Meghan Markle Recalls Getting Emotional Over Flight Crew Member Acknowledging Her ‘Sacrifice’ for the U.K. After Royal Exit: ‘I Tried So Hard’

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An emotional moment. Meghan Markle praised the words of encouragement that she received from a flight crew member following her royal exit.“We had left Westminster Abbey, and then that was it.

I had to go to the airport. We get on the plane. And it’s not the pilot — but whoever is sort of overseeing the crew — and he came and he knelt next to my seat and he took his hat off.

I just remember looking at him, and he goes, ‘We appreciate everything you did for our country,’” Meghan, 41, detailed during sixth episode of the Netflix docuseries Harry & Meghan, which started streaming on Thursday, December 15.The kind word came after her final senior royal engagement with Prince Harry in March 2020, which was a Commonwealth Day service in London.

While discussing the emotional trip, the former actress explained why she was so affected by the interaction. “It was the first time that I felt like someone saw the sacrifice,” she said. “Not for my own country.