Merkel focused on stereotypes about a modern woman, as well as a parent. “This idea of what it means to be a good mother, all these different archetypes where you feel this pressure to be better as a wife or as a partner in a certain way… and then the shaming as a mother that comes with that.”
More in-
The former royal also shared how becoming a mother to a young child in particular shaped who she is today. She said, “Now I’m a mother of a daughter and whether I thought it would happen or not, it did – I see the world differently, through how she’s going to see the world and how she’ll look at certain women as role models.” Towards the end of the episode, Markle also told fans and other mothers her plans to teach young Lilibet how to “be interesting, curious, kind and strong.” She especially emphasized, “But you can also be a woman with a voice.”