Home Life Before Harry
Aside from a busy social life and life as an actress on set, she could be quite a homebody at times.
She posted this photo a few years ago that read: “After a long day of shooting its date night with my boys.” In this photo, she’s lounging on the couch with her dogs Bogart and Guy, and a glass of red wine.
Bogart and Guy were frequent guests on her Instagram as she lived with them at home. They were both rescue dogs, adopted at different times, and had a difficult life before Meghan took them in. “If you’re thinking of getting a dog, please rescue,” she encouraged her followers on Instagram.
Nurturing Her Fan Base
Megan posted a nice close-up selfie of her face in bright light for a special occasion. When it was the Suits actress’s birthday, she received a flood of well-wishes and birthday messages. And of course, she had to give her fans a little shout out.
She captioned her birthday selfie: “Thank you for the birthday love! Cheers to all of you for sticking with me on all things serious and silly.” Meghan added: “Let’s have another amazing year, PS #adoptdontshop.” In her life before Harry, she had taken on a social media influencer-type of identity.
Influencer In Training
In fact, in many ways, Meghan was really trying to become a proper social media influencer. Pictured below, Meghan gave her followers a sneak peek into what she’s like in real life. In this photo, she stands uncomfortably to take the best photo of her lunch. Just like an influencer.
We love this private glimpse into Meghan’s day-to-day life. We can she has her laptop open, eats lunch at her desk, and isn’t afraid of pouring herself an early glass of wine. We can also see her style when it comes to interior decoration. She clearly favored clean and contemporary styles of furniture.
Her Girly Side
Here we have a glimpse into Meghan’s bedroom which, naturally, she was private about even then. We can see she loved to look good and took an artful photo of herself applying makeup. She’s putting on her nude Christian Dior lipstick and looking in her Christian Dior eyeshadow compact.
We can also see her collection of fancy shoes lined up on the windowsill. Clearly, space was a bit of an issue in this apartment so she stored her wardrobe where she could. We’re not surprised she was a makeup and shoe enthusiast, considering how stylish she looks most of the time.
Expensive Taste
In fact, Meghan prided herself on being somewhat of a fashionista. In the photo below, we can see her carefully styled day-time outfit that looks straight out of a catalog. Even when she was just meeting up with a friend for brunch, she would dress up for the occasion.
Meghan was clearly drawn to the good life, even back then. She loved to post about getting her hair done by fancy hairdressers, and shouting them out on Instagram. In many ways, she was a perfect choice for Harry and a life in the public eye. She already knew how to maintain a glamorous lifestyle.
A First-Class Lifestyle
It’s clear from Meghan’s old Instagram that she went on vacation a lot. Aside from starring as Rachel on Suits, she didn’t have another source of income, but by the looks of it, she didn’t need one either. In this photo she posted on Instagram, she’s about to head into a first-class passenger lounge.
And while most of us would slip into a pair of sweatpants to stay comfortable on the flight, Meghan traveled in style. She’s wheeling around a suede carry-on bag and wearing a beige fedora hat. Then again, if you’re enjoying the luxury of a first-class flight you’ll probably be comfortable in whatever you wear.
Her Playful Side
Lounging by the pool was one of Meghan’s favorite things to do. We’d never see her dressed like this anymore, but before her life with Harry, she’d pose in a barely-there bikini and think nothing of it. Once she joined the British Royal Family, the palace tried to delete photos like this from the internet entirely.
But obviously, by then it was too late and these photos would forever remain on the web. Meghan had a pretty playful sense of style before she had to dress like a princess. In this pool photo, she’s wearing a watermelon chunky-knit bikini top and soaking up the sun.
Cooking Up a Storm
Now that Meghan has left the royal life behind her, she can pursue other passions more publicly again. One that we might see more from her in the future is her love of cooking and fine cuisine. Before she was the Duchess of Sussex, she loved to post photos of herself cooking up a storm.
As you might expect from a fitness enthusiast like Meghan, her meals were pretty healthy. For example, in this photo, she’s not making burgers on an outdoor grill. She’s smoking a whole fish and some vegetables for an afternoon with friends. It’s all protein and lean greens.
A Total Fitness Junkie
A big part of Meghan’s life, when she was an actress for Suits, was maintaining her slim physique. She worked out three to four days a week with a personal trainer called McNamee, and that was just for her intense 45-minute training sessions.
Circuit-based training was a favorite of Meghan’s, as it maintained her cardiovascular health and gave her muscle definition. Her personal trainer told Women’s Health Magazine in 2018: “For Meghan, we tried to schedule these workouts early in the day, to make it a priority.” Clearly, her hard work pays off.
Getting Wedding Ideas
Meghan’s wedding to Prince Harry was one of the biggest ceremonies of the decade. And maybe she took inspiration from one of her best friends’ wedding back in 2016. She was one of Lindsay Jill Ross’s blushing bridesmaids for the ceremony in Greece.
Meghan posted this pic at the time of her gorgeous peach halterneck dress, which complimented her figure perfectly. Lindsay has always been a close friend of Meghan’s, even talking to the press about how down-to-earth the former actress is. “I think people assume that when someone gains notoriety that they change. But she’s still the same girl I met years ago, with the same values and priorities.”
A Strained Relationship
Meghan’s relationship with her dad Thomas is confusing, to say the least. They’re estranged these days, with Thomas making public appeals towards Meghan through various media outlets. His efforts to share private aspects of Meghan’s life with the public is the main reason why the two don’t speak anymore, and he didn’t attend her royal wedding. But Meg’s now-deleted Instagram proved that they used to be close.
She once posted a throwback photo of them with the caption: “Happy Father’s Day, daddy. I’m still your buckaroo, and to this day your hugs are still the very best in the whole wide world… Thanks for giving me that signature Markle nose. I love you xo.” Meghan doesn’t talk about him publicly anymore, but her old Instagram showed a different side to their relationship.
Meghan’s Aristic Side
Truthfully, Megan had her fingers in many different pies before she met Prince Harry. As well as acting on Suits, running her blog, and working out most days of the week, she also worked on her artistic passion project – freelance calligraphy. That’s right, she had an artist’s thumb.
For some reason, the Duchess of Sussex chooses to keep quiet about her secret hobby. Even back then, she preferred to advertise herself a certain way online. For this image, the then-actress wrote: “Have a berry good weekend – be safe, be loving, be present, be grateful xx.” Read page 3 for How Meghan Markle Enjoyed Naughty Single Life
