Does Meghan Markle have the ‘worst judgment of anyone in the entire world’? Following claim by Princess Diana’s former confidante Tina Brown, we recall her questionable calls… and there’s plenty to choose from

When Meghan Markle officially joined the Royal Family by marrying Prince Harry in May 2018, she was tipped as a future star due to her dazzling smile and empathetic nature.... SEE THE NEXT PAGES for more... But fast-forward to 2024 and Meghan, along with her husband, who once beat the late Queen in a poll of the nation's favourite royal, have fled The Firm to live out their lives in increasing insignificance in California. Tina Brown, the former editor of Tatler and The New Yorker, believes her dramatic fall from grace and relevance is because 'she has the worst judgment of anyone in the entire world'. The bestselling author of royal books, who had lunch with Princess Diana in New York two months before her death in 1997, added: 'She's a perfectionist about getting it all wrong. She really is.' 'Her issue is that she doesn't listen. She hires all these people, asks them their opinion, and then doesn't follow it. She does what she wants to do. And all of her ideas are total crap, unfortunately.' Here MailOnline looks back at the long-list of questionable calls Meghan Markle has made since she married Prince Harry and joined the Royal Family. Starting off on the wrong foot with Kate Shortly after she became involved with the Royal Family, Meghan courted controversy when it was revealed that her relationship with her sister-in-law Kate Middleton, who is beloved by the public, quickly turned sour. Prince Harry said in January 2023 that trouble was brewing behind the scenes at Kensington Palace from the offset of his romance with the former Suits actress. Although the Duke claims the Prince and Princess of Wales were 'religious viewers' of Suits, he said it was 'fair' to say that his family 'didn't get on' with his wife 'almost from the get-go'. He explained: 'There was a lot of stereotyping that was happening, that I was guilty of as well, at the beginning.' He said the 'stereotyping' of Meghan, in part by William and Kate, was causing a 'barrier' to his family, preventing them from 'welcoming her in.' But the relationship continued to worsen, and in his book, Spare, Prince Harry detailed how Meghan asked to borrow a lip gloss from Kate ahead of their appearance at the first Royal Foundation Forum event in 2018. He writes that Kate was surprised, but rummaged around in her bag before offering it to Meghan. Harry goes on to claim that Meghan applied a little gloss to her finger, and rubbed it across her lips, before Kate made a 'disgusted' face. As People magazine reports, Prince Harry speculated that Kate was 'on edge' around Meghan and suspected that she was 'going to be compared to, and forced to compete with, Meg'. In traditional royal fashion, Kate and William have refused to comment on their personal relationships, so only Meghan's side of the story has been heard. Getting into an emotional conflict with Kate over Princess Charlotte's bridesmaid dress In his memoir Spare, Harry backed up Meghan's claim that her sister-in-law made her cry ahead of their May 2018 wedding. In October 2018, it was reported that a conflict over Princess Charlotte's bridesmaid dress had left Kate in tears. One unnamed friend claimed Kate wanted to follow 'protocol', with the bridesmaids, including Charlotte, then three, wearing tights – but Meghan disagreed. In his book Revenge, Tom Bower claimed unnamed sources told him the Duchess of Cambridge and Duchess of Sussex disagreed over the length of Princess Charlotte's hemline and the fit of her dress. He also claimed Meghan's 'insistence' was 'supported' by bridesmaid Jessica Mulroney, adding: 'Some would say that Meghan compared Ivy [Mulroney's daughter] favourably against Charlotte'. The Duchess of Sussex later disagreed in her bombshell Oprah Winfrey interview, claiming it was the other way around and adding: 'She [Kate] was upset about something, but she owned it, and she apologised. And she brought me flowers.' Asking Harry about Kate and Meghan's disagreement in January 2023, Harry's friend Tom Bradby said: 'Your version of it in this book is it was the other way round, Meghan was the one left in tears, Kate came round the next day with flowers to apologise and you're careful to say there's a witness.' In response, Prince Harry admitted that 'tensions were high' at the time and blasted the Palace for not issuing a statement regarding the story. Secrecy over the birth of Prince Archie Meghan also made what could be regarded as questionable decisions after the birth of Prince Archie, who is now sixth in line to the throne. Buckingham Palace initially announced that Meghan had gone into labour early on May 6, 2019. But it turned out the Palace later corrected its statement, claiming her son had already been born at 5.26am. And the couple chose to dismiss the conventional public photocall post-delivery, instead sharing more private first photos of Archie, captured at Windsor Castle a few days after his birth. Royal historian and author Robert Lacey also pointed out how tradition was broken when the Sussexes chose not to reveal the identities of Archie's godparents. Harry later said in their Netflix documentary that they got abuse for 'not wanting to serve our child up on a silver platter'. Another row over the birth emerged when the pair ditched the traditional issuing of the names of the consultants and their hospital in a proclamation posted outside Buckingham Palace. The pair also chose not to make the birth certificate public to keep these details out of the public domain for even longer, instead only submitting it to the local registrar. The decision to keep these details private is in stark contrast to Kate and William, who carried out the traditional royal duty for the births of all three of their children. Aired her grievances with The Firm in a tell-all chat with Oprah Some 50million people around the world watched as, on March 7, 2021, the duo took part in an 85-minute tell-all interview with Oprah Winfrey. Chatting in the sun-kissed garden of a Californian mansion - which turned out to owned by a friend of Oprah's - a heavily-pregnant Meghan described her time in the Royal Family as a nightmare that she'd barely survived. Oprah asked the now famous question, 'Were you silent or silenced?' 