{"id":360355,"date":"2025-08-20T21:07:33","date_gmt":"2025-08-20T21:07:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/360355\/"},"modified":"2025-08-20T21:07:33","modified_gmt":"2025-08-20T21:07:33","slug":"the-truth-about-that-utterly-insane-meghan-markle-rumour-weve-all-heard-im-no-sussex-squad-cheerleader-but-even-i-have-to-call-this-out-sharon-hunt","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/360355\/","title":{"rendered":"The truth about that utterly insane Meghan Markle rumour we’ve all heard. I’m no Sussex Squad cheerleader, but even I have to call this out: SHARON HUNT"},"content":{"rendered":"

By SHARON HUNT, SENIOR LIFESTYLE REPORTER, AUSTRALIA<\/a> <\/p>\n

Published: 10:25 EDT, 20 August 2025 | Updated: 10:42 EDT, 20 August 2025 <\/p>\n

A Substack blog. Anonymous sources. A byline from a former National Enquirer reporter. I mean… why wouldn’t you believe it?<\/p>\n

Yes, I’m talking, of course, about this week’s breathless dispatch by Rob Shuter<\/a> about Meghan Markle<\/a> being irked that Taylor Swift<\/a>‘s album announcement ‘steamrolled’ her ‘big Netflix<\/a> moment’.<\/p>\n

In case you missed it, the British-American gossip columnist penned an enthralling ‘exclusive’ for his Substack website<\/a>\u00a0that soon caught fire in the media.<\/p>\n

The headline trumpeted: ‘EXCLUSIVE: MEGHAN MARKLE CONVINCED TAYLOR SWIFT STOLE HER ANNOUNCEMENT THUNDER’.<\/p>\n

Shuter described how Swift’s surprise album announcement for\u00a0The Life of a Showgirl\u00a0had overshadowed interest in\u00a0the trailer announcement for part two of the Duchess of Sussex’s\u00a0Netflix lifestyle series\u00a0With Love, Meghan.<\/p>\n

Insiders allegedly said\u00a0that Swift’s timing had left the former Suits actress\u00a0frustrated.<\/p>\n

‘Meghan thought her trailer would own the news cycle,’ a source dished.<\/p>\n

‘Then Taylor’s announcement came in like a wrecking ball. Meghan’s convinced it wasn’t just bad luck.’<\/p>\n

\"The <\/p>\n

The trailer for the second season of Netflix series With Love, Meghan dropped on August 12 – and included this scene of Meghan with upcoming special guest Chrissy Teigen<\/p>\n

\"But <\/p>\n

But the biggest news on August 12 was Taylor Swift teasing the announcement of her forthcoming album, The Life of a Showgirl<\/p>\n

‘She saw this as her comeback moment,’ another insider added. ‘Then Taylor took all the oxygen out of the room.’<\/p>\n

At first glance, I’m not convinced. But whether the article is true hardly matters.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Plenty of major media outlets around the world ran with it.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n

It’s pure celebrity catnip. Could Meghan – a bona fide royal – be quietly seething that TayTay’s new album stole her thunder?<\/p>\n

In my opinion, the real story here isn’t Shuter’s big scoop.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Or even Meghan\u00a0risking the wrath of the world’s most devoted pop fan base by – allegedly – daring to complain to friends that Taylor stole her spotlight.<\/p>\n

What fascinates me is how easily the idea of Meghan throwing a tantrum over another celebrity’s moment is believed by so many.<\/p>\n

What does this say about the Duchess of Sussex’s reputation right now?\u00a0<\/p>\n

\"\" <\/p>\n

Meghan Markle, pictured here in the first season of her Netflix series With Love, Meghan, has just launched the trailer for the show’s second season<\/p>\n

Perhaps people accept this story because it echoes past claims about the Sussexes timing their own announcements to upstage others.<\/p>\n

After all, Meghan and Harry’s seemingly strategic ‘launches’ have long raised eyebrows on both sides of the Atlantic.<\/p>\n

Take last year, when Meghan launched her lifestyle brand – first called American Riviera Orchard, now As Ever after a trademark issue – on the same day her brother-in-law Prince William spoke at the Diana Legacy Award event in London<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Royal commentators called it ‘calculated’, and it was noted that Meghan’s launch had ‘overshadowed an event celebrating the life and work of Harry’s mother.’<\/p>\n

Then, there was the lead-up to the launch of Harry’s 2023 memoir,\u00a0Spare.\u00a0<\/p>\n

The prince gave\u00a0brutal sit-down TV interview<\/a>\u00a0criticising the Royal Family. It aired the day before\u00a0Princess Kate’s 41st birthday, with the book itself dropping the day after.<\/p>\n

\"The <\/p>\n

The curious timing of some of the Sussexes’ announcements and launches has not gone unnoticed by royal watchers. Meghan and Harry are pictured here visiting Colombia in 2024<\/p>\n

Even the trailer release for the Sussexes’\u00a0six-part Netflix documentary series Harry & Meghan\u00a0was seen as deliberate.<\/p>\n

It came out in December 2022 on the precise date when William and Kate arrived in America<\/a>\u00a0for his Earthshot Prize initiative. It was also the Waleses’ first visit to the States since the death of Queen Elizabeth II.<\/p>\n

Even pro-Sussex author Omid Scobie – long considered a mouthpiece for the couple – acknowledged the timing of the Netflix trailer was ‘intentional’.<\/p>\n

But the most glaring example dates back to their time as working royals, pre-Megxit.\u00a0<\/p>\n

On Princess Eugenie’s wedding day to Jack Brooksbank in 2018, the Sussexes were accused of upstaging the bride by sharing the news of their pregnancy with the family at the reception<\/a>.<\/p>\n

\"It <\/p>\n

It has been suggested that Meghan and Harry (pictured in 2019) may have upstaged Princess Eugenie’s 2018 wedding day by sharing their pregnancy news with the family at the reception<\/p>\n

Perhaps it’s all simply a case of no one consulting a calendar outside of their own.<\/p>\n

But what made me pause was a recent report that Prince Harry’s team had offered to share his schedule with the royals – an attempt to avoid future clashes and unflattering headlines.<\/p>\n

A curious move – possibly an acknowledgment of past mistakes?<\/p>\n

Which brings us back to why so many people were prepared to believe this latest silly rumour about Meghan ‘beefing’ with Taylor over their respective ‘drops’.<\/p>\n

The repeated insinuations we’ve heard about the Sussexes in the past – namely how their announcements seem timed to overshadow others – have likely contributed to the PR bind poor Meghan now finds herself in.<\/p>\n

Now, even the most ludicrous and unsourced claims have the potential to be lapped up by those who follow her every move.<\/p>\n

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