April 22, 2026

Meghan’ Markles Australia Wardrobe Draws Fire as OneOff Monetises the Tour

Meghan’ Markles Australia Wardrobe Draws Fire as OneOff Monetises the Tour

Meghan Markle’s Australia tour has opened a new debate over fashion, money and image, with her outfits now instantly shoppable through the OneOff platform where she shares in the revenue. Critics say the looks were bland, misjudged or poorly matched to the settings, while new reports revive claims about staff turnover, nanny departures, memoir speculation and even a possible move closer to Hollywood. It all adds up to another crowded chapter in the Sussex media cycle.

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A calorogus Shark Media. Hello and welcome to Palace Intrigue.

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I am your host, Mark Francis. The Australia trip created

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a lot of discussion around Megan's Fashion. News Corp columnist

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Angela Mollard took issue with the Duchess of Sussex's visit

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to a woman's shelter, suggesting the presentation did not align

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with the setting. She's gone into a homeless shelter. She's

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then putting up content showing her in a fifteen hundred

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dollars jacket, a similarly priced skirt and swede. It doesn't

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sit comfortably with me. Meanwhile, The Sydney Morning Herald took

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a look at the AI Fashion platform one off, where

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Megan is not only a backer but also a featured creator.

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That means when users search for and purchase items she

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has worn, she receives a share of the proceeds. Her

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profile is already populated with outfits from the Australia tour,

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including pieces by Australian designers, effectively turning each appearance into

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a shoppable moment. The platform itself is built around a

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simple insight, as co founder Bobby Mayleak put it When

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we talk to any talent, they're aware that every day

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someone is searching for their name plus fashion. There's this

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pervasive feeling with talent that they're not monetizing their actual

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trendsetting other people are. One Off addresses that by taking

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a commission, typically between ten and twenty five percent from retailers,

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which is then split with the creator. In practical terms,

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Megan can now dress like a royal and earn affiliate

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revenue two. As the analysis notes, her team frames the

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move as both commercial and creative. A spokesperson said when

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Meghan's agency WME brought her this opportunity last year, she

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was excited to join the platform because it creates an

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interactive closet experience for consumers. One Off has a global

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reach that allows users to access information on styles worn

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for both public appearances and everyday life and make sure

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the right designers are getting the proper credit. She cares

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about fashion and was motivated to invest not only to

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expand her portfolio, but to help uplift the fashion designers

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she is a fan of. In The Daily Mail, Shane

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Watson had some strong opinions about Meghan's attire, writing this

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not a royal tour could have been an opportunity for

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Megan to showcase her personal style and cement her image

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as a woman of taste with her finger on the

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fashion pulse. In the end of what we got was

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Meghan more ordinary, a series of bland, predictable outfits, all

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instantly available to buy via a new AI powered fashion platform,

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one off, from which she received half of the cut

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from the retailers ten or twenty five percent. Megan, like

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many celebrities as monetizing her online style searches, and her

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presence on one Off proves she is among the roughly

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one hundred celebrities whose style is most searched for. But

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given the number of misfires on this trip, it's unlikely

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to be a money spinner sales wise. On day one,

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Meghan wore a six hundred and fifty five pound navy

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sleeveless waisted midi dress fitted on top with six decorative

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buttons by Australian designer Karen Ghee, finished with five hundred

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pounds dire black leather heels. Is not so much California

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style guru as parade inspection ready politician or slick city

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business woman. The tailored navy dress could be ted talk,

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it could be Davos, but great fashion it is not.

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It looks a lot like the uniform you might find

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on the concierge of a five star hotel or front

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of house in a nuptown restaurant at any point over

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the last forty years. Polished but ordinary and navy. Why navy?

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On their previous not a royal tour, Meghan gravitated towards

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white linen separates. Admittedly they were in Jordan and the

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weather was warm, but we felt sure that the Duchess

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was gunning to make white the color of purity, innocence

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and high fashion minimalism her personal signature, and that would

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have been a smart move. Meghan has worn a succession

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of white tailored sleeveless dresses before. She has great arms,

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and arms are a status flex now. If you've got them,

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you flaunt them, especially in cool weather. But navy felt

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like a backwards step duller, more conservative and less youthful.

