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Huge chunks of Meghan Markle’s bio on official royal website culled

Meghan Markle’s bio on the official royal website has undergone a very significant change – and it’s in stark contrast to Harry’s.

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Large sections of Meghan Markle’s page on the official royal family website have been removed, including lines about her pride as a “feminist”.

Shortly after her marriage to Prince Harry in 2018, paragraphs about Meghan’s pre-royal life were added to royal.uk, including references to how she has “actively participated in charitable work” from a young age – along with an anecdote about her successful campaign to change wording on a TV advert at the age of just 11.

The official bio also detailed Meghan’s work at a soup kitchen in Skid Row, Los Angeles, as a teenager, along with a stint at another shelter in Toronto during the years she lived there while working on Suits.

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Meghan with Patrick J. Adams in Suits. Picture: Shane Mahood/USA Network
Meghan with Patrick J. Adams in Suits. Picture: Shane Mahood/USA Network

All references to her previous work have now been wiped, as reported by The Sun. Instead, the page details Prince Harry and Meghan’s decision to step back from royal duties, her official titles, and a short summary of her charitable interests.

It reads: “The Duchess will continue to support a number of charitable causes and organisations which reflect the issues with which she has long been associated including the arts, access to education, support for women and animal welfare.”

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Meghan’s official page was first launched after the royal wedding. Picture: Ben Stansall/WPA Pool/Getty Images
Meghan’s official page was first launched after the royal wedding. Picture: Ben Stansall/WPA Pool/Getty Images

Along with an update on his new life as a non-senior royal, Prince Harry’s official page still includes full details of his previous work.

In a statement to The Sun, a Buckingham Palace spokeswoman explained that “updates had been agreed” among all parties.

“The Duchess of Sussex’s current biography is on the royal website alongside other members of the royal family,” she said.

“You will appreciate that the website is updated on a regular basis to reflect the work and focus of members of the royal family. Any updates are agreed with private offices before they are made to the site.”

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