Did Meghan Markle say she would leave the U.S. in response to Donald Trump's election, as a post on Facebook implies? No, that's not true: Lead Stories could not find proof that the wife of Prince Harry said that. Commentators have only speculated on the possibility that she might want to leave the U.S. following Trump's election.
The claim appeared in a post (archived here) on Facebook on November 9, 2024. It said:
Goodbye USA! Meghan Markle decides to leave the United States!? She is really considering it and at this point there are little doubt. The reason is OBVIOUSWell Goodbye Meg, don't forget to take your husband with you. The full story is below, check the comments
This is what the post looked like on Facebook at the time of writing:
(Source: Facebook screenshot taken on Tue Nov 12 19:06:23 2024 UTC)
The claim appears to have emerged based on a hypothesis from Daily Mail Editor Charlotte Griffith, who was quoted by Great Britain's News (archived here) on November 7, 2024 as saying Markle "might want to leave". There have been no direct reports of Markle saying she would leave the country. The news page of the website for "The Office of Prince Harry and Meghan" says nothing about it. Their official Instagram account has had no new posts since 2020.
Searches of Google News (archived here and here) did not bring up anything that proved the claim. Had Markle publicly said she decided to leave the U.S., it would have been big news.
Additional Lead Stories fact checks on claims concerning the British royal family can be found here. Fact checks on claims concerning Donald Trump are found here.
