Meghan Markle finally speaks out about the video showing her dancing during childbirth

Meghan Markle has finally addressed the viral clip she shared of herself twerking while in labour. 

The Duchess of Sussex, who is 43 years old, recently posted a video on her Instagram account of herself and her husband, Prince Harry, doing the ‘baby mama’ dance on TikTok.

Addressing the viral clip during an upcoming podcast with Dragons’ Den star Emma Grede, Meghan expressed her happiness at being able to finally share her life authentically on her own terms.

During a preview of her Aspire Podcast with Emma, Meghan, dressed in a stylish navy blazer, emphasized the importance of authenticity, referring to her past ‘Baby Mama’ dance video from four years ago.

‘So it’s also a really great reminder that with all the noise or whatever people do, there’s still a whole life – a real, authentic, fun life – that’s happening behind the scenes.

‘I’m just grateful that now, being back on social as well, I have a place where I can share it on my own terms.’ 

The Duchess of Sussex had shared the throwback clip on her Instagram to mark her daughter’s fourth birthday saying ‘there was only one thing left to do’ when the princess was a week past her due date.

In it, Harry was seen coming into view of the camera as Starrkeisha’s viral Baby Mama song began to play.

A heavily pregnant Meghan then started twerking in front of a hospital bed before she gyrated around the room. 

‘Four years ago today, this also happened. Both of our children were a week past their due dates… so when spicy food, all that walking, and acupuncture didn’t work – there was only one thing left to do!,’ Meghan wrote on her Instagram account at the time. 

In the podcast, Grede, who is the founding partner and chief product officer of SKIMS and CEO of Good American, confessed: ‘We maybe watched it like 20 times yesterday, and I was like, is that, is that her?’

As Meghan broke down into fits of laughter, Grede continued: ‘Is that Prince Harry there with the fingers? I was like, okay, Meghan and Harry, let’s go. But that’s you, right? Like that’s you in a way that we kind of haven’t been able to see you before.

‘And I did like a little secret cheer, cause I was like, well, that’s what I kind of want to see from you. Like I wanna see that happiness and that honesty and that “I don’t give a f***” kind of thing.’

Meghan agreed that the video had given her the opportunity to show her ‘realness’, adding: ‘By the way, that wasn’t yesterday! That was four years ago.’

The Baby Mama dance was a social media craze in 2018 with celebs Shay Mitchell, and Chloe and Lauryn Goodman all previously posting videos of themselves taking part in the trend. 

Lili – the Duke and Duchess of Sussex’s youngest child – was born on June 4 2021 and was named Lilibet Diana Mountbatten-Windsor.

She only became entitled to be a princess when her grandfather the King acceded to the throne, because of rules set out by King George V in 1917.

Harry and Meghan started using prince and princess for Archie and Lili after the princess’s christening in 2023, following correspondence with Charles about the matter.

Over the weekend, Meghan shared an emotional Happy Father’s Day post featuring never-before-seen footage of a doting Prince Harry playing with their two children. 

In another example of the privacy-loving Sussexes recently sharing more insights into their home life, Meghan has posted a lengthy video featuring photos and clips of Archie, six, and Lilibet, four, with their father through the years. 

The Duchess of Sussex described the father of her children as ‘the best’, adding: ‘Happy Father’s Day to our favorite guy.’

She shared a heartwarming snap showing a Happy Father’s Day banner hanging from their garden in Montecito, California, where Harry could be seen clutching his two children tightly on his lap.

In a series of clips, with Jason Mraz’s Have it All playing in the background, the duke is also seen cuddling his children when they were newborns and playing with them on the beach, in a waterfall and on a swing.

The duke is also filmed teaching Archie how to ride a bike as the Sussexes gave an unprecedented glimpse into their lives since leaving Britain for California when they stepped down as working royals in 2020.

Meghan shared the snap with her 3.8million followers on Sunday, at which time she had not posted any tribute to her own father Thomas Markle, 80, whom she has been estranged from for a number of years. 

