How Meghan’s pregnant twerking video fuelled a bonkers conspiracy theory

If it was meant to silence the trolls then, well, it has had the opposite effect.

The extraordinary 80-second video of the Duchess of Sussex, posted on Instagram to mark Princess Lilibet’s fourth birthday, shows a heavily pregnant Meghan twerking. She is lip-syncing and gyrating to the Baby Mama Dance – a song that became a TikTok trend in which pregnant women showcased their dance moves – with a couple of clumsy cameos from Prince Harry.

The video, shot in a hospital room, has been seen by some as a response to the absurd conspiracy theory that has swirled online since the birth of Archie in 2019: namely, that both Meghan’s pregnancies were fake.

“Four years ago today,” reads the caption beneath the video.

Meghan writes: “Both of our children were a week past their due dates... s