Sure, Meghan Markle did once flirt with the notion of vying for a seat in the Oval, but that was back when she was young and bright-eyed. “As a kid, I wanted to be either President of the United States or a news broadcaster like you,” she told Piers Morgan in an interview (via Daily Mail). But that childhood ambition remained just that — an ambition — and she hasn’t really done anything to make anyone think that she would run. Instead, it’s her circle that seems to assume she has political aspirations, with one of her former aides reportedly venting to Daily Mail’s Dan Wooton in 2019, claiming that her marrying into the Royal Family was a calculated move.
“I am now convinced there is something bigger going on here – an eventual plan that involves running for office in America,” they supposedly said. “She’s obsessed with US politics. I think we’re [the Royal Family] now just a stepping stone to something she considers far more important and attractive.” The same outlet also reported that Markle had declared that her ultimate goal was the White House, supposedly confiding to a friend about her presidential dreams. Again, these are all just hearsay, and there’s no concrete evidence of Markle plotting a political career. While it’s true that she’s certainly not shy about engaging in political discourse, actual plans to run for office remain non-existent at this time.
