Meghan Markle’s ‘Sex Simulation’ Petition Drama Revisited

In 2017, a petition was started to either stop Meghan Markle from marrying Prince Harry or to at least stop her from receiving an official title.

A woman started it because she claimed the former actress was “unsuitable” to be part of the British Royal Family. Around this time last year, there were about 1,000 supporters of the appeal. By the time it closed, it had garnered almost 4,000 supporters.

“She has shown her disrespect for the Monarch and Royal Family by pulling faces and sticking her tongue out to the visitors during her first public appearance with the Queen,” the petition said. “Her attitude and actions in Nottingham shows her lack of respect towards Harry and the Royal Family and [its] traditions and protocol.

“The fact that she turned up in an outfit designed to support a political cause and talked about gender issues shows she has no intention of giving up on her political beliefs. No member of the Royal Family should have naked images of them freely available on the internet as she does.”

That’s when the online petition decided to continue down that path and claim that Markle was often simulating sex, and that her past relationships also made her a bad fit for the family.

“Her constant sex simulation makes her a laughing stock and an embarrassment to this country,” according to the petition. “Her previous divorces and cheating on partners does not lend us to believe she will be faithful to Harry.”

The goal of the change.org petition — which was to be delivered to the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, Theresa May — was to “prevent Meghan Markle [from] having an official title or role in the Royal Family.” As she married Prince Harry in May and is also now the Duchess of Sussex, it’s safe to say the petition ultimately failed.