Meghan Markle may have been dismissed as “irrelevant” by royal insiders, but the Daily Mirror’s own website tells a very different story. A single scroll through its Meghan Markle section reveals more than 20 recent headlines—many marked EXCLUSIVE—tracking everything from her flower sprinkles and Instagram errors to speculative riffs on her parenting and marriage. The contradiction is almost comical.

During a recent appearance on the Aspire by Emma Grede podcast, Meghan made a pointed remark: when asked how she would rewrite her public narrative, she answered, “I would ask people to tell the truth.” Though she didn’t name names, it echoed past accusations that the palace “perpetuated falsehoods” during her time as a working royal. That remark was quickly spun into a “swipe at the Firm,” with royal correspondent Jennie Bond telling the Mirror that Meghan is “viewed as irrelevant by most of the family.”

But if Meghan truly were irrelevant, why is she featured more prominently on the Mirror’s site than any other royal?

She’s not ignored—she’s scrutinized. Whether she’s launching a new honey blend, sharing parenting tips about teaching Archie and Lilibet financial literacy, or simply appearing in public, it becomes headline news. This level of coverage isn’t reserved for people the public doesn’t care about. It’s reserved for those who drive engagement, spark emotion, and—most importantly—generate clicks.

In fact, the term “irrelevant” is part of a wider rhetorical strategy often used to diminish public women—especially women of color—who refuse to conform to institutional roles. Meghan’s refusal to return to the royal fold and her decision to build a separate brand is treated not as independence but as rebellion. Dismissal, in this context, is just another form of control.

Meanwhile, the Mirror benefits enormously from the very relevance it denies. Meghan is its ecosystem. Her every move is dissected: her tone in interviews, her outfits, even the jam jars she sells on As Ever. Entire columns debate whether she and Harry should be stripped of their Sussex titles. Readers are invited to vote on her legitimacy. And yet, we’re supposed to believe no one is paying attention?

What’s happening here isn’t subtle. Meghan is both shunned and monetized. The royals say she doesn’t matter; the tabloids prove the opposite. She’s seen, heard, criticized, imitated, and relentlessly covered. That’s not irrelevance. That’s power—especially when exercised outside of traditional royal control.

Meghan doesn’t need a palace platform to dominate the conversation. She already does. The real question isn’t whether she’s relevant. It’s why the institutions that cast her out still orbit her gravitational pull.