Meghan's letter to her dad in The Sunday Fail

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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.

No pregnant women should have to suffer stress on that level. Whatever people think of her spending, family disfunction, treatment of staff, banana messages,etc ....she is carrying a baby and this will be affecting him or her. The baby has the same right to a peaceful, healthy time in the womb as all babies .

I feel very sorry for MM for the horrendous press she's received from the gutter press.

I'm assuming that the palace could have arranged a secure phone line for her or a secret face to face meeting with her father. No one afraid of bad press and having been in the public eye for some time would write a letter in this day and age. Why deliver a time bomb into the hands of your enemy unless you're happy for it to go off?

She knew the letter would be leaked and it has worked. People are feeling sorry for her and vilifying her father. Well done Meghan. She's played this well and I hope it works for her and goes some way to boosting her image.

I don't doubt there has been some careful orchestration of articles in the media from the 'friends' and I'm also sure the letter was written with the full expectation that it would be published.

But the saddest element of all this is that MM feels she has to do this, despite the protection of being in the RF and the whole world knowing that her father, Samantha and Thomas are money-grubbing low-life. She's caught between a rock and a hard place. So much vitriol against her and it's clearly not her nature or upbringing to be able to let it all wash over her. She's damned if she does and damned if she doesn't.

FWIW, because the press is driven by money, the more 'hooks' she provides, whether deliberately or otherwise, the more she will be pilloried. The only way is silence but I suspect that's totally against her nature and it's not going to happen.

Nice piece in Vogue about the Duchess of Cambridge's headbands.

https://www.vogue.co.uk/article/duchess-of-cambridge-headbands?utmmedium=Social&utmm_source=Facebook#Echobox=1549540668

It’s all rather Jeremy Kyle, isn’t it?

The Queen & Prince Charles must be distinctly unimpressed with this fiasco...

Sorry - posted that on the wrong thread 😂

I don't get why people are saying he's out of order releasing this letter.
She has allowed her friends to go to the press & say whatever they want about him. Of course if you feel the whole world is judging you, you are going to want to have your rebuttal

Imo Harry was out of order of course he should have met with TM before the engagement even. It's just good manners.ostracising your father in law before you met him was never going to be a good thing
Yes TM messed up with the fake pics,but he had been portrayed as a slob,of course he would want to be seen in a better light. There wasn't any need for her to ghost him the way she did.
The whole thing is now like something off Jeremy Kyle with both sides as bad as each other.
The person I feel most sorry for is the Queen. She doesn't need this at her age.
Charles is next in line,he need's to bang a few heads together & sort it out. Or his whole reign is gonna be filled with tacky headlines no fault of his own.
MM fire your idiot pr guy who bought this all out into public again, make peace with your dad (who from what I've seen as never been paid for interview's, he's only done it to get your attention ) then get on with your life in peace. MM &PH are lucky they will never be king & queen, they are able if they want, to live their lives without press everyday. Just like Anne,Edward & their broods

The Queen & Prince Charles must be distinctly unimpressed with this fiasco...

Who, Prince "I want to be reincarnated as a tampax" Charles?

Exactly Samantha - and the Queen has gone through worse with Princess Margaret.

We all have very short memories.

And let's not forget the events of the 'annus horribilis'!

Re MM owes her dad nothing. What about her expensive private education that has left him struggling in his retirement. Team Thomas. I think if a child has done well and is wearing clothes costing thousands of pounds they could at least give their parent some financial support with bills if they are struggling. She has married into the richest family in the world.

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.

IF she did. I understand that the five "friends" have remained animus - they could be anyone or no-one. They could be her many-faced sister, or they could be journalists' they could be random people she's walked past; they could be people/ a person who has never met her, but has seen the chance for a nice fat pay check.

Whatever the truth - Markle himself is certainly not smelling of roses. If he really cared about his daughter, he would have refused to comment on the interviews, no matter who made them. He and his daughter Samantha are a pair of greedy workshy egoists, jealous as hell of Meghan's happiness.

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.

I did it all the time when I was pregnant. It's very common, and often a totally unconscious gesture.

There are loads of soap operas out there if you need some drama. Why treat real people as entertainment?

"...your other daughter, who I barely know..." is maybe one of the coldest things I've ever read. There are multiple photos of Meghan with her half-sister, yet she tries to wipe her from history. Cold as ice.

You have got to be kidding

I've not seen anything at all saying TM is an abuser. A very serious accusation to make.
The sister....well she seems full of bitterness & bile and yes with that relationship it seems irreparable , but she is not TM
The heart surgery, he produced hospital letters proving he had been in for surgery (again answering rumors that he had made it up) not fake, & MM herself for years has seemed to have a good relationship with him. It's only since she was going to be royal she has cut him off. I've said before, it's like she is ashamed of him.
Again not seen anything that says he'd threatened her either. The fact that it has been said he's not been paid for interviews done shows that it's not money that is his main motivation.
I understood what he ment by the photo comment (show them (press) everything is good & they will back off) it's all a very showbiz if not a royal way to handle things.
It's just a mess. Which is why the constant headlines for the masses (look even rich people have embarrassing families ).
PH who has known this all his life & MM who has been in spotlight for years should have both known it could have been handled better, so maybe it was pride at not knowing how to admit your wrong that has let it develop.

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Re MM owes her dad nothing. What about her expensive private education that has left him struggling in his retirement. Team Thomas.

Its called being a parent.

And TBH I think that Meghan would be quite at home on the stately homes thread

Not all abusers use their fists. He shows all the signs of an emotional abuser.

And "Team Thomas" must be one of the stupidest comments I've read in a while. He was an Emmy winning lighting director, I don't think he's hard up.

MM herself for years has seemed to have a good relationship with him.

I don't think we can judge that on the basis of Instagram posts. Things aren't always what they appear to be on social media. As a jobbing actress it was in her interests to create a wholesome image and publicise herself - most showbiz people do it. She wasn't to know that one day she'd marry a prince and be subjected to this kind of scrutiny.

Sali Hughes wrote an excellent article about Meghan's decision to distance herself from her family last year. I think it still stands up well.

I couldn’t take anyone who wrote me a letter like that seriously. The amount of time spent perfecting the loops and swoops, it’s all about the show not the content. Much like MM herself.

It's all a horrible mess.