“I googled Amanda (Frances), just like I Googled everyone else in the group. I know all the history of Amanda. It’s all out there; it’s on Reddit. It’s everywhere.”
She then added a pointed remark that quickly sparked online reaction:
“Even the people in the group that are saying, ’Oh, I never Google anyone,’ We all Google everybody. It’s like Meghan Markle saying, ’I never Googled Prince Harry before I dated him,’ it’s like Meghan, please.”
The comment referenced Meghan’s 2021 interview with Oprah Winfrey, in which she said: “I didn’t do any research about what that would mean. I didn’t feel any need to, because everything I needed to know, he was sharing with me. Everything we thought I needed to know, he was telling me.”
In his memoir Spare, Prince Harry later defended her, even recalling that she once confused his uncle with one of Queen Elizabeth II’s aides, joking:
“She definitely hadn’t googled us.”
A Continuing Lightning Rod
Between claims of unsold products and being name-checked on U.S. reality television, Meghan has once again found herself under intense scrutiny.
Whether the reports point to genuine challenges for her brand or are simply part of the ongoing royal-adjacent media cycle, the pattern remains the same: nearly every business move, interview quote or television mention involving the Duchess quickly becomes public debate.
