Meghan Markle Says She 'Didn't Grow Up Pretty,' Talks Biggest Misconceptions About Herself

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Meghan Markle thinks some people have the wrong idea about her. The 41-year-old Duchess of Sussex is opening up in a new cover story interview for, which initially took place weeks before the death of Queen Elizabeth II.

In it, she talks about interviewing powerful women for her podcast and made a surprising comment about her youth. «I spoke to Paris Hilton last week.

I told her at the beginning that I was the most nervous about her interview. I was embarrassed to admit it, but I’ve had a judgment about her that’s based on everything I’ve seen, and I don’t like to come from a place of judgment,» Markle explains. «But I also didn’t grow up pretty.»When the interviewer asks Markle to explain her comment about not growing up pretty, she replies, «I grew up as the smart one.

So much of what I ended up thinking about, when I thought about Paris, was envy and judgment — two of the most dangerous things.