the family&#8217;s transatlantic move would allow him to &#8220;bring in more money&#8221;, which is why the royal is &#8220;running from one gig to the next&#8221;, the publication adds.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;At the same time he\u2019s working all his contacts to find other opportunities, and not just for himself, he wants to open doors for Meghan too, he promised her he would.&#8221;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Meghan Markle and Prince Harry have been back in the UK a little over a month, and it&#8217;s&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":620633,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[156,4866,111,139,69,3578,3164],"class_list":["post-620632","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-entertainment","tag-entertainment","tag-meghan-markle","tag-new-zealand","tag-newzealand","tag-nz","tag-prince-harry","tag-royal-family"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/620632","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=620632"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/620632\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/620633"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=620632"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=620632"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=620632"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}