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Lorraine viewers mock show’s “hilariously bad” attempt to find a Meghan Markle lookalike

They couldn't see a resemblance

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As it appears she’ll soon become a member of the royal family when Prince Harry pops the question, Meghan Markle is in demand.

Keen to cash in, lookalike agencies have been searching high and low to find clients with a resemblance to the Suits actress who they can send on engagements with a doppelganger of the ginger Prince.

Now Lorraine Kelly has launched her own hunt with a competition for a viewer who looks like the star to win the chance to work for a top lookalike agency for a year.

But it seems they didn’t get many applicants if the finalists are anything to go by.

As the show revealed the top seven candidates, viewers were amused and aghast at how little they looked like Meghan.

Sharing their viewers on Twitter, they said the lookalikes were “hilariously bad”.

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They said one looked more like Scarlett Moffatt than Meghan, while another was more likely to pass for Strictly judge Shirley Ballas.

Some pointed out that the show had failed to find anyone who shared Meghan’s skintone as she has a white father and a black mother.

The lookalikes took to the streets of London with a ringer for Prince Harry (who some said looked more like Ed Sheeran) to see if any of the public could be fooled.

One of the finalists, Ashleigh, said she’s often mistaken for the actress which was why she applied.

She said: “My mum said I had to apply for this so I did. Every girl fancies Prince Harry and I have a bit of a crush on him so we’re similar in that way too!”

Ria, who doesn’t even share the same hair colour as Meghan, said she was as surprised as the viewers to be named a finalist.

She said: “I thought I would do it as a one-off thinking nothing would come of it.”

After the show took to the streets to ask the public who they thought should win, a few technical difficulties meant the result could not be shown.

Apologising for the problems with their video playing, Lorraine promised that all will be revealed on tomorrow’s show when the candidates are in the studio.

We can’t wait to see that!

The ITV show launched their hunt to find Meghan’s twin last month asking viewers to send in their photos.

The winner of the competition will win a year on the books of lookalike agency Susan Scott.

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Nancy Brown
Associate Editor

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