India Hicks, goddaughter to King Charles III, has removed a video from her website featuring Hollywood actress Brooke Shields criticising Meghan Markle.
The footage, which was prominently displayed on Hicks's Substack page, showed Shields describing the Duchess of Sussex as "too precious" during a panel discussion.
The deletion comes after both women faced online attacks from Meghan's supporters. Social media users targeted them with offensive language.
The video, from Hicks's podcast released 10 days ago, had gained international attention. It has now been replaced with a feature about London's best patisseries.
King Charles's goddaughter deletes video criticising Meghan from her personal website.
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GB News has contacted Hicks for comment regarding the deletion of the interview footage.
Hicks, a former fashion model turned entrepreneur, is the daughter of Lady Pamela Mountbatten, who served as lady-in-waiting to Queen Elizabeth II, and the late interior designer David Hicks. She was a bridesmaid at Charles and Diana's wedding in 1981.
The 57-year-old interviewed Shields, 60, on her podcast about various topics, including the actress's encounter with Meghan.
During their conversation, Shields revealed she had interrupted the Duchess during a live speech at an International Women's Day event in Austin, Texas, in March 2024.
Brooke Shields and India Hicks chatting during the podcast episode.
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Shields recounted how she felt compelled to lighten the mood during the panel discussion with Meghan and Katie Couric.
Meghan had been sharing her frequently told story about writing to Procter & Gamble at age 11 to challenge a dish soap advertisement. The original advert stated: "Mothers around America are fighting greasy pots and pans."
She successfully campaigned for the company to change the wording to "people all over America." The Duchess appeared on Nick News in 1993, saying she was "furious" at the P&G Ivory Clear advertisement.
"She kept saying she was 11! She wrote to the company, they changed the text, they changed the commercial," Shields told Hicks during the podcast. The Hollywood star said the tone had become overly serious.
Meghan Markle, Katie Couric and Brooke Shields chatting during the panel discussion.
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"I go, 'Excuse me, I'm so sorry. I've got to interrupt you there for one minute,'" Shields recalled. "I said, 'Well, when I was 11, I was playing a prostitute.'"
The comment referenced her controversial role in the 1978 film Pretty Baby. According to Shields, "the place went insane."
Shields explained her interruption was meant to provide contrast and levity. "It was just too precious. And I was like, they're not going to want to sit here for 45 minutes and listen to anybody be precious or serious," she told Hicks.
The actress acknowledged the moment might not have been well-received by Meghan herself.
The podcast episode has been deleted from India Hicks's substack.
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Several social media users launched attacks against both women following the podcast's release.
One social media user wrote: "Damn. Now I need to write f*** you on Brooke's social media. Apparently something about Meghan triggers the b***h in some women."
The online backlash from Meghan's supporters targeted both the Hollywood actress and the King's goddaughter with offensive language.
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