It’s been a big year for Meghan Markle: a new husband, a new baby, a new job, a new country.

For most of us, any one of these weighty life events would mark a time of upheaval – let alone having to grapple with all of them at once, under the unforgiving public eye.

Now for the first time, in a heartbreakingly raw interview, the duchess has admitted to the struggle: “Any woman, especially when they’re pregnant, you’re really vulnerable. So, that was made really challenging. And then when you have a newborn, and especially as a woman, it’s a lot,” she revealed during an interview with iTV’s Tom Bradby for a documentary about the royal couple’s recent tour of southern Africa.

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez just made a good point about Meghan Markle’s struggle with the spotlight