Meghan Markle isn't the only actress in the royal family. Indeed, The Firm's extended family is so expansive that you may not know that the mum of one of Prince George and Princess Charlotte's cousins is a TV star.
20.07.2022 - 17:25 / dailyrecord.co.uk
Meghan Markle once had ambitions of becoming the next Gordon Ramsay, a royal biographer reveals.
Prior to meeting Prince Harry and marrying into the Royal family, Meghan was acting on the hit US legal show Suits.
In his new book, Tom Bower reveals that the Duchess of Sussex previously had hopes of a successful culinary career in the UK.
In an excerpt of the book published by The Sun, Tom wrote that during a trip to London in November 2013, she met TV agent Jonathan Shalit and told him she wanted to be “a TV celebrity chef like Gordon Ramsay.”
However, the TV agent arranged an audition for Meghan for Strictly Come Dancing, which she declined due to her clashing schedule filming Suits, according to the biographer.
Bower writes: “Shalit was excited. She was charming, good-looking and admired by the small audience for Suits. He was unaware that while Meghan liked eating good food, her cooking skills were limited.
"Other than blender-made vegetable soup, her specialities were plain pasta, roast chicken, barbecued hamburgers and steak. The rest of her food was bought ready-made.
“Rather than cook, she imagined fronting a TV programme to tour the world tasting food. A short video of her tasting pickles in Brooklyn for Ora TV exposed her limitations. There was neither magic nor magnetism.
The programme idea evaporated. Undeterred, Shalit arranged an audition for Strictly Come Dancing. Reluctantly she declined. Tied to a Suits contract for nine months in the year, the timing clashed with filming in Britain. Disappointed, Shalit bid her farewell. She returned to Toronto without either new work or a new man.”
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Meghan Markle isn't the only actress in the royal family. Indeed, The Firm's extended family is so expansive that you may not know that the mum of one of Prince George and Princess Charlotte's cousins is a TV star.
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