MEGHAN Markle has revealed how her teens and 20s were a "brutal" experience where she struggled to be "happy" and "fit in".

The pregnant Duchess of Sussex admitted that as a young woman she was in a "constant battle", which saw her "judge" herself on her weight, didn't have anyone to eat lunch with at school, and aged 24 was told by a casting director to wear less make-up.

On her 33rd birthday back in August 2014, on her now-defunct lifestyle blog The Tig, the former actress – wrote that she had finally found happiness, but that it had taken a while to get there.

She revealed: "My 20s were brutal – a constant battle with myself, judging my weight, my style, my desire to be as cool/as hip/as smart/as “whatever” as everyone else.

"My teens were even worse – grappling with how to fit in, and what that even meant. My high school had cliques: the black girls and white girls, the Filipino and the Latina girls.

"Being biracial, I fell somewhere in between. So everyday during lunch, I busied myself with meetings – French club, student body, whatever one could possibly do between noon and 1pm- I was there.

"Not so that I was more involved, but so that I wouldn’t have to eat alone."

Meghan also gave an insight into her lack of confidence when an auditioning actress before she joined the cast of Suits.

In the same post, she wrote: "I must have been about 24 when a casting director looked at me during an audition and said 'You need to know that you’re enough. Less makeup, more Meghan.'"

The future Duchess signed off the blog – penned two years before she met Prince Harry – with: "I want you to find your happiness.

"I did. And it's never felt so good."

In a previous story, we told you how Meghan admitted she copied the dress sense of her husband's grandmother before she'd even met him.

The Duchess revealed "tone on tone" outfits which she says are "not just for the Queen".

In a 2016 interview, she also recommended everyone buy a white button down shirt and a pair of cropped trousers.

We also recently told you how a royal expert has claimed that Meghan "never stood a chance" in the popularity stakes against sister-in-law Kate Middleton.

Writing in the Guardian, Yomi Adegoke said: "Meghan’s casting as a Disney villain – a black female divorcee with a penchant for black dresses (another protocol breach) – practically writes itself.

"Meghan never stood a chance. When the duchesses do behave comparably, the reaction could not be more different.

"Like Meghan, Kate has broken protocol several times, by wearing dresses above the knee, with far less pearl-clutching from commentators."

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