Enter Graydon Carter, the iconic former editor of Vanity Fair, who’s about to drop a memoir called When the Going Was Good: An Editor’s Adventures During the Last Golden Age of Magazines.
This guy is media royalty—he ruled Vanity Fair for 25 years with unmatched clout and knows every celebrity game in the book. And guess what? He’s joining forces with our no-nonsense truth-slinger Piers Morgan—Meghan’s ultimate nemesis—to peel back the curtain on the Duchess of Montecito. Buckle up, because this is huge!
Let’s rewind to October 2017. Meghan Markle, a total unknown at the time, somehow snagged the cover of Vanity Fair. This was pre-royal wedding, pre-Oprah, pre-Netflix—just a cable TV actress from Suits clawing her way up the fame ladder. Carter’s take? He says Meghan was “completely divorced from reality”—his exact words! Picture this: she’s a nobody in 2017, except for one thing—she’d hooked Prince Harry. When the Vanity Fair team pitched her story to Carter, he didn’t even know who she was. He asked, “Why her?” Their answer? “Because she’s marrying Prince Harry.” Not her acting chops, not her “humanitarian” work—just the prince she’d landed. Sound familiar? It’s what I’ve been saying forever: Meghan saw Harry as her golden ticket to the A-list, not a call to royal duty.
Carter spills more tea in his memoir. During her Vanity Fair interview, Meghan tried to spin herself as a charity queen and philanthropist. His blunt response? “That woman is slightly adrift on the facts.” I nearly choked on my tea reading that! Finally, a media heavyweight is confirming what we’ve known all along—Meghan’s been crafting a fairy tale about herself that doesn’t hold up. And the timing? Brutal. Just weeks after that magazine hit stands, her engagement to Harry was announced. It was all part of her perfectly timed PR masterplan, with Vanity Fair as her launchpad. From there, it’s been a whirlwind—ditching the monarchy in 2020, cashing in by trashing Harry’s family, and hiding out in their Montecito mansion.
Here’s the kicker: Carter knew Princess Diana personally. He’s seen the real deal—a royal who used her platform for good despite the institution’s pressures. He believes Diana would be heartbroken to see Harry estranged from Prince William and King Charles, saying, “Anytime someone comes between siblings, that’s a disaster—horrible for a family.” Ouch, that hits hard. Compare that to William and Kate, who embody duty, service, and grace. Even with Kate’s recent health struggles, they’ve stayed rock-solid, serving the crown and each other. Then there’s Harry and Meghan—claiming they wanted privacy, only to ink multimillion-dollar Netflix and Spotify deals to spill royal secrets from their $14 million estate. The hypocrisy is unreal.
Carter’s been dropping hints for years. Back in 2023, he predicted Meghan’s second marriage would fizzle out in “years rather than decades” and famously said she’s “run rings around poor Harry” for money, fame, and a title. When a legend like Carter says it, people listen—this isn’t some random troll; it’s a publishing titan who’s seen it all. And get this: he laughed out loud during Meghan’s interview when she had the nerve to challenge a Vanity Fair reporter asking about Harry—the very relationship that put her on the map. The entitlement is off the charts!
Carter’s take on Diana’s likely reaction really sticks with me. He’s convinced she’d be devastated to see Harry pulled away from his family—especially William and Charles. Diana, despite her own royal struggles, never wanted her boys divided. She valued duty, even when it was tough. Harry, though? He’s gone from the fun-loving prince we adored—the Afghanistan vet who founded the Invictus Games—to a shadow of himself. He looks miserable, trailing Meghan at events, reciting lines that feel scripted for him. The spark’s gone, and it’s honestly sad to watch.
Meanwhile, what’s Meghan up to as Harry drifts further from his roots? Sending jam jars to celebs, launching lifestyle brands, and filming Netflix shows about cooking and gardening. This is the woman who claimed royal duties were too much, yet now she’s playing American Duchess—keeping the title’s glamour while dodging the responsibility. Remember their big exit, promising world-changing humanitarian work with Archewell? Instead, we’ve gotten self-serving content and desperate relevance grabs—like sending 17 jars of jam to influencers. Talk about a downgrade.
King Charles and Queen Camilla have handled this mess with incredible class, staying silent and soldiering on with their duties despite constant attacks from Harry’s memoir, interviews, and that Netflix doc. Charles has offered olive branches—like his heartfelt mention of Harry and Meghan in his first speech as king—only to be met with more accusations. But the tide’s turning. When someone like Graydon Carter, a pillar of the media elite, calls Meghan out, it’s a game-changer. The Sussex façade is cracking—people are seeing through the victim act, the contradictions, and the shameless hypocrisy.
Look at William and Kate’s service: hospital visits, mental health advocacy, environmental causes—all done quietly, without fanfare. Then there’s Harry and Meghan’s “service”—collecting awards they’ve likely bought, giving speeches that prop up their brand, and spinning every story to make themselves the stars. Even their kids, Archie and Lilibet, are pawns—trotted out in interviews for sympathy points but kept totally hidden otherwise. They demand privacy for their children that they won’t give themselves. It’s contradictions like these that Carter’s finally exposing.
