Conspiracy theorists think Meghan Markle attended coronation in disguise

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Some royal fans are convinced that Meghan Markle snuck into King Charles III’s coronation Saturday wearing a hairpiece, giant glasses and thick moustache.

Among the crowd of 2,200 at Westminster Abbey, one guest seated next to composer Andrew Lloyd Webber captivated watchers on social media for looking seemingly out of place.

As armchair sleuths tried to determine the identity of the individual, many Twitter users started to theorize that it might have been Prince Harry’s wife, the Duchess of Sussex, 41, who was disguising herself to attend the lavish spectacle.

“[Meghan], you’re not fooling us,” a royal fan captioned a screengrab from the broadcast that has been viewed more than 403,000 times and generated over 4,700 likes.

“Just wait until the polyjuice potion wears off,” a second user commented, referencing the transformation potion from the Harry Potter series.

“I don’t know much about #Coronation, but I do know this is Meghan Markle in disguise,” another viewer added.

“She totally snuck into the festivities. What a hot mess,” a fourth social media wisecracker jabbed.

“Meghan really should’ve picked a more convincing disguise,” swiped a fifth watcher.

Elsewhere, other people wondered if the attendee was actually former U.S. President Donald Trump, actress Tilda Swinton “deep in character,” or someone channelling a personality from the old English comedy series Benny Hill.

Zooming in on a close-up, one couch potato was clearly flummoxed: “Well I’m all agog! Who on earth is that next to Mr. Lloyd-Webber, surely it’s someone in a disguise.”

But several people defended the notion that Meghan, who stayed back in California to celebrate her son Archie’s birthday, would sneak into the festivities.

“What a terrible, nasty country we are when — in order to avoid abuse — Meghan Markle has to don s*** prosthetics as a disguise in order to attend her own father-in-law’s coronation … Outrageous,” one person wrote.

As rumours swirled that the mystery guest might be a heavily made-up Markle, the man was identified as Sir Karl Jenkins, a Welsh multi-instrumentalist and composer whose music figured into the ceremony.

Hear’Say singer Myleene Klass took to TikTok to clear up any confusion, calling Jenkins “one of the greatest living composers around today.”

Jenkins, 79, recently told the BBC he was “honoured” to have a part in the coronation.

“It obviously sums up Welsh culture — the harp — and he [King Charles] has always supported Welsh music,” said Jenkins.

Following the release of his bombshell memoir, Spare, earlier this year in which he wrote about a confrontation with his brother William, Harry, 38, didn’t interact with his sibling at the King’s crowning ceremony at Westminster Abbey.

The Duke of Sussex quickly jetted back to his home in Los Angeles shortly after the occasion.

CNN reported that Harry did not did not receive an invite to join the Royal Family on the Buckingham Palace balcony following the Westminster service.

Harry played no formal role in the service and looked on while William, the heir-to-the-throne, knelt down in front of his father to pledge his loyalty.

Charles’ disgraced brother Andrew, who was dropped from his royal duties “for the foreseeable future” after his close relationship with convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein was revealed, was also not present on the balcony.

Harry sat in the third row, near his cousins, Princesses Beatrice and Eugenie, the daughters of Andrew and Sarah Ferguson, and didn’t interact with his brother’s family.

In an interview with ITV News anchor Tom Bradby in January, Harry said that he was open to speaking with his brother to mend any rifts caused by his fallout with the rest of the family.

“The door is always open. The ball is in their court,” Harry said. “There’s a lot to be discussed and I really hope that they’re willing to sit down and talk about it.”

mdaniell@postmedia.com

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