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The Duchess of Sussex wants to outshine her sister-in-law in the glamour stakes<\/p>\n
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Meghan is ready to show off her glamorous side to become Hollywood royalty<\/p>\n
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In 2021 Meghan Markle revealed she had deliberately dressed in dull, neutral tones to \u2018blend in\u2019 with the royal family in fear of standing out, or committing a serious sartorial crime by accidentally wearing the same colour as another senior royal.\u00a0But in the past fortnight, it was clear that the Duchess of Sussex was out to show the world, the Royal Family included, that she is NOT willing to camouflage her star status in shades of beige for a minute longer.\u00a0Instead, Meghan, 41, opted to make a grand entrance to the Women Of Vision Awards in a shimmering gold, strapless gown, a pair of sky-high stilettos, as well as a clutch, and not forgetting a Prince, as arm candy.\u00a0Her powerful fashion statement cost over \u00a33000, and it\u2019s clear that Meghan\u2019s \u2018star moment\u2019 \u2013 which came just ten days after the Coronation of King Charles \u2013 sent out a clear message that the Duchess is more successful and popular than she has ever been.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Not only was Meghan honoured as an \u2018incredible leader\u2019 for her work advocating for women and girls, the glitzy event also followed days after she and husband Prince Harry, 38, were reportedly spotted on a quadruple date with Cameron Diaz and Benji Madden, as well as Gwyneth Paltrow and Brad Falchuk, alongside the founder of dating app Bumble and her oil businessman husband, at a sushi restaurant in LA.<\/p>\n
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Kate has been looking more business-like recently<\/p>\n
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And now an insider reveals that after years of playing second fiddle to Kate Middleton, 41, during her time as a working royal, Meghan believes the pomp of the Coronation and Kate\u2019s typically English style couldn\u2019t hold a candle to her own OTT Hollywood glam.\u00a0<\/p>\n
The source says,\u00a0\u201cMeghan is very confident right now as far as her overall showbiz appeal and is basking in all the positive reviews and kiss-ass compliments she got on the night from all the fans and hangers on.\u00a0It solidified her opinion that she\u2019s way more glamorous than Kate will ever be; the royals will never live up to the glitz and razzmatazz of Hollywood. Meghan believes she deserves way more credit for her style and success than she\u2019s gotten to date.\u00a0She feels it\u2019s pathetic and demeaning at this point to be compared to someone, like Kate, who she insists is way past her sell by ticket in the glamour stakes \u2013 or so she believes \u2013 and Harry couldn\u2019t agree more!\u00a0He\u2019s always boasted about his trophy wife being 10 times hotter than William\u2019s!\u201d\u00a0
While Meghan was championed as a \u2018breath of fresh air\u2019 by the public and the \u2018future of the monarchy\u2019 by royalists, her popularity soon dramatically descended when the couple stepped down as working royals in January 2020.\u00a0<\/p>\n
And in March the following year, royal hell broke loose when she and Prince Harry gave an explosive interview to Oprah Winfrey, during which they alleged a long list of serious complaints against the royals, including racism and bullying, and accused the institution of ignoring Meghan\u2019s mental health struggles.\u00a0
Meghan also directly accused Kate of making her cry over the infamous \u2018dress-gate\u2019 drama ahead of her May 2018 wedding to Harry \u2013 which Harry later supported in his January memoir, Spare.\u00a0<\/p>\n
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Meghan believes it\u2019s her time to shine<\/p>\n
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Backing up Meghan\u2019s statement, Harry said Kate\u2019s unwillingness to have her daughter, Princess Charlotte\u2019s, bridesmaid dress altered had led him to find Meghan \u201csobbing on the floor\u201d.\u00a0Detailing an incident that happened just months prior in February 2018 at the first Royal Foundation meeting, when the two royal couples were dubbed \u2018the Fab Four\u2019, Harry also recalled Meghan asking Kate to borrow her lip gloss.\u00a0He wrote, \u201cKate, taken aback, went into her handbag and reluctantly pulled out a small tube. Meg squeezed some onto her finger and applied it to her lips. Kate grimaced.\u201d<\/p>\n
