Mum-to-be Meghan, Duchess of Sussex, beamed during her first official visit to one of her four newly announced official patronages, the women’s employment service Smart Works.
Asked during the visit how she deals with her new life in the spotlight, “The most important thing is to just breathe,” she reportedly said. “And have that inner confidence.” That confidence is helping the newest royal forge her own path in both her public and personal lives.
According to royal commentator Katie Nicholl, “Meghan has told aides she wants to work as close to her due date next [UK] spring as possible.” A strong work ethic and commitment to helping others is something the Duchess, 37, and her husband, Prince Harry, 34, are determined to instil in their offspring.
The former actress hopes to “bring up children who know the values of normal things in life,” Royal contributor Omid Scobie told Us Weekly, noting she wants her little ones with Harry to live a far more regular life than their cousins, Prince George, 5, Princess Charlotte, 3, and Prince Louis, 8 months. “They’ll have chores, and jobs one day,” Scobie continues. “They won’t be spoiled.”
While Meghan’s move of diving into work mirrors how sister-in-law Catherine chose an initial set of patronages in 2012, the former actress is setting her own course as a mother, starting with how she plans to welcome her baby – tipped to be a daughter – into the world.
Attention is focused on where Meghan could give birth, the famed Lindo Wing at St Mary’s Hospital, where Kate delivered all three of her children, not among the top contenders. Instead, the couple is thought to be considering various options, including Frimley Park Hospital in Surrey – where Sophie, Countess of Wessex, had her two children – which is around 20 minutes from the couple’s intended residence at Frogmore Cottage. “It will be much less chaos and more of a private event than if she gives birth in London like Kate did,” a source told Us Weekly.
A less conventional possibility? A home birth. For more on Meghan pick up the latest copy of WHO on sale now!
- Jennie Noonan and Lauren Irvine
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