{"id":2378806,"date":"2026-04-18T10:29:33","date_gmt":"2026-04-18T10:29:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=2378806"},"modified":"2026-04-18T10:29:33","modified_gmt":"2026-04-18T10:29:33","slug":"meghan-markle-slammed-as-she-spends-2-hours-at-3000-event-celebrity-news-entertainment","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/meghan-markle-slammed-as-she-spends-2-hours-at-3000-event-celebrity-news-entertainment\/","title":{"rendered":"Meghan Markle slammed as she spends 2 hours at $3,000 event – Celebrity News – Entertainment"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Meghan Markle was slammed over her quick exit from a Sydney girls\u2019 weekend event (Image: -)<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n

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Meghan Markle has faced backlash over her latest appearance during a trip to Australia.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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The Duchess of Sussex<\/a>, 44, and Prince Harry, 41<\/a>, visited Australia for a four-day trip, marking their first time in the country since stepping back from royal duties in 2020.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Meghan made a headline-grabbing appearance at the InterContinental Sydney Coogee Beach for an event described as a Megstock girls\u2019 weekend, held at the luxury hotel, where guests reportedly paid up to $3,199 for the experience. It comes as an Australian cafe went viral with fake AI image of Harry and Meghan.<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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However, her time at the event was brief, lasting just two hours.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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She arrived at around 5 p.m. alongside Harry and took part in an onstage Q&A session before leaving the beachfront resort roughly 120 minutes later in a waiting Range Rover.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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According to reports, Meghan was paid $150,000 for her appearance, which was part of the Her Best Life retreat organized by podcast hosts Gemma O\u2019Neill and Jackie Henderson.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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However, the appearance quickly sparked controversy online, with some social media users questioning the brief nature of her visit.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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One person wrote, “Why did Meghan Markle<\/a> not even share a meal with women who had paid $3000 to spend ‘retreat’ time with her? How is that kind?”<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Another social media user added, “She didn\u2019t go down there to spend time with any of those people, just to get a few PR photos and collect her share of the takings.”<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Others echoed the sentiment, with one commenting, \u201cHow ridiculous, they advertised like she was spending the whole weekend with them,\u201d while another remarked: \u201c2 hours? I thought it was a weekend retreat? WOW!\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Meghan\u2019s representatives have responded to the backlash, stating that her brief appearance had been agreed in advance and was always intended to be limited.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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In a statement, a representative told HELLO, \u201cMeghan was always confirmed only to attend the retreat for her Q&A portion of the weekend. She had a lovely time sitting down and talking to Gemma in front of such an engaging audience.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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During their trip to Australia, Meghan and Harry visited a children\u2019s hospital in Melbourne, met survivors of the Bondi Beach attack and attended Invictus-linked sailing and rugby events in Sydney.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Their last trip to Australia was the 2018 royal tour, which marked their first major overseas visit as a married couple. Unlike that official engagement, this trip is privately funded and not part of royal duties.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

\u2018 The preceding article may include information circulated by third parties \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n

\u2018 Some details of this article were extracted from the following source www.the-express.com \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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