Meghan Markle claims she’s ‘the happiest’ she’s ‘ever been’ — despite plunging on UK’s most popular celebs list

Meghan Markle claims she’s ‘the happiest’ she’s ‘ever been’ — despite plunging on UK’s most popular celebs list

Meghan Markle is on cloud nine.

The Duchess of Sussex, 43, made a “confession” about the current state of her life during her speech at the Time100 Summit in New York City Wednesday.

“A confession I can share with you today is that I’m the happiest I’ve ever been,” Markle told the audience.

Meghan Markle at the 2025 Time100 Summit in NYC on April 23. Getty Images for TIME
Meghan Markle says she’s “the happiest I’ve ever been.” Getty Images for TIME

“To have a husband and a partner who is so supportive and kids who are healthy and happy, I never imagined at this point I would feel so happy and grateful, and I really do,” she added, referring to husband Prince Harry and their kids Prince Archie, 5, and daughter Princess Lilibet, 3.

Markle said she was grateful for having a supportive husband as well as healthy and happy kids. Getty Images for TIME
From left: Sam Jacobs, Jessica Sibley, Meghan Markle and Prince Harry at the Time100 Summit. Getty Images for TIME

Markle’s comments come after it was revealed where she and Harry, 40, fall on the list of the UK’s most popular celebrities.

Of the 2,600 people on the list, Harry is at the joint 1,336th spot with 30% popularity.

Markle is even further down the list, falling at the 2,034th spot with a popularity of just 17%.

Prince Harry and Meghan Markle seen in New York City for the Time100 Summit. GC Images
Prince Harry and Meghan Markle in Midtown in New York City on April 23. GC Images

The “Suits” alum is a popularity rating of 24% with GenX, 18% with millennials and 4% with boomers.

Harry’s estranged relatives Prince William, Kate Middleton and King Charles III are all more popular than the Sussexes, according to the results of the YouGov survey.

Markle and Harry infamously quit their royal duties in 2020 and now live in Montecito, California with their children.

Prince Harry and Meghan Markle. Instagram / @meghan
Markle and Harry infamously quit their royal duties in 2020 and now live in Montecito, California. megan/Instagram

They subsequently blasted Harry’s family in their bombshell 2021 interview with Oprah, in their “Harry & Meghan” Netflix docuseries and Harry’s tell-all memoir “Spare.” 

The couple arrived together at NYC’s Jazz at Lincoln Center for the Time100 Summit. They were flanked by several security guards. Their four-car motorcade – made up of another SUV and two unmarked police cars – was seen in the background.

Meghan Markle at the Time100 Summit in New York City. Getty Images for TIME
Meghan Markle poses at the 2025 TIME100 Summit at Jazz at Lincoln Center. Getty Images for TIME

Markle, dressed in a tan blazer, matching pants, a white top and heels, spoke to the audience at the event about her “incredibly busy and ambitious” past year which involved launching her “With Love, Meghan” series on Netflix, her As Ever lifestyle brand and her “Confessions of a Female Founder” podcast.

Meghan Markle in her Netflix lifestyle show “With Love, Meghan.” JAKE ROSENBERG/NETFLIX

“You see it all come to life and try to give yourself the space and the grace to make mistakes, to know you’re not doing it right every day,” she said.

Markle also said that she’s committed to being a “role model” to her kids and emphasized the importance “for young men to be raised with a confidence and sense of self that is going to empower the women around them too.”

“So I try to model that behavior, but again, it starts with whatever’s going on internally,” she added. “I am able to just tune out whatever that noise is, really not give it any credence.”

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