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Meghan Markle interview

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Sarahsquareddd · 18/10/2019 15:35

“No one has asked if I was ok” (alight msiqiote but typing on phone)

What are people’s thoughts? Good on her i think but equally she can leave public eye

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BertrandRussell · 20/10/2019 21:22

“ The neighbours at Frogmore? Weren't they asked to keep away? ”
No.

joyfullittlehippo · 20/10/2019 21:23

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TurquoiseDress · 20/10/2019 22:12

I watched the program tonight and have read articles about it over the previous days

I think she seemed genuinely upset when talking to Tom Bradby...and yes I got the vibe that she has to be fairly careful in terms of what exactly she says and who she refers to

At the end of the day, she is a human being, has had a baby barely 5 months ago and got married (into one of the most high profile famillies) in the last year, and also having to deal with her family making money off the back of her and Harry

So much vitriol has been directed at them by the press, it does not matter how much they have financially or the power they can wield...bullying a pregnant/post-natal woman is altogether the lowest

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purplepalace · 20/10/2019 22:38

@BilboBercow actually...when you put it like that MM's family seem like saints Grin

MadeForThis · 20/10/2019 22:57

The "no one asks me if I'm ok" comment could be a dig at the royal family. Is she just supposed to suck it up and get on with her role? She did mention the stiff upper lip mentality.

It could also refer to the press. She's trying to say she's a person and not just a story.

I'm no fan of the royal family but I felt very sorry for Harry and Meghan watching this. He is clearly traumatised by his mother's death and sees history repeating itself.

CallmeAngelina · 20/10/2019 23:11

Watching that, I reckon that we were seeing two people right on the edge. This 'time-out' they're having shortly? I'd bet my mortgage it's on medical advice.

Mydogmylife · 20/10/2019 23:15

@Cohle
I agree that the tone of the interview may be ill judged - many people suffering severe ill health, financial problems etc may find it hard to empathise with the ' just existing ' comments.

FreeBedForFlys · 20/10/2019 23:16

I thought they both came across really well.

beanaseireann · 21/10/2019 05:44

Oh BilboBercow
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MindyStClaire · 21/10/2019 06:13

Oh FFS. Of course their wealth makes things easier. It doesn't make things easy, but it makes them easier, of course it does.

But what also makes life easier is being able to leave the house without knowing it'll end up in the newspapers with you criticised for your clothes, touching your stomach etc. Privacy may not make things easy, but it makes things easier.

Bluerussian · 21/10/2019 07:12

Yes MIndy, I agree. I really hope the negative press comments stop now, it's not as if they've done anything wrong. They both said the media lies (if not in those words), which is grossly unfair. They are a decent young-ish couple doing their best despite the 'handicap' of being wealthy. Blimey, makes me really glad I don't have a high profile and have never been exactly rich, wasn't even 'comfortable' until I reached my fifties. I'd hate to make the news every day, especially when I hadn't really done anything much.

The programme last night was excellent.

HerculesTheBercules · 21/10/2019 07:47

I feel heart sorry for the pair of them, and I hope they do find privacy and a new life together somewhere.

Wealth May be lovely ( I wouldn’t know) but lack of privacy would be horrible.

Eastie77 · 21/10/2019 12:13

@Ratcatcher9 I agree it was passive aggressive. I think Harry has been as well. There was simply no need for him to give an interview stressing they are having 2 kids max because of the environment etc. It was inevitable people would assume it was a dig at his brother.

Then William and family fly on a budget airline amidst the private jet furore and conveniently the media managed to get a picture of it with him carrying a buggy like a 'normal' dad.

The media has made both brother's lives hell but they also seem to use it for their own petty ends.

BertrandRussell · 21/10/2019 12:14

“ There was simply no need for him to give an interview stressing they are having 2 kids max because of the environment”

He didn’t.

Eastie77 · 21/10/2019 12:26

"Prince Harry has said he plans to have two children at the most, as he revealed his increasing concerns for the future of Earth" - as reported on the BBC etc.

If you read the interview he talks about the world's finite resources and then the decision to only have 2 children.

But yes, I suppose he could have meant they were stopping at two because of the Child Benefit restrictions...

