Meghan Markle, before she married Prince Harry, once revealed the New Year’s resolutions that she made every year but confessed she was never able to stick to them in the long-term

We all have New Year’s resolutions that we make and then fail to stick to – just ask Meghan Markle.

The former actress once admitted that she makes the same resolutions every year but struggles to keep them, especially after she has had a “few drinks”. Meghan made the confession on her blog The Tig in January 2016 – just months before she met her future husband Prince Harry. And she described some of the habits she’d like to give up as “unladylike”.

She wrote: “Run a marathon. Stop biting my nails. Stop swearing. Re-learn French. These make my New Year’s resolution list nearly (AKA actually every) single year. The marathon hasn’t happened. The swearing comes in lulls triggered by being overworked or feeling mighty cheeky after a couple of drinks.

“Then there’s the French – a language I studied through high school and then lost as I immersed myself in speaking Spanish with the Argentinians during my stint in Buenos Aires. I have put my little Rosetta Stone headset in my eager ears every year, resolving to do interviews en français, but much to my chagrin, it hasn’t stuck. And when it comes to the biting of the nails – well, it still happens with a turbulent flight or a stressful day. It’s unladylike. But then again, so is the swearing. Dammit.”

So in a bid not to disappoint herself that year, Meghan decided against making resolutions. She added: “For this new year, the only thing I aim to do is to approach life playfully. To laugh and enjoy, to keep my standards high but my level of self-acceptance higher. My New Year’s resolution is to leave room for magic. To make my plans, and be okay if they sometimes break. To set my goals, but to be open to change.”