LONDON – Meghan Markle said on Wednesday that she had suffered a miscarriage as she wrote in an article about “unbearable grief” and the need to empathize with society at a time of great loss and loneliness.
In an opinion article titled “The Loss We Share” published in the New York Times, Prince Harry’s wife, the Duchess of Sussex in Britain, revealed that her miscarriage took place in July.
She describes an intense morning before feeding her dogs, taking her vitamins and changing her son Archie’s diaper, before experiencing severe cramps.
“I fell to the floor,” wrote Markle, 39. Adding, she “understood that something wasn’t right. I knew, like I was holding my first born baby, that I was losing my second.”
“Hours later, I lay on the hospital bed holding my husband’s hand.” “Looking at the cold white walls, my eyes sparkled. I tried to imagine how we would recover.”
“Losing a child means carrying an almost unbearable grief, experienced by many but talked about by a few.”
U.S. About 10 to 20 percent of pregnancies end in miscarriage, according to data from the Mayo Clinic, a nonprofit educational medical center.
“Despite this sadly surprising generality,” Merkel wrote, “the conversation remains taboo, covered with (uncontrolled) shame and a cycle of mourning in solitude.”
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Markle writes that amidst widespread debate over the importance of her personal disclosure, asking each other “Are you okay?” Full time in the tragedy brought on by the coronavirus epidemic and social calculations on the race.
He wrote, “This year has brought many of us to our breaking points. In 2020, each of us has suffered loss and suffering, in moments, full and weak,” he wrote.
The former actress, whose mother is Black, has previously spoken out on issues of racism and called George Floyd’s police assassination in May “absolutely devastating”, sparking global protests.
The image of a racist, foreign woman, carrying white, traditional Britain to her chest after she married Prince Harry in a fairy tale in 2018, carried enormous symbolism – and signaled more inclusion and tolerance.
But since their marriage, the couple has repeatedly complained of toxic media coverage, with their supporters saying they were victims of racist harassment and bullying at the time.
In the op-ed, Markle discusses the Black Lives Matter campaign and the need to reach out to alleviate the “grief burden”. The latest U.S. He also touched on “division” and “polarization” after the election, leaving many “feeling more lonely than ever”.
Prince Harry and Buckingham Palace have not commented on the article.
The British royal family is under investigation after millions of people were admitted to the latest series of “The Crown” this month and questions have also been raised about how Harry’s mother got a landmark interview with Princess Diana 25 years ago.
Sussex, now living in Los Angeles, stunned the British establishment by choosing to “return” from royal duties in January and move to North America with Archie, who was born in May 2019.
In anticipation of the Thanksgiving holiday, Merkel urged individuals and families to show “empathy” and “commit” to each other’s well-being.
