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The alleged rift between Megan Markle and former British Vogue editor Edward Enninful goes deeper than him reportedly being unable to accommodate her for a cover in 2022, we hear.
The former royal gave the fashion maven an impossible list of demands, and even tried to also appeal to US Vogue’s Anna Wintour, a source tells Page Six.
The Daily Mail reported this week that Markle and Enniful had plans for a UK Vogue September 2022 issue that would include Markle’s keynote appearance at the One Young World Summit in Manchester, and “involved extensive features across the magazine and its digital editions.”
The outlet reported that Markle wanted the cover, but Enniful already had a star, Linda Evangelista, booked — causing Markle to pull the plug and causing a falling out between the former friends.
But we hear scheduling wasn’t the only reason the cover never materialized.
A source tells us Markle wanted a “global cover,” appearing on the covers of UK and US Vogue simultaneously, along with a list of demands.
“Meghan asked for control over [the] photographer, writer, final edit, photos, cover lines, and wanted a global issue,” says a source.
We hear there was no way any editor would agree.
“Nobody gets that. Not even Beyoncé,” says the source.
We hear Markle even set up a personal Zoom call with Wintour in order to try and pitch her on the idea.
“Anna wasn’t interested,” says the source, adding the mag already had its own cover star, Serena Williams.
While Markle was not in the running, the source tells us: “Meghan asked for a Zoom with her to reconsider, and Anna did it to be polite.”
Adele is the only celebrity to appear on both US and UK covers simultaneously for the November 2021 issues.
However, another source insisted that Markle never sought a cover from Vogue, and that the mag had actually approached her multiple times after her wedding to Prince Harry.
Enninful had previously asked Markle to be on the cover of British Vogue’s 2019 “Forces for Change” issue, but she chose to guest edit instead, the source said.
Markle did wind up getting a September 2022 cover, at the time she was promoting her now failed “Archetypes” podcast.
She appeared on the digital cover of New York magazine’s the Cut, which also featured another digital cover with Megan Thee Stallion.
She was also slated to appear on the cover of Variety that month, but it was held a month after Queen Elizabeth II passed away.
Sources told Daily Mail that Markle and Enninful — who quit British Vogue in February — are no longer on speaking terms.
“The duchess and her team had high expectations and were expecting she might get a print cover or at least a digital cover out of it, but Enninful was not able to meet those expectations. He already had a magazine cover in the bag for that month,” an insider said.
“Edward was furious to have lost the project, as were the powers that be at Condé Nast,” said the source.
“The whole process became very difficult. Edward could only promise her a big showy feature inside the magazine and online — but she turned it down,” they added.
Despite the claims, Page Six has also heard that the relationship between Markle and Enninful has “remained warm and respectful” over the years, with the pair exchanging birthday wishes and flowers.
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