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Meghan Markle Wore Five-Inch Stilettos While Pregnant with Archie—and Now She's Ready to Talk About It

"How on Earth am I not just tipping?"

Nakeisha Campbell

By Nakeisha Campbell

Published Jun 14, 2025

1:00pm

Meghan Markle

Meghan Markle has ended the first season of her podcast, Confessions of a Female Founder, with a bang.

On one of the final episodes of the Lemonada Media podcast, the Duchess of Sussex chatted with Spanx founder Sara Blakely about female entrepreneurship, financial literacy and her experience with both of her pregnancies. You might recall previous episodes where the royal got candid about the biggest challenges of motherhood, including her battle with postpartum preeclampsia. This time, however, Markle reflected on her sartorial choices while carrying her son, Archie (6), and her daughter, Lilibet (3).

As the duo discussed footwear, Markle recalled how she often donned high heels while she was with child—even though she had "gained 65 pounds with both pregnancies." She said, "A friend just said to me the other day, they were like, ‘I just saw this picture, I’d forgotten about when you were so pregnant with Archie.’"

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Nakeisha Campbell

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