The moment the world learned that Prince Harry, who is fifth in line to the British throne,
and Meghan Markle, one of the stars of Suits, were dating, the actress was met with a slew
of support — and also criticism.
After the pair announced their engagement in November 2017, Markle immediately faced
more hate and negativity than ever before.
Here are some famous folks who simply can't stand her.
Wendy Williams
Talk show host Wendy Williams is clearly not a fan of Meghan Markle.
In December 2017, the brash, outspoken host told her audience that she thinks Markle is
…
"[...] a bit of a wild card, you know, because she goes from being the Deal or No Deal girl.
So this is a girl looking for game."
A few months later, in February 2018, the topic of Markle came up again while Williams
was interviewing 90210 star AnnaLynne McCord.
After asking the actress about Markle's small cameo on the 90210 reboot, she couldn't resist
throwing more shade …
"She applied for a job here too."
"Did she?!"
"Yeah yeah yeah!"
"There you go!"
"A random princess."
It seems that Williams' dislike runs deep.
Back in November 2016, when it was first revealed that Markle was dating Prince Harry, the host
predicted a breakup, saying,
"There's way too much drama with her and this will not work out.
It's not her.
It's gonna be the family.
The family's gonna mess it up."
Williams doesn't just focus her royal jealousy on Markle, however.
'By the way Kate, what is going on with your fried ends?"
"She looks like she has about 20 packs of weave in her head, doesn't she?"
Stay classy.
Piers Morgan
British TV personality Piers Morgan is known for making headlines, and he did just that
when he accused Markle of ghosting him.
According to his side of the story, which he shared during a February 2018 episode of
ITV's Loose Women, he was actually friends with Markle before she ever met her royal
beau.
The two met via Twitter and admitted they were fans of each other.
Some email exchanges apparently followed and the pair eventually met at Wimbledon.
Morgan says the two of them had a drink and were, quote, "great buddies" for about 90
minutes.
Unfortunately, the friendship was short-lived.
"Next thing I know, silence.
Off the radar."
Fast forward to March 2018, and Morgan was talking about Markle yet again, this time
on Good Morning Britain, as he criticized the couple's choice to have an organic lemon
and elderflower cake on their big day instead of following royal tradition with a fruit
cake, saying,
"Prince Harry and Meghan Markle are creating scandal and sensation by going their own way.
To me, when you get married, you don't muck around.
You stick to tradition and have a fruit cake."
Katie Hopkins
No one has been quite as scathing in their commentary of Meghan Markle as British media
personality Katie Hopkins.
In November 2016, the reality TV star turned MailOnline reporter penned an entire article
in which she unapologetically went after the young actress, calling Prince Harry's then-girlfriend
"shy-and-retiring, Instagram-addicted Meghan."
Dubbing her an "American Kate Middleton," she quipped,
"Given she used to work as a 'freelance calligrapher' (which basically means she can write with
a pen) her fortunes have taken off faster than [British astronaut] Tim Peake on his
way to the International Space Station."
She then went on to rip apart the prince's official request for the media to respect
Markle's privacy, writing,
"If you don't want Miss Sparkle trolled on social media, advise her to stay away from
posting pictures of bananas spooning on her Instagram account.
If Meghan — a woman who acts, and does PR for a living — doesn't understand that then,
dare I suggest, maybe she isn't suitable girlfriend material, let alone a potential bride?"
The cattiness sure hasn't cooled off over the years, as in February 2018 Hopkins took
to Twitter to call her "a budget Princess Di with an Oscar winning innocent face."
Chrissie Swan
She may not be a household name in North America, but Australian TV personality and author Chrissie
Swan has been one of Markle's harshest critics.
Taking to Facebook to express her disapproval of the bride-to-be, Swan confessed,
"For some reason, I still haven't warmed to her.
It's her manner.
She looks like she's performing.
To me she looks like she's portraying a concocted humility.
Acting."
Her ex-husband
A book from royal biographer Andrew Morton, who penned Princess Diana's biography in 1992,
is making waves with allegations that Meghan Markle was ruthless when it came to ending
her first marriage to Hollywood producer Trevor Engelson.
In Meghan, A Hollywood Princess, Morton writes that,
"Trevor went from cherishing Meghan to, as one friend observed, 'feeling like he was
a piece of something stuck to the bottom of her shoe.'"
It was 2013 and the couple had been married for two years when, all of a sudden, Markle,
who was living in Toronto at the time, filming Suits,
"sent her wedding and engagement rings back to Trevor by registered post," allegedly "out
of the blue."
According to the author, Engelson can, quote, "barely contain his anger," even after all
these years, and although he has yet to speak out publicly on the matter, he's producing
a brand new comedy show for Fox that sounds familiar.
The description reads,
"Divorce is hard.
Sharing custody is harder.
Sharing custody with the British Royal family when your wife marries a prince, in the unforgiving
spotlight of London's tabloid media, is next level."
Sounds like Engelson is prepared to air a whole lot of dirty laundry.
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