EMBRACING THE POWER OF THE MIND

IT MIGHT surprise some to know that both Sussexes are fans of meditation.

Back when she was an actress in Suits, Meghan said it was ‘the quietude that rocked my world’, adding: ‘I am happier. Meditation has much to do with that.’

Back then she said she favoured twice-daily meditation — 20 minutes in the morning and afternoon. And in Birkenhead this year Harry told Buddhist monk Kelsang Sonam (above left) he practises meditation ‘every day’.

It may not be just Meghan’s influence. In a 1992 letter, Princess Diana spoke of her interest in the Indian spiritualist teachings of Omraam Mikhael Aivanhov.

Prince Charles has also been on meditative retreats to Mount Athos, in Greece. Even the Duchess of Cornwall is in on the hobby: during an Indian retreat she undertook daily dawn yoga and meditation sessions.