Back Row with Amy Odell

Meghan Markle Deep Dive, Part One: From Struggling Actress to Meeting Harry

Montag, 5. Oktober 2026 · 50 min

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Harry and Meghan are back in the UK, six years after leaving the royal family. In the first part of Back Row's deep dive into Meghan Markle, Amy and former Us Weekly and Hello! editor Justin Ravitz — who has interviewed Prince Harry and worked with the couple's team — trace Meghan's story from her Los Angeles childhood to the night she met Harry.

Part two is available to Back Row Premium subscribers.

CHAPTERS

Introduction

Meghan's Los Angeles childhood

Age 11: taking on Procter & Gamble

Briefcase No. 24 on Deal or No Deal

Landing Suits

The Tig blog and Meghan's Goop dream

Social climbing and Soho House

Humanitarian ambitions and meeting Harry

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Edited by Chrissi Harris.

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