Meghan Markle's 'outrageous list of demands' that led to her 'falling out with Vogue editor'

Daily Record

26-05-2025

Meghan Markle was reportedly set to appear on the cover of British Vogue's September 2022 issue - but a string of alleged demands meant she fell out with the then-editor, Edward Enninful
Meghan Markle's purported extravagant requests have reportedly caused a rift with a notable friend – costing her a coveted spot on the iconic Vogue front cover.
Allegations have surfaced claiming that the Duchess of Sussex exerted immense pressure on Edward Enninful, then-editor of Vogue UK, over a potential feature in the prestigious September 2022 UK Vogue issue, leading to a disagreement between them.
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It is said Meghan, 43, had been collaborating with Edward on a piece for the esteemed fashion publication, which was to include her speech at the One Young World Summit in Manchester and "involved extensive features across the magazine and its digital editions".
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However, the duchess, who has allegedly been labelled 'Duchess Difficult' by her US staff, supposedly insisted on having the global cover of Vogue - securing front-page spots on both US and UK editions simultaneously - even reaching out to Anna Wintour to try to sway her decision.
She purportedly pestered Enninful with six stipulations, according to an insider talking to Page Six, reports the Mirror.
"Meghan asked for control over [the] photographer, writer, final edit, photos, cover lines, and wanted a global issue," they disclosed. "Nobody gets that. Not even Beyoncé."
Despite this, Evangelista was already slated for the September 2022 cover, and it is believed that Enninful remained firm on featuring her.
This stance is reported to have led Meghan to cancel the planned collaboration, culminating in their falling out, as per the source's claim to the publication.
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It is reported that she insisted on a call with US Vogue's editor-in-chief Anna Wintour, the real-life inspiration for the film The Devil Wears Prada. In a scheduled Zoom conversation, she is understood to have tried to convince Anna to consider her ideas.
However, it seems Anna had already committed to Serena Williams - one of Netflix star Meghan's closes A-list friends who attended her 2018 wedding to Prince Harry - as the cover star for that edition and reportedly declined Meghan's proposals in a courteous manner.
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"Anna wasn't interested," divulged an inside source. "Meghan asked for a Zoom with her to reconsider, and Anna did it to be polite."
Enninful had invited Meghan to front the Forces for Change issue in 2019, but she opted to guest-edit the publication instead. Adele remains the sole celebrity to grace both the UK and US Vogue covers simultaneously, in November 2021.
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According to information obtained by the Daily Mail, Enninful was left "furious" after Meghan decided against participating when she wasn't offered the British Vogue cover feature.
"The duchess and her team had high expectations and were expecting she might get a print cover or at least a digital cover out of it, but Enninful was not able to meet those expectations," shared one insider.
"He already had a magazine cover in the bag for that month. Edward was furious to have lost the project, as were the powers that be at Condé Nast."
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The source added: "The whole process became very difficult. Edward could only promise her a big showy feature inside the magazine and online - but she turned it down."
The insider also suggested that Meghan and Enninful, who parted ways with the magazine in February, are no longer in communication. However, according to Page Six's source, they still maintain a "warm and respectful" rapport, often sending each other birthday greetings and flowers despite their disagreement.
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Meghan has reportedly fallen out with several of her friends and family in the years since her first blind date with Harry in 2016. Their fractured relationship with Meghan's in-laws, King Charles and Queen Camilla, has been widely reported, while the couple haven't spoken to Harry's brother Prince William or his wife Kate Middleton in years.
Additionally, it is believed that Meghan's friendship with Jessica Mulroney - whose children took part in the royal wedding - began to unravel when Mulroney faced criticism for her remarks on white privilege during the 2020 Black Lives Matter protests.
And there have been claims of tension between Meghan and tennis champion Serena Williams when the two were spotted having lunch together in March, prior to the launch of Meghan's new Netflix series, With Love, Meghan.