<p>The People's Princess and the Hollywood actress have more in common than you may think.</p>

<p style="text-align: justify;"><a href="https://www.lofficiel.co.uk/film-tv/meghan-markle-prince-harry-interview-with-oprah-falsehoods-by-royal-family-against-them" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Meghan Markle</a>, the Duchess of Sussex, is one of the most talked about people of recent years and it's taken a heavy toll on her. The story is similar to what happened to her late mother-in-law, <a href="https://www.revistalofficiel.com.br/moda/os-vestidos-favoritos-da-princesa-diana"></a><a href="https://www.lofficiel.co.uk/Fashion/all-the-iconic-princess-diana-s-looks-recreated-in-the-crown" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Princess Diana, </a>in her struggle with the press 25 years ago. Both women fought against the royal family&mdash;Diana became famous in clashes with advisers and Meghan and Prince Harry, according to the new biography<em> <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Finding-Freedom-Meghan-Making-Modern/dp/0063046105">Finding Freedom</a></em>, were expelled by them.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">Meghan's openness, in the opposite direction of the royal family's normal reservedness, resembles Diana's <a href="https://www.elle.com/culture/celebrities/a34677249/princess-diana-1995-bbc-interview-forgery-controversy-explained/">revolutionary confessional with Martin Bashir</a> in November 1995. &ldquo;When no one listens to you, or you feel no one&rsquo;s listening to you, all sorts of things start to happen,&rdquo;&nbsp;Diana&nbsp;said at the time.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">And although Meghan may feel isolated in her experience, her mother-in-law had done it all&nbsp;before. The two women's&nbsp;similarities come into stark parellel in&nbsp;Netflix's blockbuster series <a href="https://www.lofficielusa.com/film-tv/the-crown-season-four-fashion-princess-diana"><em></em></a><a href="https://www.lofficiel.co.uk/Fashion/all-the-iconic-princess-diana-s-looks-recreated-in-the-crown" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><em>The Crown</em>, </a>now on its fourth season.&nbsp;Here, <em>L'OFFICIEL</em> highlights some of the most obvious resemblances (and some key differences):</p>

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      <p style="text-align: center;"><strong>Great Expectations</strong></p>
      <p style="text-align: justify;">At first it seemed like a dream for both women&mdash;the world media fell in love with Diana,&nbsp;and later Meghan, for her Hollywood connection and refreshing honesty. While Diana was only 19 years old when she became engaged, however, Meghan was the opposite, at&nbsp;36 years old&nbsp;and previously divorced.</p>
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      <p style="text-align: center;"><strong>Making Headlines</strong></p>
      <p style="text-align: justify;">Despite the palace telling her that the press and public interest would wane, Diana first understood its impact on her Australia tour in 1983, when a million people showed up to see her and <a href="https://www.lofficielusa.com/politics-culture/prince-charles-camilla-parker-bowels-royals-scandal-diana">Prince Charles</a>. "I learned how to be royalty in a week," she <a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/special/politics97/diana/panorama.html">said</a> at the time. "I realized the sense of duty, the level of intesity of interest, and the demanding role I now find myself in."</p>
      <p style="text-align: justify;">Coincidentally, it was also during a trip that Meghan realized her popularity. On her and Prince Harry's tour in 2018, all eyes were on the couple, but it was after this trip that they&nbsp;felt that the palace did not appreciate them.</p>
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      <p style="text-align: justify;">Adjusting to the royal family would prove to be impossible for both women. In her&nbsp;<a href="https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/special/politics97/diana/panorama.html">Panorama interview</a>, Diana spoke about her struggle with bulimia and depression, saying it was "pretty devastating...feeling of being no good at anything and being useless and hopeless and failed in every direction."</p>
      <p style="text-align: justify;">Likewise, at the end of Harry and Meghan's South African tour last year, Meghan <a href="https://www.townandcountrymag.com/society/tradition/a29512854/meghan-markle-struggles-media-new-mom-documentary-quote/">thanked</a> journalist Tom Bradby for asking if she was OK. "Thanks for asking&mdash;a lot of people haven't asked me if I'm OK, but it's a very real thing to see behind the scenes," she said.</p>
      <p style="text-align: center;"><strong>Putting an End to the Control of the Royal Family</strong></p>
      <p style="text-align: justify;">Prince Charles and Diana separated in 1992, but it would be a long and complicated process until they divorced in 1996. A year later, Diana's life ended at age 36, when she died in Paris due to injuries sustained in a car accident.</p>
      <p style="text-align: justify;">Meghan's journey from commoner to royalty and back was much faster&mdash;less than two years after saying "I do"&nbsp;at the wedding, the she and Harry declared that they did not want the life of royalty anymore, making their <a href="https://www.thesun.co.uk/topic/megxit/">Megxit</a> in March 2020.</p>
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