BertrandRussell · 21/10/2019 12:31

He was interviewing Jane Goodall. He said something about wanting his children to have a connection with nature. She interrupts him to say “not too many, I hope.” Amid laughter he says “no-two, max” More laughter and he carries on about conservation. That is exactly how it went. If you can get a dig at William out of that.......Grin

timshelthechoice · 21/10/2019 12:40

Spot on, joyful.

Happysummer · 21/10/2019 23:20

I don't doubt the message they were trying to convey but it was awful timing to do it now. The comment about 'just surviving' when they literally just saw vulnerable people trying to survive with split families, surviving violence and limbs shows how damaged/detached they are. It felt insulting to the Africans trying to survive life and they choose to talk about their struggle to survive! Sadly their tour is now overshadowed by this interview and no-one will talk about what's going on in Africa and the projects.

I do think they've misjudged a lot of the attention. Most of the population have a genuine interest and want to share a small part of their life. It comes from caring. They have shut out the media and public such as "no photos at Wimbledon", "no Christening photos", "don't look at our house", "splitting from the Royal Foundation", "set up own Twitter account", "save the planet but we're taking private jets". It all grates on the public. If they gave a little they'd get a better reaction I'm sure.

It's worrying to hear Harry say 'every click takes me back to my mother's death'. Maybe he's still traumatized. No-one can continue like that.

This interview was all wrong in my opinion. Not the time or place.

LucilleBluth · 22/10/2019 01:34

For anyone in the UK who works with the vulnerable and disadvantaged these two come across like over privileged twats.

I simply don't care about them, I see the devistation that lack of money, shit patenting, drugs, mental illness etc have on children every single working day of my life. I simply can't watch or read about them, they wind me right up.

Pannalash · 22/10/2019 02:14

A huge amount of people in this country are genuinely ‘existing not living’ due to lack of money, and without basics like food and shelter. Money may not buy you happiness but you can be miserable in comfort!

Chivers53 · 22/10/2019 03:09

So unless you're living in poverty or battling addiction you can't find motherhood challenging? Got you.

Cantrememberpassword · 22/10/2019 03:47

She has continually pushed herself forward into the press and the public eye, you have to take the good with the bad when you follow this course, she is living in absolute luxury compared to the everyday public person. She needs to back off from seeking publicity and lead a more private life.

I have had a shitty life but do not complain when no one asks me how I am. She needs to get real and man up and do does that idiot of a husband.

wherestheotherone · 22/10/2019 04:27

Can't believe some of the comments on here. Exactly how much money should you have to justify being ripped to shreds by the media. At what point is it ok for public respect and human empathy to be forgotten.

Appalling that some people think treating others like this is acceptable, their fault and should be absorbed by them. Nobody has the right to do this and regardless of your personal likes or dislikes of someone its never ok to continually strip them down and pull them apart. Her family are equally to blame in this and a public disowning of them would be understandable.

I don't care how much money or privilege they have, the behaviour towards them is atrocious.

BertrandRussell · 22/10/2019 07:51

“ She has continually pushed herself forward into the press and the public eye, ”
And there was me thinking that she was demanding privacy, not doing her royal duties properly and hiding herself away from the public.

Bloody hell, she’s clever!

Biancadelrioisback · 22/10/2019 08:46

She's a person FFS. She wasn't born into the royal family or even a noble family (can't remember what word I'm looking for there but i mean as in lords, lady's etc). You can have some vague understanding of what it's like to be royal but you have no idea of the reality until it happens. I would never be so arrogant to tell her to "suck it up" as I have no idea what she's having to deal with. Trapped in a golden tomb by the sounds of it. Imagine not being able to just 'be'.
I hate being judged for my choices. Just look at this fucking place and see what we do and say to each other! People are torn apart on here for how often the clean their house, whether they breastfeed or not, if they work full time or are a SAHP. Imagine having all of your choices and decisions ripped apart by thousands of people and not being able to get away from it.
They're in the news, on the internet, people are talking. Even if they stay off the internet and don't read the news, they know that all the crap being said about them is behind heard by their friends and family. Imagine being a mum and knowing the horrible comments people are making and will continue to make about your child. Knowing your child will grow up to feel utterly exposed and isolated at the same time.

And all this, "oh she should have thought about it before she married PH and had a baby" well fucking great! I suppose she can just turn back the clock and not do it.

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