Meghan Markle Celebrates Freckles at Invictus Games, Telling a Boy a Phrase She's Said for Decades!

Mar. 15, 2025

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Meghan Markleis sharing her celebration of freckles with the next generation.

The phrase is one that Meghan has shared for decades. In fact, it even inspired her to write a book as a teenager. In 2021, the 14th Librarian of U.S. Congress Carla Haydenrevealed on Twitterthat Meghan submitted a book titledA Face Without Freckles…Is a Night Without Stars,which was written as an eighth-grade assignment, to the U.S. Copyright Office in 1996.

Hayden included the book cover as well as an interior page showing an illustration of a girl resembling a young Meghan.

“Some people think freckles are strange, while I happen to disagree,” Meghan wrote. “Because if I did not have freckles, then I would not truly be me!”

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There is also an “about the author” page featuring Meghan’s school photo.

“Meghan Markle currently attends Immaculate Heart High School in Los Angeles, California and enjoys watching television, spending time with her friends and participating in musical comedies,” the bio reads. “Meghan wrote this book in the eighth grade as a school project and now wishes to continue writing throughout high school.”

In the years since, Meghan has been adamant about showing her freckles,tellingAllurein 2017, “My pet peeve is when my skin tone is changed and my freckles are airbrushed out of a photo shoot.”

Similarly, Meghan had a special request whileguest-editingthe 2019 September issue of BritishVogue.

“My instructions from the Duchess were clear: ‘I want to see freckles!'” photographer Peter Lindberghtold the publicationwhen he recalled the phone conversation he had with Meghan on the morning of the New York shoot. “Well, that was like running through open doors for me. I love freckles.”

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Prince Harry and Meghan Markle at their wedding on May 19, 2018.AARON CHOWN/POOL/AFP via Getty

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She was also sure to show off her natural skin at her May 2018 wedding to Prince Harry, with makeup artist and friend Daniel Martin using minimal foundation toaccentuate her freckles.

source: people.com