Meghan Markle interview

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“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

I don't think saying the things that the public will approve of is necessarily good manners. Some people are horrified by feelings and personal opinions:

"I'm having a hard time" = HOW DARE YOU

and just want to hear platitudes:

"I'm fine, thank you, isn't the weather lovely" = oooh isn't she well brought up

These are empty words that could well be the complete opposite of what the person thinks ie a lie. But that's not what matters to some people.

I'm pretty neutral towards the pair of them, I neither like or dislike them, but don't be forgetting she's an actress first and foremost.

Just saw a clip on the news. I thought her eyes looked sad.

Really? I can't think of someone in a more similar position to Meghan than Kate to be honest.

Kate will be the Queen and then, if she outlives William, the mother of the King. She needs to be pleasantly neutral, not share her opinions etc.

Meghan will be increasingly irrelevant as William's children grow up. She probably has 20 years tops of being this high profile. If she has causes she wants to advance, she needs to do that now. And she'll ultimately only be a footnote in history so it doesn't matter if she chooses to share a bit more of herself.

I think if I were in either of their positions I'd probably take a similar stance - calm and aloof in Kate's, a bit more opinionated in Meghan's - and probably do a much worse job of it too.

@MythicalBiologicalFennel so in order to not rub people up the wrong way she's got to learn the protocol/'British way'?

So actresses don’t have feelings and can’t be affected by hideous things written about them online?

Who knew? Lucky them.

I think the press action was really badly timed (I've said that before as well).

According to some foreign press, this was ‘a forced hand’ to hide the potential leak of the aforementioned tape in circulation.

Is the MM PR team American?

Marathon that's not my opinion. Personally I wish people were more accepting and more aware of their prejudices against MM.

Harry seems to actively hate his role and it seems to be slowly eating away at his mental health. I can't blame him, it has been shit for him with what happened to his mother ect ect. I'm sure he'd say it would all be ok if it weren't for the press.

With the above in mind i'm surprised he hasn't carved a much lower profile role for himself and the woman he loves. The press were always going to stay part of the whole package, i would have thought he would have shied away from the whole circus once he got properly old enough to have a say in it.

People are absolutely vile. Since when was it ok to treat someone like this.
I feel ashamed to be British.

Where have our manners gone. People are behaving like low class angry beasts.

With the above in mind i'm surprised he hasn't carved a much lower profile role for himself and the woman he loves. The press were always going to stay part of the whole package, i would have thought he would have shied away from the whole circus once he got properly old enough to have a say in it.

This.

I think it's great she has spoken out honestly, I hate the expectation that because you are blessed to have children you can't also find it hard.

@MythicalBiologicalFennel I fully agree with you.

Doing this might make life easier, unfortunately, in order to get the 'mass appeal'.

Though, I imagine if you stray too far away from being authentically 'you', you die a slow death.

I think in her position I would try to carve out a more private, positive role where I championed the various causes I really believed in out of the public eye and media glare, easier said than done. I'd use all the resources I could to try to make that happen and clearly communicate the plan.

Take the royal family out of the equation.

She is a woman who has moved country because she fell in love with a man and his job was here and he wasn't able to give it up.
She quit her job, her home and left friends behind.
She had to start afresh in a new country yet her toxic father and sister did everything they could to make it difficult by sharing personal details that showed her in a bad light.
She has been hounded by people for the colour of her skin.
She has been criticised for her clothes and her weight
She has been blamed for brothers falling out, ruining the atmosphere of her local village, spending too much doing a house up,.
Criticised for holding her husbands hand. Watching a tennis match. Having a bump four weeks after giving birth.

Add to that the way the press are and no wonder she feels bloody awful.

I hope that she is OK and that people do start to ask her.

Also the press hounded and hated 'waity Katie' before she married William.

I’m pretty sick of the royals in general but I really feel for Megan. I wish the gutter press would leave her the fuck alone. M&H are trying to make the best of their positions IMO.Also the constant comparisons to the DoC are tiresome. Wasn’t the DoC largely protected from a lot of the media here? It was easier for W&K to implement I suppose as K wasn’t a celebrity in her own right but I’m sure if they’d been given free reign they have let rip at her too.

They've been badly advised (or they're just daft).

Why didn't Harry meet Father Markle before the wedding? Were they really expecting him to show up in Windsor and walk his DD down the aisle without getting to know his new SIL first?

I wish they would leave her alone so that she can fulfil her role as a Royal

I just saw a phoney, acting as per usual. I don't like either of them. I don't want a royal family. H&M don't like being criticised. They want to be adored. It doesn't work like that. People have opinions. The criticism is excessive but it seems they've thrust themselves into the spotlight more than ever. I think they could do their duties but just tone it down - no more writing on cupcakes and bananas, don't do Vogue stuff etc. Keep it simple. Stop lecturing people and being hypocrites. Stop attention seeking - whether they're doing it or not that's how it comes over. Never liked Harry. Always thought he was spoilt, immature and of low intelligence. Would be great to see the back of them and the others. Kate - flashing her knickers for years and now she's the bees knees. Just ridiculous.

She can never completely leave the public eye.
But feelings of vulnerability, post natal difficulties and depression are indiscriminate of money, position and status.
Whether or not she was acting or genuine what she said struck a chord with me as someone who struggled with no support after having my babies.
If her words help someone going though the same difficulties that can only be a good thing no?

She’s an actress she knows how to play an audience. She wants to pick and choose what part of being a royal she wants.
I feel sorry for Harry he must feel torn between his duty and his family.

Didn't the press originally hate "waitey kate" and now she can do no wrong.

#hatersgonnahate