[The Daily Beast] BG Note: Samantha Markle, sister of Meghan Markle, recently published a book titled The Diary of Princess Pushy’s Sister: A Memoir, Part One. The Daily Beast recapped some of the highlights of the book.
Samantha claims that her father, Thomas, told her that he would not be invited to Meghan and Harry’s wedding unless he disowned Samantha and her brother, Tom Jr. When Thomas refused, Samantha says, Meghan asked him, “Why can’t you just comply?”
Samantha writes: “The ultimate insult to the family was levied when, in an open interview, Prince Harry said that the British royal family were ‘the family that Meghan never had.’”
Samantha adds: “It was unconscionable that she would not only ignore the whole family but that she had somehow, seemingly brainwashed Harry into believing that she did not have a family, or that we were not there for her.”
Among Samantha’s other claims: Guests at Meghan’s wedding to first husband Trevor Engelson were given bags of marijuana as gifts, and Meghan considered converting to Judaism for Engelson.
Samantha says that Meghan had a relationship with a fellow actor on TV drama Suits, and Samantha also says Meghan was more into dating “a prince” when she met Harry than Harry the person.
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In 2004, Meghan met Trevor Engelson, who she would marry. In 2006, she got a job as a “briefcase girl” on Deal or No Deal.
Samantha’s first night review of that show is predictably tough: “When I finally watched, I thought Meg looked fantastic but the first thing I thought was, ‘They must’ve stuffed her bra.’ I knew there was tape up under there, or something, because she wasn’t that busty.”
Samantha suggested to Meghan that now that she is making bank, she should pay back her dad some of her college tuition costs. Meghan allegedly replied: “There are too many cooks in the kitchen, Babe.”
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Meghan and Engelson married in Jamaica in 2011, the same year Meghan was cast on Suits, and “everyone at the wedding was given a bag of marijuana.”
Samantha did not go because she said her wheelchair would get stuck in the sand. Meghan toyed with converting to Judaism, so blissful was the marriage, Samantha writes. But the two divorced just a few years later.
In 2013, Samantha said she learned there was “trouble in paradise” after hearing “through the grapevine that Meghan was involved with someone on the show,” and that Trevor had “allegedly got close” with Meghan’s “best friend.”
Meghan studiously ignored all Samantha’s calls for a few years, Samantha says, but they did speak again at the end of 2015, and discussed their father’s failing health.
Then, in 2016, her dad called Samantha, and advised her to sit down before saying that Meghan had called him to say she was dating a prince.
“Who is this prince?” asks Samantha.
“Well, he’s British. It’s Prince Harry,” Thomas said.
Samantha asked her father to tell her exactly what Meghan said to him.
“Not a whole lot,” said Thomas, “She just said, ‘Daddy, I met a prince.’”
This bothered Samantha: “What astounded me about that was that she didn’t say, ‘I met an amazing man.’ She said, ‘I met a prince.’ It seemed that the title was the most important thing to her.”
Immediately, Samantha says she was worried for Harry: “It crossed my mind though that this new love interest could end up being just as hurt as Trevor was.”
It then turned out that her dad had known about the relationship for six months. “That suggested that she would’ve been dating Harry at the same time as she was dating the restaurateur, Corey,” Samantha writes. We assume she is referring to Toronto’s Cory Vitiello.
Samantha tried to call Meghan, but after brief hellos, the phone went dead.
This appears to be the last time they spoke.
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The anger built and built, reaching a crescendo when Samantha realized that she would not be invited to the royal wedding.
Samantha claims that when her father inquired about his own invite, Meghan told him,“Lay low.”
In another shocking episode, Samantha claims that she believes she was trolled by Meghan. Samantha says she received an email addressed to “Babe” the pet name used for her by Meghan when they were kids.
She says the email began: “In his heart of hearts, Babe, Dad only has one daughter and it’s not you.”
You can read the entire story from The Daily Beast here.
BG Note: Several other versions of this story mention that Meghan Markle dated/had an affair with an actor on Suits while she was married to Trevor Engelson .
Similar: Wounded Little Boy
Suits Actor:
Meghan’s Best Friend:
[Optional] Do any of these stories surprise you? Please use real names and keep your comments civil.
