Meghan Markle 'only faced negativity about her ambition' when she started dating Harry

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Meghan Markle has used her first podcast episode to reveal that she only began having negative feelings about her ambitious personality after she began dating Prince Harry.

The Duchess of Sussex released the first episode of her long-awaited podcast series Archetypes today (August 23), revealing that her son Archie had made a narrow escape from a fire during a royal tourThe premiere episode featured long-term friend and tennis sensation Serena Williams, with the pair discussing the athlete’s imminent retirement from the sport and the double standards women face when they are labelled ambitious. READ MORE: Meghan Markle's son Archie narrowly escaped terrifying fire while on tour And, Meghan also admitted that she had struggled with criticism about her ambition after associating with the Royal Family."I don't remember ever personally feeling the negative connotation behind the word ambitious until I started dating my now husband," she said.Serena Williams also revealed Harry had helped her with the decision to retire from tennis before she made the announcement earlier this month, spending around an hour discussing the issue with her.Meghan, who made her own decision to change paths when she stepped down as a working royal, said: "I think, you know, I think both of us, or the three of us, really know that sometimes the right decision isn't the easiest decision."It takes a lot of courage, I think, too, to stop something in many ways than to keep going sometimes."The release of the podcast comes nearly two years after Meghan first signed a lucrative deal with Spotify.To get more royal stories from Daily Star delivered straight to your inbox sign up to one of our free newsletters here.It follows the news that another.