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'I was the most trolled person in the world,' Meghan says

BBC News · 🇬🇧 public United Kingdom · · 685 words · By Simon Atkinson
Social media regulation Royal family public engagement Mental health advocacy
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Meghan says she was 'most trolled person in the world' The Duchess of Sussex has said that for 10 years she was the "most trolled person in the entire world" online.

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What happened

Meghan says she was 'most trolled person in the world' The Duchess of Sussex has said that for 10 years she was the "most trolled person in the entire world" online.

Why it matters

Speaking in Melbourne about the harms of social media, alongside the Duke of Sussex, Meghan said she was "bullied" every day for a decade and that tech companies were "not incentivised to stop" their platforms being misused.

Common ground

The couple are in Australia on a four-day tour as non-working royals and used a meeting on Thursday with representatives of a mental health programme to voice their support for the country's under-16 social media ban.

Perspective signals

No major persuasion pattern has been attached yet, so the source, headline, and evidence should carry most of the weight for readers.

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eFinder analyzed this article and checked 12 claims against available evidence, cross-references, web search, and Wikipedia. Here is what the fact-checking layer found.

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Claim 1: “Prince Harry was not paid a fee for the speech, PA news agency reports”
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No evidence found in any sources to confirm Prince Harry's payment status for the speech.
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Claim 2: “Meghan says she was 'most trolled person in the world'”
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Multiple web search results independently confirm Meghan Markle stated she was 'the most trolled person in the world' for 10 years. Three distinct sources report this claim.
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web search NEUTRAL — 9 hours ago ·The Duchess of Sussex has said that for 10 yearsshewas the "mosttrolledpersonin the entireworld" online. Speaking in Melbourne about the harms of social media, alongside the Duke of Susse…
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c8r48l0kd2do
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web search NEUTRAL — 3 hours ago ·MeghanMarkle today told Australian fans thatshewas 'bullied and attacked' online for a decade andwas 'the mosttrolledpersonin the entireworld'.
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-15737731/Meghan-tel…
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web search NEUTRAL — 9 minutes ago ·Britain's Prince Harry on Thursday praised Australia's "epic" leadership on curbing harmful social media use for teens, as his wifeMeghan, Duchess of Sussex, spoke of a decade of online…
https://www.reuters.com/world/uk/prince-harry-praises-austra…
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Claim 3: “Prince Harry and Meghan's last visit to Australia was in 2018, a few months after their marriage”
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Claim 4: “The couple walked along the Birrarung, which is the traditional name for Melbourne's Yarra river”
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No evidence found in any sources to confirm the traditional name 'Birrarung' for Melbourne's Yarra River.
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Claim 5: “The Duchess of Sussex has said that for 10 years she was the 'most trolled person in the entire world' online”
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Three web search results independently confirm Meghan claimed to be the 'most trolled person in the entire world' online for 10 years. The claim is consistently reported across multiple sources.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Meghan, Duchess of Sussex (; born Rachel Meghan Markle, August 4, 1981), is an American member of the British royal family, media personality, entrepreneur, and actress. She is married to Prince Harry…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Meghan,_Duchess_of_Sussex
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Meghan Elizabeth Trainor (born December 22, 1993) is an American singer-songwriter and television personality. She rose to prominence after signing with Epic Records in 2014 and releasing her debut si…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Meghan_Trainor
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — With Love, Meghan is an American lifestyle television series hosted and executive produced by Meghan, Duchess of Sussex. It premiered on Netflix on March 4, 2025.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/With_Love,_Meghan
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Claim 6: “Tom Mosby, CEO of the Koorie Heritage Trust, told the BBC that the tour was about seeing what lies under the city”
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No evidence found in any sources to confirm Tom Mosby's statement about the Scar Tree Walk's purpose.
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Claim 7: “The couple joined an Aboriginal walking tour called the Scar Tree Walk, an important cultural heritage site experience in the city”
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No evidence found in any sources to confirm the couple's participation in the Scar Tree Walk.
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Claim 8: “During that visit, the couple spent around nine days in the country and large crowds gathered to greet them during their public visits”
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Claim 9: “The event that Meghan and Prince Harry took part in was at Melbourne's Swinburne University of Technology”
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No evidence found in Wikipedia or web search results to confirm the event location at Swinburne University of Technology.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Rita Panahi (born March 3, 1976) is an American and Australian conservative political commentator and columnist of Iranian descent. She is a columnist in the Herald Sun, owned by News Corp Australia, …
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Claim 10: “The couple are in Australia on a four-day tour as non-working royals”
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Three web search results independently confirm the couple are in Australia on a four-day non-working royal tour. Multiple sources describe their status as non-working royals.
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web search NEUTRAL — Thecouplewill reunite for atourof theAustralianVeterans’ National Art Museum later on Tuesday. On Wednesday, Prince Harry willbeat a Movember event with AFL club the Western Bulldogs.
https://www.thenewdaily.com.au/life/entertainment/celebrity/…
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web search NEUTRAL — Royalresearcher Giselle Bastin said the inclusion of paid events marked a shift from past visits. “The fact that theyarenotworkingroyalsandarestaging this visit as a quasi-royaltourwould leave the Win…
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/australasia/prince-…
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web search NEUTRAL — ThecouplewillbeinAustraliaforfourdays.ROYALS: Passengers stunned as Harry and Meghan whisked off Melbourne flight.Thecoupleareno longerworkingmembers of theroyalfamily and will not carry out anyroyald…
https://www.9news.com.au/national/prince-harry-meghan-markle…
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Claim 11: “Prince Harry said 'so many countries have now followed suit' - but that 'it should have never, ever got to a ban'”
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No evidence found in any sources to confirm Prince Harry's specific statement about social media bans.
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Claim 12: “Prince Harry gave a keynote speech at a workplace culture summit, with tickets costing up to A$2,400 (£1,260) per person”
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No relevant evidence found in Wikipedia or web search results to confirm Prince Harry's speech or ticket pricing details.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Nepalese Americans are Americans of Nepalese ancestry. Immigration from Nepal to the United States began in the 20th century, and many have been able to establish themselves as American nationals. The…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Prix du Prince d'Orange is a group-3 flat horse race in France open to three-year-old thoroughbreds. It is run at Longchamp over a distance of 2,000 metres (about 1¼ miles), and it is scheduled to…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Alexandra Shân "Tiggy" Pettifer (née Legge-Bourke; born 1 April 1965) is a Welsh former nanny and companion to Prince William and Prince Harry. She was a personal assistant to Charles III (then Prince…
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