Lynn Barber

Meghan and Harry have never grasped the notion of ‘only connect’

They talk of ‘reaching out’, but grow increasingly self-obsessed, and preach about climate change while flying round the world in private jets

Meghan and Harry at St Paul’s Cathedral for the service of thanksgiving for the Platinum Jubilee of Elizabeth II. Credit: Getty Images 
issue 17 December 2022

In June 2017 Graydon Carter, the editor of Vanity Fair, was surprised when Jane Sarkin, his features editor, told him they should do a cover story on Meghan Markle, the star of Suits. Carter had never heard of Markle, but then nor had most people. In her own eyes she was a huge Hollywood celebrity, but actually she was mainly unknown outside Canada, where Suits was filmed.

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