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

Artesia - It seems to me to send really mixed messages- on the one hand they don’t want press intrusion, want to do their job meeting and greeting etc but then be left alone, yet on the other they are inviting us in for a chat about how they are feeling and their private emotional struggles.

I understand and agree to a certain extent, but I dont think they can win. When they remain quiet and dont share personal info/show emotion, they are criticised for being out of touch, robot-like and unfeeling. Yet as soon as they do, they are criticised for being oversharing etc.

Even the Queen has been criticised for this. If I remember correctly, when Diana died, the Queen wanted to remain in Balmoral, grieve in private and look after her grandsons. A lot of the public and most of the papers were completely outraged and demanded she return to london to 'lead the country in mourning'. The criticism was that she was unfeeling, out of touch and for a while was considered a horrible woman.

If she withdrew from the public eye she'd be attacked and seen as taking Harry from the British public who love him

I haven't watched the full interview but saw the clip and couldn't help noticing the sadness in her eyes. Actress or not, it looks genuine. And yes, I hate to compare but I see the same sadness in some of Diana's old pictures.

H&M have been called hypocrites for their role in the Climate Change campaign, their use of private jets etc. The couple is also big on Mental Health, so if either or both choose to give us a glimpse of the mental and emotional turmoil they have faced, why is that a bad thing? They're being honest and unhypocritical. Ffs it's okay to admit if a person is struggling even if they happen to be filthy rich and privileged. Does nobody from society's elite who seemingly 'has it all' ever get depressed, or self harm or commit suicide? Horrible fuckers who nitpick and bully MM for daft reasons.

After DS it took everything in me to attend the children's centre as it was my first 'group outing'. If anyone there had taken the piss that I wasn't holding DS properly, or scrutinized how I was dressed or why my hair looked flat or messy I'd have fled in tears. New mums DO feel vulnerable and it's a bloody disgrace we expect royalty to feel no emotions.

@rainingallday

Relax. Go to bed. You're very wound up.

So maybe she could pick up the phone to her Dad?

Just s thought...

If they are so miserable it’s time for them to live a lower profile life. It’s not possible to stop press criticism and intrusion. Trying to mix celebrity and royalty doesn’t work. There are a lot of other royals now that could takeover. I think too much adoration and obsession with the royals is unhealthy. There is a reason why most countries get rid of their royal family.

No sympathy at all. She's acting and emotional guilt trip to try and win people back doesn't wash with me.

It is as bad as Harry saying every click of the camera reminds him of his mum's worst moments. Get help and therapy.

Meghan gave up the d just celebrity life to become a royal. Its time to act like one.

@Happysummer2020
What makes you the judge of her relationship with her dad?
Frances Shand fell out with Diana long before Duana died. At the time of Diana's death they hadn't spoken for 2 years and no one seemed to constantly bring that up if at all.

Meghan Be careful what you wish for.
You knew what marrying in to the Royal family would be like. You only had to see your mil's life. You weren't a naive 19 year old like her.
You have your Mum, Harry and your friends looking out for you.

Be careful what you wish for? Do you really think she wished for the hatred, the vitriol, for being picked at for every single thing she does?

You think she deserves all of that and more because she fell in love wish royalty.

These threads are always enlightening.

It brings the twats out, the hard of thinking and feeling and the generally pretty, shit human beings.

It doesn’t wash with me at all. She is an actress whether you like it or not.

Not a royalist at all, best of luck to the lot of them but this is bizarre.

She is an actress?
Why does that matter? Are you really that hard of thinking to assume that actresses don’t have emotions and feelings?

That they aren’t impacted by the daily slur on their personality, their clothes, their appearance, the state of their family relationships, how they aren’t as well thought of as Kate, scrutiny of their spending habits ( even though they have no idea if MM didn’t pay for whatever herself etc etc?

You think that an actress wouldn’t be bothered by that and more?

