Archive · 16 Dec 2025
GB News Host Apologizes for False Claims About Meghan Markle’s Mother
A news host named Carole Malone said something mean and wrong about Meghan Markle’s mom, Doria.
She said Doria was in jail when Meghan was a kid, but that wasn’t true.
Lots of people complained, and Carole had to say she was sorry on TV.
She explained that she believed something she saw online, but it turned out to be fake news.
She apologized to Doria and her family for hurting their feelings.
GB News is a big news channel in the UK, and Carole is a regular there.
The people who check if news channels are doing things right are looking into what happened.
GB News host Carole Malone apologized for falsely claiming Meghan Markle’s mother, Doria Ragland, was jailed when Meghan was a child.
The false claim was made on December 4, 2025, during an episode of Britain’s Newsroom.
Malone retracted her remarks after realizing the information was based on misinformation she had seen online.
Ofcom, the UK media regulator, received 805 complaints about Malone’s comments and is assessing whether to launch a full investigation.
Malone apologized on-air, stating that she accepted Doria Ragland’s account that she raised her daughter and was never in prison.
- Who
- Carole Malone, a GB News host, and Doria Ragland, Meghan Markle’s mother
- What
- Carole Malone apologized for falsely claiming that Doria Ragland was jailed when Meghan Markle was a child
- When
- The false claim was made on December 4, 2025, and the apology was issued on December 16, 2025
- Where
- On GB News’s Britain’s Newsroom show
- Why
- Malone repeated a baseless online conspiracy theory and later retracted it after realizing it was false
- Host
- Carole Malone
- Show
- Britain’s Newsroom
- Date of False Claim
- December 4, 2025
- Number of Complaints
- 805
- Regulator
- Ofcom
- Apology Date
- December 16, 2025
- Network
- GB News