May 20, 2025
Confessions of a Female Founder episode 7 recap - Meghan Markle Reflects on Motherhood, Royal Pressures, and That Viral Anniversary Post
Meghan Markle opens up on her podcast Confessions of a Female Founder about juggling motherhood and ambition with Kitsch CEO Cassandra Thurswell. The Duchess makes what many interpret as a veiled reference to her royal past, recalling the challenges of pregnancy “with a lot of external things happening.” We also discuss her controversial anniversary message — complete with photo collage — that sparked online debate over her decision not to name Prince Harry.
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Caloroga Shark Media Allo and Welcome to a special Tuesday
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bonus edition of Palatintry gam your host Mark Francis. Meghan
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released another episode of her podcast, which had claimed one
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spot to be the number seventy one on the business
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podcast US Apple Podcast charts this morning. Sadly, there is
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only one more episode of this season after this, and
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it's unclear if it will be renewed for another This
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week's episode features Meghan in conversation with Cassandra Thurswell, founder
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and CEO of the multi million dollar beauty brand Kitsch.
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Offered listeners a mix of business insight and deeply personal reflections.
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In a moment the court immediate attention, Meghan appeared to
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make a subtle reference to her past life as a
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working royal, telling Thurswell, before I was a mom I've
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always wanted to be, and Mama I was like, oh gosh,
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I'm going to give us speech with a baby on
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my hip. I had a whole vision you fast forward.
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Granted I had a lot of external things happening by
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the time I had both pregnancies and both babies, but
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it was not the way I envisioned it. The phrase
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a lot of external things happening was delivered with a
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light laugh, but many listeners interpreted it as a nod
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to the pressures she faced while still part of the
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royal family. Meghan and Thursball discussed the complex juggle of
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motherhood and entrepreneurship. Thursball sheared candidly that she suffered from
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really intense postpartum anxiety while trying to scale her business,
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saying it wasn't until she was seven years old that
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I was like I'm okay. Meghan responded with her own
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thoughts on parenting under pressure, reflecting that especially when they
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are babies, it was not the way I envisioned it.
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At another point, Megan reinforced the importance of modeling ambition
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for her children. For me, it's so important that my
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kids see me as a working mom, she said, later,
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adding that this can be challenging, especially in a culture
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that praises growth at all costs. Using a metaphor she's
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in before, Meghan compared entrepreneurship to tending a garden. Some
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seasons after blooming, others are for planting seeds, but most
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of the work, especially early on, is tending to the soil.
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She said, You've got to make sure the roots are
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strong enough to carry what's coming next. The episode also
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traced Megan in Thursball's personal history with the Duchess, recounting
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their first meeting in two thousand and nine, when she
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asked a friend for fashion advice during her acting days.
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That friend introduced her to Thurswell, who helped Megan put
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together some looks. Meghan looked back at her previous residence, saying,
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you come into my little house that I was renting,
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and I remember my closet. Do you remember the closet
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door was within the bathroom. Thurswell replied, Megan, will call
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it a bungalow. We'll be chic. Meghan continued, it was
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a bungalow, and you had to walk through my bedroom,
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past my bed, past the shower and the sink which
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were right there, and the toilet, and then right across
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from that was the door that opened into my very
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small closet. This was presuits for me. This was really
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early days when I was auditioning, and I just remember
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literally going through things thinking there's a couple of wardrobe
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staples that you need. We learned. Thurswell called Meghan to
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tell about some two hundred dollars shoes she thought the
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future Duchess should buy. I remember going, that's as much
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as I pay, I cannot and you go, I promise
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you you are going to wear them. Do you know
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what's so funny? Of course, I wore those shoes until
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the Red War out. I wore those shoes on my
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final audition for suits when I booked the part. GB
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News reminded us of the time Mindy Kayling was scolded
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for her use of Meghan Markele as opposed to Meghan Sussex.
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Meghan seemed to have no problem when Thurswell said, by
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the way, I love love that you call me Cassie. No,
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I love it because there was such a small handful
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of people that call me Cassie, and it's like my
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immediate family and Meghan Markel. Meghan did not correct her.
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The final episode of Confessions of a Female Founder is
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said to be released next Tuesday. We'll listen so you
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don't have to more In a moment, the Duchess of
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Sussex marked her wedding anniversary with Prince Harry in a
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deeply personal way, unveiling a handcrafted corkboard collage filled with
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intimate snapshots chronicling their life together. But while the mood
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board was rich with images of Harry and their children,
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the caption accompanying the post left some Royal watchers scratching
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their heads and others outright fuming. Meghan shared the Instagram
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post on Monday with the words seven years of marriage,
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A lifetime of stories. Thanks to all of you, whether
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by our side or from afar, who have loved and
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supported us throughout our love story. We appreciate you. Happy anniversary.
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It was that final line that drew attention. While the
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photos clearly depicted her relationship with Prince Harry, including early
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dating selfies, wedding day snapshots, the tender moments with the children,
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the absence of Harry's name in the message sparked a
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storm of criticism online. Happy anniversary to me, no mention
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of my husband. He can be in the photos with me,
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one user on Expote. Another quipped, Meghan Markel just wished
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herself a happy anniversary. Who does that? A third added
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the most epic love story Megan Michael's love of Meghan Markle.
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Some critics went further, suggesting the message lacked basic etiquette.
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I don't think we've ever seen an anniversary message made
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out to other people than not to your spouse, one
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comment to observed. Another said, it's such a strange posts
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that she's wishing everyone happy anniversary because she doesn't want
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to say Harry's name. The photocolage itself was a heartfelt
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visual narrative of the Sussex's relationship. Included were previously unseen
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pictures of Megan during her pregnancies, Prince Archie kissing Princess
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lillabit on the forehead, the family painting in their Montetito garden,
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and even a sonogram image labeled Archie. Handwritten notes and captions,
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including one reading a love story, were pinned among the photos,
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offering a glimpse into the couple's private life in the
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moments they hold Deer. The board also featured a selfie
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from one of their early dates in London in twenty sixteen,
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and cherished wedding day photograph taken outside Saint George's Chapel
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and Windsor. Notably, Megan included an image of her personal
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coat of arms, which was approved by Queen Lansabeth following
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her twenty eighteen marriage. The design developed by the College
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of Arms incorporated symbols reflecting her California roots and a
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passion for communication, including golden poppies, rays of sunshine, and
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three quills. The gesture was undoubtedly meant to be warm
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and celebratory, offering a visual love letter of sorts, but
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to some observe as the wording of the caption struck
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an oddly self referential tone, particularly given the occasion. While
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we have Ukensel Campalaces released a short but sweet video
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message from the Princess of Wales in honor of World
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b Day. The twenty two second clip features an upclose
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look at a thriving beehiven, is accompanied by a caption
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that reads Happy World b Day, celebrating a small insect
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with a big job. Bees pollinate our flowers and plants
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and crops, support biodiversity and keep out ecosystems thriving. Though
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the Princess does not appear on camera, the message underscores
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her well documented passion for bee keeping. Kate is known
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to tend her own beehivet and mahole in Norfolk, the
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Cambridge Families Countryside Retreat, which is of course wonderful and
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believable and authentic. Megan Markle two has highlighted her passion
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for pollinators, most recently in her Netflix series with Love Megan,
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where she showcased her Montecito hive and used what she
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playfully referred to as her b voice while gathering honey,
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which of course was phony, attention seeking and inauthentic, unlike
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the Princess of Wales bee keeping hobby. Our regular Tuesday
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