Meghan Markle has been urged to “move on” and not be a “threat” to Royal Family with her “potential memoir” but it’s still in her “back pocket”, a leading royal expert has claimed
Post their Royal exit, Prince Harry and Meghan Markle have opened up about their struggles in various interviews and a Netflix docuseries.
The Duke of Sussex even penned his explosive memoir, ‘Spare’, sparking rumours that Meghan might write her own autobiography. In 2022, the Duchess disclosed finding her journal from her Royal days, leading to speculations of another book on the horizon. Despite the buzz, a top Royal expert has claimed Meghan has put those days behind her but keeps the option “in her back pocket”.
Veteran former BBC Royal correspondent Jennie Bond told OK!: “It’s more than two years since she gave that interview, and she has steered clear of controversy about the Royal Family since. Obviously the journal she mentioned will remain a potential weapon in her back pocket if she ever feels the need to seek some sort of revenge. But she has behaved with discretion and dignity ever since Oprah and the documentary series.
“I think she is looking forwards, not backwards and is moving on with her life. So I don’t think we should be raising false alarms about any potential memoir.”
It comes after Sunday Times Royal Editor Roya Nikkhah recently took apart Meghan’s “revealing” remarks, on True Royalty TV’s The Royal Beat.
Roya said: “The thinly veiled threats that came in [in the interview] …I think [she] probably hopes it does [feel threatening] to the Royal Family… [But] I think there’s a lot of eye-rolling, going, ‘We’re used to this by now’… [But] that phrase, ‘I have a lot to say until I don’t’ and, ‘I’ve never signed anything that restricts me from talking’… there was a very strong inference there.
“And, of course, the reminder that she keeps a journal, and [her] revelation that, ‘When we came back to Windsor, to Frogmore Cottage for the Jubilee, I rediscovered my journal that I’d left there’ – I was astonished to discover that she had left a highly private diary behind in Windsor, rather than taking it back.
“She’s mentioned a couple of times inthe last yearor two that she kept a journal, and I think there is a very strong inference that Meghan could write her own memoir.”
Meghan recently spoke about being “one of the most bullied people in the world” during a visit to a group of teenagers, according to a charity boss.The Duchess spent an afternoon with Girls Inc. of Greater Santa Barbara, supporting their new digital-wellness programme, Social Media U.
The non-profit organisation Girls Inc., which says it is devoted to empowering girls, teamed up with #HalfTheStory, a campaign advocating for healthier relationships with technology, to kick off their programme.
Speaking to Vanity Fair, #HalfTheStory’s founder Larissa May revealed that during the programme, Meghan offered heartfelt tales of her own battles with being bullied. She said, “We did an activity where we talked through a bunch of different scenarios, and Meghan talked about being one of the most bullied people in the world. We had girls wave these little emoji signs and talk about how each one of these scenarios would have impacted them emotionally.”
Ms May added: “We talked about what it really means to grow up in this digital age,” while discussing the Social Media U curriculum which is engineered to encourage teens to engage socially beyond screens as well as to use tech creatively and positively.
The initiative, having been tested by the Duchess herself, enjoys financial support from Meghan and Prince Harry’s Archewell Foundation, the Oprah Winfrey Charitable Foundation, and Melissa French Gates’s Pivotal Ventures.
This is not the first time Meghan has spoken out about being a victim of online bullying. Previously, at March’s SXSW festival, Meghan divulged the intensity of online hatred she faced while pregnant with her children Archie and Lilibet, during a session focused on “breaking barriers and challenging stereotypes”.
She divulged her struggles with social media, mentioning that she received the most abuse while expecting her two children. She expressed a desire for distance from online platforms, for the sake of her wellbeing. She said: “I keep my distance from it right now for my wellbeing but the bulk of the bullying and abuse I was experiencing in social media and online was when I was pregnant with Archie and with Lili, and with a newborn, with each of them.
“You just think about that and to wrap your head about why people would be so hateful. It’s not catty it’s cruel. Why you would do that when you’re pregnant or as a mom it’s such a tender and sacred time.”
She added: “You could succumb to it, or nearly succumb to how painful that is. Or maybe because I was pregnant that mammalian instinct just kicks in to do everything you can to protect your child and as a result protect yourself too.”
