Royal Daily Insider

The latest on-air argument about Meghan Markle’s reputation in America reflects a wider reality that has followed the Duchess of Sussex for years: public reaction to her is intense, highly polarized, and often shaped as much by media framing as by measurable opinion. The strongest recent public data suggests that the phrase “America hates Meghan Markle” is too blunt to describe what is actually happening. In a YouGov survey published in November 2024, 53% of Americans said their opinion of Prince Harry and Meghan had not changed since the couple moved to the United States in 2020. Another 14% said their opinion had improved, while 18% said it had worsened. The same survey found that Americans were more likely to approve of Harry and Meghan’s move to the U.S. than disapprove of it, by 42% to 20%. Those numbers do not describe universal popularity, but they also do not support the idea of a country united in hostility toward Meghan. 2 That is why the current debate around Meghan’s Amer...