{"id":2299178,"date":"2026-02-25T11:48:28","date_gmt":"2026-02-25T11:48:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=2299178"},"modified":"2026-02-25T11:48:28","modified_gmt":"2026-02-25T11:48:28","slug":"meghan-markles-football-skills-mocked-fans-say-shes-copying-kate-royal-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/meghan-markles-football-skills-mocked-fans-say-shes-copying-kate-royal-news\/","title":{"rendered":"Meghan Markle&#8217;s football skills mocked &#8211; fans say she&#8217;s &#8216;copying Kate&#8217; | Royal | News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p data-mce-linkchecker-status=\"valid\">The couple have travelled to Amman following an invitation from Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, director-general of the World Health Organization. Shortly after their arrival, Meghan and Harry visited a refugee camp in northern Jordan.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p>During a visit to QuestScope Youth Center, Meghan <a target=\"_blank\" data-link-tracking=\"InArticle|Link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.express.co.uk\/news\/royal\/2175266\/meghan-markle-pictures-fashion-jordan\">was seen kicking a football<\/a> &#8211; with the former working royal&#8217;s attempt brutally mocked by royal fans on social media.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p>Sharing pictures of Meghan, one fan commented: &#8220;Cosplaying Catherine again. Meghan is obsessed with Catherine.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p>Another wrote: &#8220;Ok this is actually kind of funny&#8230; never kicked a ball in her life [laughing-face emoji].&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p>With Harry also seen getting stuck in on the action during the visit, another added: &#8220;OMG !!!! They are trying so hard to be William and Catherine !! [laughing-face emoji] They left RF because they hated this kind of events and now look at them [laughing-face emoji] They are soooo ridiculous !!! Look at her [laughing-face emoji].&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p>A fourth added: &#8220;Look, I\u2019m sporty too you know!!! Wow she\u2019s obsessed with Catherine.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p>Princess Catherine is known for her love of sport, often pictured getting stuck in to the activities on sporting-focused visits.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p>Catherine, who is patron of the Rugby Football Union, took part in rugby drills on the pitch with a number of local and professional players during her visit to Maidenhead Rugby Club in Maidenhead in 2023.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p>She was also seen kicking a football during a visit to City of Derry Rugby Club on September 2021 in Londonderry, Northern Ireland.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><script>const Init=()=>{const interval=setInterval(()=>{if(typeof window.utag_data.consentData!=='undefined'){clearInterval(interval);ExpressApp.Log('[Facebook] consent data',window.utag_data.consentData)\nif(!window.isVendorConsented(window.utag_data.consentData,20,!0)){return!1}\nconst publisherPurposes=window.utag_data.consentData.tcfv2consent?.publisher?.consents\nconst consentPurposes=window.utag_data.consentData.tcfv2consent?.purpose?.consents\nif(!publisherPurposes[1]||!publisherPurposes[2]||!publisherPurposes[3]||!publisherPurposes[4]||!consentPurposes[1]||!consentPurposes[2]||!consentPurposes[3]||!consentPurposes[4]){return!1}\n!function(f,b,e,v,n,t,s){if(f.fbq)return;n=f.fbq=function(){n.callMethod?n.callMethod.apply(n,arguments):n.queue.push(arguments)};if(!f._fbq)f._fbq=n;n.push=n;n.loaded=!0;n.version='2.0';n.queue=[];t=b.createElement(e);t.async=!0;t.src=v;s=b.getElementsByTagName(e)[0];s.parentNode.insertBefore(t,s)}(window,document,'script','https:\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_US\/fbevents.js');fbq('init','331470507705028');fbq('trackSingle','331470507705028','PageView')}else{ExpressApp.Log('[Facebook] Facebook is waiting for consent data')}},100)}\nif(typeof flagTcfLoaded!=='undefined'&&flagTcfLoaded){Init()}else{document.addEventListener('tcfLoaded',()=>{Init()})}<\/script><\/p>\n<p><em> \u2018 The preceding article may include information circulated by third parties \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n<p><em> \u2018 Some details of this article were extracted from the following source www.express.co.uk \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The couple have travelled to Amman following an invitation from Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, director-general of the World Health Organization. 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