By Richard Kay for the Daily Mail. For any girl on the eve of her wedding it would be a shattering blow, from which recovery would be painful. For Meghan Markle , eight days before she marries Prince Harry in front of the Queen and the Royal Family and not forgetting a global TV audience of millions, the agony must be even more acute. Yesterday she awoke to learn details had emerged of a gallery of men she is said to have dated — all of whose identities, until now, she had managed to keep hidden. Yet amid the chiselled ex-actors and sports stars who are reportedly former beaux, the figure of Simon Rex stands out. Posing languidly stretched out naked on a bearskin rug, an unlit cigarette dangling from his mouth and with only a puppy to hide his modesty, he seems an unlikely suitor in the life of the poised young woman who next week will become Her Royal Highness and daughter-in-law to the Prince of Wales. While the photo alone must be embarrassing enough, it is the back story of the model-turned actor, who made his name in the Scary Movie franchise, that really adds to her humiliation. Indeed, he claims to have won an award for Best Gay Solo Video in Rex uses the reclining naked photograph on his Twitter home page where he also likes to post crude jokes. All in all, he seems the unlikeliest of romances for Ms Markle.
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For any woman on the eve of her wedding it might be a painful reminder. For Meghan Markle, eight days before she marries Prince Harry in front of the Queen and the Royal Family and not forgetting a global TV audience of millions, that pain is possibly a little more acute. But for the presence of one individual, their identity might have barely caused a ripple.
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Charlie Hughes, Vice President at YouPorn, has cheekily offered Meghan Markle a job at his company after the Sussexes' bombshell announcement last week that they are quitting the royal family. A porn website has offered Meghan Markle a job as head of its "philanthropic endeavours" — a move it says will help the Duchess start a new life after her and Prince Harry's decision to quit the royals. Bosses at YouPorn - a video sharing platform for adult movies - said former Suits star Meghan would make the perfect Director of Special Initiatives. Company chiefs believe the Duchess, 38, would be a good fit for the role because she can find "creative solutions" even "in the face of outdated policies and ways of thinking". Last week, Meghan and Harry, 35, made the bombshell announcement that they planned to step back as "senior" members of the royals. In a statement released on their Instagram page, the couple declared that they wanted to carve out a new "progressive" role within the institution and wanted to become financially independent. The announcement left many wondering how the Sussexes would fund their future lifestyles and expensive security costs. Experts claimed that the couple could make millions once they had left the family, with one PR guru suggesting they could get any endorsement deal they wanted. He said: "At YouPorn we are always looking for ways to give back but face the challenge of judgement from companies and organisations that do not accept funding from our industry. Yesterday, Canadian newspaper the Globe and Mail blasted in an editorial that the Sussexes were not welcome in the country.
For Meghan Markle, eight days before she marries Prince Harry in front of the Queen and the Royal Family and not forgetting a global TV audience of millions, that pain is possibly a little more acute. Yesterday she awoke to learn details had emerged of a gallery of men she is said to have dated — all of whose identities, until now, she had managed to keep hidden, according to the Daily Mail. But for the presence of one individual, their identity might have barely caused a ripple. Yet among the chiselled ex-actors and sports stars who are reportedly former beaux, the figure of Simon Rex stands out. Posing languidly stretched out naked on a bearskin rug, an unlit cigarette dangling from his mouth and with only a puppy to hide his modesty, he seems an unlikely suitor in the life of the poised young woman who next week will become Her Royal Highness and daughter-in-law to the Prince of Wales. Rex — born Simon Rex Cutright and now a year-old comedian and rapper using the name Dirt Nasty — is a former star of 'adult' films, the Hollywood euphemism for porn movies.