While just months ago, the couple had rarely shared a glimpse of their two children online, Meghan has increasingly uploaded photos of the pair to her Instagram account in recent weeks. 

Further videos from Meghan’s Father’s day post shows doting father Harry dancing with his son in their kitchen and playing around with on the grass. 

In other clips Archie is also seen kicking a ball around with his dad and laughing together as Harry reads him a bedtime story. 

Another heartwarming picture shows Harry cuddling with his daughter Lilibet as they sit on a beach looking out at the ocean and cradling her in his arms while sitting on a plane. 

Clips of the father-daughter duo also show Lilibet’s apparent fondness for animals as she is seen feeding a carrot to a horse in a huge timber stable and getting friendly with a heard of goats in an outdoor pen. 

The post also offers a unique glimpse into what appears to be a number of family trips abroad, with clips showing Archie and Lilibet surrounded by glorious ocean views and palm tree covered landscapes. 

One snippet shows the brother and sister racing along a white sandy beach in front of a huge rocky mountain, as Harry and Meghan slowly walk behind them. 

Another also shows them splashing around in the sea together in front picturesque clear blue skies. 

While just a few months ago, a picture of Prince Harry and Meghan Markle’s adorable children was deemed a rarity, the pair have been increasingly sharing more and more insights into their home life. 

The reveals have been firmly marked by an increased social media presence from Meghan, who has made several posts in the last few months.

Many offer followers a glance at their life in Montecito, including never before seen snaps of Archie, six, and Lilibet, four. Some posts even include footage where you can hear their voices, in sweet home videos.

Several of the posts Meghan shared on Instagram featuring glimpses of the children were in the run-up to the release of With Love, Meghan. 

One video Meghan shared featuring Lilibet (alongside Serena Williams) was tagged with the caption: ‘3 days until the party begins. All are invited @Netflix.’

Archie and Lilibet were also featured briefly in a short clip played when Meghan appeared on the Drew Barrymore show at the beginning of March.

During the episode, the Duchess revealed she had enlisted her children to help in the kitchen as she baked hundreds of cookies for guests attending the Drew Barrymore Show.

Then just last week, Meghan uploaded a series of snaps memorable family trip to Disneyland to celebrate Lilibet’s fourth birthday, in which she hide both of their faces with heart emojis. 

Earlier on Sunday, Kensington Palace also shared pictures of Harry’s brother Prince William enjoying a warm embrace with his three children, Prince George, 11, Princess Charlotte, 10, and Prince Louis, seven

In one of the pictures, shared on Instagram, the royal’s children – all sporting cosy dusky green ensembles beam as they face the camera; and William’s hands are affectionately on his kids’ shoulders.

And in a second more candid black and white snap, the youngsters all tackle their father with hugs, laughing as they play around in some grass together.

‘Happy Father’s Day, Papa,’ the caption read, highlighting that the more posed picture with the family smiling for the camera is the ‘before’, while the more candid black and white shot of them giggling together is the ‘after’. ‘We love you! G, C & L.’ 

Both of the images were captured by one of the family’s trusted professional photographers, Josh Shinner.

The sweet post proves to be yet another break from tradition for Prince William’s wife Kate, who has over the years put herself behind the lens to capture family moments.

But earlier this year, for her son Prince Louis’s birthday, Josh too was the cameraman behind the seven-year-old’s portrait.

The photo of Louis appears to have been taken on the same day as the adorable family photo unveiled today, while the Waleses were in Norfolk.

It comes as on Saturday, the family was out to celebrate Trooping the Colour.

On Saturday the country came together to mark King Charles’ official birthday amid a spectacular display of military pomp and pageantry before the Royal Family waved to crowds from the balcony of Buckingham Palace as part of an annual tradition. 

This year, Charles, 76, and Queen Camilla, 77, were joined by the Waleses as well as Princess Anne and her husband, Vice-admiral Sir Timothy Laurence. 

Also in attendance were the Duke of Kent and the Duke and Duchess of Edinburgh in a display of solidarity that rounded out the festivities