During a candid chat on a podcast, Meghan Markle has revealed how she is teaching her kids Prince Archie and Princess Lilibet to understand value and money with a unique hobby
Meghan Markle has revealed how she is teaching her two children, Archie and Lilibet, an important lesson through one of their favourite hobbies. During a candid conversation on the Aspire by Emma Grede podcast, the Duchess of Sussex spoke about her kids in a rare admission, after actively trying to keep the youngster’s lives private.
When asked by host Emma if Meghan had begun having conversations with her kids about money, Meghan shared an insight to their family life in California by admitting they sometimes set up a farmer’s market stand for the kids to sell their own harvests.
Meghan explained that at their home in Montecito, they have a vegetable garden that they tend to as a family, as Meghan said: “Gardening is really great for children. It teaches them patience, it teaches them to value and appreciate their food. So you start from seed and wait and watch it grow.”
She went on to say that once their veggie patch has produced some goods, Archie and Lilibet make some pocket money by selling their produce. Meghan explained: “Well now do you want to sell your harvest? Do you want to share it with our community? And also, what do you want to do with those funds once you have them?”
“So really starting to understand, as they’re learning counting and numbers, that there is a cost and a price for things, and I think that’s key for children to understand that. Especially children who are very lucky to have a home that has privilege, you need to know that.”
“It’s just like manners and taking care of the things around you, there’s a value on things, and for my husband and I, it’s really important that they understand that.”
Elsewhere in the podcast, Meghan appeared to make a subtle dig at the royal family as host Emma asked the Duchess about how her fame makes her instantly recognisable.
She tells Meghan: “I wanted to ask you a little bit about the public narrative, because when you sign up to be an actress, you know that people are going to start recognising you, they’re going to start speaking to you on the street. But that’s very different from what you have now.”
Meghan quickly replies: “It is, Emma! It’s very different” before laughing. Emma follows up with: “If you could rewrite your public narrative from scratch, is there anything that you would do differently?”
To which Meghan says: “Yes, I would ask people to tell the truth.” The duchess gave no specifics about to whom she was referring, but later refers to a ‘lie’ told eight years ago.
She adds: “You go through those chapters and you do a lot of work. You do a lot of selfwork and go, what’s the why? It’s happening for a reason.” She continues: “My dear friend Serena [Williams], who I’m sure you know.. she says a lie can’t live forever. Eight years is a long time but not forever.”
Eight years ago, in 2017, Meghan was recently engaged to Prince Harry and preparing for her new life as a senior member of the royal family. It was the same year that Meghan first met Prince William and Kate, and seemingly marked the beginning of the downfall of the relationship between William and Harry.
