TRIGGER WARNING: This post contains information about stillbirth and infant loss, which may be triggering to some.
The public is now learning more about Prince Harry’s wife Meghan Markle’s tragic 2020 pregnancy loss just one day after the publication of the prince’s highly anticipated memoir, Spare. In his most recent book, Harry describes how they dealt with their unborn child after learning she had lost the pregnancy and the exact moment they learned this.
Harry goes into great detail about the upsetting event.
The miscarriage began when Meghan experienced abdominal pains, according to his book. The situation quickly got out of hand, and the duchess started bleeding before collapsing to the ground, causing Harry to take her right away to the closest hospital for assistance.
When they got there, the doctor told them about their loss.
“I didn’t hear a word the doctor said when she entered the room. I simply observed her face, her nonverbal cues, and “Harry reportedly wrote, per Express. “I was aware of it. Both of us did.”
Harry admitted to feeling completely “hopeless” after learning the baby’s fate, and he recalled how they “both wept” after doing so.
Only four times in his life, according to Harry, did he experience that.
He admitted that the only other times he had felt such intense distress were when Princess Diana and Prince William were being “chased by paparazzi” in a car, when they were flying over Afghanistan in an Apache helicopter, and when Meghan revealed that she had considered suicide.
We can’t even begin to fathom how heartbreaking this must have been for the two of them, who were so eager to give Archie a younger sibling to grow up with.
The bereaved parents then located a sacred space to bury their child.
Harry then described burying their child by taking a “tiny package” to a “secret place.” In his book, he described how he “dug a hole with my hands under a spreading banyan tree while Meg wept and set the tiny package softly in the ground.”
He also revealed that they were the only ones who knew where the baby was left.
We are unable to fathom how challenging it was to relive those experiences.
Harry and Meghan have received praise for being so open about their experience with miscarriage because, despite those who have gone through the traumatic event, the subject is still somewhat taboo.
Harry’s words should make other bereaved families feel less isolated in their suffering, in our opinion. We anticipate that, given the success of his book, he will be able to connect with a lot of parents through his candor and openness.
