Meghan Markle Mocked by Critics Over 'Gardening' Photo in White Shirt and Skirt: 'What an Embarrassment'
Meghan Markle was mocked mercilessly by critics for wearing an all-white outfit in a post about gardening.
Sept. 1 2026, Published 4:00 p.m. ET
Meghan Markle was once again mocked by critics over the outfit she chose to wear while doing some "gardening" in her latest As Ever promo, RadarOnline.com can reveal.
The 45-year-old donned a crisp white shirt and flowing floor-length skirt to harvest her late-summer bounty, but eagle-eyed critics quickly called out another suspicious detail: a basket of onions that appeared perfectly spotless and dirt-free, just like her clothing, as if they'd come straight off a supermarket shelf.
Meghan Markle's All-White Outfit to Garden Questioned by Critics
Criticas called out Markle's white shirt and skirt as impractical for actual gardening.
"Soaking in the last of summer in the garden," she wrote in the caption to the photo added to her As Ever Instagram page.
It showed Markle in a fitted white T-shirt tucked into a dropped-waist, flowing cream skirt as she picked over leaves, seemingly looking for something to harvest.
The former actress added a wide-brimmed sun hat to her look and carried a straw basket for picking, although a rustic round wire harvest basket was shown in the foreground with perfectly clean red, white, and yellow onions sitting inside.
'Who Wears White to Pick Vegetables?'
Markle frequently chooses white outfits for photos of her gardening.
Folks with green thumbs who know gardening is a dirty task quickly picked up on Markle's pristine outfit, with critics on Reddit calling her out.
"Faker. No one is gardening in that," one person sneered, while a second begged to know, "Who wears white to pick vegetables?"
"No one gardens wearing white, Meghan. Isn't she supposed to be in GB right now? Are we supposed to believe she grew those onions in a week? I have no more words," a third user scoffed about the photo, suggesting it was taken in Southern California before Markle and her husband, Prince Harry, uprooted their life and moved back to the U.K.
"Who gardens wearing a skirt? Who gardens wearing all white?" a fourth person griped.
Meghan Markle Roasted by Critics Over 'Gardening' Claims
Markle was mocked for a March 2025 photo showing her carrying cleanly washed green onions that were out of season.
A fifth Redditor jeered, "Are those onions in the basket? They're cleaner than the ones you get at the grocery store," while a sixth added, "What an embarrassment! My local grocery store doesn’t usually have such perfect onions! She is such a FAKE! Thank you for pointing that out! I was focused on the ill-fitting outfit!"
Markle had been frequently criticized for her "gardening" photos during her time as an aspiring lifestyle influencer, often carrying baskets of fruits and vegetables that were immaculately clean or noticeably out of season for the time of year in Montecito, California, where she and Harry purchased a $14 million mansion after leaving U.K. life behind.
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