Meghan Markle has hit out at how she was treated on Deal or No Deal before she married into the Royal Family.

The Duchess of Sussex met her now-husband Prince Harry while in the UK promoting, Suits, the legal drama she starred in as Rachel Zane at the time.

But before hitting the big time on screen, she appeared on the US version of popular game show Deal or No Deal.

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Speaking on the latest episode of her Archetypes podcast, she claimed she had felt "objectified" during her role as a "briefcase girl".

"In 2006 I had a short stint as a briefcase girl on the US version of the show, which included holding said briefcase on the stage along with 25 other women," she recalled.

"While Deal or No Deal wasn't about acting, I was still really grateful as an auditioning actress to have a job that could pay my bills; I had income, I was part of the union, I had health insurance, it was great…."

She said she had felt judgement over her looks while making her way up the ladder in TV.

"Before the tapings of the show, all the girls would line up, and there were different stations for having your lashes put on or your extensions put in, or the padding in your bra.," she continued.

"We were even given spray tan vouchers each week, because there was a very cookie-cutter idea of precisely what we should look like. It was solely about beauty and not necessarily about brains."

Meghan remembered one detail in particular, which she remembered took place shortly before she got on stage each episode.

"There was a woman who ran the show, and she would be there backstage, and I can still hear her," she explained.

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"She couldn't properly pronounce my last name at the time and I knew who she was talking to because she would go, 'Markle, suck it in'."

Eventually, Meghan described how she had decided to "quit" the show, saying: "I was thankful for the job, but not for how it made me feel, which was not smart.

"I was surrounded by smart women on that stage with me, but that wasn't the focus of why we were there, and I would end up leaving with this pit in my stomach, knowing that I was so much more than what was being objectified on the stage.

"I didn't like feeling forced to be all looks and little substance."

The memory came at the start of the Duchess' latest podcast episode titled 'Breaking Down the Bimbo with Paris Hilton'.

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