Despite only launching in April, Meghan Markle has announced that her podcast, Confessions of a Female Founder, will be going on hiatus. The first season, which saw the Duchess interview the likes of Bumble founder Whitney Wolfe Herd and Tina Knowles, wrapped on 3 June and Markle is taking a break to focus on her other business ventures.

‘What an amazing opportunity to pull back the curtain and let people see what’s happening at the start,’ she told one of her guests Emma Grede, ‘to have the opportunity to talk to so many female founders who’ve been on that full trajectory, that are on the other side of success. To be able to be really candid and vulnerable personally about my learns and stumbles along the way.’

‘And to then take everyone’s advice,’ she continued, ‘and mine included and to say “I love that there’s so much excitement and desire for another season, but I need to focus on my business.”’

Markle is, of course, referring to her recently established and long-awaited lifestyle brand, As Ever, where she sells everything from jam to home décor and kitchen utensils. She is also reportedly planning to expand the business into hospitality services, including hotels, restaurants, temporary lodgings and ‘provision of food and drink’, sources have revealed.

Then there’s filming for season two of her very on-brand Netflix series, With Love, Meghan, which saw the Duchess teach and learn tricks about the art of hosting, including bee keeping, tablescaping and her viral one skillet lemon spaghetti. Markle was the first to point out how much she’s got on her plate on her podcast before the series ended.

‘People seem to forget that very rarely do people see everything that’s happening behind the scenes,’ she explained. ‘I could show a small glimpse of that, but equally, yes, I wrapped season one of my Netflix series – still had to promote it, still had to be in the edits. For season two, we were in pre-production of one season while we were doing post-production of the other – it’s constant. I just wrapped edits on season two of With Love, Meghan last week, so it’s still ongoing while also doing a podcast while also doing my business.’ Season two is expected to arrive on Netflix this autumn. Markle then joked, ‘At a certain point the only thing I want to spread thin is my jam.’

This doesn’t mean Confessions of a Female Founder has been canned for good, however. Despite Markle’s last podcast venture, Archetypes, being dropped by Spotify after its first season, she has assured loyal listeners that she will return with a second season when the time is right. ‘I would love to bring the show back when I am at a different end of my founder journey,’ she said. ‘When I’ve gone through Q4 and say, “Here are my proof points. Wow, what a year it’s been.” Or even longer than that. I think a different time will be so exciting to be able to compare and contrast.’

The Duchess was also candid about the fact she is a working parent and doesn’t want to miss out on any key moments in the lives of her young children, Archie, six, and Lili, four. In fact, while appearing as a guest on her friend Jamie Kern Lima’s podcast in April, Markle went viral for saying she sends her children emails of photographs and things they’ve said or done every night to create a ‘time capsule’ which they can read (all 4,000 of them) when they turn 18.

As possibly the most discourse baiting individual in the world – and, sadly, one of the most trolled – Markle’s comments sparked debate about the mounting expectations of millennial parenting and the pressure working mums feel to capture every moment of their children’s lives. Regardless of where anyone lands on the debate, the time capsule concept coming from Markle of all people is hardly a surprise. After all, this is a woman who claims to hand prepare her own bath salts for guests when they come to stay.

It’s also further evidence that she leads a busy life – determined to capture every minute, photograph every bumble bee and pop mints on every pillow.

Of course, there will be droves of people hearing Markle’s cries about being busy, acutely aware that they and everyone they know are indeed much busier – and less fortunate than Markle. But is that the point? From a subject matter perspective, Markle’s decision to park her series hinged on giving business advice until she’s developed her own business and has more authority seems like a wise one.

Perhaps we’ll hear from Markle and her host of friends-cum-founders-cum-inspirational women at the start of next year. If not, we’ve no doubt she’s got something else cooking anyway.