Meghan Markle news: Duchess shares the rule she has with picking a baby name and how she also applies in business

Meghan Markle has revealed her one golden rule about picking a baby name, and admitted it’s advice she also applies in business.

The royal opened up during the most recent episode of her podcast Confessions of a Female Founder Spanx founder Sara Blakely.

Blakely, 54, was talking about the early days of Spanx when Meghan, 43, likened creating a brand with naming a child.

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“You’re like, ‘What do you think?'” the Duchess of Sussex said.

“It’s no different, I will say this to every woman in the world or every person in the world who’s going to have a child, if you have an idea about what you are going to name that baby, you keep it so close to your heart, until that baby is born and it’s named.”

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Meghan added, “Don’t ask anyone’s opinion.”

She joked that asking people’s opinions becomes like popular survey tool ‘Survey Monkey’.

The Duke and Duchess of Sussex are parents to Prince Archie, six, and Princess Lilibet, three.

Lilibet will celebrate her fourth birthday on June 4.

It isn’t known how Harry and Meghan came up with Archie but they famously named Lilibet after the late Queen Elizabeth whose childhood nickname was Lilibet.

A spokesperson for the Duke and Duchess of Sussex previously told People: “The Duke spoke with his family in advance of the announcement, in fact, his grandmother was the first family member he called. During that conversation, he shared their hope of naming their daughter Lilibet in her honor.

“Had she not been supportive, they would not have used the name.”

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Meghan’s latest venture underwent a rebrand, initially launching as American Riviera Orchard but later rebranding as As ever.

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She operated a lifestyle blog called The Tig during her days as an actress on hit TV show Suits.

Meghan and Blakely spoke about the early days of Spanx and her efforts to launch the brand into the global success story it later became.

She later sold a majority stake in Spanx to The Blackstone Group in 2021 for US$1.2 billion ($1.8 billion). Her latest venture is designing a comfortable high heel Sneex.

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