A British reporter with a grudge? Her estranged father? While she's beloved
by many, Meghan Markle has burned a few bridges on her way to the top. Here are
the people Meghan should be most afraid of. Meghan Markle has a lot of haters, but British
commentator and reporter Piers Morgan might just top the list. Over the years, few have been more
critical of the American duchess than Morgan. He took his dislike of her to such an extreme that
he infamously walked off the set of Good Morning Britain and quit in 2021 after facing backlash
for claiming she was lying about her deteriorating mental health to make the royal family look bad.
"You continue to trash her." "Okay, I'm done with this."
So, why all the hate? Apparently, Morgan is still holding a grudge from Meghan supposedly
ghosting him in 2016, as reported by The U.S. Sun. According to Morgan,
the pair connected on Twitter and then grabbed a drink while she visited London. Later that night,
she was apparently introduced to Prince Harry, and he says he never heard from her again.
"And actually, what this is really about is the fact that you don't like Meghan Markle."
He became increasingly critical of her, calling her a quote,
"ruthless social climbing actress" and a hypocrite, among other things.
"I don't believe a word she says,
Meghan Markle. I wouldn't believe it if she read me a weather report."
Morgan's other issue with Meghan appears to be how she treats the royal family.
After the Sussexes' Oprah Winfrey interview, he tweeted,
"This interview is an absolutely disgraceful betrayal of the Queen and the Royal Family.
I expect all this vile destructive self-serving nonsense from Meghan Markle — but for Harry to
let her take down his family and the Monarchy like this is shameful."
We're willing to bet that of all the people on the list, Meghan Markle might
be most afraid of her sister-in-law, Kate Middleton. At first, it seemed like Meghan
and Kate might actually become good friends. The duo were all smiles during their joint
Wimbledon appearance in 2019, for example. That camaraderie was short-lived, though.
Jumping back to the year prior when Meghan's wedding to Harry was approaching,
stories emerged about conflict between the two duchesses. Things reached a crescendo when outlets
reported that Meghan had made Kate cry during a dispute over her flower girl dresses. It wasn't
until years later, during Meghan's Oprah Winfrey interview, that she set the record straight.
"No, no, the reverse happened."
She added that Kate apologized and took responsibility for whatever transgressed
between them, though that didn't exactly help. The real issue was that while Meghan
didn't publicize what happened, Kate wouldn't set the record straight in the press herself.
"I protected that from ever being out in the world."
Kate has never spoken publicly about her relationship with Meghan or acknowledged
her claims that she was the aggressor. Ever since she wed Prince Harry, Meghan Markle's
estranged father, Thomas Markle, has proven to be a thorn in her side. The trouble started when
Thomas posed for paparazzi photos days before the wedding — something he'd be instructed not to do.
He then suffered a heart attack and couldn't attend the ceremony due to his ailing health,
leading Prince Charles to step in and walk Meghan down the aisle instead.
Things unfortunately only deteriorated between Meghan and Thomas after that,
as he continually spoke about their relationship publicly. According to BBC News,
Meghan wrote him a long emotional letter in a plea for him to stop,
which he then released to the press. She went to trial against a British tabloid
that published the letter for violating her privacy and won the case in December 2021.
Since releasing the letter, however, Thomas has continued talking to the press, even though that
was evidently the cause of the rift in the first place. As recently as October 2021, he appeared on
Good Morning Britain and claimed he would continue to do so until Meghan spoke to him, saying,
"I will do a show at least a month, if I can get it through, and eventually sooner
or later she'll start talking to me. This is way too childish; this is kind of silly."
"It's time to talk with each other, we're-we’re family."
If Meghan Markle doesn't get along with her dad,
you better believe she doesn't see eye to eye with her long-lost half-sister, either.
First, a little context. Meghan and Samantha Markle were reportedly not raised together,
as Samantha is a good bit older than the duchess. Perhaps because of their casual acquaintanceship,
Samantha has long been accused of cashing in on Meghan's rise to the international spotlight.
The elder Markle sibling began giving interviews to the press, which Meghan mostly ignored — at
least publicly. Soon enough, the interviews turned critical when Meghan and their father fell out.
Samantha even published a book called The Diary of Princess Pushy's Sister Part 1. Claiming that
Meghan had been a spoiled child, Samantha further alleged that after Thomas landed in the hospital
in 2018, the royal family wanted to reach out and help him but Meghan wouldn't allow it.
