{"id":2324400,"date":"2026-03-12T08:22:16","date_gmt":"2026-03-12T08:22:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=2324400"},"modified":"2026-03-12T08:22:16","modified_gmt":"2026-03-12T08:22:16","slug":"meghan-markle-savaged-with-fergie-jibe-over-quasi-royal-vip-event-royal-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/meghan-markle-savaged-with-fergie-jibe-over-quasi-royal-vip-event-royal-news\/","title":{"rendered":"Meghan Markle savaged with &#8216;Fergie&#8217; jibe over quasi-royal VIP event | Royal | News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>One of these engagements that Meghan will attend is a women-only weekend in Sydney, where Meghan will be a guest dinner speaker. The event costs around \u00a31,440-a-head to attend and runs for three days, although it is believed Meghan will not be present for the whole retreat.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p>Instead, it is believed she will be the headline speaker on April 17, where she will dive into her life as a woman in the public spotlight.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p>While Meghan may be excited to take part in this, one royal insider has criticised the duchess by comparing the engagement to what the disgraced Sarah Ferguson, former Duchess of York, used to do.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p>As reported by <a target=\"_blank\" data-link-tracking=\"InArticle|Link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/news\/royals\/index.html\" rel=\"nofollow\">The Daily Mail,<\/a> the insider said: \u201cShe\u2019s basically Fergie.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p data-mce-linkchecker-status=\"valid\"><span style=\"box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;\"><a target=\"_blank\" data-link-tracking=\"InArticle|Link\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.thesun.co.uk\/royals\/38487083\/meghan-women-only-weekend-australia\/\" target=\"_blank\">As reported by The Sun<\/a>, the organiser of the event, Gemma O\u2019Neill, said Meghan is attending the event because she loves what the community is about.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p>She said: \u201cI have admired this woman and what she has endured.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p><strong>Ensure our latest royal headlines always appear at the top of your Google Search by making us a Preferred Source. <\/strong><strong><a target=\"_blank\" data-link-tracking=\"InArticle|Link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/preferences\/source?q=express.co.uk&amp;hl=en_GB\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">Click here to activate<\/a><\/strong><strong> or just add us as Preferred Source in your Google search settings.<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p>She continued: \u201cHow she has demonstrated how a woman can be pushed down and she can still rise. I feel so flattered that she\u2019s effectively doing this as a favour because of our mutual friend.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p>\u201cShe\u2019s doing it because she really loves what our community is about \u2014women trying to grow, be their best selves and trying to help other women.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p>Meghan and Harry\u2019s visit to Australia next month will be their first time in the country since 2018.<\/p>\n<\/div>\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>One of these engagements that Meghan will attend is a women-only weekend in Sydney, where Meghan will be a guest dinner speaker. The event costs around \u00a31,440-a-head to attend and runs for three days, although it is believed Meghan will not be present for the whole retreat. 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