Samantha Markle claims ‘delusional’ half-sister
Meghan is ‘lying about not knowing her’ View
Faye Brown
Tuesday 9 Mar 2021 12:49 pm
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Markle’s half-sister Samantha has slammed the royal’s bombshell interview with
Oprah Winfrey, claiming ‘the truth was totally ignored and omitted’. Samantha
Markle, 56, said Meghan’s claim that she grew up as an only child and barely
knew her estranged sibling was ‘delusional’. She suggested her ‘lies’ could be
a sign of a ‘narcissistic personality disorder’. ‘I am not diagnosing her, she
needs to get a counsellor,’ she told Australian Radio show Fifi, Fev and Nick.
It comes as mental health charities hit out at those questioning and mocking
Meghan’s mental health struggles. The former Suits actress revealed she
considered taking her own life due to the abuse she suffered after joining the
royal family when she sat down with Oprah for a two-hour long interview. Meghan
opened up about her relationship with Samantha after being asked about her
tell-all memoir, ‘The Diary of a Princess Pushy’s Sister Part 1’. Samantha
Markle said it was not true that Meghan didn’t know hwe (Picture: Inside
Edition) The duchess told Oprah: ‘I think it would be very hard to tell all
when you don’t know me.’ She then referred to herself as ‘an only child’ and
claimed that the last time she saw Samantha ‘must have been at least 18, 19
years ago’. Samantha disputed this in a separate interview with Inside Edition.
She said: ‘I don’t know how she can say I don’t know her and she was an only
child. We’ve got photographs over a lifespan of us together. So how can she not
know me?’ The US broadcaster showed four images of Meghan and Samantha together
during the clip. Two were from when the duchess was a baby, another from when
she was a small child and the last and most recent from Samantha’s graduation,
13 years ago in 2008. Samantha also disputed Meghan’s claim that she only changed
her surname back to Markle after the royal struck up a romance with Harry in
2016. ‘She changed her last name back to Markle… only when I started dating
Harry. So I think that says enough,’ Meghan told Oprah. But Samantha hit back:
‘I was a Markle before she was.. Markle has always been my name.’ Meghan says
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Fullscreen Samantha then showed Inside Edition her petition to change her name
that was dated back to December 1997 and her college diploma, which says
Samantha M. Markle. She made further
disparaging remarks about her sister’s mental health, saying she did not feel
sorry for her and depression was ‘no excuse to treat people like dishrags’. It
comes after mental health Charity Mind hit out at Piers Morgan for saying he
did not believe Meghan’s suicidal thoughts. ‘We were disappointed and concerned
to see Piers Morgan’s comments on not believing Meghan’s experiences about
suicidal thoughts today,’ they said in a statement. Meghan said she
contemplated talking her own life after joining the royal family (Picture: PA)
‘We are in conversations with ITV about this at the moment. If you or anyone
you know is feeling impacted by the discussions that have taken place today,
please reach out for support using the signposts in the thread below.’ ‘It’s
vital that when people reach out for support or share their experiences of ill
mental health that they are treated with dignity, respect and empathy.’ ITV,
which runs a nationwide mental wellness campaign titled Britain Get Talking,
has also faced backlash from viewers following Piers’ comments. ITV has since
responded in a message which read: ‘ITV is committed to mental health and
wellbeing and working with our charity partners on Britain Get Talking, which
is about encouraging people to talk about their mental health. It is very
important that if anyone has suicidal thoughts that they should always speak
out and be listened to.’
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