If she doesn’t like the limelight she chose and has spent her entire life seeking out and cultivating then I’m afraid that’s on her. There are plenty of women who struggle physically, emotionally and financially. I would rather save my empathy for those who don’t have their own yoga studio, no full time job and an army of nannies.

I just thought oh poor thing, she's finding things difficult with her millions in the bank, servants cleaners security and a nanny. How the hell does she think normal mums feel. I appreciate money doesn't buy happiness however most normal people do have money issues and stress about them daily. Also appreciate mental health is real even for famous people, but she's extremely privileged and has help left right and centre unlike the rest of us.

Also her and Harry seem to want to keep everything to themselves, and be private, but now it suits them she's giving this interview 🙄.

Sorry I know I may sound harsh but it's just my opinion.

In reality she's had s really rough ride, and I don't think it's comparable to anything we have seen before

^^ @Bluntness100 aren't you old enough to remember the staging that Fergie got by the press in the 80s? It was far far worse than anything that has been said about H and M

It’s not about not liking the limelight fgs. Are people really this stupid? Just because you are in the limelight doesn’t give people the right to write cruel and hurtful things and that you should have a put up with it and not be upset by what’s been said. She’s a human being.

And so what if she’s got a fucking nanny, a yoga studio etc? Big bloody deal. Millions of celebrities and non celebrities for that matter have them too. Why shouldn’t she?

Like I said earlier these threads are enlightening at who crawls out of the woodwork along with what they think.

*pasting not staging

The royal family used to be respected by the press who wouldn't print negative things about them but that time is long passed - whatever they get handed about Meghan they're going to print it because it generates clicks.

The only thing she can really do is ignore it. Although maybe that's a defeatist attitude on my part and we should all be pushing for a more respectful press (not just for the royal family but for everyone).

I'm old enough to remember the awful things the press said about Fergie. At first she got lots of positive press about her being a breath of fresh air, then they turned on her particularly about her appearance. I do remember one particular Ascot outfit was awful and they ridiculed her for it. Remember her SIL was the most glamorous and admired woman in the world. What an enormous amount of pressure Fergie must have felt under. MM is not unique and she's definitely blessed with a husband who has her back.

What are they doing though - sue the press, court the press?

Tell the press what a hard time they are having. The would do better keeping their mouths shut. She is an actress, whether you like it or not.

mrssoap has it for me. I got married at a similar age, gave up my life and career to move to the other side of the world, had a baby who was very poorly and required two lots of major, life saving, surgery. No family, friends, support network, spent most of my life savings/equity on surviving that first year financially, living hundreds of miles away from H in a charity house because he had to work. My best friend back up in the UK was diagnosed with cancer the same week DD had heart surgery.

Life can be tough.

Much much tougher for normal folk without a support network, privilege and wealth.

Not agreeing doesn’t mean I am remotely racist, crawled out from somewhere or whatever crap is spouted on this thread.

I just don’t agree.

"She knew what she was getting herself in for."

That phrase is the most overused phrased in the military community. As soon as any military wife/partner moan about their life some twat bright spark will pipe up "you knew what you were getting yourself in for." Only we didn't, because there was no bloody way that we could. So there was no way that Meghan, or Kate, or anyone else, could've known what they were marrying into when they married into the Royal Family because it would have been so far removed from anything that they would have ever been used to in the past.

We can all sit here and say "it's all right for her, she's got nannies, housekeepers, money, private jets etc," but she's also got relentless bullying by trolls online, people like Piers Morgan leading a one man hate campaign, her mad sister coming out of the woodwork when she wants her bank balance topped up and she can't even write a letter to her father without it getting into the papers.

As far as I can see she's done nothing wrong. I don't see why Harry and Meghan should have to leave the county, or step back, to avoid this bullying. People should leave them alone.

I find it strange that there's only a limited amount of sympathy people can have for other people according to some posters, so they're 'saving' it for other people. Why can't people just have empathy for other women?