Meghan Markleconnected withQueen Elizabethover her dream of becoming a mother.
Prince Harry, 38, shares the sweet story in his long-awaited memoir,Spare, out Tuesday.
“The Queen and I really bonded!” Harry quotes his wife as saying inSpare. “We talked about how much I wanted to be a mom and she told me the best way to induce labor was a good bumpy car ride! I told her I’d remember that when the time came.”
About a year later, Meghan and Harry’s dreams of parenthood came true when their son Archie Harrison was born in May 2019. The Sussexes relocated to North America the following year, and their daughterLilibet Dianawas born in California in June 2021. Both of the children got to meet the monarch, who died in September at age 96.
While paying her respects to see the Queen lying in state, Meghan poignantly wore thepearl and diamond drop earringsher grandmother-in-law gave her in honor of their first solo outing in Cheshire.
Meghan Markle, the Duchess of Sussex.Gregorio Borgia/AP/Shutterstock
Inthis week’s exclusive PEOPLE cover story,Prince Harrytells PEOPLE how he remembers the late monarch.
“My grandmother and I were very close, and we very much did have a special relationship,” he says. “I miss her dearly, as well as her cheeky sense of humor and quick wit.”
The book jacket of Prince Harry’s memoir ‘Spare’.PENGUIN RANDOM HOUSE
For more fromPEOPLE’s exclusive interview with Harry, check out this week’s issue, on newsstands Friday
“I’m also really happy for her. She lived a full life and is now reunited with her husband,” Harry continues, recalling his grandfatherPrince Philip, who died in April 2021.
“I will forever cherish every memory I had with her, especially the times she spent with my children,” he adds of Archie and Lilibet.
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InSpare,Prince Harryreflects on when Archie and Lilibet (whosenamecomes from Queen Elizabeth’s family nickname stemming from her childhood)met their great-grandmotherin June 2021. The family had traveled to the U.K. from their California home for the monarch’s Platinum Jubilee celebrations, marking her 70 years on the throne.
Harry recalled Archie “making deep, chivalrous bows” while Lili was “cuddling the monarch’s shins.”
“Sweetest children, Granny said, sounding bemused,” he wrote in the book. “She’d expected them to be a bit more . . . American, I think? Meaning, in her mind, more rambunctious.”
source: people.com
