Meghan Markle labels herself an 'ugly duckling' in high school: 'I was the smart one, not the pretty one'

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Meghan Markle revealed in her most recent podcast episode she was an "ugly duckling" in high school, and she never had "anyone to sit with" during lunch.

Markle spoke with Mindy Kaling for the third episode of her Spotify podcast "Archetypes."  The Duchess of Sussex noted that she did not consider herself to have conventional beauty during her high school years. "Look, maybe not conventional beauty as it…now, maybe that would be seen as beautiful but massive frizzy curly hair and a huge gap in my teeth that, um," she said before adding, "I was the smart one.

Forever and ever and ever and ever. And, and then just sort of grew up." Meghan Markle characterized herself as an "ugly duckling" in high school.The "Suits" star is married to Prince Harry, pictured arriving at the Invictus Games on Tuesday. (Photo by Karwai Tang/WireImage) Meghan Markle speaks with fans after arriving at the Invictus Games alongside the Duke of Sussex. (Photo by Chris Jackson/Getty Images for Invictus Games Dusseldorf 2023) Markle, who married Prince Harry in 2018, also spoke with Kaling about being "a little bit of a loner" and "really shy." "But I never had anyone to sit with at lunch.

I, I was always a little bit of a loner and really shy and didn't know where I fit in," she explained. To combat this, Markle became involved in a handful of school activities - including becoming president of multiple clubs. "And, and so I just became, I was like, okay, well then I'll become the president of the Multicultural Club and the president of sophomore class and the president of this and French club," she said. "And, and by doing that, I had meetings at lunchtime.