Meghan's letter to her dad in The Sunday Fail

[IdaBWells]

really? Is this for real? She sent her dad a letter last August and he said she hasn't tried to contact her. He just gave the letter to the tabloids. If this is real he hasn't told the truth about anything.

Grab the popcorn.

Urgh, what a twunt he is.

Poor Meghan, as if she doesn’t have enough to think about!

Ditch him Meghan and concentrate on your lovely new little family.

Scootingthebreeze

but there is suggestion in the media that Meghan was involved in permitting the friends to talk to the press.

A suggestion, same as 'an unnamed source'.

The press, especially rags like these put that caveat in place to try and give themselves some indication of truth.

I am no royal expert and haven't really followed the story but I suspect Thomas markle was manipulated when he needed the protection of the palace. I also think Meghan has chosen to go nc as a result. It's all a horrible mess and I think the palace have completely misjudged the situation, much to the detriment of Meghan and her family.

It’s strange that all that not one detrimental word has been written about Meghans mother . If rascism was the real reason anyone had any reservations about Meghan, you’d think her mother would have been even more of a target.

So if she'd not tried to manipulate the narrative it might not have been made public.

hopeishere She's endured almost a year of salacious headlines and abuse without being able to respond, it's hardly manipulative allowing friends set the record straight. I would've cracked long before now if it had been me.

I'm not a Royalist by any stretch, I think most of them are an expensive waste of space. But the loathing expressed towards MM on MN is weird (not from you personally hopeishere, to clarify, just in general).

That in all this

The writing indicates a highly creative person, with a streak of perfectionism. The loops over the letters show a need for self protection, to be protected. You can see how the loops act as a cover/shelter for the letter. The clear spacing shows a calm and reasoned approach when writing.
The heart at the end is child like, she is reminding him she is still his child.
The elegance and formality of the writing may show willing on the writers behalf to present a certain well crafted persona. The writer has been careful to present herself in a certain way.

TwitToWoo

I don't know Meghan, I don't know her family, I'm not a huge fan of the royals. but I know toxic when I see it. Thomas and Samantha fit that description to a tee.

No doubt I'm going to be wrongly accused of "victim blaming"

I think MM has great potential as a member of the RF but I think she expected instant adoration whereas in reality being a princess is a marathon not a sprint.

She needs to scale back on her ridiculously expensive wardrobe (it's bordering on the offensive) and knuckle down to the dreary duties that make our royal family bearable.

Also adopt the mantra "never complain, never explain" - you just can't play our vindictive press at their own game.

And I'll never understand why the royal family and MM expected her dad to rock up at Windsor and walk her down the aisle in front of all those toffs, celebs and millions of TV viewers without him meeting Harry first!

There’s a good chance the DM have had the letter for a while.
Obviously Thomas Markle has had money worries for a while, so may have sold it to them ages ago, and they have sat on it till an “opportune moment”.
(I’ve noticed they always like to have a big scoop on a Sunday.)

Tbh, I think Meghan comes out of it quite well in terms of the correspondence between her and Thomas.
I can’t believe he asked for a photo of the three of them, and to “ fake it” (hide any animosity).

Meghan has recently hired a spin doctor, so this is definitely his work.(letter from 5 friends). The thing is, the RF on the whole tends to keep quiet, apart from notably Diana, but she did this as her marriage was breaking down.
Meghan was trying to counter all the negative criticism about her, not just her dad and sister, but also rifts with William and Kate, spending loads of money, being a demanding duchess..
Unfortunately she has now opened a Pandora’s box by commenting.
She now needs to put her head down and work.
She’s off to Morocco on an official visit, then having the baby. So she will automatically have good press. They just want a story.
Can’t believe how many headlines she has generated and she has been married not yet a year.
I think we will see a much lower key Meghan going forward. The RF will not allow this to continue.

What @JaneHare said

I’m pretty sure they’ve had wind of the father threatening to publish these letters which is why Megan’s friends will have talked to the press first. Not the other way round.

I don’t get the hatred for Megan. I think she seems lovely. I guess, rather than race, people are put off by her confidence

They ALL need to scale back on their ridiculously expensive wardrobes @JaneHare. It's not just Meghan who does it - Kate was out and about in a £2000 day dress last week that looked straight out of Boden. Yet the press are curiously quiet about that...

Totally agree with JaneHare and Curly.

MM has married into a crazy family and she has lost her voice. I don't doubt that is difficult for her and she may well not have appreciated quite what she was getting into. I also understand she may want to fight back but 'friends' talking to the press is not going to help.

I don’t get any of the fuss over her family. Or Catherine’s for that matter.Who cares quite frankly.
They aren’t married to royalty, Meghans don’t live in the same country and they have zero impact on anything.

I am not a Meghan fan. Every interview I’ve seen with her, she comes across as a bit fake. I also think Harry likes her more than she likes him.
The bump touching is irritating. My guess is that it’s a protective thing rather than a look I’m pregnant gesture. Still annoying though, I’ve never seen anyone else do it with theirs.

It’s interesting how Meghan describes her sister as someone who hardly knows (I believe this) and yet Samantha Markle wastes no opportunity to cash in on the connection. The minute Meghan became engaged to Harry she wrote ‘The Diary of a Pushy Princess’ and changed her name from Samantha Grant to Samantha Markle. I can’t understand why Thomas Markle’s issue is with Meghan not Samantha.

Can’t believe how many headlines she has generated and she has been married not yet a year.

To be fair, it's the press who've generated the headlines @CurlyWurlyTwirly. Meghan has been getting on with royal duties and hasn't let pregnancy stop her. She hasn't done anything wrong in that aspect As far as I can see, she seems hardworking (for a royal) and has already had a successful project in the Hubb kitchen cookbook.

That poor woman, I am glad her friends gave the interview and proved what everyone already knew, that her father is a low-life, his older daughter is a low-life and Meghan is full of class like her mother.

I really hope Harry / Kensington Palace make a statement supporting Meghan, like Harry did when things got out of hand in the press at the start of their relationship. Can they get an injunction against her father and his family and the DM?

I feel so bad for both of them, newly married, baby on the way, facing relentless day in and day out harassment and ridicule.

No one should have to endure that.

I can not imagine coping with an evolving living uncontrolled nightmare with a severely toxic family, under a global spot light, in addition being pregnant with my first child. A royal baby of the much beloved Prince Harry. It would make anyone crack under the strain.

No wonder she is stressed.

Given her family life, and the way they are and her background (hash cakes at first wedding etc ) and god knows what else, I have no idea what she would marry into the RF at all. She should have walked away, and married someone that didn’t come with the worlds press.

Far from being the people’s princess she has struggled with the Pandora’s box that is her toxic family and past from the word go. Royal protocol does not suit her at all, she has seen her successful career sacrificed, her voice sacrificed, her beliefs and values for certain charities silenced, and has been reduced to a plastic trophy wife overnight.

It must be a living hell even if you can console yourself in the golden cage, with expensive clothes, painful heels and the best therapist. Nothing can make up for what she has lost. She is a dreadful role model to little girls, and I think the palace need to change, modernise and quickly.

Interesting @MissMaisel
The only person Meghan should take guidance from is her mother.
The general consensus about Doria is that she is a dignified, calm lady.

I think pp nailed it when they said; what people dislike the most about Meghan is her confidence.

Who would ever believe that their parent would release a private letter to the press?

I think MM wrote it in the knowledge that it would be published in full and therefore chose every word and phrase carefully. This is her public rebuttal to everything he has accused her of. Much smarter than getting her pals to gush about her to People magazine.

sorry to be thick could someone tell me what problem is with her dad