A Thanksgiving cooking video has reportedly triggered a seismic personal crisis for Meghan, Duchess of Sussex, with sources claiming she is “ready to give up” after intense online criticism. The fallout from the domestic clip has spiraled into a wider scandal encompassing family estrangement, commercial struggles, and renewed scrutiny of Prince Harry’s diminished standing.
The incident centers on a video, purportedly showing Meghan preparing a turkey by hand while wearing jewelry. Intended as a cozy, relatable moment, it instead ignited a firestorm on social media, with users decrying the method as unsanitary and dubbing her “Salmonella Sussex.” According to a report from Shooter Scoop, Meghan was left “devastated” and “humiliated” by the reaction.
Insiders suggest the backlash was a final straw. “She’s sick of being criticized no matter what she does,” one source claimed. Another stated Meghan has told friends she is “ready to give up sharing anything personal,” feeling every action becomes “ammunition against her.” This follows her recent promotional email for her American Riviera Orchard brand, which critics labeled a desperate bid for revenue.
The personal turmoil coincides with a fresh public broadside from her estranged family. Her half-brother, Thomas Markle Jr., issued a furious video message from the Philippines, where he cares for their ailing father. He condemned Meghan for offering “no phone calls, no texts, no nothing” to their father while living a life of luxury, accusing her of abandoning the man who funded her education.
Royal commentator Angela Levin, Prince Harry’s biographer, offered a scathing assessment. “She should give up because she sold the world a pup. None of us buy in to what she is selling,” Levin stated, adding Meghan is “really goddamn terrible at it.” Levin argued the turkey controversy symbolizes a deeper rot, suggesting Meghan now considers herself “superior” and has cut off family members “not in her level anymore.”
The crisis envelops Prince Harry equally. His credibility and stature face new blows as he reportedly appeared at a Canadian real estate conference, an event described as not sold out. Analysts painted a picture of a man reduced to a “royal traveling freak show,” desperately gathering funds after severing his royal income. Levin suggested Harry has “lost all the get up and go” and is “anxious to please his wife,” who can be “spiteful and nasty.”
Harry’s past has also resurfaced poignantly. Chelsea Davy, his former long-term girlfriend widely seen as the one who got away, has gone public with details of her happy family life in Mauritius. Levin, who chronicled their relationship, stated Davy “liked him for him,” a stark contrast, she argued, to Meghan who was attracted to his status. “She dodged a bullet,” Levin concluded about Davy.
Constitutional pressure is also mounting. Royal biographer Robert Jobson, close to the court of King Charles III, has publicly argued Prince Harry should be removed from the line of succession. Jobson stated a non-working royal living abroad who has “rejected the throne” and “trashed his family” represents an untenable anomaly. This follows growing expectation that Prince William will eventually strip Harry of his Duke of Sussex title.
The palace is simultaneously grappling with the ongoing saga of Prince Andrew. The disgraced royal has been stripped of two further honorary titles, yet reportedly digs in his heels at Royal Lodge, refusing to downgrade his housing. Commentators note the protracted scandal has caused collateral damage, unfairly dragging other working royals like the diligent Prince Edward into debates over royal finances and privilege.
Angela Levin defended King Charles’s handling of the Andrew situation, attributing initial hesitation to his late mother’s affection for her second son. She characterized Andrew as “an angry ball of anger” who historically believed himself superior to Charles and now seeks to make governance difficult. Leadership, however, is now seen to be decisively shifting toward the Prince of Wales.
For Harry and Meghan, the convergence of events paints a bleak portrait. A simple holiday video has amplified into a defining symbol of their profound alienation: from the public, from the institution they left, and from their own family. The reported meltdown underscores a pervasive sense that their strategy has failed, leaving them isolated, criticized, and commercially vulnerable with nowhere left to turn.
The couple’s attempts to control their narrative—through curated media, commercial ventures, and philanthropic gestures—appear to be collapsing under the weight of constant scrutiny and self-inflicted missteps. As the royal family moves to consolidate and modernize under King Charles and Prince William, Harry and Meghan risk becoming permanent outliers, their titles and relevance hanging by a thread. The breaking point, it seems, may have been reached over something as simple as a turkey.