The couple returned to the UK for the first time for the late Queen\u2019s Platinum Jubilee last June, but didn\u2019t come into close contact with Kate and Prince William until following the Queen\u2019s death in September.\u00a0In one of the iciest exchanges caught on camera between Kate and Meghan as they greeted well-wishers and mourners outside of Windsor castle, Kate is seen looking daggers at Meghan before Harry steps in and gently leads his wife away.\u00a0<\/p>\n
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There is no love lost between the royal sisters-in-law<\/p>\n
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And while Harry travelled back to support his father at the Coronation alone, Meghan stayed at the couple\u2019s lavish \u00a311.8 million mansion with their two children, Archie, four, and two-year-old Lilibet.\u00a0But while Kate looked stunning in a regal robe and an Alexander McQueen dress and headpiece for the occasion, Meghan headed out hiking in LA just days later \u2013 wearing over \u00a3150,000 in accessories, including a Cartier watch Harry inherited from Princess Diana.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Yet while fans have questioned her choice of workout gear – with one commenting, \u201cDoesn\u2019t everyone get blinged up to go rambling and take a camera crew?\u201d \u2013 the source says Harry champions Meghan as the epitome of Hollywood glamour.\u00a0The insider says, \u201cHarry says she\u2019s the modern day version of a true princess, and he too says it\u2019s a travesty that she\u2019s forever compared to or held up alongside Kate.\u00a0They would never admit this publicly because it would cause absolute outrage, but privately the view is that Meghan is stylish and glamorous, whereas Kate\u2019s a stiff, awkward type of character who doesn\u2019t even come close to her in the appeal stakes.\u201d<\/p>\n
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Meghan and Harry were a lot more subdued when they were part of the royals<\/p>\n
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The source also says Meghan, as a former actress on US legal drama, Suits, doesn\u2019t understand the appeal of Kate\u2019s style.\u00a0They add, \u201cMeghan just doesn\u2019t get it. Kate plays it safe and is so conservative and Meghan views her as a Plain Jane from the 1950s who hasn\u2019t moved with the times at all.\u00a0<\/p>\n
And yet she\u2019s held up by her supporters as this perfect, classy quintessential princess who puts Meghan firmly in her place?\u00a0She and Harry scoff at that. They say it\u2019s yet another example of the appalling bias that\u2019s directed towards Meghan \u2013 who he sees as a true star.\u201d\u00a0Tellingly, recent reports have also linked the new adaptation\u00a0of Disney’s Little Mermaid to the feud between Kate and Meghan \u2013 suggesting that Disney, who signed a voiceover deal with Meghan in 2020, \u00a0may have been influenced by the royal drama.\u00a0<\/p>\n
According to a reviewer, the film sees Prince Eric guessing Ariel\u2019s name, and producers have opted for both \u2018Diana\u2019 and \u2018Catherine\u2019 \u2013 the latter suggestion seeing Ariel reportedly look \u2018disgusted\u2019.\u00a0One fan wrote, \u201cThat dig on Princess Catherine is low and petty for a world-class respected institution\u201d, while another added, \u201cMeghan wants to be the Little Mermaid\u201d.\u00a0<\/p>\n
The Duchess has previously compared her time in the Royal Family to the experience of Ariel, who is \u2018silenced\u2019 as a sacrifice for gaining legs and being able to marry her Prince, as she revealed to Oprah she had watched the film during her time living in Windsor.\u00a0And if that wasn\u2019t enough, a close look at Meghan\u2019s recent gold dress reveals the gold fabric is actually made up of shimmering mermaid scales. A coincidence? Perhaps. But it\u2019s clear Meghan won\u2019t be silenced now.\u00a0<\/p>\n
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