EXCLUSIVE What Meghan's neighbors are all brutally laughing about behind her back... revealed to KENNEDY by her Montecito mole
Blimey! A new opinion poll is a wake-up call for The Sovereign of Santa Barbara, the Viscountess of Montecito, Me-Me-Meghan Markle.
A survey of American adults found that a meager 41 percent of Meghan's countrymen hold a positive opinion of the Duchess of Do-overs – as she seems to careen from one failed post-Megxit career relaunch to the next.
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