Despite its success, Meghan shut down The Tig in 2017. At the time, she said she wanted to focus on her acting career on the series Suits and on her humanitarian work. That same year, her relationship with Prince Harry became public. Later, she hinted that her decision to close the blog was also tied to preparing for her life as a royal.

“Well, I loved The Tig, but I certainly love my husband more,” she explained in an interview. “So that was a choice I made at the time, and I would not change that for a second.”

Years later, Meghan revisited the topic while launching her lifestyle brand As Ever in 2025. In her announcement video, she told followers, “If you have followed me since 2014 with The Tig, you know I have always loved cooking and crafting and gardening. This is what I do, and now I can share it with you again in a new way.”

Looking back at her own words

While Meghan has often said she entered royal life naively, her old blog shows she was at least aware of the fascination surrounding it. In the same 2014 post, she observed the public’s obsession with princesses, writing, “Grown women seem to retain this childhood fantasy. Just look at the pomp and circumstance surrounding the royal wedding and endless conversation about Princess Kate.”

Her words from a decade ago now read like a small glimpse into the mindset of someone who would later step into that very world, only to see it from the inside.