{"id":2375993,"date":"2026-04-16T14:04:54","date_gmt":"2026-04-16T14:04:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=2375993"},"modified":"2026-04-16T14:04:54","modified_gmt":"2026-04-16T14:04:54","slug":"meghan-markle-says-shes-been-bullied-for-10-years-during-australia-trip","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/meghan-markle-says-shes-been-bullied-for-10-years-during-australia-trip\/","title":{"rendered":"Meghan Markle Says She\u2019s Been Bullied for 10 Years During Australia Trip"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Duchess Meghan<\/a> and Prince Harry visited a mental health organization for youth in Australia on day three of their tour<\/a>, and while there, the Sussexes dove deep into their personal struggles with mental wellness<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The visit was at batyr<\/a> at Swinburne University of Technology, which works with young people to reduce stigmas around mental health, and focuses on preventative education and early intervention.<\/p>\n

During a discussion with some young people associated with the organization, Meghan discussed her own experience with anxiety and depression triggered by online criticism. \u201cFor now, 10 years, every day for 10 years, I have been bullied and attacked. And I was the most trolled person in the entire world,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n

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The duchess\u2019 comment refers to her life since associating herself with the British royal family. In 2017, she and Harry became engaged, sparking waves of outrage amongst people who criticized her of disrupting the family\u2019s dynamic, of attempting to steal the spotlight from Princess Kate, and more. She also received many hate comments targeted at her mixed-race background.<\/p>\n

In 2018, Meghan and Harry married<\/a>, and for two years, the duchess joined the family as a senior royal, attending public engagements and dressing the part. Meghan has previously spoken about that era as the hardest in her life, and even said that she was so mentally unwell when she became pregnant with Prince Archie, that she considered ending her own life<\/a>.<\/p>\n

In 2020, the Sussexes decided to step back from their senior royal titles, due, in part, to Meghan\u2019s mental health struggles. Then, the public accused Meghan of separating the family and forcing Harry to leave the role he was born into.<\/p>\n

Now, Meghan and Harry live in Montecito, California, with their two kids (Prince Archie and Princess Lilibet), and run their own projects. Meghan has a lifestyle brand, As Ever, and just wrapped her Netflix lifestyle show, With Love, Meghan<\/em>. Of course, the criticism continues, but she\u2019s learned to manage it for herself.<\/p>\n

\u201cNow, I\u2019m still here,\u201d she told the group, before offering them advice on how to navigate hateful internet culture and social media bullying. \u201cAnd when I think of all of you and what you\u2019re experiencing, I think so much of that is having to realize that you know that industry, that billion-dollar industry, that is completely anchored and predicated on cruelty to get clicks \u2014 that\u2019s not going to change. So you have to be stronger than that,\u201d Meghan said.<\/p>\n

Harry also spoke of his experience with mental health struggles. \u201cI waited until I was literally in the fetal position, much older, lying on the kitchen floor,\u201d the prince said. \u201cUntil I was like, okay maybe this therapy thing\u2014maybe I should try it.\u201d<\/p>\n

The couple also praised Australia\u2019s recent ban on children under 16 using social media. \u201cAustralia took the lead,\u201d Harry said. \u201cYour government was the first country in the world to bring about a ban. Now we can sit here and debate the pros and cons of a ban\u2014I\u2019m not here to judge that. All I will say is from a responsibility and leadership standpoint\u2014epic. Because so many countries have now followed suit, but it should have never got to a ban.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

\u2018 The preceding article may include information circulated by third parties \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n

\u2018 Some details of this article were extracted from the following source www.harpersbazaar.com \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Duchess Meghan and Prince Harry visited a mental health organization for youth in Australia on day three of their tour, and while there, the Sussexes dove deep into their personal struggles with mental wellness. The visit was at batyr at Swinburne University of Technology, which works with young people to reduce stigmas around mental health, […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":2375994,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"jnews-multi-image_gallery":[],"jnews_single_post":[],"jnews_primary_category":[],"jnews_social_meta":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[25177],"tags":[442113,274717,462459,285977,285684,441858,462458,436397],"class_list":["post-2375993","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-celebrities","tag-collection-latest-royal-news","tag-content-type-news","tag-contentid-66c9107e-be9b-4b50-8ebd-29e926821545","tag-displaytype-standard-article","tag-locale-us","tag-read_time-3","tag-shorttitle-meghan-markle-says-shes-been-bullied-for-10-years","tag-subsection-celebrity-news"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Meghan-Markle-Says-Shes-Been-Bullied-for-10-Years-During.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2375993","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2375993"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2375993\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2375995,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2375993\/revisions\/2375995"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2375994"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2375993"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2375993"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2375993"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}