Meghan Markle just found out what Americans really think of her - and it's not pretty

They say the grass is greener on the other side, but six years after Megxit perhaps Meghan Markle is realising her new life in LA is not completely panning out. Already this year the Duchess of Sussex, 44, has seen a watered-down relationship with streaming giant Netflix, a huge plunge in fortunes from the initial £75m deal she and Prince Harry signed in 2020.

Then it was revealed her As Ever lifestyle firm has also ended its partnership with Netflix, leaving Meghan's scented candle and jam-brand to stand on its own two feet. Meghan has also been accused of hypocrisy this year after footage from 2016 emerged of her saying she would never sell ludicrously-expensive candles as that's "obnoxious" - when her As Ever site currently flogs four candles and a box of matches for a staggering $256.

A second act of hypocrisy is her bemoaning being the "most trolled person in the world" and campaigning to end social media hate, yet this week sending a fan who has trolled King Charles, William and Catherine a free £300 hamper stuffed with goodies.

She's also been slammed for her fervent money-grabbing by selling copies of outfits she wears when out visiting the sick and needy, via the OneOff app.

The app allows users to buy similar clothing to that worn by celebs while giving a percentage to the stars. Meghan is a client and also an investor - so the bigger the media frenzy around an event, the more money Meghan makes.

For a couple obsessed with privacy, Meghan suddenly needs eyes firmly focused on her clothes so royal fans will buy them.

The pair are also said to be out of favour with a string of celebrity and fashion power-players in California, such as Vogue supremo Dame Anna Wintour.

This all makes for a rather poor 2026 so far for Harry and Meghan.

Well, I'm afraid it's about to get a bit worse.

New data reveals Meghan's popularity among Americans fell in the first three months of 2026 - while visits to her As Ever online shop have also plunged.

Newsweek claims that according to polling and web traffic data they have examined, there has been a decline in her US popularity at around the same time as a significant drop in US visitors to her site.

The news magazine compared popularity data collected by YouGov America with audience data for As Ever from the digital intelligence platform Similarweb.

Meghan was liked by 29 percent and disliked by 27 percent of respondents in a poll of around 1,300 Americans conducted by YouGov over the first three months of 2026, giving her a net rating of +2.

This is a sharp drop from the third quarter of 2025, when Meghan was liked by 37 percent and disliked by 22 percent of respondents, giving her then a net approval rating of +15.

While her website recorded around 246,000 visits in December 2025, of which about 108,000 were from the US, visits had fallen to 178,000 in April this year, with around 61,500 US users.

This is crucial as the US is currently the only country she ships goods to. No US punters - no business.

It begs the question: why did Meghan decide to centre a business around selling expensive jam and crazily-priced scented candles - two items you can find in almost any supermarket in the world?

She is in danger of having a 'candle-us horribilis'.