That's rich! MEGHAN CRIES POOR

The duchess writes a political letter, but critics are unconvinced about her Humble claims

It was meant to be a few words in support of struggling families. But Meghan, Duchess of Sussex, has been slammed for writing a letter to House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Senate majority leader Chuck Schumer calling for paid parental leave in the United States.

Meghan, who said she wanted to speak out on the issue as a mother, has been criticised for suggesting in the letter that her family were impoverished, when her father Thomas Markle was an Emmy-award winning lighting director on TV shows and also won money in a lottery that paid for her $16,000-a-year private schooling.

In the letter, Meghan, 40, shares details such as how they were able to afford to eat out only by having a $4.99 salad at the chain restaurant Sizzler. “I knew how hard my parents worked to afford this because even at five bucks, eating out was something special.”