{"id":421956,"date":"2026-05-11T08:12:10","date_gmt":"2026-05-11T08:12:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/421956\/"},"modified":"2026-05-11T08:12:10","modified_gmt":"2026-05-11T08:12:10","slug":"meghan-markle-undertook-anti-diva-training-for-major-reason-source","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/421956\/","title":{"rendered":"Meghan Markle Undertook \u2018Anti-Diva\u2019 Training for Major Reason \u2014 Source"},"content":{"rendered":"

Meghan Markle <\/a>reportedly went through image training before her trip to Australia. She recently toured the continent with her husband, Prince Harry<\/a>. The four-day trip consisted of business, philanthropic, and personal appearances. According to a source, Markle underwent personality coaching before the tour.<\/p>\n

Meghan Markle was made to look \u2018glamorous but grounded\u2019 before Australia trip, per source<\/p>\n

According to RadarOnline.com<\/a>, Meghan Markle wanted to appear professional and warm on her Australia trip. The insider told the outlet, \u201cMeghan was painfully aware going into Australia that accusations about her being demanding, controlling,\u201d followed her after she quit her royal duties. Further, she was aware, \u201cthat this tour would be judged not just on appearances or headlines.\u201d<\/p>\n

Markle understood that she would be judged \u201cwhether people felt she came across as approachable, warm, and genuinely engaged.\u201d Thus, \u201can extraordinary level of planning\u201d was undertaken to \u201csoften her image\u201d and tackle \u201cthe old \u2018diva duchess\u2019 narrative.\u201d The insider continued, \u201cNothing about the trip was left to instinct.\u201d As such, \u201cHuge amounts of time and money were invested into preparation sessions covering every conceivable detail.\u201d<\/p>\n

This included \u201chow she greeted people, how long she held conversations, what subjects she raised publicly, even the emotional tone she projected during appearances.\u201d The individual added, \u201cAdvisers were intensely focused on making sure she appeared polished but relatable, glamorous but grounded.\u201d<\/p>\n

Her camp allegedly realized \u201cthat Australia represented a major reputational test.\u201d Thus, the \u201cSuits\u201d alum wanted \u201cto prove she could command attention without triggering the kind of backlash that overshadowed parts of her royal life.\u201d Another source stated, \u201cThis trip was basically preceded by humility \u2013 or, more precisely, anti-diva training for Meghan.\u201d<\/p>\n

Sources also claimed that Markle is trying to present the trip as a success despite it being criticized as a \u201cfake royal\u201d tour. She and Harry were reportedly \u201cunder enormous pressure before this Australia trip even began.\u201d They knew that they would be judged for every minute detail, \u201cnot just by the media but by royal watchers, critics, and even people inside palace circles who remain deeply skeptical of them.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Meghan Markle reportedly went through image training before her trip to Australia. She recently toured the continent with…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":421957,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[32],"tags":[430,156,263,17797,4866,111,139,69,3578],"class_list":["post-421956","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-celebrities","tag-celebrities","tag-entertainment","tag-lifestyle","tag-lifestyle-news","tag-meghan-markle","tag-new-zealand","tag-newzealand","tag-nz","tag-prince-harry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/421956","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=421956"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/421956\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/421957"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=421956"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=421956"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=421956"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}