What happened between Meghan Markle and Poh Ling Yeow on MasterChefAu?

Meghan Markle, the Duchess of Sussex will join MasterChef Australia as a guest judge on Sunday, 26 July at 7pm on 10, setting a challenge built around seasonal produce and personal food stories.

But there's tea (as the kids say) on what happened behind the scenes.

The Daily Telegraph reports that, “In the lead up to the episode, reports emerged Meghan became upset after a request to not to be referred to as royalty wasn’t honoured.”

This is according to “a source close to the duchess.”

In the episode, Poh introduces Meghan with this enthusiastic statement: 

"We’ve had MasterChef royalty in the kitchen before, but nothing like this.

“All the way from sunny California, please welcome to MasterChef Australia … the Duchess of Sussex, Meghan Markle!”

 

 

 

 

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What happened between Meghan Markle and Poh Ling Yeow on MasterChefAu?

However, according to People magazine, Meghan was not upset.

A source told the outlet:

“Meghan and the MasterChef judges had a great time on set together.

“They immediately had such a great rapport and had a really fun time working with the contestants and crew as well. Meghan left the set that day with such a positive experience.”

“Any reporting otherwise is false,” the source adds.

Could it be just another attempt to drag the Duchess down? 

You can read more about that, here.