Meghan Markle Reveals the Personal Advice Prince Harry Gave Her for Getting Through ‘Really Hard Days’

The Duchess of Sussex revealed Harry’s uplifting quote during a Q&A for her new documentary ‘Cookie Queens’

Prince Harry and Meghan Markle; Meghan at the Cookie Queens screening.Credit : 

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Meghan Markle has revealed the personal piece of advice that Prince Harry gave her to help get through “really hard days.”

The Duchess of Sussex, 44, attended a special screening of Cookie Queens — a documentary about Girl Scouts, which Meghan and Harry executive produced — at AMC The Grove in Los Angeles on Tuesday, July 28, ahead of its theatrical release on Aug. 7.

The mom of two was asked during a Q&A attended by PEOPLE about how she motivates herself when having “tough moments,” and Meghan said she thinks back to a positive quote her husband told her “ages ago.”

“I think so much of it, funny enough, I was thinking about something my husband told me ages ago, because we all go through experiences and life is full of surprises,” Meghan said.

“But you know, he was a helicopter pilot in the British Army for 10 years. And sometimes on really hard days, we were once he said, ‘Hey, but my love, you know, even if there’s a storm happening above the storm, the sun’s always shining.’ ”

Meghan added that Harry’s perspective “only comes when you think about zooming out a little.”

“So I think when you really zoom out and think, ‘My gosh, how many things have we gone through that have felt hard?’ And then you still get through them,” Meghan continued. “Or how many goals do you think you’re not gonna hit? And then you hit them, and you supersede them.”

Meghan said it is important to maintain the perspective “that no matter what feels insurmountable, there’s just always that sun shining above it.”

Last year, Prince Harry, 41, also opened up about the five words of advice from Meghan that he’ll “always fall back on.”

The Duke of Sussex reflected on his 2025 visit to the U.K. in an interview with The Guardian, including the valued advice he received from his wife.

“She said, ‘Just stick to the truth.’ It is the thing I always fall back on. Always,” Harry said, recounting that Meghan told him that it’s “the most efficient way to live.”

“And if you think like that, who would be stupid enough to lie? It takes up too much time and effort,” he added.

The couple and their two children, Prince Archie, 7, and Princess Lilibet, 5, recently returned to the U.K., with Meghan sharing a rare glimpse inside the trip, which included a visit to Althorp, Princess Diana’s childhood home.

The Duchess of Sussex shared a collection of photos on Instagram on Thursday, July 23, captioned: “Summer Holiday.”

One image shows Harry with Archie and Lilibet from behind as they walk down a grassy path lined with trees and hedges.

This photo is believed to have been taken at Althorp, the Spencer family’s ancestral estate, where Diana grew up. They stayed at the 13,000-acre Northamptonshire estate as guests of Harry’s uncle, Charles Spencer.