{"id":1982563,"date":"2025-08-27T14:26:03","date_gmt":"2025-08-27T14:26:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=1982563"},"modified":"2025-08-27T14:26:03","modified_gmt":"2025-08-27T14:26:03","slug":"meghan-markle-complains-she-had-to-wear-tights-as-royal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/meghan-markle-complains-she-had-to-wear-tights-as-royal\/","title":{"rendered":"Meghan Markle complains she had to wear tights as royal"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content%2Fuploads%2Fsites%2F2%2F2025%2F08%2F110139389.jpg?quality%3D90%26strip%3Dall\" \/><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>Meghan Markle has made a thinly veiled dig at royal life, revealing that she didn\u2019t feel like herself when required to wear tights during official engagements.<\/p>\n<p>The Duchess of Sussex, 44, <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2025\/08\/26\/entertainment\/meghan-markle-reveals-what-she-misses-most-about-living-in-the-uk-in-season-2-of-netflixs-with-love-meghan\/\">stepped down as a senior member of the Firm<\/a> in 2020 and moved to the US with <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2025\/08\/26\/entertainment\/meghan-markle-reveals-who-said-i-love-you-first-when-she-met-prince-harry-as-season-2-of-with-love-meghan-drops-on-netflix\/\">her husband, Prince Harry<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>In a new interview with <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/reel\/DN0h2za2sZD\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Bloomberg\u2019s Emily Chang<\/a>, Markle complained about having to \u201cwear nude pantyhose all the time\u201d as a working royal \u2014 saying the entire thing \u201cfelt a little bit inauthentic\u201d to her.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>Meghan Markle has made a thinly veiled dig at royal life, revealing that she didn\u2019t feel like herself when required to wear tights during official engagements. <span class=\"credit\">Bloomberg Originals\/Youtube<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The former actress, who took part in the interview to promote the second season of her Netflix series, \u201cWith Love, Meghan,\u201d said she was \u201cjust being myself\u201d in the latest installment of the lifestyle show.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt was different several years ago where I couldn\u2019t be as vocal and I had to wear nude pantyhose all the time,\u201d Markle said. <\/p>\n<aside class=\"single__inline-module aligncenter wp-block-nypost-editor-primary-tag\">\n<\/aside>\n<p>\u201cLet\u2019s be honest, that was not very myself. I hadn\u2019t seen pantyhose since movies in the 1980s. That felt a little bit inauthentic.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThat\u2019s a silly example but it is an example of when you want to dress the way you want to dress and say the things that are true and you\u2019re able to show up in that space really organically and authentically \u2014 that\u2019s being comfortable in your own skin,\u201d she continued. \u201cThat\u2019s had different chapters in my life.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-instagram wp-block-embed-instagram\"\/>\n<p>\u201cRight now, I don\u2019t feel that I need to prove anything,\u201d the As Ever founder added.<\/p>\n<p>Markle\u2019s new interview dropped just hours after Netflix released eight new episodes of her lifestyle series on the streaming platform.<\/p>\n<p>The <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2025\/08\/26\/entertainment\/meghan-markle-reveals-what-she-misses-most-about-living-in-the-uk-in-season-2-of-netflixs-with-love-meghan\/\">new eight-part installment<\/a> follows a similar format to the first season, which saw the former actress share tips and tricks for hosting at home and getting in tune with at-home hobbies.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>\u201cIt was different several years ago where I couldn\u2019t be as vocal and I had to wear nude pantyhose all the time,\u201d Markle said.  <span class=\"credit\">Samir Hussein\/WireImage<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The episodes <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2025\/08\/26\/entertainment\/meghan-markle-gushes-over-how-far-shes-come-since-working-as-briefcase-girl-on-deal-or-no-deal\/\">feature guest appearances<\/a>\u00a0from Markle\u2019s celeb pals, including Chrissy Teigen, Tan France, Jay Shetty and more.<\/p>\n<p>But just hours after its release, the second season was <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2025\/08\/26\/entertainment\/meghan-markles-netflix-with-love-meghan-season-2-bashed-by-uk-critics-woman-in-need-of-some-cash\/\">already brutally bashed by UK critics<\/a> who slammed the show as \u201ctone deaf\u201d and \u201cself-indulgent.\u201d<\/p>\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n<p><strong><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2025\/08\/20\/entertainment\/royal-family-live-updates-news-and-photos-aug-20-21-22-2025\/\">Follow The Post\u2019s royal family live blog for the latest pics, news, exclusive details and more<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n<p>In its two-star review=,\u00a0<a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.telegraph.co.uk\/tv\/0\/with-love-meghan-netflix-season-2-review\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">The Telegraph<\/a>\u00a0labeled Markle\u2019s latest episodes \u201cneedy,\u201d and said they were only \u201cmarginally less mad\u201d than the first season.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>\u201cRight now, I don\u2019t feel that I need to prove anything,\u201d the As Ever founder added. <span class=\"credit\">Bloomberg Originals\/Youtube<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Elsewhere,\u00a0<a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.thetimes.com\/life-style\/celebrity\/article\/with-love-meghan-series-2-hilary-rose-r0hs2kt5k\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">The Times of London<\/a>\u00a0said that the latest installment of Markle\u2019s show is \u201ca series in search of a meaning, fronted by a woman in need of some cash.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>In his own account of the second season,\u00a0<a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.thesun.co.uk\/royals\/36433254\/meghan-markle-new-episodes-netflix-with-love\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">The Sun<\/a>\u2018s Royal Editor, Matt Wilkinson, called the series \u201cself-indulgent.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/tv-and-radio\/2025\/aug\/26\/with-love-meghan-season-two-review-so-painfully-contrived-that-its-genuinely-fascinating\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">The Guardian<\/a>, meanwhile, said Markle\u2019s new episodes were \u201cso painfully contrived.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The episodes were also <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2025\/08\/26\/entertainment\/celeb-chef-slams-meghan-markles-with-love-meghan-season-2-stick-to-acting\/\">slammed by celebrity chef Jameson Stocks<\/a>, who had previously cooked for the royal family.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>The Duchess of Sussex, 44, stepped down as a senior member of the Firm in 2020 and moved to the US with her husband, Prince Harry. <span class=\"credit\">Samir Hussein\/WireImage<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cI tried to keep an open mind, hoping it might be an improvement on the first series,\u201d Stocks, 41, exclusively told The Post. \u201cBut just two minutes in, I was already done with this bulls\u2013t.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The chef said that the \u201cSuits\u201d alum should be done with her cooking phase and instead <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2025\/08\/26\/entertainment\/meghan-markle-gushes-over-how-far-shes-come-since-working-as-briefcase-girl-on-deal-or-no-deal\/\">\u201cstick to acting,\u201d<\/a> adding that he found Markle\u2019s series \u201crather insincere.\u201d <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p><em> \u2018 The preceding article may include information circulated by third parties \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n<p><em> \u2018 Some details of this article were extracted from the following source 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