There was a time when Meghan Markle was ready to do anything to integrate into the royal family as it should. As she tells in the new and 8th episode of her podcast Archetypesthe Duchess of Sussex had planned to take British nationality … but the mother of Archie and Lilibet faced the difficulty of the tests that the United Kingdom puts in place for all those who wish to change their identity card. ‘identify.
When her engagement to Prince Harry was publicly confirmed in 2017, Buckingham Palace claimed that Meghan Markle would become a full British citizen, despite being originally from Los Angeles, America. But as you know, the couple finally preferred to abandon this project, while abandoning their official position within the royal family, at the end of 2019.
This exam is so difficult
To obtain English nationality, despite her marriage to Prince Harry, Meghan Markle would have had to spend three years in the United Kingdom, which was not the case. Above all, she should have passed an exam to prove her knowledge of rights, legal systems, history, culture… and even in terms of the royal family! To pass this famous exam, she would have had to spend 50 pounds, the equivalent of 58€. A sum that she ended up saving by finding her country – the famous Megxit of 2020.
I think they made it even harder for you
“This exam is so difficultshe explains in her podcast. I was studying to pass it and I remember I kept saying ‘But it’s not possible’. And I was asking my husband ‘Did you know this? Did you know that?’ And he was just like, ‘I had no idea‘”. Meghan Markle spoke about this period of her life as part of this 8th episode ofArchetypes, which had as its theme the guilt that revolves around over-mediatized mothers. She had invited, to build this debate, the Canadian first lady, Sophie Trudeau, as well as the actress Pamela Adlon. “I think they made it even more complicated for you, this testjoked the latter. They said to themselves that they were really going to set the bar very high this time around…“