Meghan honors Harry with music that recalls childhood and mother Diana

Mmeghan Markle didn't let Harry's birthday go blank, which celebrated 42 years last Tuesday. The Duchess of Sussex shared a video that brings together loving images of the prince, where we can also see the children of both, Archie, seven years old, and Princess Lilibet, five. “He is simply the best. Happy birthday, my love”, wrote the actress in the video caption, having also added the song “The Best”, the iconic success of Tina Turner. 

And the song was not chosen at random since it occupies a special place in the childhood memories of the youngest son and Charles III.

During a special episode of Apple Fitness+'s "Time to Walk", in 2021, William revealed that his mother used to put a specific song in the car to help children's anxiety when they had to go back to boarding school.

“ When I was younger, Harry and I went to boarding school. And my mom used to put all kinds of music on to help relieve the anxiety of going back to school. And one of the songs that I remember very well — and that stayed with me all this time and that, to this day, I still enjoy in secret — is Tina Turner’s “The Best”, because, sitting in the backseat and singing together, it seemed like a real moment in the family”, he confessed. 

“My mother was driving and singing in full lungs. And even the cop who was in the car did the same thing every once in a while, he also sang with us. We were singing and listening to the music until we reached the school gate [...] And when I hear that now, I go back to those car rides and remember many memories of my mother”, William confessed. 

It was the singer Bonnie Tyler who originally recorded "The Best" in 1988, before Tina Turner turned the song into a great world-wide release of her own version in 1989 on the album "Foreign Affairs".