ROYAL REVENGE SERVED ICE COLD: Meghan’s “Wallis Simpson Cosplay” at Queen’s Jubilee Becomes the Ultimate Walk of Shame – And Britain is Still Laughing Years Later!London, June 3, 2022 – A moment that will live forever in royal infamy.They thought they could waltz back into Britain like nothing had happened.
After two years of trashing the monarchy from a Montecito mansion, trashing the late Queen, trashing the Prince of Wales, trashing the Princess of Wales, and even trashing the British weather, Harry and Meghan decided the Platinum Jubilee was the perfect time for their grand “we’re still relevant” comeback tour.Big mistake. Colossal mistake.
The kind of mistake that gets turned into memes that outlive empires.On a crisp Friday morning at St Paul’s Cathedral for the National Service of Thanksgiving, the world watched in open-mouthed disbelief as the Duchess of Sussex glided down the aisle in a cream Dior haute couture coat dress, white wide-brimmed Stephen Jones hat tilted at a rakish angle, bright red lips, and a demeanor that screamed one thing and one thing only: Wallis Simpson 2.0.Yes, really.
The American divorcée who believes she’s the reincarnated soul of the woman who triggered the abdication crisis of 1936 decided the best way to honor a 70-year reign was to cosplay the most divisive figure in modern royal history. At the late Queen’s own Jubilee. In front of the entire Firm. On global television.
The internet broke in real time.“She dressed as the woman who destroyed a king… at the Queen’s thanksgiving service”Social media didn’t just react – it erupted like Vesuvius. Within minutes, side-by-side photos of Meghan’s outfit and Wallis Simpson’s iconic 1930s ensembles were flooding timelines.
The hat angle? Identical. The severe cream palette? Identical. The “I’m above all of you” expression while being coldly ignored by every royal in the building? Painfully identical.
One viral tweet summed it up perfectly:
“Meghan Markle just walked into St Paul’s dressed as Wallis Simpson for the Queen’s Jubilee service. The sheer audacity. The lack of self-awareness. This is next-level performance art.”Even the normally restrained British press couldn’t hold back. The Daily Mail’s headline the next day read simply: “Meghan’s Wallis Simpson moment: The ultimate royal snub”.
The Telegraph called it “a masterclass in tone-deafness.” And The Sun? They went straight for the jugular: “WALLY MARKLE”.The cathedral of cold shouldersBut the outfit was only half the story. The real humiliation came from the reception.
As the couple made their now-immortal slow-walk down the aisle – a full 60 seconds of pure, unadulterated awkwardness – they were met with what can only be described as the most spectacular display of royal side-eye in modern history.The Princess Royal? Stared straight through them.
The Duke of York? Got a warmer greeting (and that’s saying something).
Princess Beatrice and Edoardo Mapelli Mozzi? Deliberately turned their backs.
Zara Tindall? Didn’t even pretend to look.
The only people who acknowledged them were the clergy – because, well, they kind of have to.Harry looked like a man who’d just realized he’d bet his entire inheritance on a three-legged horse. Meghan? She kept that rictus grin plastered on her face, the one that gets tighter with every step, until she finally reached their seats in what the press gleefully dubbed “the cheap seats” – second row from the back, behind the minor European royals and in front of the Lord Mayor.
For a woman who once demanded front-row everything, being seated behind the Wessexes and practically next to the emergency exit was the ceremonial equivalent of being sent to Coventry with a side of public flogging.The symbolism was brutal – and entirely self-inflictedLet’s be clear: nobody forced Meghan to channel Wallis Simpson.
Nobody handed her that hat and said, “Wear this to remind everyone you’re the second American divorcée to bag a prince and then torpedo his relationship with his family.”She chose it. All of it.And in doing so, she handed the British public – and the monarchy – the most delicious comeuppance imaginable.
The woman who spent years positioning herself as Diana 2.0 instead cemented her place as Wallis Simpson Reloaded. The parallels are now taught in media studies classes: two American actresses, two divorces, two princes who abdicated (one literally, one emotionally), and two women who discovered too late that the British establishment has a very long memory and zero chill.
Three years later, the memes still haven’t diedSearch “Meghan Wallis Simpson” today and you’ll find thousands of results. TikTok creators still use the slow-motion footage of that walk synced to dramatic music. Royal watchers still refer to it as “The Longest Walk in History.”
Even Harry’s own memoir, Spare, completely ignored the incident – which somehow made it even more iconic.Because sometimes silence speaks louder than any denial.The Platinum Jubilee was supposed to be Meghan’s triumphant return. Instead, it became the moment the British public collectively decided: enough.
And honestly? After years of Oprah interviews, Netflix deals, and relentless attacks on the institution that made them famous in the first place, watching the Duchess of Sussex sashay down that aisle in her Wallis Simpson cosplay while being frozen out by literally everyone… well, it wasn’t just satisfying.It was poetic justice in haute couture.The Harkles wanted to be the stars of the Jubilee.
They got their wish.
Just not in the way they imagined.Wallis Simpson once famously said, “You have no idea how hard it is to live out a great romance.”
Meghan Markle just gave the world a masterclass in how hard it is to live down a great mistake.And Britain?
We’re still toasting to that glorious, glorious walk of shame.
