Meghan Markle made royal fans go all emotional after she made a heartbreaking admission about her parents’ divorce in an unearthed video which has gone viral on social media.
The Duchess of Sussex opened up about how she experienced her parents’ divorce when she was just 12 years old and talked about how she dreamed about growing up in a “nuclear family” with a “happy dad and his loving wife”.
Her comments were shown in an episode of her and Prince Harry’s Netflix docuseries, Harry & Meghan.
In a clip from the episode, Meghan could be seen talking about the divorce as well as reading out a poem she wrote about her experience.
Meghan said: “Even though my parents co-parented well, you think about how that informs what you grow up to be and what you want.
“It’s so funny when I was 12, I was at Immaculate Heart [a school in Los Angeles], and one of the assignments was to write a poem about your life. And I remember this poem to this day.”
She then read out her poem: “Two houses, two homes, two kitchens, two phones, two couches where I lay, two places that I stay. Moving, moving here and there, from Monday to Friday I’m everywhere.
“Don’t get me wrong, it’s not that bad, but oftentimes it makes me sad. I want to live that nuclear life, with a happy dad and his loving wife.
“A picket fence, a shaggy dog, a fireplace with a burning log, but it’s not real, it’s just a dream, I cannot cry or even scream. So here I sit with cat number three, Life would be easy if there were two of me.”
The video went viral on TikTok, where it was watched 7,1 million times and liked by 1,3 million people.
Fans got emotional and took to the comment section to express their views.
One user wrote: “I started crying because I know how real this was for me when I was a child.”
Another one said: “This made me cry ’cause this is me.”
A third one added: “When I saw this for the first time í cried so hard.”
A fourth one commented: “I recently separated from my husband & this is killing me. My child is going through this.”
A fifth one wrote: “‘Life would be easy if they’re two of me’ [sad face emoji].”
A sixth one opined: “As someone with divorced parents this hits my soul.”
