Meghan Markle, having seemingly exhausted her collection of exaggerated tales, has managed to surprise us once again.
This time, after a conveniently delayed six-year recollection, she has suddenly "remembered" that she once worked as a nanny. As expected, there’s a twist—this particular narrative appears to be borrowed from none other than Princess Diana herself. During her appearance on The Drew Barrymore Show, Meghan confidently claimed that during her college years, she worked as a babysitter and nanny for two Irish Catholic families. But the spectacle didn’t stop there.
In what sounds like a scene lifted from a poorly scripted Hallmark film, she recounted how one of the fathers offered her a piece of marital wisdom, saying, "Meghan, when you meet your person one day, I want him to say to you the same thing I said to my wife when we got married, which is: ‘I vow to always date my wife.’" This overly sentimental anecdote seems tailor-made to tug at heartstrings, but to anyone with even a hint of skepticism, it reeks of Markle’s signature brand of saccharine embellishment—designed to make some swoon while making others roll their eyes.
What makes this newfound memory even more suspect is its uncanny similarity to Princess Diana’s actual life. Unlike Meghan, who conveniently remembered this experience only now, Diana genuinely worked as a nanny before she became royalty. In her relentless quest to position herself as the modern-day reincarnation of the late princess, Meghan has conveniently inserted herself into a similar narrative, as if she, too, had once been a humble caretaker of children.
Samantha Markle, Meghan’s estranged sister, wasted no time calling out this latest revelation. According to her, this so-called memory is just another fabrication in Meghan’s ongoing saga of self-mythologizing. And really, can anyone blame Samantha for laughing at the absurdity of it all? Meghan’s ever-expanding résumé now includes calligrapher, actress, activist, dishwasher, and, apparently, nanny. One has to wonder if she secretly possessed Hermione Granger’s Time-Turner to fit all these jobs into her past.
Of course, Meghan’s story doesn’t just stop at being an innocent exaggeration. No, she had to take it a step further by seemingly lifting elements directly from Diana’s real-life history. To set the record straight, Princess Diana was employed as a nanny in 1980 by American businesswoman Mary Robertson, caring for her young son Patrick. This was before Diana’s rise to global fame, and her time as a nanny is well-documented. Meghan, however, never once mentioned her supposed nannying days—until now, when the timing serves her best and the emotional payoff is highest.
At this point, the Meghan Markle myth-making machine is working overtime. Just when it seems like she has reached the peak of storytelling absurdity, she finds a way to outdo herself. The real tragedy? There will always be people who eagerly lap up these fabrications as if they were gospel truth. Meanwhile, the rest of us can only sit back with our popcorn, watching as the never-ending Meghan Markle Theater of Tall Tales continues to unfold. One thing is certain: if there were a championship title for storytelling embellishment and outright fabrication, Meghan Markle would be the undisputed reigning champion.
