<p id=”par-1_39″><a href=”https://www.cheatsheet.com/tag/meghan-markle/”>Meghan Markle</a> is armed with a “weapon” she can <a href=”https://www.cheatsheet.com/entertainment/meghan-markle-use-ultimate-weapon-drop-another-bomb-royal-family.html/”>use against the British royal family</a>—her old journal. But, according to an expert, the Duchess of Sussex is looking to the future instead of seeking “revenge” on her royal relatives. </p>
<h2 class=”wp-block-heading” id=”h-meghan-s-royal-era-journal-is-a-potential-weapon-against-the-royal-family”>Meghan’s royal era journal is a ‘potential weapon’ against the royal family</h2>
<p id=”par-2_59″>After their <a href=”https://www.cheatsheet.com/entertainment/harry-meghan-wont-get-royal-relationship-latest-interview-mentions-oprah-nuclear-bomb.html/”>2021 Oprah interview</a>, <a href=”https://www.cheatsheet.com/entertainment/prince-harrys-wedding-recap-spare-royal-biographer-thinking-follow-ups-coming.html/”><em>Spare</em></a>, and <em>Harry & Meghan</em>, it seems the dust has settled between Meghan, <a href=”https://www.cheatsheet.com/tag/prince-harry/”>Prince Harry</a>, the Duke of Sussex, and the royal family. They’re not close with their royal relatives by any means. Harry is estranged from his older brother, <a href=”https://www.cheatsheet.com/tag/prince-william/”>Prince William</a>, and he <a href=”https://www.cheatsheet.com/entertainment/king-charless-birthday-wish-william-harry-reconcile.html/”>reportedly doesn’t talk</a> to their father, King Charles III, much. </p>
<p id=”par-3_48″>Nevertheless, Meghan, 43, has a “weapon” she can use against the royal family, royal expert Jennie Bond told OK! Magazine (via <a href=”https://www.mirror.co.uk/3am/us-celebrity-news/meghan-markle-weapon-back-pocket-33934312″ target=”_blank” rel=”noreferrer noopener”>Mirror</a>). Namely, the journal she kept during her time as a working royal that she mentioned in a <a href=”https://www.cheatsheet.com/entertainment/meghan-markle-just-proved-prince-harry-love-ever-4-quotes-new-interview.html/”>2022 cover interview</a> with New York Magazine’s The Cut. </p>
<p id=”par-4_27″>“It’s [been] more than two years since she gave that interview, and she has steered clear of controversy about the Royal Family since,” Bond said of Meghan. </p>
<p id=”par-5_61″>In the interview, Meghan recalled coming across her old journal on one of her and Harry’s visits to Frogmore Cottage, to pack up their things. (They were evicted from their former U.K. home in 2023, which <a href=”https://www.cheatsheet.com/entertainment/commentator-calls-harry-meghan-eviction-petty-frogmore-cottage-sits-empty.html/”>sits empty</a>.) “You go back and you open drawers and you’re like, ‘Oh my gosh. This is what I was writing in my journal there?’” </p>
<p id=”par-6_46″>“Obviously the journal she mentioned will remain a potential weapon in her back pocket if she ever feels the need to seek some sort of revenge,” the former BBC commentator continued. “But she has behaved with discretion and dignity ever since Oprah and the documentary series.”</p>
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<h2 class=”wp-block-heading” id=”h-meghan-hinted-she-has-more-to-say-in-an-august-2024-interview”>Meghan hinted she has more to say in an August 2024 interview</h2>
<p id=”par-7_31″>During a joint CBS <em>Sunday Morning</em> interview with Harry that aired on her birthday, Aug. 4, Meghan suggested she <a href=”https://www.cheatsheet.com/entertainment/meghan-markles-3-words-latest-interview-king-charles-worried.html/”>has lots more to say</a> about her time as a working royal. </p>
<p id=”par-8_53″>“When you’ve been through any level of pain or trauma, I believe part of our healing journey, certainly part of mine, is being able to be really open about it,” Meghan said, referencing her <a href=”https://www.cheatsheet.com/entertainment/meghan-markle-couldnt-left-alone-fear-suicide-i-didnt-want-to-be-alive-anymore.html/?swcfpc=1″>comments to Oprah</a> about not wanting “to be alive anymore” in 2019 amid intense tabloid and social media scrutiny. </p>
<p id=”par-9_53″>“You know, I haven’t really scraped the surface on my experience,” she continued. “But I do think that I would never want someone else to feel that way. And I would never want someone else to be making those sort[s] of plans. And I would never want someone else to not be believed.”</p>
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<h2 class=”wp-block-heading” id=”h-meghan-is-moving-on-with-her-life”>Meghan is ‘moving on with her life’ </h2>
<p id=”par-10_30″>Despite Meghan’s comments, Bond doesn’t expect the former <em>Suits</em> star to use her “weapon” against the royal family. The reason, she explained, is because Meghan’s focus is on the future. </p>
<p id=”par-11_58″>“I think she is looking forwards [sic], not backwards [sic] and is moving on with her life,” Bond said. That means no more bombshells in Meghan’s own version of <em>Spare</em>, Harry’s best-selling—and bombshell-filled—book. (Harry’s memoir is getting a new look with a <a href=”https://www.cheatsheet.com/entertainment/royal-family-doesnt-worry-prince-harrys-new-edition-spare.html/”>paperback</a> edition.) “So I don’t think we should be raising false alarms about any potential memoir.” </p>
<p id=”par-12_25″>A previous report claimed Meghan <a href=”https://www.cheatsheet.com/entertainment/meghan-markle-wants-prince-harrys-lawsuits-stop-insider-claims-let-go.html/”>wants Harry to move on</a> too. That would mean ending his lawsuits against tabloids and the British government for security. </p>
<p id=”par-13_33″><em>How to get help: In the U.S., call the </em><a href=”https://suicidepreventionlifeline.org/”><em>National Suicide Prevention Lifeline</em></a><em> at 1-800-273-8255. Or text HOME to 741-741 to speak with a trained crisis counselor at the free </em><a href=”https://www.crisistextline.org/”><em>Crisis Text Line</em></a><em>.</em></p>