Meghan Markle leaves local beaming at a Montecito flower market

Meghan Markle’s ‘vibe’ was different when she was pictured at a flower market in Montecito, California, according to the photographer who took the shots. Jill Ishkanian is a photographer who recently voiced her opinion that the Duchess of Sussex ‘scares everyone’ in the world of media, particularly in the UK. ‘She’s trouble with a capital T. When you sell a picture of her you get lawyers calling you and they ask you all sorts of questions. They ask you, ‘Did she ask you not to take her picture?” she told Newsweek . When Ishkanian took snaps of Meghan at a local flower market she says she just happened to be in the right place at the right time – Montecito is a small town, she added. She’s photographed Meghan four times since 2021 but said during her most recent encounter with the Duchess Meghan’s ‘vibe’ had changed. Meghan Markle’s ‘vibe’ was different when she was pictured at a local flower market. (Image: GETTY) ‘The way she looked at me, it was just different than the other times. She just seemed like she’d been humbled a bit or brought down a peg a bit,’ Ishkanian said. She continued: “She was so nice to those vendors, I am telling you, I heard her being so nice. She smiled and it was just a different thing than I’ve seen before.” Meghan and her husband Prince Harry have had a tumultuous relationship with the media. Prince Harry and Meghan Markle have had a tumultuous relationship with the media. (Image: GETTY) The Duke and Duchess issued a strongly worded statement condemning what they called a ‘near catastrophic’ car chase with the paparazzi in New York City in May. They said they were engaged in a relentless pursuit that lasted more than two hours, however, the NYPD, New York Mayor Eric Adams and a taxi driver they briefly rode with played down their account. Regardless, in the idyllic town of Montecito, Meghan appears to have shown a soft side to one photographer who was in the right place at the right time.