Did Meghan Markle and Harry Fake Pregnancy? The Surrogacy Saga

There has been a years-old QAnon-style conspiracy that has been surrounding Meghan Markle, which was somewhat resurrected with the launch of their new Netflix Harry &Meghan documentary series. The conspiracy is centred on the rumour that claims that Markle used a surrogate, that the children she has had with Prince Harry are not even hers, and, in the most extreme of the rumours, that they do not even exist. Some people have wondered if Meghan Markle and Harry had a fake pregnancy and this controversy has formed the Surrogacy Saga.

Recently, one of the women who started the rumours got her account back on X, she thanked Elon, the app’s new owner in a post, signalling her return to the app. Sadie Quinlan, a woman in her mid-60s from Wales, was one of the small group of women who concocted these stories and also shared doctored images in a private group chat to promote these rumours. The list also includes Meghan’s half-sister Samantha Markle. Quinlan also launched a new YouTube channel after her previous channel was banned for violating the app’s policies. In her first video on the new account, she continued her attacks on Markle’s mental health; the video generated almost a thousand comments.

Is there any truth to the rumours?

With the recent release of the documentary, additional racist and misogynistic attacks against Markle have proliferated online. The hate campaign that targeted Markle began in 2018 when Quinlan set up a private group on the fringe social network MeWe. Some of the most vocal members were Natasha Cannell and Kiz Laird Conolly, who together with Quinlan, became the originators and the primary promoters of the campaign against Markle. 

The main conspiracy promoted by the group was the claim that Markle was never pregnant and that her two children were had via a surrogate. They claimed that Markle faked her pregnancy bulge with a prosthetic known as a moon bump. There were hundreds of posts on X and YouTube videos that were done to analyze pictures of Markle at various stages of her pregnancy, claiming that the bump had disappeared. The MeWe group was like a reservoir for the disinformation against Markle. From there, the lies and memes spread to X and other social media apps. This was exposed by a misinformation tracking firm BotSentinel in a report. 

The release of the Netflix documentary showing images of Markle during her pregnancy as well as images of ultrasound readings, instead of quelling the rumours has added more vigour to the conspiracy theorists. They have taken images from the documentary and used them as further proof that the pregnancy was fake. More extreme elements of the conspiracy movement even claim that the children are not Markle’s and they should be removed from the line of succession. While others claim that the children are not real at all. The rumours were also fueled by some tabloid writers and royal correspondents who interacted with Quinlan, Laird Connolly and Cannell on X, with supporters spamming any positive posts about the Duchess of Sussex.

Samantha Markle’s agenda against Meghan Markle

One of the main accounts spreading the baseless theories is the estranged half-sister Samantha Markle. Her Twitter account has endorsed and helped spread many of the baseless theories about Markle, with claims that she is privy to many inside knowledge. In response, Samantha Markle’s lawyer claimed that her e-mail and accounts had been hacked repeatedly and that those posts might have been made by third parties to defame her. 

Samantha first came to public notice in the wake of Harry and Markle’s relationship news in October 2016. She called her half-sister shallow and claimed that her behaviour was certainly not benefiting a Royal in a November 2016 interview with the Sun. She has also appeared in various interviews, and British News shows claiming that Meghan had abandoned their father Thomas Markel and his family. Her autobiography, The Diary Of Princess Pushy’s Sister, was published in 2021. 

Meghan last spoke on issues with Samantha in March 2021, in an interview with Oprah Winfrey, which she attended with her husband Harry. She claimed that she had grown up as an only child and that she wished she had siblings. She also said that she last saw Samantha about 18-19 years prior and before that, about 10 years prior. In 2022, Samantha filed a lawsuit against Markle, alleging that her comments to Winfrey amounted to defamation. In a response, Markle’s lawyer said that the baseless and absurd lawsuit was just a continuation of the pattern of disturbing behaviour. He also said that they would give it the minimum attention that was necessary, which was all that it deserved.

The Summary of Meghan Markle and Harry’s Fake Pregnancy Surrogacy Saga

While stories of Meghan using surrogacy to have her babies are just mere rumours, which are fueled by hate and jealousy, it is a fact that Meghan used IVF to conceive. It is believed that she used IVF to conceive her first child, Archie Harrison Mountbatten-Windsor. While the exact details of the treatment are largely unknown, it is thought that she used a technique that is called intracytoplasmic sperm injection (ICSI). This involves the injection of a single sperm into an egg and is often employed when the male partner has a very low sperm count. This procedure can be done easily with the help of medical tourism in any preferred country. Simply employ the services of a trusted meditour agency for accurate rates of overseas medical treatment. 

IVF has been proven to be a safe and effective way to conceive and have a child, with the success rate of the procedure steadily increasing over the years. While there has also been no definitive answer to the question of whether she had a natural birth, based on the available information, it seems very likely that Meghan Markle did indeed have a natural birth. This is because she was reportedly in labour for over 10 hours, which is typically not the case for women who undergo cesarean sections. Furthermore, it’s well known that natural births are more typical for royal women, so it’s generally accepted that Meghan Markle adhered to the custom.