Journalist Vanessa Grigoriadis claimed during a March 2024 appearance on Andrew Gold’s Heretics podcast she was told Markle allegedly walked off with several items from the shoot without permission.
Grigoriadis first brought up how Markle allegedly had a history of taking home pricey items from photo shoots, referring to an instance author Tom Bower wrote about in his 2022 book, Revenge.
While living in Toronto and still an actress on Suits, Markle filmed an ad for the Canadian department store Reitman’s and demanded a pair of expensive designer heels for the photoshoot, it was claimed.
“To the surprise of the wardrobe staff, she forgot to leave behind the Aquazzura shoes,” he wrote about how the former starlet walked off with the pricey pumps.
Markle later wore the identical Aquazzura “Very Matilde” crisscross suede pumps during the November 2017 photo call to announce her engagement to Harry, and has been photographed in the accessory numerous times since.
“I have since heard, in a more recent photoshoot of Meghan’s, there was also a lot of stuff that was not returned after Meghan wore it in a very high-profile photo shoot,” Grigoriadis said, strongly hinting it was the Variety shoot since that was Markle’s last major one at the time of the podcast appearance.
The journalist noted, “sticky fingers at the end of a photoshoot is not unheard of. It does happen from time to time.”
