Her desperate letter, sent in 2018 to Prince Harry begging him not to marry his half-sister, made the rounds of the tabloids. Since then, he has continued his smear campaign on his YouTube channel. Thomas Markle Jr., Meghan's half-brother, 15 years her senior, continues to display his disenchantment with his younger daughter, through videos posted on the online platform. Filming himself for almost an hour in front of the camera, he lets all his thoughts come to him, all as malicious as they are eccentric, discusses with his subscribers, and does not hesitate to parody Prince Harry's wife. On Friday April 12, the 57-year-old man did another sequence, brown wig on his head, tiara and padding on his chest to... better resemble him.
For an hour and a half, Thomas Markle Jr, thus vents his anger on his sister, imitates her deliberately exasperating voice and nicknames her “Me-gain”, a nickname he gave her in reference to her pronounced taste for money. In this new video, he insults her as an “absolutely narcissistic” woman. Even more disconcerting, the man is paid in tips by certain users to insult the duchess live.
“Ultimate betrayal”
As reported by
The Mirror
, several royal experts have protested against this relentlessness, including former BBC correspondent Jennie Bond. The latter described this new video as “grotesque”, accusing Meghan’s half-brother of “ultimate betrayal” towards her. A former government minister is said to have called on YouTube to take responsibility by condemning “these online harassment campaigns”.
At the end of March, as part of Women's Day, Meghan Markle gave a vibrant speech on the stage of the SXSW festival in Texas, to fight against cyberharassment. The latter particularly insisted on the serious consequences in terms of mental health that this type of intimidation can cause.