While a royal expert praises Meghan Markle for ‘looking forwards and not backwards’ she points out that the Duchess still has an option to use “in her back pocket”.
Following their departure from their lives as senior members of the Royal Family, Prince Harry and Meghan Markle gave a number of interviews and took part in their own Netflix series about the difficulties they claimed they faced. With Prince Harry also writing his tell-all memoir, Spare, it has often been questioned about whether Meghan will follow suit and pen her own autobiography.
Back in 2022, Meghan revealed that she had re-discovered the journal she kept during her time in the Firm, causing many to question whether another book would be in the works. While many believe it is a possibility, a leading royal expert has exclusively told OK! that Meghan has moved on but still has the option “in her back pocket”.
Former BBC royal correspondent Jennie Bond said: “It’s more than two years since she gave that interview, and she has steered clear of controversy about the Royal Family since.
“Obviously the journal she mentioned will remain a potential weapon in her back pocket if she ever feels the need to seek some sort of revenge. But she has behaved with discretion and dignity ever since Oprah and the documentary series.
“I think she is looking forwards, not backwards and is moving on with her life. So I don’t think we should be raising false alarms about any potential memoir.”
The comments come after Sunday Times Royal Editor Roya Nikkhah dissected Meghan’s “revealing” remarks on True Royalty TV’s The Royal Beat.
She said: “The thinly veiled threats that came in [in the interview] …I think [she] probably hopes it does [feel threatening] to the Royal Family… [But] I think there’s a lot of eye-rolling, going, ‘We’re used to this by now’… [But] that phrase, ‘I have a lot to say until I don’t’ and, ‘I’ve never signed anything that restricts me from talking’… there was a very strong inference there.”
She added: “And, of course, the reminder that she keeps a journal, and [her] revelation that, ‘When we came back to Windsor, to Frogmore Cottage for the Jubilee, I rediscovered my journal that I’d left there’ – I was astonished to discover that she had left a highly private diary behind in Windsor, rather than taking it back.
“She’s mentioned a couple of times in the last year or two that she kept a journal, and I think there is a very strong inference that Meghan could write her own memoir.”
The Duchess spoke about finding her journal from her time living at Frogmore Cottage
Meghan recently opened up about being “one of the most bullied people in the world” during a visit to a group of teenagers, according to a charity boss. The Duchess of Sussex spent an afternoon with Girls Inc. of Greater Santa Barbara supporting their new digital-wellness programme, Social Media U.
The non-profit organisation Girls Inc, which aims to empower girls, partnered with #HalfTheStory, a campaign focused on improving young people’s relationship with technology, to launch the programme. Larissa May, founder of #HalfTheStory, shared with Vanity Fair that Meghan spoke candidly about her experiences with bullying.
She said: “We did an activity where we talked through a bunch of different scenarios, and Meghan talked about being one of the most bullied people in the world. We had girls wave these little emoji signs and talk about how each one of these scenarios would have impacted them emotionally.”
Ms May added: “We talked about what it really means to grow up in this digital age,” The Social Media U curriculum is designed to encourage teens to socialise without screens, while also teaching them how to use technology creatively and positively.
The curriculum, which the Duchess helped test during her visit, has received financial backing from Meghan and Prince Harry’s Archewell Foundation, the Oprah Winfrey Charitable Foundation, and Melissa French Gates’s Pivotal Ventures. This is not the first time Meghan has spoken out about being a victim of online bullying.
At the SXSW festival in March this year, the Duchess revealed that she was subjected to “hateful” messages while pregnant with Archie and Lilibet. She had been invited to the Texas festival to discuss “breaking barriers and challenging stereotypes”.
During her talk, she spoke about her social media use, stating that the worst abuse she received occurred while she was pregnant with her two young children. “I keep my distance from it right now for my wellbeing but the bulk of the bullying and abuse I was experiencing in social media and online was when I was pregnant with Archie and with Lili, and with a newborn, with each of them,” she said.
“You just think about that and to wrap your head about why people would be so hateful. It’s not catty it’s cruel. Why you would do that when you’re pregnant or as a mom it’s such a tender and sacred time.”
She added: “You could succumb to it, or nearly succumb to how painful that is. Or maybe because I was pregnant that mammalian instinct just kicks in to do everything you can to protect your child and as a result protect yourself too.”
