Meghan Markle has been accused of hypocrisy after sharing, then swiftly deleting, an Instagram photo of herself cradling a friend's baby in Montecito on 12 June 2026, joking in the caption that 'no, it's not his baby' in an apparent pre-emptive strike against fresh surrogacy rumours.
After years of online conspiracy theories about how Meghan and Prince Harry welcomed their two children, Prince Archie and Princess Lilibet. Since leaving royal duties and relocating to the United States, the Duchess of Sussex has been the subject of relentless speculation, including persistent and entirely unproven claims that both children were born via surrogacy. Against that backdrop, even a seemingly innocuous Instagram story featuring a baby in her lap was never likely to pass without scrutiny.
