Meghan Markle, who left her senior royal role with Prince Harry back in 2020, received support from a royal fan after critics slammed the Duchess of Sussex for an insensitive move during her four-day visit to Australia.
Prince Archie and Princess Lilibet’s mother were invited as special guests at a luxury all-girl retreat in Sydney. She sat down for a Q&A session where she spoke candidly about her experience in public life, describing it as “very tough”.
However, Meghan’s trip has not been without backlash over several things during the tour. Some fans expressed how the flight promised a “weekend of connection, inspiration and personal growth, with Meghan positioned as its main guest”, but she departed early on Saturday morning.
Social media was abuzz with comments calling her out for leaving the event so quickly and not even having dinner with attendees as she was supposed to.
“Why didn’t Meghan Markle even share a meal with women who had paid $3000 to spend ‘retreat’ time with her? How is that kind of thing?” wrote a user.
Others echoed the sentiment: “How ridiculous, they advertised like she spent the whole weekend with them,” said one, while another noted: “2 hours? I thought it was a weekend away? WOW!”
Amidst all this, entrepreneur and business owner Liliana Sanelli, who is also a fan of King Charles, shared kind words for Meghan.
“It’s not every day you can say you meet someone as beautiful as Meghan Markle,” she wrote. “This best weekend has been incredible so far connecting, uniting, recalibrating with 300 dynamic women.”
She continued: “Hearing Meghan speak so openly, authentically and be so real – has given me a different perspective on powerful, insightful strong women when they’re really being real to themselves.
“Whatever your opinion – I have to admit I was blown away by her friendly, caring engaging energy. There was no BS… Just keeping it real.”
She noted that Harry was also in the room and the two are “definitely beautiful as a couple and in love”.
