Meghan Markle faced fierce criticism over her latest interview, with a royal expert claiming she was attempting to convey a “real message” through one crucial detail that many overlooked.
The Duchess of Sussex provided an in-depth interview to Harper’s Bazaar’s Kaitlyn Greenidge, discussing her business ventures, family life and past errors. The interview featured in the December 2025/January 2026 edition.
Royal commentator Liz Jones has slammed the interview as a “waffling word salad sprinkled not with flowers but clichés, only slightly obfuscated barbs and not one pinch of self-awareness.” She also claimed Meghan is still trying to “grasp on” to her time in the royal family.
She remarked in the Daily Mail, “Honestly, Megs? You are not a kitchen-table start-up. You married a prince.”
Jones criticized the Duchess of Sussex for describing her attraction to husband Prince Harry‘s “childlike wonder and playfulness,” questioning, “Do grown men and fathers, especially one who has seen combat, want to be described in such a fashion? Is she saying he’s a man-child with mummy issues?”, reports The Express.
Nevertheless, the commentator zeroed in on one specific section of the interview that has generated the most controversy recently – when the article’s author disclosed how staff address Meghan while visiting one of her friend’s homes.
Greenidge documented in the piece, “We’re in a grand brownstone on the Upper East Side that belongs to one of Meghan’s friends. When I enter, the house manager announces, ‘Meghan, Duchess of Sussex,’ even though we appear to be the only other two people in the house.”
Jones stated that this moment “speaks volumes” about Meghan’s continued attachment to her royal ties.
Meghan and Harry quit as senior working royals in 2020. Although they still hold their titles, they have mutually agreed not to use them for commercial gain.
Jones commented, “That Hallmark movie moment shouts volumes: a fake display showing that she is grasping on to the brief period of her life when she actually did deserve a magazine cover. I wonder if she wears a tiara in bed?”
She concluded, “Meghan says finally, attempting to be as sage as the ‘erbs she forages in ‘the garden’: ‘There’s no such thing as perfect. I, too, get to make mistakes.'”
MEGHAN MARKLE, DUCHESS OF SUSSEX COVERS HARPER’S BAZAAR DECEMBER 2025/JANUARY 2026 ART ISSUE
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