Meghan Markle, Martha Stewart’s row takes a turn

Meghan Markle found herself under new turmoil.

According to Radar Online, Meghan Markle is once again under public scrutiny after she had an encounter with Martha Stewart at a California dinner party.

The controversy reportedly began when the lifestyle mogul made comments about their interactions, saying that she exchanged only a few words with Meghan and further claimed that she heard the Duchess talking about her latest visit to the UK, in which she had a meeting with King Charles.

"I had dinner with Meghan Markle the other night. We were both guests at a dinner party in California. And she had just gotten back from the palace. I didn't talk to her really more than to say a couple of words, but I know she was talking about it." Martha revealed.

Reflecting on the matter, an insider told the outlet, "This could have been a minor clash at best, and disappeared almost immediately, but challenging Martha's recollection has given the story another life."

"The criticism is that Meghan's camp appears to have turned something relatively insignificant into a confrontation with one of America's most famous lifestyle personalities by leaking a response," the insider claimed.

However, the Daily Mirror showed a different perspective, saying, "Meghan was asked by someone else about her European vacation and said it was nice, and that was the extent of it. I think she must have been confused."

Another source added that Martha’s original comments were significantly less serious than the criticism that followed: "Martha's original comments were hardly an explosive revelation. She wasn't suggesting Meghan had sat at dinner divulging intimate conversations with the King or giving everyone a blow-by-blow account of what happened behind closed doors at Highgrove. It was a fairly casual observation about what she believed she'd heard."

"Taking on Martha over something this trivial looks like an unnecessary own goal, and frankly rather stupid. She's an enormously established figure in America with decades of credibility behind her, so suggesting that she somehow became muddled about a straightforward dinner-party conversation was always going to attract attention," an insider noted.

Adding, "It also risks coming across as needlessly dismissive of an 85-year-old woman. Meghan already generates intense scrutiny whenever her team pushes back against stories, and critics will inevitably ask why there was any need to correct Martha so publicly when her comments were neither particularly damaging nor especially detailed.”

As the seemingly small moment turned into a big controversy, a source said, "What might have disappeared after one news cycle has now been given a completely different dimension. Instead of people discussing Martha's passing recollection, they're debating whether Meghan's side overreacted and whether there is now genuine tension between two major names in the American lifestyle world."

"Martha hadn't accused Meghan of revealing explosive royal secrets. By publicly pushing back, Meghan's side inevitably created a question about whose recollection was accurate – and suddenly people were talking about a feud that otherwise might never have existed," they further added.