Meghan was a 24-carat celebrity when she was a member of the British Royals, writes RICHARD EDEN. Now she looks more like the wannabe starlet she was before
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Meghan Markle now looks more like a Hollywood ‘wannabe’ than a member of the royal family, says Richard Eden.
In the latest edition of his Palace Confidential newsletter, Eden suggests that by leaving Britain, the Duchess of Sussex has turned her back on a life of real celebrity.
And that success is no longer in her own hands.
While the Princess of Wales stole the show in a striking scarlet cape coat as she greeted South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol at the start of his state visit to Britain, Meghan wooed the cameras on a red carpet in Los Angeles. Angeles,” he writes. .
Catherine Princess of Wales at the ceremonial welcome for the President of South Korea Yoon Suk Yeol
While Kate stole the show in London, Meghan attended a gala in LA
Catherine, Princess of Wales, accompanies Hoo Kyung-ho, Deputy Prime Minister of South Korea, at the state banquet
‘The contrast was striking. Members of the royal family walk across a red carpet after the other guests have already taken their seats at a film premiere or theater performance.
‘But here was Meghan, who would have joined Catherine at the lavish state banquet at Buckingham Palace, instead of walking the carpet at the Power Of Women event.’
Without Prince Harry’s guidance, Eden writes, Meghan couldn’t have looked less regal… just another celebrity waiting to be interviewed by a reporter from Variety magazine.
‘She posed for photographers like the wannabe star she once was, before being impatiently whisked away by another guest.
‘Her interview emphasized that success is no longer in her own hands.
She talked about the unnamed “exciting” new projects that her television company, Archewell Productions, “can’t wait to announce.”
Meghan couldn’t have looked less regal when she appeared at the Variety Power of Women event, writes Eden
The Duchess is interrupted as she poses for photos
“But if and when she announces them will depend entirely on their paymasters at Netflix.”
It’s all quite different from her brief time as a working royal, he writes – a time when the stars lined up to meet her, not the other way around.
‘Has there been a week that more vividly demonstrated what the Duke and Duchess of Sussex threw away when they stepped back from royal duties in 2020 to ‘find freedom’ and find a fortune?’
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