Of course many couples who have trouble conceiving would possibly make use of IVF or use a surrogate (if they can afford it). Most go down this route after they have spent many years trying to conceive naturally.
Had the Harkles put out a press release saying that due to fertility problems they were using a surrogate then I believe that the vast majority of people would have been behind them and would have had sympathy but the pregnancy happened very soon after the marriage. Meghan wanted to have a child quickly because it would seal the deal and I don't think she ever planned to stay in the UK and become a citizen.
The reason she lied and used the moonbump was because she wanted Archie to be a Prince and technically a child born of a surrogate is illegitimate. Obviously the royal family found out at some point what had happened and the Harkles then put out a statement saying that they didn't want Archie to have a title
![Face with rolling eyes :rolling_eyes: 🙄](https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/gh/joypixels/emoji-assets@5.0/png/64/1f644.png)
to cover things up.