Sugarandspice1020 says
Well Samantha is certainly using her relationship with Meghan to its full advantage to make as much money as she can. This is all a one sided conversation and from what I understand Meghan and her have not even seen eachother or spoken since 2008, so there was trouble in that relationship long ago. Honestly Samantha doesn’t sound like that great a person and maybe Meghan isn’t either, I guess it’s a family trait.
Cheezieb says
Your last sentence was EVERYTHING 😀
Catharsis says
One could argue that Meghan is doing the exact same thing – using her relationship with Harry to its full advantage to make as much money as she can.
cocowowo says
Actor: Who knows, anyone who could get her closer to the spotlight
Best friend: Ninaki Priddy
No, this was all so well known and documented. Just covered up by the stans and the forces that be.
Sleepyandconfused says
I think it was Adams guy
I bet she slept with him to make sure somebody will protect her if they decide to kick her out.
She got her role on that show only thanks to her husband
High Steppa says
None of this surprises me, at all. Not one bit. What I find especially damning is how Harry said the BRF was the family Meghan never had. Well, we saw how she treated the BRF – used them for her purposes and then left. It lends a lot of weight to these claims of how Meghan used and turned her back on her biological family. I believe every word of it.
luvprue1 says
I believe it too . She didn’t invite not any of her family members besides her mother. She probably wouldn’t have invited her mother if she didn’t think it would look bad. I knew as soon as I saw that she didn’t invite her family , I knew she was going to try ruin Harry’s relationship with his family .
badgerette85 says
Suits actor- either Gabriel Macht or Patrick Adams.
Best friend- Jessica Mulroney?
parkland45 says
What in the world happened to the children of Mr Markle? So much snarking against each other. IMO, they each have mental issues that need to be resolved before they can become self-actualized…er…adults.
kazzuri says
Definitely thought she was living with Corey when she started seeing Harry. She’s a piece of work all right.
ecksor says
The more I stumble upon all this crap about Meghan Markle and “pour, brainwashed” Harry, the more I like them, although couldn’t care less about the royal affairs before that.
angelhair says
The Suits actor that went to her wedding? Patrick something?
That’s the only believable thing Samantha Markle has ever said. She’s as attention-seeking as her sister. Some of the excerpts out of that ‘memoir’ sound like a Hallmark movie script.
Voidy Doidy says
Suits Actor: Patrick J Adams
Meghan’s Best Friend: Ninaki Priddy
Do any of these stories surprise you? Erm ….. nope, not one bit…. I’m surprised there aren’t more stories, frankly ….
Poor royal family. Poor kids.
blubelle says
It’s hard to know how much of what Samantha claims is true, but there is no doubt that * is a selfish, opportunistic, manipulative person who aggressively pursues attention, fame, and fortune. Harry was hoodwinked but I don’t feel sorry for him, as he’s similarly self involved… they deserve each other and every bad thing that is said about them.
Mia444 says
Markle is such a cold, conniving * (that’s my nice word for her). And Harry is a jerk, b/c HE is the one who brought her to the public’s attention. Otherwise, she would have languished in D-List obscurity where she clearly belonged. Thanks, Harry.
GretaGuesses says
I wish we had a thumbs up feature here. I totally agree with your comment.
ItsBouquet says
I don’t know why I was shocked at how callous she is, when that’s been her m.o. from day one. Something is wrong with Harry to ignore EVERYTHING that’s happening and being said around him.
EmilyLou says
What does there are too many cooks in the kitchen mean as referenced to paying her dad back?
I had thought Samantha just wanted attention and I still think she does, but damn, I’d want to have the family’s side told as well if all that is true.
Piwakawaka says
Suits Actor: Patrick Adams.
Meghan’s Best Friend: Ninaki Priddy
Do any of these stories surprise you? Not in the slightest! Meghan Markle is a piece of work.
extra paws says
good grief! The woman was an adult with a life who had a series of life events happen to her before she met Harry. If I were in the same situation, I would lead with “I met a prince!” to break the news to friends and family, but my next sentence, (and probably Meghan’s) would be “and I’ve fallen in love with him and all I want to do is have babies with him, spend my life with him and live happily ever after!”
Suits co-star? probably Gabriel Macht.
