The Duchess of Sussex has spoken about “losing” her father and how it “doesn’t have to be the same” for her husband and the future king.
At her home in California, Meghan opened up to The Cut magazine about her estranged father Thomas Markle and reflected on the relationship between the Prince Harry and the Prince Charles.
Since the couple resigned from royal duties, Prince Harry’s relationship with his father has been reportedly tense.
He said during their televised interview with Oprah Winfrey last year that his father had stopped taking his calls.
Speaking about the impact of their decision to step down as senior royals, Meghan told The Cut: “Harry said to me, ‘I lost my dad in this process’.
“It doesn’t have to be the same for them as it was for me, but that’s his decision.”
Meghan, Duchess of Sussex, through the years - in pictures
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Meghan, Duchess of Sussex, celebrating Queen Elizabeth II's platinum jubilee in June. Here 'The National' looks back through her life in pictures. Getty Images -
Meghan places flowers at a makeshift memorial outside Uvalde County Courthouse in Texas, in May, after the shooting of 19 children at Uvalde elementary school. AFP -
Meghan speaks during the Invictus Games opening ceremony at Zuiderpark in the Netherlands, in April. Getty Images -
Prince Harry and Meghan arrive at the Intrepid Sea, Air & Space Museum for the Salute to Freedom Gala in New York, in November 2021. AP -
Meghan appears on 'The Ellen DeGeneres Show' at the Warner Bros lot in Burbank, California, in November 2018. PA -
Prince Harry and Meghan appear on the cover of 'Time' magazine's 100 most influential people in the world edition, in September 2021. Reuters -
Prince Harry and Meghan speak during a Global Citizen Live event in New York, in September 2021. AFP -
Prince Harry and Meghan leave the UN headquarters in New York after a visit in September 2021. AFP -
Meghan and Prince Harry pause while getting a tour of the National September 11 Memorial & Museum in New York, in September 2021. AP -
Prince Harry and Meghan are interviewed by Oprah Winfrey in March 2021. Reuters -
Meghan and Prince Harry shared this image on social media in February 2021 to announce they were expecting their second child. AFP -
Meghan and Prince Harry attend the Commonwealth Day Service in London, in March 2020. Getty Images -
Meghan and Prince Harry arrive to attend the Mountbatten Music Festival at the Royal Albert Hall, London, in March 2020. Getty Images -
Meghan holds her baby son Archie Mountbatten-Windsor during a royal tour of South Africa in September 2019. Getty Images -
Meghan and Prince Harry visit Auwal Mosque, the first and oldest mosque in South Africa, in the Bo Kaap district of Cape Town, in September 2019. Reuters -
Meghan meets Beyonce Knowles-Carter and Jay-Z as they attend the European Premiere of Disney's 'The Lion King' at Leicester Square in London, in July 2019. Getty Images -
Meghan and Prince Harry pose with their newborn son Archie Harrison Mountbatten-Windsor at Windsor Castle in May 2019. Getty Images -
Meghan, joined by her mother Doria Ragland, shows her new son to Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip at Windsor Castle in May 2019. AP -
Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge, and Meghan arrive to attend a Christmas Day church service on the Sandringham estate in December 2018. Getty Images -
Prince William, Catherine, Prince Harry and Meghan attend a service marking the centenary of the First World War armistice at Westminster Abbey, in November 2018. Getty Images -
Meghan poses in Sydney during a tour of Australia, Fiji, Tonga and New Zealand, in October 2018. Getty Images -
Meghan holds an umbrella for Prince Harry as he addresses the public during a Community Event in Dubbo, Australia, in October 2018. Getty Images -
Meghan helps to prepare food at an event to mark the launch of a cookbook with recipes from a group of women affected by the Grenfell Tower fire, at Kensington Palace, in September 2018. Getty Images -
Catherine and Meghan attend the Wimbledon Lawn Tennis Championships in London in July 2018. Getty Images -
Queen Elizabeth, Meghan, Prince Harry, Prince William and Catherine watch the RAF 100th anniversary flypast from the balcony of Buckingham Palace in July 2018. Getty Images -
Meghan, Prince Harry and Queen Elizabeth at the Queen's Young Leaders Awards Ceremony at Buckingham Palace in June 2018. Getty Images -
Queen Elizabeth sits and laughs with Meghan during a ceremony to open the new Mersey Gateway Bridge in Cheshire, in June 2018. Getty Images -
Prince Harry and Meghan leave St George's Chapel, Windsor Castle, on their wedding day in May 2018. Getty Images -
Meghan and Prince Harry wave as they leave Windsor Castle after their wedding to attend an evening reception at Frogmore House, in May 2018. Getty Images -
Meghan and her mother, Doria Ragland, arrive at Cliveden House Hotel in Berkshire to spend the night before her wedding to Prince Harry in May 2018. Getty Images -
Prince Harry and Meghan during a photo call to announce their engagement at The Sunken Gardens at Kensington Palace, in November 2017. Getty Images -
Meghan appears as character Rachel Zane in American TV show 'Suits', in 2011. Getty Images -
Meghan while working as a host on American quiz show 'Deal Or No Deal' in 2006. Getty Images
Meghan also revealed that she believes there is “room for forgiveness” between herself and the royal family.
“I think forgiveness is really important,” she told the magazine.
“It takes a lot more energy to not forgive, but it takes a lot of effort to forgive.
“I’ve really made an active effort, especially knowing that I can say anything.”
Prince Harry and his wife Meghan arrive for jubilee thanksgiving service - video
Meghan said that she would be “getting back on Instagram” after deleting her account more than four years ago as part of becoming a senior royal.
She said she felt like “an actress” playing at being a member of the royal family.
"I was an actress," Meghan said.
“My entire job was ‘Tell me where to stand. Tell me what to say. Tell me how to say it. Tell me what to wear, and I’ll do it’.”
