Meghan Markle opens up about being a mother as she praises ‘otherworldly’ work of children’s hospital at Los Angeles gala

Meghan Markle has spoken about motherhood as she praised a children’s hospital at a gala in Los Angeles last night.

The Duchess of Sussex, 43, attended the event on Saturday without her husband Prince Harry and revealed she was “delighted to be there to support the LA Children’s Hospital.”

“The work they do is otherworldly,” she noted.

“And I think from my standpoint as a mother, no one wants to be in a position where you have to go to a place like this — but if you have to, Children’s Hospital LA is the best place in the world you can go.

“And I have good friends who are still having their kids get treatments there, either from high school, good mom friends who are having their kids now.”

Meghan – who shares Archie, five, and Lilibet, three, with the Duke of Sussex – said ‘the staff are incredible’.

She added: “The amount of work they do for families who really can’t afford this level of care is something that I don’t think should ever be overlooked.”

Elsewhere at the event, she enjoyed a sweet moment when she told a young boy: “It’s past your bedtime.”

Footage shows the Duchess greeting a family at last night’s event, before joking to a little boy about being up so late.

“It’s definitely bedtime,” Megan said as she addressed the child, who was being held by his mother.

She added: ‘How old are they? Oh so close to our children. Three and five.’

Meghan has often spoken about her experiences with motherhood.

In May, she said she had fulfilled her dream of becoming a mother like her opened up about her “very talkative, lovely children” during the second day of her Nigerian tour with Harry.

Meghan – who shares Archie, five, and Lilibet, three, with the Duke of Sussex – said ‘the staff are incredible’

The Duchess of Sussex, 43, attended the event on Saturday without her husband Prince Harry and revealed she was “delighted to be there to support the LA Children’s Hospital

The Duchess turned heads last night when she re-wore a red Carolina Herrera dress to the LA Children’s Hospital gala

Meghan (pictured) enjoying chatting with her friend Kelly McKee at last night’s event in downtown Los Angeles

Meghan and Kelly held hands as they posed for photos at the children’s event in Los Angeles last night

The Duchess spoke up a Women in Leadership event she co-hosted with Dr. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, Director-General of the World Trade Organization.

Meghan told the audience how much she loves being a mother, but admitted that balancing her family and her career came with its own challenges.

During the talk, Meghan was asked how she juggled motherhood with her career, and she replied, “I love being a mother.”

Despite being told more than a decade ago by her friend and mentor that she would never be able to balance the demands of motherhood and work, the Duchess said she enjoys being a mother and her priorities are constantly changing .

During the panel discussion, Meghan said the “balance” in her life has changed over the years and looks different than it did a decade ago, before she got married and had Archie and Lilibet.

Meghan posed for photos with Paul Viviano, CHLA president, at the event in LA last night

Meghan was seen laughing with Mr. Viviano, CHLA president, at the children’s gala on Saturday evening

Meghan greeted young fans last night as she attended the event in downtown Los Angeles

The Duchess attended the event on the LA Live event deck in downtown Los Angeles, while her husband, Prince Harry, spent the night of his 40th birthday walking with some friends.

The couple have made a series of separate plans, including Harry’s solo trips to London and Lesotho in recent weeks

She said, “What I think that means is that that balance will always change for you. That balance, which seemed to be in balance ten years ago, is going to shift.’

It comes as Meghan turned heads when she re-wore a striking red Carolina Herrera dress at the children’s event on Saturday.

She previously wore the stunning dress to a 2021 gala in New York City celebrating the military on the eve of Veterans Day in the US and Armistice Day in Britain.

She greeted the young fans before preparing for a star-studded evening with a performance by Demi Lovato and appearances by presenters Kaley Cuoco, Jamie Lee Curtis and Colin Hanks.

It comes after Harry and Meghan made a series of separate plans, including Harry’s solo trips to London and Lesotho in recent weeks.

The Duke has appeared at 10 solo appearances without his wife in the past 15 days as he embarks on a ‘quasi-royal tour’ of three countries including New York, London and Lesotho.

It has also been reported that Meghan was unable to attend a charity event she was due to attend with Prince Harry because she was ‘sick’.

And when Prince Harry was messing around with host Jimmy Fallon in New York, movie star George Clooney – a guest at his wedding in 2018 – was hosting a humanitarian awards ceremony in the Big Apple – and Harry was noticeably absent.