'The latter,' Meghan replied. She said the situation had deteriorated to the point that she'd even contemplated suicide. 'I didn't want to be alive any more,' she told Oprah. 'It was a clear and real and frightening constant thought.' Yet Meghan alleged that Palace staff didn't offer her help when she went to them begging for support, even though she was then six months pregnant with Archie. She then made the bombshell claim: 'I was told that I couldn't, that it wouldn't be good for the institution.' The other eyebrow-raising claim was the suggestion that the Royal Family was collectively racist, pointing the finger at one - unnamed - member who, they alleged, had speculated about the colour of their son Archie’s skin when Meghan was pregnant in a racist way. Critics didn't take well to her decision to go on national television and attack the family she married into, especially when she was already estranged from most of her own. Her revelations in the interview are still reverberating more than three years on. Making fun out of meeting the Queen with a deeply exaggerated curtsy Another incident which made critics wince was when a giggling Meghan appeared to mock her own efforts at following royal protocol as she recounted the 'surreal' moment she first met the Queen. In her and Harry's December 2022 Netflix documentary, she recounted the 'intense' moment and performed a deep curtsy as husband Harry watched on, stone-faced, before he glanced off camera appearing awkward. The pair then chuckled afterwards. Meghan met the Queen for the first time during a lunch at Royal Lodge in Windsor, shortly after she and the Duke revealed they were dating, in 2016. But she said the whole occasion felt like an antiquated banquet at Medieval Times, a family dinner theatre in the US featuring staged medieval-style games, sword-fighting and jousting. The Duke of Sussex described how Meghan meeting the Queen for the first time was a 'shock to the system'. Harry said: 'My grandmother was the first senior member of the family that Meghan met. She had no idea what it all consisted of, so it was a bit of a shock to the system for her.' Meghan said: 'There wasn't like some big moment of "Now you're going to meet my grandmother". I didn't know I was going to meet her until moments before. 'We were in the car and we were going to Royal Lodge for lunch, and he's like, "Oh, my grandmother's here, we're going to meet her after church." 'And I remember we were in the car driving up and he's like, "You know how to curtsy, right?" And I just thought it was a joke.' Harry said: 'How do you explain that to people? How do you explain that you bow to your grandmother? And that you will need to curtsy. Especially to an American. That's weird.' Going with Harry to accept the Pat Tillman award - despite objections from Mr Tillman's mother over the award The Pat Tillman Award is named after the iconic NFL player and late US Army Ranger who gave up his lucrative sporting career to enlist in the army in the wake of 9/11. He died in Afghanistan in 2004 due to friendly fire. Prince Harry accepted the prestigious military honour in July 2024, but it quickly drew criticism, not least from Mr Tillman's mother, Mary Tillman, who said he was too 'privileged' and other soldiers were more deserving. Harry faced calls to reject the award because it has typically gone to unsung veterans. More than 76,000 people signed a petition demanding the decision was reversed. Mary Tillman told the Mail that she was 'shocked' it would go to 'such a controversial and divisive figure', adding: 'There are recipients that are far more fitting. These individuals do not have the money, resources, connections or privilege that Prince Harry has.' Mary Tillman was not at the ceremony, but Pat's widow, Marie, was, and she looked on seriously as the award in her husband's memory went to Harry. Harry brushed off calls for him to turn down the prize from critics, including the former head of Britain's Royal Navy Lord West, who warned the royal risked the wrath of military veterans. As he accepted the award from three previous winners, Harry - who served two tours in Afghanistan - noted the struggles that military personnel face after they return from duty. Although some condemned the choice of Prince Harry as a recipient of the award, ESPN defended it and cited his role in setting up the Invictus Games - which he mentioned as he dedicated the award to 'the entire service community'. Criticised for not having a defined brand and instead latching on the 'Twitter cause of the moment' The influential editor Tina Brown argues that Meghan lacks a defined 'brand' and instead latches on the 'Twitter cause of the moment'. SOURCE: HELLO

Does Meghan Markle have the ‘worst judgment of anyone in the entire world’? Following claim by Princess Diana’s former confidante Tina Brown, we recall her questionable calls… and there’s plenty to choose from

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