Meghan Markle showed the lighter, more personal side of her life during her interview with Ellen DeGeneres that’s airing today. In a new clip that came out ahead of the broadcast, the Duchess of Sussex spoke about a secret Halloween date she had with Prince Harry right before her relationship with him became public and what her children, Archie and Lili, were for Halloween this year. She and Harry spent Halloween with DeGeneres—a remark that reveals how much of a friendship the two have off-screen.
Meghan explained, “Yes, [we had to really keep our relationship quiet when we were dating.] We did [go to a Halloween party together]. He came to see me in Toronto, and our friends and his cousin Eugenie and now her husband, Jack, they came as well, and the four of us snuck out in Halloween costumes to just have one fun night on the town before it was out in the world that we were a couple. No, [the people at the party didn’t know it was us]. It was a post-apocalyptic theme so we had all of this very bizarre costuming on, and we were able to just sort of have one final fun night out.”
Of her Halloween this year, Meghan revealed they had a night in at their Montecito home. “We were home and we saw you guys [Ellen DeGeneres and her wife Portia de Rossi], which was great, but we wanted to do something fun for the kids, and then the kids were just not into it at all. Archie was a dinosaur for maybe five minutes.”
“Not even five minutes,” DeGeneres said.
“It was not even five minutes,” Meghan agreed.
“Finally Harry talked him into putting the head on, but Lili was a skunk,” DeGeneres revealed.
“She was a little skunk,” Meghan confirmed.
“It was so cute,” DeGeneres said.
“I know, like Flower from Bambi,” Meghan said.
The Duchess also spoke about her children’s book The Bench and Harry’s impact on the project. Watch both clips from the interview below:
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Alyssa Bailey
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Alyssa Bailey is the news and strategy editor at ELLE.com, where she oversees coverage of celebrities and royals (particularly Meghan Markle and Kate Middleton).
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