Oh dear.

If you one day find yourself climbing the social ladder and landing say, a prince, what would your family members have to say about you?

For Meghan Markle that’s not just a guessing game, because she has to deal with the worst of hers.

First, there’s her paternal half-sister.

According to The Daily Best, 52-year-old Samantha Grant claims Meghan stopped speaking to her after she was diagnosed with multiple sclerosis in 2008.

She also branded her famous sister a “self-obsessed” social climber, and claimed that Meghan targeted Harry.

Sam (can I call you Sam?) has announced she is writing a book entitled “The Diary of Princess Pushy’s Sister”, which is said to address her “apparently fraught relationship with Meghan”.

However, get this:

[N]ow Samantha’s mother – Meghan and Samantha have the same dad (Thomas) but different mothers – has come to Meghan’s defense [sic], telling the Daily Mail this weekend: “Samantha has been estranged from her family for some time. Everything she said about Meghan is a lie. When you are not a happy person, you want to drag everyone down with you.”

Deep truths there.

Then there’s her other half-sibling, this time a brother, who was “arrested this year for allegedly brandishing a gun at his girlfriend in a drunken rage”. Eina.

Although the charges were later dropped, Tom Jr. “sought to excuse himself by telling the media that Prince Harry had made mistakes and been forgiven, and he should too”.

Oh dear, I don’t think that’s how you go about it, but it does seem he can’t quite keep his mouth shut:

In the early days of Meghan’s romance with Harry, Tom Jr. erroneously claimed their father had flown to meet the prince, with a source telling the Mail: “When the two older kids started talking to the press, Tom was appalled. He’s never expected any financial help from Meghan. All he’s ever wanted is her happiness. The negative publicity was very hurtful to him. Tom isn’t close to his older kids. He dotes on Meghan.”

Next up is Markle’s ex-husband. Yes, yes.

Trevor Engelson is now producing a comedy about, get this, “a man who has to share the custody of his child with the British royal family after the main character’s ex-wife marries a British prince”.

Har har har:

While the lead characters are reportedly not based on either Markle or Engelson, who had no children, Deadline reported the idea for the program came following a conversation that Engelson had with another producer.

They had spoken about what it would be like if Engelson and Markle had children, and he had to share custody with the British royal family.

Fox eventually bought the comedy, and has reportedly made a “big commitment” to a pilot episode.

But it will all be OK – Kate Middleton has had her equal share of embarrassment, from her party-loving, coke-sniffing Uncle Gary (HERE) to the Pippa Problem that just wouldn’t go away until she was married off.

It is also rumoured that “senior members of Britain’s royal family are understood to have been asked to shortlist a series of suitable weekends for next year”, which means that an engagement could be on its way.

Royal weddings for the win!

[source:dailybeast]