MEGHAN Markle has claimed she was a shy “ugly duckling” growing up in today’s episode of her Spotify podcast.
The Duchess of Sussex said she “never had anyone to sit with at lunch” in school during the latest episode of her Archetypes podcast.
Meghan Markle has claimed she was an shy ‘ugly duckling’ growing up
Her podcast launched as part of a rumoured £18million Spotify deal
Meghan tells her latest guest, comedian Mindy Kaling, how she was a “shy loner” who became “the smart one” by throwing herself into extra-curricular activities.
In the 50-minute episode titled The Stigma of the Singleton with Mindy Kaling, the comedian asks Meghan: “Were you not the pretty one growing up?”
The Duchess of Sussex replies: “No, god no. Ugly duckling. Not conventional beauty – maybe now that would be seen as beautiful.
“I had massive frizzy curly hair. I had a huge gap in my teeth.
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“I was the smart one, forever and ever and ever. And then just sort of grew up.”
She adds: “I never had anyone to sit with at lunch.
“I was always a little bit of a loner and really shy. I didn’t know where I fit in.
“So I was like, oh I’ll become president of the multicultural club, the president of sophomore class, of French club.
“And by doing that I had meetings at lunch time so I didn’t have to worry about who I would sit with or what I would do.”
Kaling said Meghan’s admission made her “emotional” and adds: “You do seem so intimidating.
“Your life is together. You’re so beautiful.
“It’s nice to know that you were a lonely kid who didn’t necessarily begin that way.”
Meghan ends the discussion by saying: “I’m glad we both got to share with each other.”
Earlier in their discussion, Meghan tells Kaling how she was a “latchkey kid” growing up, who loved Archie Comics.
But the duchess insists she and Harry did not name her first son Archie after the graphic novels’ protagonist.
Meghan adds: “For me, my parents split up when I was around two to three years old.
“I always wanted this cookie-cutter looking life. You looked at that… there’s a boy in a letterman jacket.
“It was so – I romanticised it. It makes you have an idea of what you want your life to be like.”
Kaling cheekily asks Meghan if she “likes redheads” because of high school student Archie’s flaming red locks.
The duchess – who is married to ginger haired Prince Harry – jokingly replied: “Yes.”
