Meghan Markle Felt ‘So Uncomfortable Being Out in the World’ in 2019 [Video]

Meghan Markle recently opened up about a place where she found “safety” in the past.

While speaking on Sept. 7 at Godmothers, a bookstore near her home in Montecito, California, Meghan reflected on the last time she popped into a bookstore — this time in New York City in 2019, while still a working royal. (Meghan and her husband, Prince Harry, stepped back from their roles as working royals the next year, in 2020.) Meghan was in N.Y.C. during a covert trip from the UK to watch her friend, Serena Williams, play in the U.S. Open, she said, per Town & Country. Before anyone could figure out she was in town, she went for a walk to a bookstore.

“For me, sneaking to New York five years ago was a really big deal,” the Duchess of Sussex, 43, told a crowd, describing how she put on a cap and kept her head down. …