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The Duchess of Sussex found an unexpected ally in ITV news presenter Tom Bradby when she opened up in a candid interview about not coping well under the relentless pressure of life in the spotlight.
Now, Meghan has gained further support from another ITV voice, Loose Women panellist Charlene White.
The broadcaster, 45, has blasted the public 'sport' of tearing down the Duchess of Sussex, saying TV audience's obsession with her has gone way too far and turned into something far more toxic.
White tells me at the British Diversity Awards at JW Marriott Grosvenor House London, which she helped host: 'We could do an episode that features Harry and Meghan and people will be chatting about it on socials for like weeks and weeks afterwards, and I just cannot get my head around people getting so deep and meaningful and also hateful about someone they've never met before in their life.
'It blows my mind and it's unfathomable to me.' She adds: 'I like discussing her, because I think it's important that we talk about her without the intention of trying to get clicks and trying to beat down yet another woman.
'I think that's really important, when for some beating her down is almost a sport.'
Charlene White, who is no stranger to public criticism herself, tells Richard Eden she likes discussing Meghan because it's important to talk about her without simply 'trying to get clicks'
The Loose Women host says that for many who criticise the Duchess of Sussex, 'beating her down is almost a sport'
White is no stranger to public criticism herself and has faced a furious backlash from viewers, including calls for her to be axed after she repeatedly refused to wear a Remembrance Day poppy on air.
Her decision, she insists, was down to strict impartiality rules linked to her charity work.
'I've had to build an armour since it first happened in 2015, so it didn't dominate my mind, my heart or my emotions,' says Charlene.
'When it happened again last year, I was recovering from my father dying by suicide, and despite people knowing that they still went for me.'
White admits she's still carrying that loss, and it's changed how she shows up, on and off screen.
'I was off again recently for a week because pretending to be fine really takes a lot of energy. I'm learning that I don't have to do that every day.'
Why Holly has a brighter outlook
Holly Willoughby, despite going through tough times as two of her shows were recently axed, should never be underestimated, says our columnist
It's difficult to imagine Holly Willoughby taking comfort from having the description 'simple and lightweight' bracketed with her name.
But the phrase is not, of course, a reference to her IQ and character but to a glass corridor which she and her husband, TV producer Dan Baldwin, have been battling to build at their country pad.
Their prospects looked bleak when their local council vetoed what it described as 'inappropriate' and 'overly dominant' plans for the link between their six-bedroom home and its coach house.
But Holly, left, who has recently faced the axing of her shows You Bet! On Tour on ITV and Netflix's Celebrity Bear Hunt, should never be underestimated.
She and Dan, 50, who bought the £8million property mortgage-free in 2024, called in a government inspector, who has just ruled in their favour.
Newly ennobled by Sir Keir Starmer, Sara Hyde, who has described Karl Marx as one of her 'favourite thinkers', is now styled Baroness Hyde of Bemerton and can pocket £371-a-day for her 'duties'. So has this changed her high-minded opinion about the Upper House? Indeed it has, as I can reveal that, before the Islington councillor was draped in ermine, she tweeted: 'Always thought the House of Lords was a daft, elitist idea…'
Ricky Gervais didn't take it lightly when a fan suggested he resembled Wayne Rooney.
'I love Wayne Rooney, but it wasn't a compliment, was it?' fumes the acerbic comedian and star of The Office. 'You're not suggesting I'm one of the greatest English footballers of all time, are you?
'You were talking about my face. There's nothing wrong with Wayne Rooney's face.
'I'm just saying that the tone of that suggests that maybe I look like a hefty Scouser.'
Hijack comes back to haunt Jemima on 'bumpy' flight
Jemima Goldsmith, whose flight to Kenya was hijacked in 2000, says she still gets nervous nowadays if a plane journey becomes turbulent
Jemima Goldsmith has never really shaken off her fear of flying.
In 2000, a Kenya-bound British Airways flight she was on was hijacked, plunging 10,000ft before the captain regained control.
This week, turbulence on a London-to-Rome flight tested her nerves again.
'I'm so deeply grateful for this BA crew on BA560 today, who were angels when I got scared because of bad weather turbulence,' the film producer, 52, wrote online.
She explains: 'I had a very bad flying experience in the past when our BA flight was hijacked in an attempted suicide crash... I still sometimes lose my nerve today when it gets bumpy.'
Queen gives Marisha royal approval
Marisha Wallace says Queen Camilla praised her singing when she met her at Windsor Castle earlier this year. (Pictured together at the reception with Paddington Bear)
West End star Marisha Wallace has won royal praise from Queen Camilla.
The US actress and singer, 40, met the Queen and Paddington Bear earlier this year, right, at a Windsor Castle reception for the final of the BBC's 500 Words competition. Wallace tells me at a charity ball in Manchester: 'She was like, 'You bring so much joy to people with your voice. You make people cry. It's a gift what you have.''
Wallace, adds: 'I was just standing there going, 'Oh my God, this little girl from the country, from a hog farm, is standing here singing in this hall in this gown.'
'I don't know how many black people have gone in those halls, let alone sing, and to be a part of those people who have broken down barriers it is very cool.'
- Edited by Stephanie Takyi
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