But a small detail in the article triggered yet another online conversation.
Greenidge described being introduced to Meghan inside a private New York home, where a staff member announced her as “Meghan, Duchess of Sussex,” even though they were the only two people in the room.
The moment struck some readers as theatrical. One Meghan supporter, normally defensive of her, admitted, “This is such a strange thing to do in your own home.”
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Others argued it contradicted Meghan’s longstanding claim that she wanted distance from royal titles.
“I thought she didn’t want to be a Duchess?” one user asked.
But technically, both Harry and Meghan still retain the Duke and Duchess of Sussex titles. They lost the right to use HRH, but they remain non-working royals—just like Princess Beatrice and Princess Eugenie—who keep their inherited ranks without taking on official duties.Not everyone joined the backlash. Some fans insisted Meghan looked beautiful and blamed the publication for poor styling choices. “They really did her dirty,” one supporter wrote. “You have to try hard to take a bad picture of her, yet they somehow managed a whole editorial of them.”
The debate shows no signs of slowing down.
What was supposed to be a stripped-down, artistic portrait has instead become one of Meghan’s most polarizing magazine covers yet.12
