On their decision to step down in 2020 and step down as senior working members of the royal family, the former actress said the financial freedom the couple craved was not “reinventing the wheel”. “A handful of princes and princesses and dukes … have the same arrangement that they wanted,” she told The Cut – part of New York magazine – but did not name names. “That, for whatever reason, is not something we were allowed to do, even though many other family members do just that.” Harry, Meghan and Archie (Toby Melville/PA) The interview also revealed that Ms Markle had considered returning to Instagram, having quit the social media site in 2018 as part of joining the company. The article comes ahead of a busy autumn schedule of engagements and charity work, with the couple returning to Europe to promote the 2023 Invictus Games in Dusseldorf. Ms Markle said she suggested to the company that she and Harry could work for the monarchy but make their own money, although the idea has not caught on. “Just by existing, we were subverting the dynamics of hierarchy,” he said in the interview. “So we go, ‘Okay, okay, let’s get out of here. Fortunately.” Last week, Meghan hosted Serena Williams on her new podcast Archetypes. The 41-year-old, who is good friends with the tennis superstar, discussed how women can face a social stigma when they are described as ambitious. “I don’t remember ever personally feeling the negative connotation behind the word ambitious until I started dating my now-husband,” she said.
