The palace said the reports Meghan, 37, was interested in taking up “postnatal confinement” after her mother Doria Ragland sent her a book about it are “categorically untrue”. The denial comes after claims the new mother had become intrigued by the Chinese practice after she read the book ‘The First Forty Days: The Essential Art of Nourishing the New Mother’.
The book suggests new mothers hibernate for 30 days, with bans on visitors and interactions with the outside world.
A source told The Sun: “Doria had been speaking to Meghan constantly throughout her pregnancy and couldn’t have been more supportive.
“She was recommended this book, read it, and then sent it to Meghan who said it had become her ‘bible’ - she wants to adopt the key principles in as much as her royal status allows.
“Obviously she cannot shut herself off completely from the outside world but she and Prince Harry are in agreement that her visitors in the first two weeks will be family members only”.
Meghan Markle aides have hit out at claims the new mum will go in to hibernation