As an actress,Meghan Marklegrew accustomed to the spotlight. However, her royal status took being in the public eye to new — and often difficult to manage — heights.
“Meghan has struggled with the intensity of the spotlight,” a source close to the royal householdtells PEOPLE in this week’s cover story. “Although she is a former actress, this is on a different level.”
Theyreleased just two photos— a black and white shot of the parents with their son as well as a family portrait — anddid not reveal the names of Archie’s chosen godparents.
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Despite being at different stages in their lives when Meghan and Harry’s romance first began to blossom in fall 2016, the arrival of Archie has created a new bond for Meghan and Kate. And no one understands the pressure that Meghan is under better than her sister-in-law.
“It is an isolated existence,” says the insider.
Kate has also acknowledged that motherhood can be “lonely at times, and you do feel quite isolated. But so many other mothers are going through exactly what you are going through.”
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“Babies are a great leveler,” says royal commentator Victoria Arbiter, whose dad Dickie Arbiter was a press secretary forQueen Elizabeth. “The minute you’re bonding over your stories and sleepless nights, suddenly all the stuff that mattered before doesn’t matter anymore.”
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source: people.com
