The emotion is still alive.
In the very first episode of her
Archetypes
podcast , dedicated to the analysis of female clichés and stereotypes, Meghan Markle returned to the frightening incident which occurred when the Duchess of Sussex and her husband, Prince Harry, were on an official trip to South Africa.
Their son Archie, 4 and a half months old at the time, came close to the worst during a house fire, she says.
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Archie's bedroom on fire
At the time of the events, the family is in Nyanga, a district of Cape Town.
Upon their arrival, the Duchess of Sussex explains that she had to leave their baby in their accommodation, in the hands of a nanny, because of an official commitment.
Prince Harry's wife was indeed to make an important speech.
Once the event is over, the couple learns that a fire occurred during their absence in the nursery where their son was.
“The nursery heater caught fire,” she reports.
There was no smoke detector.
Someone smelled smoke in the hallway, came in and put out the fire.”
Fortunately, her son was not in the room at the time, the babysitter having taken him outside for a snack.
“In tears” and extremely “shaken” that day, Meghan Markle remembers having had to continue other official commitments before being able to join her son.
"I said: 'It makes no sense' [...] In the end, we focus on appearance and not on feelings," she laments.
In video, Meghan Markle shares a video in which she reads to her son Archie
Parenting, sport and mental load
Guest on the podcast episode, her friend and tennis superstar Serena Williams can only sympathize listening to this story.
She herself had a similar experience on the eve of a match at Roland-Garros in 2018, when her daughter, Olympia, fell from her high chair and broke her wrist.
"She was under my watch and I was devastated," says the player.
I literally couldn't think anymore.
I felt so guilty.”
After a sleepless night spent cradling and calming her little girl, the athlete will still end up winning her match the next day, not without difficulty.
"I was so exhausted and emotionally drained that it was crazy," concludes the one who now says she prefers to devote herself more to her role as a mother.