Meghan Markle Put Herself 'Right Down The Drain' With 'Archetypes' Podcast, Royal Expert Claims

Meghan Markle has received criticism from a biographer of her husband Prince Harry over the duchess' new podcast, "Archetypes."

The Duchess of Sussex's podcast ranked No. 1 on Spotify charts for two consecutive weeks after premiering on Aug. 23, Variety reported. However, royal expert Angela Levin, author of "Harry: A Biography of a Prince," was not impressed with "Archetypes."

When asked by British TV presenter Nana Akua on GB News about her thoughts on Markle's podcast, Levin said she believes it isn't helping the former "Suits" star when it comes to public opinion.

"It's very interesting that, before she did it, [Meghan] said that she wanted to speak without anybody filtering out what she said. She wanted [people to get to know] 'the real me,'" Levin said, quoting Markle. "I think she's put herself right down the drain, actually. I think people all around the world, not just the U.K., have felt that her behavior is not appropriate at any level."

The "Diana's Babies: Kate, William and the Repair of a Broken Family" claimed that Markle allegedly said "several lies" on her podcast and in a new The Cut cover story published last week, including the duchess' claim that members of the British media allegedly called her and Prince Harry's children, 3-year-old Archie and 1-year-old Lilibet, the "N-word."

Levin also called out Markle for saying in the interview that she would not have been able to take her children to school in the U.K. without 40 photographers taking pictures of them every day.

"There's a law in this country that you can't do that. You can go and take [photos of] a small royal child on the first day of term, and that's it. You leave them alone, and it's obeyed," the royal expert said on GB News of how the press treats royal children.

Levin went on to share one alleged lie that "fascinated" her, before pointing out the alleged inconsistencies of Markle's accounts about her time with the royal family.

"[Meghan] said that she didn't have to sign anything while she was with the royal family, so she can say anything she liked. [But] what she said in the Oprah Winfrey [interview] was that they silenced her," Levin told Akua.

In her cover story interview with The Cut, Markle spoke about her strained relationship with the British press and claimed that she was expected to give photos of her son Archie to the Royal Rota, the press pool that covers Queen Elizabeth II and her line of succession, when the duchess was still a working royal.

"Why would I give the very people that are calling my children the N-word a photo of my child before I can share it with the people that love my child?" the former actress, who is biracial, argued. "You tell me how that makes sense and then I'll play that game."

When she and Prince Harry made their own Instagram account, @sussexroyal, Markle said they began posting photos without first giving them to the Royal Rota.

The couple stopped using their account after they stepped back from their royal roles in 2020, but Markle hinted during the interview that they will be making their return to Instagram in the future.

Markle previously addressed the racist media coverage that drove her and her husband from the royal family and social media during her and Prince Harry's bombshell interview with Winfrey in March 2021.

She also alleged at the time that an unnamed member of the royal family raised concerns about the skin color of their then-unborn child.