THEY quit Britain to protect their privacy, so of course, Prince Harry and Meghan will soon be opening their doors to TV cameras in a Kardashian-style show.
The Netlfix series, which The Celeb Report first revealed two years ago, is no surprise. In fact, Meghan has been Keeping Up With The Kardashians ever since she and Harry moved to the States in 2020 and is increasingly morphing into the ubiquitous Kim.
From eclipsing her famous husband to public displays of feeding the poor, Alison Maloney looks at their mirror-image lives.
She loves being on a chat show like KK
KIM has been a regular on Ellen DeGeneres’ long-running chat show since shooting to fame on her own reality show in 2007.
In 2018 she accidentally revealed the gender of the child she was expecting – youngest daughter Chicago West – and has often talked with Ellen about life as a mum of four.
Meghan’s appearance on the show in 2021, to promote her flop children’s book The Bench, was encouraged by Prince Harry, who wanted her to show her “fun side”.
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But the stunt backfired when Meghan was taking part in a prank, which saw her following instructions relayed through a hidden earpiece by the host.
She was made to eat a tortilla crisp like a chipmunk, refer to herself as “mummy” in a conversation, tell jokes and hold a crystal up to her face.
Afterwards the Duchess was upset by the backlash and royal commentator Neil Sean said she had “taken to indoors”.
Harry and Meghan also followed in Kim’s footsteps when they chose to give their first big interview in the States to Oprah Winfrey. Kim also chose Oprah in 2012 to talk about her infamous sex tape and her 72-day marriage to Kris Humphries.
She’s had a sandy bum like KK
IF there’s one pose that shows the two women are sisters under the skin, it’s Meghan’s famous yoga pose in a bikini.
Look closely, if you really want to, and you can see her rear is covered in sand.
Kim, whose bum is arguably the most famous in the world, was snapped having sand dabbed all over it for a shoot in 2014.
She loves to preach like KK
KIM often uses her mega-stardom to back causes she believes in.
She has even lobbied in the White House including in 2018 when she spoke about prison reform and successfully, petitioned for the release of Alice Marie Johnson, who had spent two decades in jail for a first-time drug offence.
Similarly, the Duchess has been dubbed the Meg-aphone for using her fame to preach about issues close to her heart, including women’s rights.
Both have also been branded climate change hypocrites for backing the cause while living a gas-guzzling, luxury lifestyle.
Fans slammed Kim for jetting all over the country in a £120million private jet.
And last year Meghan and Harry were also lambasted after making a hard-hitting speech at the Global Citizen Live climate change event in New York – then flying home in a private jet.
She’s more famous than her husband like KK
BOTH Harry and Kanye were more famous than their wives when they walked down the aisle – but soon found themselves in the shadows as they became the main attraction.
Kanye, who split from Kim last year, found himself increasingly sidelined after refusing to take part in Keeping Up With The Kardashians and telling her, “I have my own career and life”.
Known a smidge for her role in drama Suits, Meghan soon put Harry in the shade after their wedding in 2018, becoming the name on everyone’s lips.
After she and Harry move to the US, royal commentator Richard Fitzwilliams said it was “sadly obvious” Harry, “No longer makes his own mind up, it seems to be made up for him”.
She’s got a dodgy brother like KK
AS well as her very public fallout with dad Thomas, Meghan’s perfect life has been plagued with the antics of her brother, Thomas Markle Jr.
His ex-wife, Tracy Dooley, says he struggles with alcohol addiction, and in 2017 he was arrested after allegedly pulling a gun on his girlfriend. In 2019, Thomas Jr, 55, was arrested on suspicion of drink driving – but said it was due to medication he was on. It was said he was homeless.
Rob Kardashian, 35, also missed his sister’s 2014 wedding to Kanye because he was suffering from “body issues”. He has had his own brushes with the law too – for allegedly attacking a photographer – and was suspended from Instagram for posting explicit photos of his ex, Blac Chyna.
She has the same close friend as KK
SERENA WILLIAMS and Meghan have been close since 2010, when they met at a Superbowl party, while Kim was a guest at the tennis ace’s wedding in 2017.
After last year’s controversial Oprah chat, Serena defended Meghan, saying: “My selfless friend lives her life and leads by example. She teaches me every day what it means to be truly noble.”
Kim has been getting close to Victoria Beckham after attending her birthday party in 2021, while the Sussexes are couple pals with Posh and Becks after Harry met the Spice Girls and David as a teenager.
She has her own TV documentary like KK
THE new reality show on Netflix will be a fresh blow to the Royal Family, who have traditionally kept cameras from straying behind closed doors.
But while Keeping Up With The Kardashians is a no-holds-barred look at the turbulent life of Kim, her four sisters and mum Kris Jenner, the Sussexes’ show will struggle to include the same level of drama and will face severe restrictions from day one.
As Harry prepares to return to the UK for the Jubilee celebrations, he has already been told that Netflix cameras will be banned from filming inside any royal events and from his meeting with the Queen. While reality junkies are glued to the break-up and make-up dramas of the Kardashian romances and their explosive family rows, Harry and Meghan will likely keep family arguments off the air.
Meghan is desperate to win the hearts of a US audience – and justify the couple’s departure from royal life in the UK – so their squabbles and rows are unlikely to make the cut.
Instead, expect a sanitised, glossy look at their “perfect” life in the States.
She feeds the needy like KK
WHILE it’s all champagne and caviar prepared by private chefs for the Sussexes and the Kardashians, both enjoy a public display of handing out food to the needy.
Kim performed her modern-day feeding of the 5,000 in 2011, when she turned up to serve a Thanksgiving meal at a homeless mission in Los Angeles.
Meghan stirred up a pot or two at the Hubb Community Kitchen in West London seven years later, where she helped launch a cookbook written by survivors of the Grenfell Tower fire.
She’s got a mega-mansion like KK
LIKE Kim’s reality series, Meghan’s Netflix effort will show some prime US real estate.
Her and Harry’s £11million Montecito mansion boasts nine bedrooms, 16 bathrooms, a tea house, two-bedroom guest house, wine cellar and huge swimming pool.
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Like with Kim’s own Calabasas home in California worth £18million, Meghan has opted for neutral tones throughout, with a white stone table in her home office.
Kim plumped for the minimal look because: “I find there’s so much chaos out in the world”.