(not a very good) friend? no idea.
sunshine702 says
Patrick Adams
Janina Gavankar
Nope not one. Super mean to ask Thomas to abandon his other kids.
amagod121 says
? – on the Suits dude. Her best friend – Jessica Mulroney.
Optnl: I was shocked and horrified by the NASTY email that MM may have sent to her sister about their father only having one daughter and “it’s not you.” It seems to echo her behavior with Duchess Kate, always trying to one up Kate on EVERYTHING & trying to insinuate that ONLY MM and “H” were going to bring the Royals into the present and future, NOT William and Kate, AS IF H & M were the future king and queen.
VegetableLasagna says
Patrick J. Adams
Ninaki Priddy
No, Meghan’s a social climber, a grifter, and discards people when they are of no use to her, like she will do with Harry soon. Her true colors came out very early on for the world to see in this current marriage.
jonty30 says
Assuming the story is true, if I had a relative like this, it would be a pleasure to never hear from them. They can go live their fantastic life and I can go live mine.
ItsBouquet says
That’s exactly what I was thinking reading all that. Why would you want to be invited to her wedding? I would be glad to lose her number!
apm1971 says
Not sure of Suits actor, didn’t ever watch. Her friend Ninika Priddy. This doesn’t surprise me, markle is one cold fish. The royal family sure got scammed
parkland45 says
A couple years ago I wouldn’t have believed these accusations. Today I do.
MrsCleaver says
Not surprised
I had high hopes for Meghan in the beginning. An modern American woman, biracial & divorced, is so relatable to alot of people, joining the royal family, what an example she could be for the everywoman.
Then they get married, Harry & Wills immediatly fall out. Meg is obviously faking her baby bump & she takes Harry off to CA where he looks like he is in a hostage video every time we see him.
I’m really tired of their preaching. Do as I say, not as I do. I can’t stand them…
NoseyNana2008 says
I don’t know the names of the actor or best friend, but I’d imagine the ‘optional’ portion of this blind will be very limited with the “keep it civil” request!
doctorwho says
Narcissistic
aaaAIP2 says
There’s only one “Princess Pushy”, among that lot, and that’s Princess Michael of Kent!
Raoul Duke says
Patrick Adams
Opt. Very calculating with no warmth to her personality. I assume it was her sheer tenacity that propelled her forward in the industry because it was certainly not charisma. She’s not that different than the RF because they, too, are self-serving, controlling, calculating and apply all that to maintaining their public image. Nvm the family pedophile or William cheating rumors that get neatly shut away.
The Big D says
It could be anyone on Suits and since Meghan does not seem to have any real friends who knows who the friend is.
Meghan is trash plain and simple.
aaaOtown says
She is someone who spent her whole life trying to be famous and only became so because of who she married. This has gone to her head and made her already inflated ego even bigger. The best thing that could happen would be for the media to stop reporting on her and for people like myself to stop clicking on the articles. Maybe if the click-count were to drop, the media would report less on them. I’ve deleted my Spotify account and Netflix is next to go.
I Am PunkA says
Prince Harry said that the British royal family were ‘the family that Meghan never had.’” Oof. Sounds like they were really the family that she really never wanted either. Her game seems to be gaslighting, then isolating.
Actor: Patrick J. Adams
Friend: Abigail Spencer
Seems she is an opportunist. I also think Harry wanted out as a Royal, but on his own terms. He just couldn’t do it that way. So it has turned into a mess, but MM has made it worse than it needed to be.
jennaynay says
Actor: Gabriel Macht?
Friend: Ninaki Priddy
Meghan is a narcissistic piece of garbage who uses anyone and everyone to get what she wants. Poor little braindead Harry fell for her crap and is now as much a laughing stock as she is.
felicia says
Samantha is a bottom feeder. No one should give their child money for college with the expectation that they are repaid. I honestly can’t even believe that Meghan scored a couple Hollywood jobs and her sister was like “pay back your dad.” Gross. I think Meghan is just fine and just like with Diana, the media has it out for her.
Dezdimona says
The point was her dad was in poor health and living one small pension. * was making hood money and could have helped him. After all he’d done for her, it wouldn’t have cost * to help him out.
bertwheeler says
While I can’t guess the answers, I think it’s funny that the book’s Amazon page says that it’s “#1 in Biographies of People with Disabilities.”