Sky News Australia host Rowan Dean took aim at Meghan Markle after she released a new video promoting her book, The Bench. While speaking on a colleague's show, Mr Dean hit out at a recent video of the Duchess of Sussex reading her poem, branding the footage as "garbage" as he insisted it was "torture" to listen to the poem. He added the video should come with a trigger warning due to how bad it is.

       Mr Dean said: "Chris, I have to say, I will be honest, it is Friday night and I thought we were mates.

       "I have been on your radio show and tv show and you have been on my tv show, we have had beers, chicken legs, and pizza together.

       "What sort of friend would inflict on their mate having to spend three minutes watching that garbage from Meghan Markle."

       The Sky News Australia host then went on to criticise the quality of Meghan's work in The Bench.

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       He said: "It was like waterboarding, it was like torture, I was screaming in agony.

       "None of her poetry rhymes, none of it scans, if it doesn't fit she just drops a syllable and puts an apostrophe instead.

       "None of it makes any sense, it is boring as bat droppings.

       "It is so bad and it is worse than one of those cat videos that sticks in your head.

       "All afternoon I have had this awful kind of thing in my head, why would you do this to me mate?

       "There should be a trigger warning on it, do not watch that thing, it is so bad for your taste and mental well-being."

       Despite the significant criticism, Meghan Markle has faced for her book, fans have praised the Duchess for ensuring her books go to a children's charity.

       When the Sussexes signed a book deal with Penguin Random House for several projects, Meghan made sure that the children's book she wanted to publish would include a humanitarian operation.

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       Reportedly, 2,000 copies of the book were sent for free to a list of schools and libraries in the US.

       One institution in Los Angeles even received one copy per child they care for.

       Since 1919, the Assistance League of LA has been improving the quality of the lives of at-risk children and families.

       On Tuesday, the organisation thanked Meghan Markle for her donation via social media.

       They posted pictures of the kids showing off their brand new books and thanked the Duchess of Sussex.