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The couple started dating in 2016 and married in 2018.<\/p>\n<p>But she says she and Harry felt like they were in ‘the trenches’ during the early years of their relationship, in a less than subtle dig at the <a href=\"https:\/\/metro.co.uk\/tag\/royal-family\/\" data-track=\"inline-tag-auto-link_article\">Royal Family<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Meghan said: ‘You have to imagine at the beginning, everyone has, like, butterflies.<\/p>\n<p>‘Then we immediately went into the trenches together. Yeah, right out of the gate, like six months into dating.<\/p>\n<p>‘So now, seven years later, when you have a little bit of breathing space, you can just enjoy each other in a new way, and that’s why I feel like it’s more of a honeymoon period for us now.’<\/p>\n<figure class=\"img-container shareable-item wp-caption\">\n<div class=\"img-wrap\">\n\t\t<img width=\"646\" height=\"363\" src=\"http:\/\/www.burn-the-priest.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/SEI_249207120-0cf4.jpg\" class=\"article-image wp-image-22990184\" alt=\"Meghan, Duchess of Sussex in Her First Ever Podcast Interview! Exclusive Worldwide Premiere Episode of The Jamie Kern Lima Show\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>\t<\/div><figcaption>Meghan Markle has appeared on a podcast and talked about the ‘media spotlight’ when she and Prince Harry started dating (Picture: The Jamie Kern Lima Show)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The duchess has also praised Harry for keeping the family ‘safe’.<\/p>\n<p>Harry settled his long-running legal battle with News Group Newspapers (NGN) in January, receiving substantial damages and a ‘full and unequivocal apology’ for ‘serious intrusion’ into his private life and ‘unlawful activities’ by The Sun.<\/p>\n<p>The duke is also involved in a legal battle with the Home Office over <a href=\"https:\/\/metro.co.uk\/2025\/04\/12\/harry-claims-police-protection-withdrawn-trap-meghan-uk-22897778\/\">the level of taxpayer-funded personal security he should receive<\/a> when visiting the UK.<\/p>\n<p>Meghan added: ‘He’s just out there, just constant, like he’s just going to do whatever he can to make sure that our family is safe and protected and we’re uplifted and still make time for date nights.<\/p>\n<p>‘He’s also a fox. If you haven’t noticed, my husband’s very, very handsome. But his heart is even more beautiful.’<\/p>\n<p>It comes as the Sussexes have denied they use their HRH titles after a eagle-eyed viewers spotted a gift basket sent to <a data-track=\"inline-tag-auto-link_article\" href=\"https:\/\/metro.co.uk\/tag\/podcasts\/\">podcast<\/a> host Jamie Kern Lima reading ‘with compliments of HRH The Duchess of Sussex’.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"img-container shareable-item wp-caption\">\n<div class=\"img-wrap\">\n\t\t<img width=\"646\" height=\"363\" src=\"http:\/\/www.burn-the-priest.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/SEI_249232569-f1e9.jpg\" class=\"article-image wp-image-22990249\" alt=\"Uncleared grab- Sussex hamper Meghan, Duchess of Sussex in Her First Ever Podcast Interview! Exclusive Worldwide Premiere Episode\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>\t<\/div><figcaption>The note card has raised eyebrows (Picture: Jamie Kern Lima\/ Youtube)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Although no laws were passed or documents signed to prevent their use, Harry and Meghan agreed with <a href=\"https:\/\/metro.co.uk\/2025\/04\/15\/queen-elizabeth-ii-still-popular-royal-figure-three-years-since-death-22911430\/\">the late Queen Elizabeth II<\/a> and senior officials to stop using the word ‘royal’ after stepping down as working Royal Family members.<\/p>\n<p>The gift basket was sent to Jamie’s home ‘about a year ago… to see if that helps lighten my load,’ she said.<\/p>\n<p>A spokesman for the Sussexes said they do not use HRH titles.<\/p>\n<p>Earlier this year Meghan launched her Netflix show, called <a href=\"https:\/\/metro.co.uk\/2025\/03\/04\/finally-understand-meghan-markle-watching-netflix-show-22664702\/\">With Love, Meghan<\/a>, and followed up shortly after with <a href=\"https:\/\/metro.co.uk\/2025\/04\/02\/this-much-meghan-markles-new-raspberry-jam-will-cost-22835513\/\">her new brand, called As Ever<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The first few episodes of <a href=\"https:\/\/metro.co.uk\/2025\/04\/08\/meghan-markle-reveals-rare-scary-health-battle-childbirth-22869878\/\">her latest podcast series<\/a>, Confessions of a Female Founder, have also been released.<\/p>\n<p>She also recently shared a sweet video baking with daughter <a href=\"https:\/\/metro.co.uk\/tag\/princess-lilibet\/\">Princess Lilibet<\/a>, in which viewers can <a href=\"https:\/\/metro.co.uk\/2025\/04\/28\/meghan-shares-sweet-video-princess-lilibets-american-accent-first-time-22985190\/\">hear her American accent for the first time<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\"><strong><strong><strong>Get in touch with our news team by emailing us at <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"mailto:webnews@metro.co.uk\" target=\"_blank\">webnews@metro.co.uk<\/a>.<\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"\"><strong>For more stories like this, <\/strong><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/metro.co.uk\/news\/\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>check our news page<\/strong><\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>{“@context”:”https:\/\/schema.org”,”@type”:”VideoObject”,”name”:”Metro.co.uk”,”duration”:”T31S”,”thumbnailUrl”:”https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2025\/04\/29\/07\/97811159-0-image-a-24_1745907004329.jpg”,”uploadDate”:”2025-04-29T06:54:49+0100″,”description”:”In her first ever podcast interview, Meghan opened up to host Jamie Kern Lima about her family life in Montecito with Harry and their children, Archie, five, and Lilibet, three.”,”contentUrl”:”https:\/\/videos.metro.co.uk\/video\/met\/2025\/04\/29\/797986409532404307\/480x270_MP4_797986409532404307.mp4″,”height”:270,”width”:480}<\/p>\n<p class=\"more-link\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.burn-the-priest.com\/index.php\/2025\/04\/29\/meghan-markle-says-she-and-prince-harry-were-in-the-trenches-while-dating\/\" class=\"readmore\">Continue reading<svg class=\"icon icon-arrow-right\" aria-hidden=\"true\" role=\"img\"> <use href=\"#icon-arrow-right\" xlink:href=\"#icon-arrow-right\"><\/use> <\/svg><span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Meghan Markle says she and Prince Harry were \u2018in the trenches\u2019 while dating<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":4855,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[11],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.burn-the-priest.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4853"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.burn-the-priest.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.burn-the-priest.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.burn-the-priest.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.burn-the-priest.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4853"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"http:\/\/www.burn-the-priest.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4853\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4858,"href":"http:\/\/www.burn-the-priest.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4853\/revisions\/4858"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.burn-the-priest.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4855"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.burn-the-priest.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4853"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.burn-the-priest.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4853"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.burn-the-priest.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4853"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}