Meghan Markle laughingly admits she needs to ‘up her game’ in raising Archie and Lilibet with Prince Harry
MEGHAN Markle has laughingly admitted she needs to “up her game” in raising Archie and Lilibet with Prince Harry.
, 41, has said she “needs to change” parenting styles in the ninth and latest episode of her podcast.
The episode, titled To ‘B’ or not to ‘B’?, was released today, and features chairwoman of Starbucks Mellody Hobson.
In the podcast Mellody explains to Meghan how at the age of just 12 she had “horrible teeth” - and went by herself to an orthodontist.
She said: “The dentist like, you know, you need braces. He told me it was twenty-five hundred dollars.
“I was 11 or 12. I said, 'Well, we don't have that kind of money' and he gave me a payment plan.
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“He gave me a little booklet and I went home and told my mom and explained the whole thing to her - and I went back and got braces.”
After listening to the story Meghan said was shocked at her confidence at such a young age - and joked that she needs to teach her own kids the same sort of self-sufficiency.
Meghan said: “I have to rethink my parenting style because if that is, if that's what yields you, I've really gotta up my game with our kids being self-sufficient.
"What's so great about the orthodontist story specifically, is that if you look at that training that you're getting by default at 12/11 years old.
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“However old you are, to know that you're asking for, what you need, and figuring out a way to get it and it's and it's working.”
In last week's episode Meghan told of how she and would ask Harry questions.
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The Duchess also gave a sneak peek into her relationship with her mum, .
And one of Meghan's last podcasts saw her slammed by a number of celebrities after she reflected on her time on the show Deal or No Deal, saying that she was made to rather than a person.