Trendsetter! Meghan Markle Becomes UK’s Most Googled Person In 2018 

Actress-turn-Duchess, Meghan Markle was the most searched-for person’s name for the second year running on Google’s UK search service. But the Duchess of Sussex came second to the overall winner of the most queried term – “World Cup” – in the company’s search trends review for 2018.“Royal wedding” and “royal baby” were the top two news event trends. The duchess announced her first pregnancy in October while on tour with Prince Harry in Australia. Of course, there were two royal weddings this year: Prince Harry and Meghan Markle in May; and Princess Eugenie and Jack Brooksbank in October, which may have added to the overall figures. Roxanne Pallett the former Emmerdale actor who courted controversy on Celebrity Big Brother after accusing housemate Ryan Thomas of punching her, came second in most-searched-for celebrities. Pallett ended up quitting her radio show on York-based Minster FM over the fallout from the incident, calling herself “the most hated girl in Britain”. Celebrities who struggled with substance abuse took the third and fourth spots: “Demi Lovato”, who had an apparent overdose, and “Ant McPartlin”, who had well-documented struggles with rehab and recovery.Photo Credit: Getty

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