Former Vanity Fair editor Graydon Carter has described Meghan Markle as “The Undine Spragg of Montecito.” In a Rorschach Test conducted by Interview Magazine on March 27, 2025, Carter shared his opinion on the Duchess of Sussex.

Not the royal treatment. The former editor of Vanity Fair, Graydon Carter, eviscerated Meghan Markle by calling her the “Undine Spragg of Montecito,” seemingly in reference to her life after splitting from the royal family and moving with Prince Harry across the pond back to her native California.

Graydon Carter said Meghan Markle didn’t understand that Vanity Fair only cared about her being on its cover in 2017 if she talked about dating Prince Harry.

Carter seemingly compared Markle to Undine Spragg, a character in Edith Wharton’s book “The Customs of the Country” who attempts to make it into NYC high society.

Former Vanity Fair editor Graydon Carter has taken down Meghan Markle once again with a snooty five-word dig, days after he said she was 'adrift on reality'.

Amanda Hirsch—the host of podcast Not Skinny But Not Fat—said she was “scared” in the run up to Meghan’s Netflix show. Afterward, the duchess responded with a calligraphic gift.

In the first trailer for Confessions of a Female Founder, the duchess says her conversations with guests will be “friendly” and full of “girl talk.”

This woman is slightly adrift on the facts and reality,” the former editor of Vanity Fair recalled of the Duchess of Sussex in an interview with Page Six.

Ex-Vanity Fair editor Graydon Carter dished on Meghan Markle’s behind-the-scenes behavior when she interviewed with the magazine in 2017.

Carter's comparison of Meghan Markle to a character from Edith Wharton's early 20th-century novel who was 'spoiled and selfish' has reignited debate over Meghan's public image.