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Zara Woodcock

Meghan Markle accused of 'peddling conspiracy' by Ann Widdecombe before new doc episodes

Meghan Markle has been accused of 'peddling conspiracy theories' by Anne Widdecombe ahead of the release of the new documentary episodes.

Ms Widdecombe was dragged into the Netflix row after comments she made on Celebrity Big Brother calling Meghan 'trouble' flashed up in the latest trailer of their bombshell documentary.

The Duchess of Sussex and her husband Prince Harry have caused shockwaves with the release of their 'truth-telling' docuseries.

In the latest trailer, the royal family was accused of pitting against the former actress and using her in the media as a scapegoat.

Meghan's allies claimed there was a 'real kind of war' against the 41-year-old mum-of-two.

It was claimed negative stories were placed in the media in order to make other damaging stories about the royals 'go away.'

Former Conservative MP Ann Widdecombe was also mentioned in the series as the politician previously called her 'trouble' on Celebrity Big Brother in 2018.

Ann Widdecombe previously called her 'trouble' (PA)

The 75-year-old said: "If she believes that Buckingham Palace briefed me, or briefed out to the papers a comment I made which was broadcast on television, then she is paranoid.

"If she doesn’t believe that then she is deliberately peddling conspiracy theories which have no basis in fact," she added to The Sun.

"I did say it on Big Brother but it was not about race."

Mirror have contacted Meghan's representatives for comment.

The trailer, which promotes the second half of the six-part series, shows Meghan telling the camera that leaving the UK gave them the chance to "create a home they always wanted".

The 90-second long clip also shows a home video of Lilibet walking, the first time we've seen the little royal on her feet.

The second part of the docuseries drops this week (Netflix)

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It also began showing Harry and Meghan during their last-ever royal engagement, with Harry saying: "I wonder what would have happened to us had we not got out when we did."

Meghan then follows up by saying: "Our security was being pulled. Everyone in the world knew where we were," and Harry adds: "I said, 'we need to get out of here'."

The trailer then cuts to Harry filming a video diary on a plane, where he says: "We are on a freedom flight" before he talks about seeing "institutional gaslighting".

Meghan then adds: "I wasn't being thrown to the wolves, I was being fed to the wolves."

The second volume of Harry & Meghan is dropping on Netflix on December 15.

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