The extraordinary claim was
widely shared on Twitter because of a small rectangular mark on the waist of
the Duchess of Sussex’s demure black dress.
Her critics began wildly
guessing if she was wearing a microphone, suggesting that it was due to the
couple’s $100million deal with Netflix.
But amid a backlash online
from her supporters who claimed it was clearly only a series of small creases
on her waist, a friend of the former Suits star also dismissed it.
A source close to Meghan told
Page Six: ‘This is insane and actually damaging to her. Of course, she was not
wearing a mic.’
‘It’s literally a crease in
her dress,’ one Twitter user commented. Another wrote: ‘You people are
pathetic’ to those who believed she was wearing a recording device, pager or
microphone.
A rectangular crease seen on
the waist of Meghan’s black dress had many critics guessing if she was wearing
a microphone.
‘What is Meghan hiding under
her dress?’ one person tweeted.
‘The waist outline sure looks
like a mic pack,’ said another.
Others wondered if she was
recording the moment for her upcoming Netflix documentary.
‘Is Meghan Markle wearing a
mic to use the Queen’s death for her Netflix reality show?’ one tweeted.
‘Meghan was wearing some sort
of device that you could see the square outline of during the walkabout. Likely
for recording purposes,’ another said.
Others also disputed the
‘insane’ claims, suggesting it may have been a medical device instead.
‘I wear a Continuous Glucose
Monitor and my sensor is the same rectangle shape,’ one said.
Others said it could be a belt
fitted underneath the dress, or simply how the dress creased when moved in
certain positions.
‘It just creases in the
dress, nothing else,’ one wrote.
‘Maybe she wears her belt on
the inside and that’s the buckle. I often wear my belt on the inside with the
buckle off-center. I’m sure many people do,’ another added.
Another said it may have been
a ‘pager’ to communicate with her staff.