Why Meghan Markle may regret her tell-all interview

IT WAS an offer too good to refuse — gracing the cover of one of the most world’s biggest magazines. But she could end up paying a high price.

OPINION

I RECKON Prince Harry’s girlfriend has scored a spectacular own goal by invading her own privacy and adorning the front cover of Vanity Fair while trilling about how much they both love each other.

She really can’t have it both ways, according to The Sun columnist Lorraine Kelly .

I had a great deal of sympathy for Meghan Markle when, at the end of last year, Prince Harry was forced to ask the world’s media to give her a bit of privacy and leave them both in peace.

He clearly believed she was being harassed and even said that some of the coverage was damaging.

He also expressed his regret at not being able to protect her from all the attention.

His pleas would have cut more ice if Meghan hadn’t then invited a glossy magazine into her Toronto home and happily chatted about her love life, as well as her career as one of the cast of TV show Suits.

Was it worth it? Meghan Markle on the cover of Vanity Fair.

I realise she is an actor, and part of her job is promoting the show, but I am sure bosses would have understood completely if she didn’t want to do photocalls and interviews because of the sensitivity of her royal relationship.

Besides, they must be doing cartwheels at the amount of free publicity she is already bringing to their series because of her boyfriend.

Meghan didn’t have to do the photoshoot, but I can understand why she felt she couldn’t turn it down.

Vanity Fair just doesn’t do covers on actors who aren’t even playing the lead character in their TV show.

The cover spot is for icons and A-listers, such as Angelina Jolie, Meryl Streep, Taylor Swift and Princess Diana.

It must have been extremely flattering for Meghan to be courted by a publication with such kudos and influence.

She knew she’d get the best photographers, make-up artists and stylists, as well as a degree of control over the photos and content of the interview.

I hope she thinks that it has all been worth it.

Meghan Markle is no stranger to the spotlight. Picture: Andrew Toth/Getty Images)

The photos may be gorgeous, but it’s surely now impossible for Meghan and Harry to play the privacy card, because she has voluntarily spoken so openly about their relationship.

The couple have been dating for more than a year and, for the first six months, were able to keep things under wraps.

What a novel time that must have been for Harry, so used to having every girl he gives a second look to being linked to him romantically.

With Markle he was able to hang out, share a pizza and watch TV without always having to be on his guard and looking over his shoulder.

No wonder he was upset when the news of their romance was leaked and the couple had to emerge blinking into the spotlight.

As an ambitious actor, maybe Markle wasn’t exactly annoyed when the romance went public.

Who wouldn’t want everyone to know that one of the world’s most eligible bachelors was head over heels in love with you?

I wouldn’t blame her, and I also happen to think she’d be a very good addition to the Royal Family.

She’s intelligent, has a track record of supporting charitable causes, and is light years away from the usual white, posh, upper-class bubble-heads Harry would have been expected to date and eventually marry.

The fact that she has been divorced and has a career should also be seen as positive.

I believe the noxious “grey men” who run the Royal Family would shudder in their handmade shoes, and look down their noses if she became Harry’s wife — that alone is a reason for him to propose.

I still think, however, she has dropped a clanger with this interview.

Sadly, it will now be open season on both of them once again.

Any further pleas from Harry, no matter how heartfelt, to leave his girlfriend (and possible future fiancé) alone will fall on deaf ears, especially among the US and European paparazzi.

Even the fact that this week Prince William and Kate won substantial damages from a French magazine which printed topless photographs of the duchess in 2012 won’t stop Markle being targeted.

She is the one who has pasted a bullseye on her bottom and enabled every snapper to claim they are justified in taking her photograph.

I don’t envy the increased attention she has brought on herself and I’m sure Prince Harry will be furious when it inevitably happens.

But maybe he should have told her to think twice before getting carried away by the sheer Vanity of being a cover girl.

This article was originally published on The Sun, and was republished here with permission.

Originally published as Why Meghan Markle may regret her tell-all interview