While Meghan hasn't publicly talked about Samantha, it's well known that
the relationship appears acrimonious on both sides. Meghan came under fire
after an email between herself and her former press secretary was leaked in November 2021.
In copies of an email shared on Twitter by a writer for The Sun,
she reportedly claimed she barely knew Samantha and that, if they needed to go after her,
they should attack the fact that Samantha had lost custody of her three children. At the time,
Express reported that Samantha planned to file a defamation lawsuit against Meghan.
"I-I think the goal clearly was to discredit me, to discredit my father."
Next up on the list is Meghan's father-in-law, Prince Charles. When Meghan wed Prince Harry,
it seemed like she and Charles were on great terms — he walked her down the aisle,
after all. But behind closed doors, things were not as friendly as they seemed on TV.
As far as we can tell, relations already appeared strained between Harry and Charles, and were
therefore seemingly worse with Charles and Meghan. Remember that letter she wrote to her dad? Well,
according to texts released by London's Court of Appeal in November 2021, Meghan only agreed
to reach out to Thomas over his rounds in the press in order to get Charles to cut Harry some
slack over the situation. She reportedly wrote to her former communications chief,
"By taking this form of action I protect my husband from this constant berating.
And while unlikely perhaps it will give my father a moment to pause."
Then there was the Oprah Winfrey interview, in which Meghan claimed that an unnamed
royal family member asked about soon-to-be-born Archie's skin color.
"And also concerns and conversations about how dark his skin might be when he's born."
According to sources cited by Page Six, that senior member was allegedly Charles. However,
things really hit the fan when Harry and Meghan decided to move stateside
and give up their royal duties. Charles reportedly refused to bankroll their lifestyle any longer,
supposedly leaving them with no security and no royal backing thousands of miles from home.
It might seem cliche to say that Meghan Markle should be intimidated by her stepmother-in-law,
but some have alleged that she and Camilla Parker Bowles no longer get along.
According to insiders cited by the Mirror, when Meghan began dating Prince Harry,
the Duchess of Cornwall was welcoming and even tried to take the former actor under her wing,
having once been a royal outsider herself. The more comfortable she got,
though, the more Meghan reportedly began to step on Camilla's toes.
The final blow to the relationship apparently came a year later when Meghan and Harry spoke
to Oprah Winfrey about the trauma they'd endured at the palace. While Harry claimed that his father
was incredibly hurtful in financially cutting him off and leaving him without protection,
Prince Charles' wife wouldn't hear of it. Camilla reportedly placed the blame
for the fractured relationship between her husband and stepson
directly on Meghan. As a palace insider told The Telegraph,
"I don't think the Duchess will ever
forgive Meghan for what she's done to the Prince of Wales."
By most accounts, the royal family was welcoming for Meghan Markle when she first started dating
Harry. One distant relative, Princess Michael of Kent, however, reportedly could not have been less
kind. According to Town & Country, Princess Michael of Kent, whose first name is Marie,
has been accused of racism when it comes to her interactions with Meghan.
The incident occurred in 2017 when she attended the annual Christmas luncheon at Buckingham
Palace. According to Harper's Bazaar, Princess Michael of Kent wore a decorative brooch deemed
deeply offensive by many, as it depicted a racist caricature of an enslaved person. With
a well-known history of alleged racism, Marie also previously caused a scandal in 2004 after telling
a group of Black customers to, quote, "go back to the colonies" while dining in New York City.
That said, she later expressed remorse for the brooch.
Last but not least is Prince William. According to those close to the palace,
there is allegedly no love lost between Meghan Markle and her brother-in-law.
These two reportedly started off on a bad note when Will warned Prince Harry
against rushing into anything with Meghan. Harry was angry, and it didn't exactly set
the foundation for a good relationship between Meghan and William going forward.
An allegedly unsupportive brother-in-law is one thing, but rumor has it that William later took
the family feud to a whole new level. You might remember back in 2019 when reports began to
swirl of William's alleged affair with a family friend named Rose Hanbury. While you'd expect
those allegations to be headline-making news, the story barely got any traction. Now, here's
where things get interesting: The Times reported that William's supposed dalliances were hardly
reported on because he and wife Kate Middleton were allegedly busy behind the scenes planting
stories about Meghan. That April, The Times released an article stating that Will had been
getting cozy with the press. It wasn't long before Twitter was overrun with theories that there was a
connection between the hushed-up alleged affair and the scathing tabloid articles about Meghan.
Of course, whether or not that's true is unclear. One thing that is certain though:
We probably won't see William hanging out with Meghan anytime soon.
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