Emma Thynn, Marchioness of Bath ‘would never give Meghan Markle advice’ despite connection

Emma Thynn, the Marchioness of Bath, has said that she wouldn’t want to compare herself to the Duchess of Sussex, despite “clear parallels” between their lives.

Emma Thynn the Marchioness of Bath has said she can’t give advice to Meghan Markle (Image: Getty)

Celebrity MasterChef 2024 star Emma Thynn, the Marchioness of Bath, previously said she would struggle to give advice to Meghan Markle, despite a shared connection between the two.

Both are mixed-race women who have had careers in Hollywood and married into noble British families, although Emma had slightly less success in the industry than Meghan.

Speaking about the Duchess of Sussex Emma told the Mail back in 2019 that she “would never presume to give anyone advice” and that she “hadn’t even met” Meghan.

She added: “I wouldn’t want to compare myself to Meghan, I don’t think it would be appropriate. But I think she is doing well; it is a lovely time in her life.”

Emma also touched on her attempts at establishing an acting career in the USA, which nearly resulted in her landing a role in one of the world’s biggest series.

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Emma Thynn became the UK’s first black Marchionness in 2020 (Image: Getty)

Emma explained: “It was tough…It was daily, relentless. Independent films, chewing gum commercials, and television shows. I got called back for Game of Thrones, and they nearly cast me.”

Emma lives with husband Ceawlin Thynn, the 8^th Marquess of Bath, whom she married in June 2013, at Longleat House in Wiltshire. Seven years later in 2020 she made history when she became the first black marchioness in the UK’s history.

The former Strictly Come Dancing contestant’s comments on Meghan have resurfaced ahead of her debut on Celebrity MasterChef this evening.

Meanwhile, the Duchess of Sussex continues to try and launch a series of new projects with her husband Prince Harry. The most lauded of these was a new lifestyle brand called American Riviera Orchard.

Meghan Markle has just returned from a tour of Colombia with Prince Harry (Image: Getty)

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Launched to great aplomb in March, the enterprise is still reportedly, and unexpectedly, stuttering into life. The struggle to achieve lift-off on the endeavour is said to have left 43-year-old Meghan “in tears” according to royal author Tom Quinn.

Mr Quinn told the Mirror: “The one fly in the ointment is Meghan’s new internet brand, America Riviera Orchard. Meghan was in tears when the brand launched and her new jam was widely mocked for being expensive and nothing special.

“She has reached the point now where she thinks that anything and everything she does will be unfairly criticised. Like her husband, she feels that people are unfairly picking on her – she cannot understand why people don’t admire her work.

“She is especially sensitive about any criticism of her luxurious lifestyle in the US – from her point of view this is something to be admired not criticised.”

Whilst Meghan tries to breathe new life into American Riviera Orchard before 2024 comes to a close, a source has claimed that she and Harry are keen to heal their feud with senior members of the Royal Family.