Advanced warning: We’re being deeply sarcastic here.
Si’down, Meryl Streep, and grab yourself a pen. Because if you think you understand commitment to a role, you clearly haven’t studied the work of Meghan Markle.
See, the thespian’s recent engagement to Prince Harry seemed to the outside world like an wonderful, accidental fairy tale; actress meets Prince through a mutual friend, has two dates, goes glamping in Botswana, and – boom – nabs herself a ring and 2.3 billion loyal subjects.
But according to a not-so-loyal childhood friend who spoke to The Daily Mail, we’ve all been duped, folks. Duped good.
Apparently the 36-year-old Los Angles-born woman has been playing the long game, having hatched a scheme to marry a member of the British Royal Family when she was just a teenager.
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“I’m not surprised [by the engagement] at all. It’s like she’s been planning this her whole life,” friend Ninaki Priddy told the outlet.
“She gets exactly what she wants and Harry has fallen for her play. She was always fascinated by the Royal Family. She wants to be Princess Diana 2.0. She will play her role ably, but my advice to him is to tread cautiously.”
‘No way’, you say. ‘She’s just jealous’, you say.
Well, how do you explain THIS?
There, outside Buckingham Palace, sits a 15-year-old Markle. Wearing shades. Shady shades.
Solid proof she knew the Royal Family existed, and therefore, probably, might have, maybe, devoted her entire life to marrying one of them.
Everything since – the internationally successful television career, the charity work, the causes, the women’s empowerment stuff, the perfectly blow-waved hair – it was all part of the elaborate plot to bag herself a Windsor.
(I mean, I went to Parliament House on Year 6 camp, and then 16 years later I met the Prime Minister, so…maybe?)
Top Comments
Her friend is a jerk and very jealous
I think this "friend" suggesting a 20 year plan to score a prince is somewhat farfetched.
That said, I did think Meghan's assertion in the engagement interview that she didn't really know who Harry was before their date was a bit of a long stretch. Yes, she's American, but we're talking about the son of Princess Diana - someone American media outlets were obsessed with. Plus, Harry's been a feature in US tabloids over his exploits years ago, his brother's wedding was a massively publicised and covered event, and she's been living and working in Canada for 6 or 7 years, a Commonwealth country where members of the royal family visit nearly annually.
It's the sort of reaction you'd expect when your friend offers to set you up with some hot guy you've been secretly lusting after and you want to play it cool so you don't come off as a stalker.