After a year filled with high-profile launches and public appearances, Meghan Markle has signalled that she wants to enter 2026 with a quieter rhythm. In a recent newsletter sent to subscribers of her lifestyle brand As Ever, the Duchess of Sussex reflected on slowing down after the holidays and choosing a more mindful beginning to the year.
Her message marks a noticeable change from the energetic start of 2025, when she re-entered the public eye with a new Instagram account, a lifestyle brand launch, and the release of a Netflix project. This time, the focus is on calm rather than momentum.
Meghan encouraged readers to appreciate what she called moments that matter. She described creating space for simple rituals such as sharing tea, lighting candles, or pausing during a busy day. She suggested that easing into the year can itself become a meaningful resolution. The newsletter also included curated links to products from the As Ever collection, tying the message of mindfulness to her brand’s aesthetic.
A familiar approach to resolutions
The idea of thoughtful beginnings is not new for Meghan. Years earlier, during the time of her lifestyle blog The Tig, she once shared a personal list of recurring New Year resolutions. She joked about trying every year to stop biting her nails, cut down on swearing, and re-learn French. She admitted that stress and long flights often triggered old habits, adding with humour that both nail biting and swearing were not exactly ladylike.
Only months after writing that post, she met Prince Harry on a blind date. The memory now reads like a quiet snapshot of life before everything changed.
A cosy holiday at home
Meghan’s gentle outlook for 2026 followed a warm Christmas spent at home in Montecito with Prince Harry and their children, Prince Archie and Princess Lilibet. In a festive message shared with subscribers, she offered a glimpse of their holiday routine. She described nibbling leftovers from a Christmas Eve dinner of dim sum, wrapping last-minute gifts, and tiptoeing downstairs with Harry to check that Santa had enjoyed cookies and the reindeer had eaten their carrots.
She added that Christmas Day was planned as a relaxed family affair, complete with pyjamas, board games, and music filling the house.
While no major projects for the coming months have been announced yet, this quiet and reflective beginning to 2026 stands in contrast to the lively public rollout that defined the start of the previous year. Meghan’s final social media post of 2025, a holiday playlist shared on December 22, closed the chapter with a simple festive wish to her followers.