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On day two, Meghan made a surprise appearance as a

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guest judge on Mastership Australia, and by now no one

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was surprised for her big studio entrance. She chose an

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entirely plain black outfit, a three hundred ninety five pound

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long sleeved silk shirt by Natto, a five hundred and

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eighty seven pounds silky high waisted midi skirt with a

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high front split by Camilla and Mark, and six hundred

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and ninety five Manolo Blani Bebie pumps head to toe

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monochrome apart from some pearl earrings she wore on the

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original Stradia tour back in twenty eighteen. Evidently Megan wanted

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to distance herself from the prettily clad female presenters, but

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slim fit black on her slender frame was dull and

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severe more Tisha without the drama full of shorter off

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the shoulder black dress with some texture would have more

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spark and energy. Not to mention glamour Day three and

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Megan's chose an outfit for the Scar Tree Walk should

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have been a walk in the park for her one

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hundred and seventeen pound bootcut jeans by Rollers, a thirty

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pound T shirt by Alliance of Mums with two hundred

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and twenty pound ivory trainers by Freda Salvador, and a

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three hundred seventeen pound light camel coat by More and

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Label Friends with Frank Once again, this outfit managed who

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looks stiff and contrived and outside the fashion conversation. Her

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last outfit on the tour and other friends in Frank eighteen,

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a two hundred eighty seven pounds short khaki shift dress

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worn with black Wolford tits and Manolo blank black Swede

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Bebe pumps, was a fashion rule breaker. Short dress plus

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very high hills and the absolute low fashion point of

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the tour. Any stylists worth their salt would not have

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let her wear shoes this high let alone with address

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this short, but worth noting that as the tour wound up,

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all the hills she had worn had sold out. As

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for the clothes, only the split black Master Chef skirt

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was out of stock. Maybe this is an aberration, or

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maybe there's a way to go before Meghan conquers her

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next challenge, not a royal visit to Paris, anyone or palace.

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In just a moment, a reporter is making fresh claims

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about staff turnover with Prince Harry and Meghan Markle's household,

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suggesting the couple have gone through multiple nannies over the years.

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Royal commentator Sancy Showfield told News Nation you can hear

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about the professional positions, but the number of household staff

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departures is much higher. It actually became kind of comical

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because during a certain period it felt like every week

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there was someone knew who left. The report also includes

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a secondhand claim attributed to a former nanny relaid by Schofield,

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which alleges I spent a lot of time with Megan

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and the way she treated me can only be described

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as dehumanizing. Her mask dropped after six weeks. A representative

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for the Duke and Duchess of SUSSSUS quoted in the

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articles rejecting the claims, describing the reporters untrue. Another commentator,

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Brontie Coy, questioned Meghan's use of the phrase working parents,

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saying I have a son, but when I hear people

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from positions of great privilege where they can afford nanny's

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and a lot of help, go on and on about

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the working month thing, I find that a little bit grating.

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Meghan is also said to have decided against following Prince

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Harry's path by releasing a personal tell all, even though

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the idea has reportedly attracted strong interest in publishing circles.

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A source told Okay magazine. Meghan and Harriet cautious about

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everything they do and say to uphold the standards of

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the monarchy. Those memoirs are the types of projects they

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don't want to do. They do the best they can

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not to upset the royals. Everyone who goes into business

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with them knows there are constraints, but it hurts the

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project's creativity. They are adamant about having creative control and

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final edit, and what they can't say limits things. A

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source previously told Closer. The word in publishing circles is

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that everyone's mad to land Megan's memoirs, and the numbers

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being thrown around are ridiculously high. We're talking tens of

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millions for her authorized biography. It's going to get to

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the point where she can't say no. She's strategically chosen

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to hold off for the sake of peace, but she

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absolutely wants to share the truth, and why shouldn't she.

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There is more discussion around the notion of the Sussex's

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moving out of Montecito. A source told heat World Meghan's

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decided that being closer to Los Angeles will make life easier.

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They're too cut off from the social scene in Hollywood.

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She wants to be much more tapped in because that's

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where the deal really happen. Possible locations mentioned include Brentwood,

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Bell Hair, Malibu, and even New York, although the report

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notes there may be financial considerations following recent changes to

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the couple's media partnerships. The article also claims Prince Harry

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is not fully supportive of the idea, and insiders said

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Harry is zero desire to be anywhere near Hollywood, and

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he's not keen on New York either. Megan will win eventually,

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she usually does, and then you have it. If you

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