Meghan Markle told a Los Angeles audience on 28 July that Prince Harry's advice for hard days came from his decade as a British Army helicopter pilot: "even if there's a storm happening above the storm, the sun's always shining."

Markle was speaking at a special screening of the documentary Cookie Queens at AMC The Grove 14. After the film, she joined a Q&A session where an audience member asked how she deals with "tough moments." Her answer, first reported by PEOPLE, pointed straight to her husband.

She told the crowd that Harry, who served as a helicopter pilot in the British Army for ten years, shared the line with her "ages ago." The image is a pilot's one — flying through cloud and turbulence to reach clear sky above — and Markle said she returns to it when things get difficult.

Cookie Queens is a documentary directed by Alysa Nahmias and distributed by Roadside Attractions. It premiered at the Sundance Film Festival in January 2026. Markle and Prince Harry are both executive producers of the film, placing the project within the output of their production work.

The Q&A moment was picked up widely. USA Today covered the comments on 29 July, and Yahoo Entertainment reported the same exchange, attributing the original account to PEOPLE.

For a general audience, the appeal is straightforward: a public figure, asked a direct question about coping, gave a personal answer rooted in her partner's military experience rather than a rehearsed talking point. The line itself — storm above storm, sun above that — is the kind of thing that travels because it is simple and visual.

Markle did not specify which "tough moments" prompted her to recall the advice, and none of the published accounts added context beyond what she said on stage. The screening itself was a promotional event for a documentary she and Harry have backed since its Sundance debut, and the Q&A gave her a platform that extended well beyond the film on screen.