PHOTOSMeghan Markle Had The Same New Year's Resolutions Each Year Until She Met Prince Harry
Dec. 31 2019, Published 4:55 p.m. ET
Meghan Markle couldn’t keep her New Year’s Resolutions, until she met Prince Harry in 2016. The former Suits actress wrote about her personal goals for the New Year in January 2016 on her now-defunct lifestyle blog, The Tig. Meghan, 38, explained that every year she tried to reach all four goals and never did. Instead, the Duchess of Sussex left “room for magic,” and met her husband not long after.
Meghan began the blog post by listing her four goals that have yet to come to fruition. “Run a marathon. Stop biting my nails. Stop swearing. Re-learn French. These make my New Year’s resolution list nearly (AKA actually every) single year,” she wrote on her blog, and added that every year they never get resolved.
“The marathon hasn’t happened. The swearing comes in lulls triggered by being overworked or feeling mighty cheeky after a couple drinks,” she wrote. “Then there’s the French – a language I studied through high school and then lost as I immersed myself in speaking Spanish with the Argentinians during my stint in Buenos Aires. I have put my little Rosetta Stone headset in my eager ears every year, resolving to do interviews en français, but much to my chagrin, it hasn’t stuck.”
Meghan continued, “And when it comes to the biting of the nails – well, it still happens with a turbulent flight or a stressful day. It’s unladylike. But then again, so is the swearing. Dammit.”
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However, in 2016, the mother of one decided that she would change things up and not set a resolution. “For this new year, the only thing I aim to do is to approach life playfully. To laugh and enjoy, to keep my standards high but my level of self-acceptance higher,” she wrote.
Meghan added, “My New Year’s resolution is to leave room for magic. To make my plans, and be okay if they sometimes break. To set my goals, but to be open to change.” She encouraged her fellow readers to follow suit. Less than six months later, Meghan met Prince Harry, 35, on a blind date.
The Duke of Sussex seemed to think their romance was just as fated as his wife’s resolution. “I fell in love with Meghan so incredibly quickly — it was a confirmation to me that all the stars were aligned,” Harry gushed to People shortly after their engagement.
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