A royal biographer has
accused Meghan Markle of being a hypocrite following her comments
about ambition in relation to the royals and to Prince Harry.
In the first episode of her
“Archetypes” Spotify podcast, the Duchess of Sussex talked
about “The Misconception of Ambition” with her friend Serena
Williams. She admitted that she could not “ever remember personally
feeling the negative connotation behind the word ambitious” until she
started dating the Duke of Sussex. She also revealed the “pain” she
suffered “behind closed doors.”
The 41-year-old said,
“apparently ambition is a terrible, terrible thing. For a woman, that is,
according to some. So since I felt the negativity behind it. It’s really hard
to un-feel it.”
Meghan Markle also admitted at
some point during the discussion that to some “if you’re an ambitious
woman you have an agenda.” She added that ambitious women are seen as
“calculating or selfish or aggressive or a climber.”
Angela Levin, author of
“Harry: A Biography of a Prince,” took her comments to be insulting
to the royal family. She slammed it as a “smack in the face for Harry and
a punch towards the Royal Family.”
The royal author also branded
the former “Suits” actress a “hypocrite.” She called Meghan
Markle “ungrateful” and claimed that she would “still be a
D-list celebrity” had it not been for Prince Harry and the royals.
“She aligns herself with
them [Serena Williams] and next podcast guest Mariah Carey], but they have done
brilliantly and overcome difficult childhoods, whereas she has married a prince
and spent a lot of money,” Levin told the Daily Mail.
The author added of the
duchess, “She thought it was normal to be ambitious and only when she
started dating Harry did she realize that it was not welcomed. My goodness,
that is a smack at Harry and a punch to the Royal Family.”
