Montecito, California – Hold onto your tiaras, royal watchers, because the internet is exploding over a resurfaced video that appears to show Meghan Markle locking lips with her longtime “best friend” and rumored former flame Markus Anderson… and the chemistry on display is making her public displays of affection with Prince Harry look positively refrigerated by comparison.
The clip in question, originally posted years ago but now going viral again on TikTok and X, captures the Duchess of Sussex planting what can only be described as a lingering, enthusiastic kiss on the Toronto-based Soho House consultant during a night out.
Body language experts are already weighing in: open posture, hands on his chest, eyes closed, the whole Hollywood rom-com package. Compare that to the stiff, dutiful pecks Meghan has doled out to Harry at polo matches and Commonwealth events, and suddenly the phrase “royal duty” takes on a whole new, depressing meaning.
So let’s ask the questions the palace (and reportedly Harry himself) don’t want asked:
- Why does Meghan kiss Markus Anderson like she’s auditioning for a Netflix romance reboot, but kisses the father of her children like he’s a distant cousin at a funeral?
- Is Prince Harry okay with being publicly demoted to “emotional support corgi” status while his wife saves the real passion for her platonic “close friend” who just happens to be a handsome, successful, non-royal man who’s been by her side since before she ever met Harry?
- When exactly did “they’re just good friends” stop being a believable explanation? Because when your “good friend” gets greeted with more tongue than your husband gets in a year, the friendship bracelet starts looking suspiciously like a hall pass.
Sources close to the couple (yes, the same ones who keep leaking stories to People magazine) insist Meghan and Markus have never been romantic.
Yet the same sources once swore Meghan and Harry were “madly in love” and “stronger than ever” right before the Queen’s death, the Spotify flop, the Netflix deal collapse, and Harry’s memoir that painted his wife as… well, let’s just say not always the warmest partner behind closed doors.And let’s not ignore the timeline.
Markus Anderson was the one who reportedly helped Meghan navigate the early days of dating Harry, allegedly setting them up at Soho House. He was there for the Invictus Games launch. He’s been spotted at the Montecito mansion multiple times.
He attended the royal wedding (front row, naturally). At this point, calling Markus a “friend” feels like calling Kris Jenner Kim Kardashian’s “manager.” Technically true, but missing several seasons of plot twists.Meanwhile, Harry’s own friends have reportedly started calling him “the spare in his own marriage.” One polo buddy allegedly joked that Harry gets “less action than the dogs,” and the footage of Meghan’s passionate Markus moment isn’t helping silence those whispers.The Sussex PR machine is already in damage-control mode, with statements about “innocent friendship” and “cultural differences in greeting.”
But when your “cultural greeting” involves more lip than most married couples manage on Valentine’s Day, the excuse starts to sound thinner than Harry’s hairline.
Here’s the brutal truth nobody in the Sussex camp wants to admit: marriages built on PR narratives eventually crack when real human chemistry leaks out in old videos.
And right now, the entire world is watching Meghan kiss another man with a level of enthusiasm she’s never once shown her husband in public.
So we’ll ask again, louder this time:Meghan, if Markus is just a friend… why does he get the kisses that make teenagers blush, while Harry gets the royal equivalent of a handshake?And Harry… at what point do you stop smiling for the cameras and start asking why your wife saves her real passion for everyone except you?
The Montecito mansion might be big enough for three children, two dogs, and a flock of rescued chickens… but is it big enough for the truth?Because right now, the footage doesn’t lie. And neither do those kisses.