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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