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Meghan Markle Is Following the Fergie and Wallis Playbook - Not Diana’s Legacy According to royal biographer Andrew Lownie, Princess Diana cut off Fergie after becoming deeply suspicious that she was selling stories or information about her to the press. Years later, Fergie was caught in a sting appearing to sell access to Prince Andrew, something she later described as a “serious lapse in judgment.” Prince William did not invite Fergie to his wedding. Unlike Prince William, Prince Harry and Meghan Markle invited Sarah Ferguson to theirs. Prince Harry and Meghan have continued to monetize their royal status and connections through interviews, documentaries, books, paid events, and commercial ventures - even after stepping back from official duties. Meghan Markle has spent years desperately trying to cosplay Diana, but the truth couldn’t be further from reality. In my view, Meghan’s trajectory bears far more resemblance to Fergie and Wallis Simpson than it ever does to Diana. In truth, Meghan Markle shares the most damaging traits with both Sarah Ferguson and Wallis Simpson: the ambition of an outsider who entered the royal family determined to reshape it around her own needs, the willingness to monetize royal connections for personal and commercial gain, and a pattern of behavior that sowed division while prioritizing publicity and control. Like Wallis, she exerted dominant influence over a bitter, spineless, resentful prince, contributing to a lasting estrangement from the institution and family. Like Fergie, she has repeatedly leveraged her royal title and associations through high-profile deals, interviews, and ventures. This is not the path of quiet service and enduring loyalty exemplified by Diana or the current Princess of Wales, but one of extraction and narrative dominance that has further strained the monarchy. Who knows? One day Meghan might even claim she was deceived into doing the Oprah interview in an attempt to create another Diana parallel - just as the truth about Martin Bashir’s deception in securing Diana’s Panorama interview emerged years later. Nothing would surprise me at this point. The greatest irony is that, in desperately trying to recreate Diana’s story, Harry and Meghan have only succeeded in exposing how fundamentally different their own story really is and no amount of narrative management can change the record their own actions have created.