Meghan Markle Recalls a Fire Breaking Out in Archie's Nursery as She Was Forced to Continue Royal Engagements

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Meghan Markle is opening up about one of her most humanizing motherhood moments while on a royal tour with Prince Harry in 2019.

In the premiere episode of her new podcast,, the Duchess of Sussex discusses the concept of ambition as it applies to women in a raw and wide-ranging conversation with her longtime friend, Serena Williams.

The pair engages in a dialogue about what it means to be a parent and a professional, sharing gut-wrenching stories about the times that those two roles seemed to be at odds. «When we went on our tour to South Africa, we landed with Archie,» Meghan, 41, recalled. «Archie was what, four and a half months old.

And the moment we landed, we had to drop him off at this housing unit that they had us staying in.»While Archie was left with his nanny to have a nap, Meghan and Prince Harry immediately embarked on an official engagement in Nyanga, where Meghan would deliver a speech to a group of women and girls. «We finish the engagement, we get in the car and they say, 'There's been a fire at the residence,'» she said. ''What? 'There's been a fire in the baby's room.' What?!" The new parents raced back to find their «amazing nanny,» Lauren, «in floods of tears.» «She was supposed to put Archie down for his nap, and she just said, 'You know what?