{"id":450268,"date":"2026-05-29T00:18:14","date_gmt":"2026-05-29T00:18:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/450268\/"},"modified":"2026-05-29T00:18:14","modified_gmt":"2026-05-29T00:18:14","slug":"meghan-markle-just-proved-shes-sarah-ferguson-2-0-with-big-mistake-celebrity-news-showbiz-tv","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/450268\/","title":{"rendered":"Meghan Markle just proved she\u2019s &#8216;Sarah Ferguson 2.0&#8217; with big mistake | Celebrity News | Showbiz &#038; TV"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Duchess of Sussex <a data-link-tracking=\"InArticle|Link\" title=\"Meghan Markle\" href=\"https:\/\/www.express.co.uk\/latest\/meghan-markle\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Meghan Markle<\/a> has been branded \u201c<a data-link-tracking=\"InArticle|Link\" title=\"Sarah Ferguson\" href=\"https:\/\/www.express.co.uk\/latest\/sarah-ferguson\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Sarah Ferguson<\/a> 2.0\u201d after her latest career move. Meghan is set to reprise her acting career after stepping back from <a data-link-tracking=\"InArticle|Link\" title=\"Hollywood\" href=\"https:\/\/www.express.co.uk\/latest\/hollywood\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Hollywood<\/a> to become a royal, and she\u2019s set to play herself in the new movie Close Personal Friends, alongside Jack Quaid and Lily Collins.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBoth women have written children&#8217;s book, hosted podcasts, appeared on reality television, lifestyle television, and collaborated closely with Oprah Winfrey.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cFergie has produced <a href=\"https:\/\/www.express.co.uk\/latest\/hollywood\" data-link-tracking=\"InArticle|AutoLink\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Hollywood<\/a> films, Meghan is producing Meet Me at the Lake. Fergie played herself in an episode of Friends, Meghan is now playing herself in Close Personal Friends.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>She even compared Meghan to Kim Kardashian \u2013 who started out as a reality star but who has since made a transition into acting with projects like American Horror Story.<\/p>\n<p>Simultaneously, a royal source claimed to The Vault that Meghan is \u201cincreasingly open\u201d to accepting invites to big social events and exclusive charity functions \u201cwhere her royal links remain a major attraction\u201d, to boost her own social standing.<\/p>\n<p>Earlier this week, Radar Online accused Meghan of copying <a href=\"https:\/\/www.express.co.uk\/latest\/prince-william\" data-link-tracking=\"InArticle|AutoLink\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Prince William<\/a> as she revealed she copies his ideal way of eating scones in a new As Ever post.<\/p>\n<p>Just a day after her estranged brother-in-law addressed the quintessentially British snack in a Heart FM interview, Meghan posted her own scone <a href=\"https:\/\/www.express.co.uk\/latest\/recipe\" data-link-tracking=\"InArticle|AutoLink\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">recipe<\/a> \u2013 admitting she copies both William and the late Queen Elizabeth II by putting the cream before the jam.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Duchess of Sussex Meghan Markle has been branded \u201cSarah Ferguson 2.0\u201d after her latest career move. 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