Meghan Markle and Prince Harry aren't strangers to a little nighttime Netflix.
The Duchess of Sussex recently opened up to PEOPLE in an exclusive interview, sharing intimate details about her family life, from “day dates” with her 5-year-old son, Prince Archie, to the adorable kitchen habits of her 3-year-old daughter, Princess Lilibet.
And like many parents, when the kids go to bed, Meghan, 43, and Prince Harry, 40, like to unwind with some of their favorite shows.
"We love Shrinking; we just finished Black Doves and we’re excited for the new season of The White Lotus," Meghan shares.
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Meghan tells PEOPLE about the lifestyle show that features her cooking, beekeeping, party planning and more with friends old and new: "The series is about doing what you can do, and doing it with love.”
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The couple's evening routine also includes what Meghan calls their “nightcap recaps,” where the couple unwind with a drink and a debrief of their day. Those conversations often happen as they engage in another familiar parenting task: packing Archie and Lili’s lunches for the next day.
“I think all parents in this phase with kids the same age know it’s rinse and repeat,” Meghan says of their routine.
It’s a world away from where Meghan was when she first started dating Harry in 2016. Yet she shares with PEOPLE that in this new phase of their family, she and her husband are finding their perfect balance.
“I imagine that it’s the same as it would be for any couple,” she notes. “You have your individual jobs, but then you have things that you share together.”
“We’ve been such a close team for so long that we’re just in it beat by beat with each other,” Meghan marvels. “And I love that. To be able to be a female founder and do that with my husband’s support means everything.”
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Meghan is also becoming involved with the Montecito community and adjusting to her new normal since the family moved to California five years ago.
“I have a couple of girlfriends up here; these are stay-at-home moms and working women with normal jobs, not in the public eye,” she explains. “We went from just connecting through our kids to having girls’ night out or doing Pilates together.”
In turn, Meghan says, the community in Montecito has similarly embraced the family.
“Once you know us, I think you want us to have the same normalcy as parents and for our children as they do, despite however unique our situation is,” she reflects.