Meghan Markle reveals 'guilt mentality' about being rich and fear about 'never having enough' money
The Duchess of Sussex made the admission speaking to the billionaire founder of the Spanx fashion brand, Sara Blakely.
Speaking on the final episode of Meghan's Confessions of a Female Founder podcast, Ms Blakely spoke of the joy of female entrepreneurs 'obtaining a lot of financial freedom and money for themselves'.
Meghan admitted she would 'love to adopt' her mindset but claimed that women often felt discouraged from building their own fortunes.
'So many women, especially, we're taught to not even talk about money and there's lots of guilt mentality surrounding having a lot', Meghan said.
'And at the same time there's a scarcity mindset that it's easy to attach to, of like "I'll never have enough".'
Talking about her own businesses, which include her As Ever brand, she said: 'When you only have yourself to answer to I think it's twofold. It can be incredibly liberating or it can be incredibly lonely.'
She added: 'There's a misconception that you need to go to Harvard Business School and have a lot of money and get all the best people behind you [to be successful in business]... So you talk yourself out of it'.
The Duchess of Sussex, 43, was speaking about her business and balancing work with motherhood as the first series of her podcast, published by Lemonada Media, comes to a close
The Duchess of Sussex, 43, was speaking about her business and balancing work with motherhood as the first series of her podcast, published by Lemonada Media, ended.
After her As Ever jam, flower sprinkles, tea and other products sold out, Meghan said she wants to 'step back, gather data from the launch, and figure out exactly what As Ever could be.'
Meghan said for now she is planning to launch a new range of merchandise in early 2026 - and may widen her brand into clothing.
'The category of fashion is something I will explore at a later date, because I do think that's an interesting space for me,' she said.
Her online store sold out in 45 minutes and contained homely items as well as her long-awaited pots of jam.
In the interview, the Duchess also revealed she wouldn't know 'what to call herself' if she had to write a CV.
She said: 'If I had to write a résumé, I don't know what I would call myself.
'I think it speaks to this chapter many of us find ourselves in, where none of us are one note. But I believe all the notes I am playing are part of the same song.'
Meghan added that the 'mom moments' push her to success in the business world, with plans in the future ranging from home goods to fashion.
Revealing her son Archie has begun to lose his teeth, she described becoming the tooth fairy and leaving coins and a little dinosaur underneath his pillow.
She said: 'I had a lot of business meetings the next morning, but I still chose to cuddle with him the rest of the night. Those mom moments energize me to be a better founder, a better employer, a better boss.'
She revealed she may not restock the previous As Ever goods she sold and instead come up with new products such as fashion
Speaking to the Duchess of Sussex on the podcast, the pair shared stories of wearing shoes that pinch and 'cripple' wearers, with Meghan describing how she particularly struggled during her pregnancies.
'I gained 65 pounds with both pregnancies,' the Duchess revealed, continuing: 'And you're in these five-inch pointy-toed stilettos.
'You have the most enormous bump, and your tiny little ankles are bracing themselves in these high heels, but all of my weight was in the front, so you're just going how on earth am I not just tipping, you know faceplanting.
'I was clinging very closely to my husband, I was like please don't let me fall.'
During the conversation with Ms Blakely, Meghan also revealed that Archie, six, and Lilibet, three, who have been mainly kept out of the public eye at their home in Montecito, California, are doing well.
She promised to send Sara family pictures, adding: 'They are so grown.'
The pair also discussed starting businesses in a male dominated world, with Ms Blakely stating: 'There were very few women that I could go to, I really didn't have any.
'I didn't really even have other female founders that were in my network that I could bounce my approach to business.'
Describing her time in boardrooms surrounded by men, she jokingly added: 'I'm like Jane Goodall but instead of observing chimpanzees in their natural habitat I get to observe men in their natural habitat. They totally forget I'm there.'
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