Meghan Markle has had a solo engagement in Australia announced (Image: Gilbert Flores/Variety via Getty Images)

Meghan Markle has been brutally compared to Sarah Ferguson as one of her upcoming engagements in Australia has been announced. The Duchess of Sussex, alongside her husband Prince Harry, will visit Australia next month and take part in “private, business and philanthropic” engagements.

One of these engagements that Meghan will attend is a women-only weekend in Sydney, where Meghan will be a guest dinner speaker. The event costs around £1,440-a-head to attend and runs for three days, although it is believed Meghan will not be present for the whole retreat.

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Instead, it is believed she will be the headline speaker on April 17, where she will dive into her life as a woman in the public spotlight.

While Meghan may be excited to take part in this, one royal insider has criticised the duchess by comparing the engagement to what the disgraced Sarah Ferguson, former Duchess of York, used to do.

As reported by The Daily Mail, the insider said: “She’s basically Fergie.”

As reported by The Sun, the organiser of the event, Gemma O’Neill, said Meghan is attending the event because she loves what the community is about.

She said: “I have admired this woman and what she has endured.”

Harry and Meghan both visited Australia in 2018 (Image: Don Arnold/WireImage)

She continued: “How she has demonstrated how a woman can be pushed down and she can still rise. I feel so flattered that she’s effectively doing this as a favour because of our mutual friend.

“She’s doing it because she really loves what our community is about —women trying to grow, be their best selves and trying to help other women.”

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Meghan and Harry’s visit to Australia next month will be their first time in the country since 2018.

It is believed that as well as solo engagements, the pair will enjoy some engagements together during their trip Down Under.