<p id=”par-1_69″>Everything <a href=”https://www.cheatsheet.com/tag/meghan-markle/?swcfpc=1″>Meghan Markle</a> does is under a microscope these days, which is why some can’t understand the head-scratching decisions she continues to make as they always seem to bring about criticism. This was the case when she and Prince Harry <a href=”https://www.cheatsheet.com/entertainment/volunteers-reportedly-forced-take-breaks-prince-harry-meghan-could-filmed-wildfire-evacuation-site.html/?swcfpc=1″>traveled to Los Angeles</a> and were seen casually walking around a neighborhood destroyed by wildfires in a town where homeowners weren’t even allowed back to at the point. </p>
<p id=”par-2_40″>Given how much backlash she and the duke received for going beyond the yellow tape and being dubbed “<a href=”https://www.cheatsheet.com/entertainment/prince-harry-meghan-offended-firing-back-being-dubbed-disaster-tourists-took-morbid-fire-tour.html/?swcfpc=1″>disaster tourists</a>,” it’s a bit surprising that Meghan decided to bring up that visit again in a new Instagram video. </p>
<p id=”par-3_21″>Now, a royal expert is taking a swipe at the <a href=”https://www.cheatsheet.com/entertainment/meghan-markle-getting-residual-checks-suits-surprise-streaming-success.html/”>former <em>Suits</em> star</a> for another mistake made in her video. </p>
<h2 class=”wp-block-heading” id=”h-the-7-words-an-expert-has-for-meghan-after-her-video-post”>The 7 words an expert has for Meghan after her video post </h2>
<p id=”par-4_60″>In her Instagram post, Meghan explained that she met a family in Altadena who lost everything and wanted to do something for a 15-year-old who was upset that her Billie Eilish concert shirt was gone. The duchess revealed that she reached out to her contacts who then got in touch with Ellish’s team and sent the teen some signed merchandise.</p>
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<p id=”par-5_31″>Royal expert Richard Fitzwilliams spoke to <a href=”https://www.express.co.uk/news/royal/2010286/meghan-markle-video-criticism-instagram” target=”_blank” rel=”noreferrer noopener”>Express</a> about Meghan trying to portray a charitable image and hit out at her with seven words saying: “Charity is supposed to begin at home.”</p>
<p id=”par-6_49″>“The Sussexes love projecting a charitable image. When they do charitable work that helps others, this is of course laudable,” he said. “However, charity is supposed to begin at home. Except for Meghan’s mother and the York sisters, they are estranged from family and ruthlessly monetized their royal connections.”</p>
<p id=”par-7_38″>Fitzwilliams added that the criticism Meghan has been facing is also because the duchess made the choice to name-drop other celebrities when she thanked Maroon 5 frontman Adam Levine and his wife, Behati Prinsloo, for their help. </p>
<p id=”par-8_33″>According to Fitzwilliams, “Meghan’s message on Instagram about contacting Billie Eilish about the treasured T-shirt lost in the terrible Los Angeles fires will be attacked as it involves celebrity name-dropping, which we know she likes.”</p>
<h2 class=”wp-block-heading” id=”h-the-duchess-was-attacked-for-her-decision-to-publicly-share-her-good-deed”>The duchess was attacked for her decision to publicly share her ‘good deed’</h2>
<figure class=”wp-block-image size-full” id=”emb-1″><img decoding=”async” src=”https://www.cheatsheet.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/Screenshot-of-Prince-Harry-and-Meghan-Markle-visiting-victims-of-LA-wildfires-via-Sky-News-Australia-YouTube-channel-1.webp?strip=all&quality=80″ alt=”Screenshot of Prince Harry and Meghan Markle visiting victims of LA wildfires via Sky News Australia YouTube channel” class=”wp-image-3772211″><figcaption class=”wp-element-caption”>Screenshot of Prince Harry and Meghan Markle visiting victims of LA wildfires via Sky News Australia YouTube channel</figcaption></figure>
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<p id=”par-9_31″>Others weren’t impressed with Meghan announcing her good deed either as some users on X asked: “Why not just do a good deed and not make a video about it? “</p>
<p id=”par-10_27″>Meghan was urged after her and Harry’s disastrous appearance in LA last month to take a page out of Prince William and Kate’s book going forward. </p>
<p id=”par-11_50″><a href=”https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/royals/article-14282219/AMANDA-PLATELL-Disaster-tourist-Meghan-needs-leaf-Kates-book-thing-victims-LA-fires-need-publicity-seeking-duchess-sobbing-shoulder.html” target=”_blank” rel=”noreferrer noopener”>Daily Mail</a> columnist Amanda Platell suggested that if Meghan wanted to do something in the future to do it privately like her in-laws, saying: “If only the smug, bit-part actress Meghan — who thought she knew it all — had taken a leaf out of Kate’s book in handling grief with dignity.”</p>
<p id=”par-12_68″>Platell is referring to when Kate and William went to Southport, England a few months back after three young girls were murdered. She explained that the Waleses “sent private messages and met with the grieving families of Bebe King, 6, Elsie Dot Stancombe, 7, and Alice Dasilva Aguiar, 9, for half an hour — in private. No media was tipped off about the visits. No cameras were allowed.”</p>