Meghan Markle accused of ‘peddling consipracy theories’ says Ann Widdecombe

Exclusive by Matt Wilkinson, Royal correspondent

MEGHAN Markle has been accused of “peddling conspiracy theories” after dragging ex-Tory MP Ann Widdecombe into her attacks on the Royal Family.

Moaning Meg, 41, will today in her $100million Netflix series accuse Buckingham Palace of planting negative stories about her in the media.

Viewers will be told there was a “war against Meghan” with “negative briefing against Harry and Meghan from the Palace”.

But in a trailer released yesterday in an attempt to hammer home the point Netflix used a front page story about Anne Widdecombe calling Meg “trouble” when she was on Big Brother in 2018.

Sources say it is ludicrous to believe a palace courtier snuck into Big Brother house to brief Ann or leak words that were broadcast on television to millions out to the press.

Stunned Ann told The Sun: “If she believes that Buckingham Palace briefed me, or briefed out to the papers a comment I made which was broadcast on television, then she is paranoid.

“If she doesn’t believe that then she is deliberately peddling conspiracy theories which have no basis in fact.

“I did say it on Big Brother but it was not about race. It was in fact she was a moderately successful Hollywood actress who never lived in this country and didn’t know the first thing about the Royal Family and had already been divorced after two years of marriage.

“Bearing in mind the challenge of marrying into royals I said she would be trouble. But social media went into a spin.

“How on earth that has anything to do with Buckingham palace, I can’t imagine. It was me, Anne Widdecombe, not the palace.

“They didn’t have to leak anything. I said it on national television.

“It is blatant nonsense. I had no contact with Buckingham palace or anyone else. It wasn’t leaked, it was broadcast on prime time.”