Anyone in the US? Did you watch the Meghan interview?

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Apparently it’s already been broadcast!

Dazzling? Ha Ha Ha!

Nobody really knows what people in the public eye are like. However, in a hypothetical world, if Meghan and Harry were to say: " We were paid 117 million dollars by Netflix, and tomorrow we are going to give 100 million dollars of it to homeless charities. We will live on the rest.", I would applaud them for that action and feel positive about them for ever more.

I almost feel that anyone with privilege and masses of wealth can only really make a positive impression by giving it away. Otherwise we wonder why they haven't done so. The luxury and advantage seems to put the super special beyond everyday understanding. To me, their world is similar to the complexity of the stock market. Investers manipulate the invisible commodities that are risks and projections. They bet on shares tumbling, and create false scenarios. Celebrities gamble with amorphous commodities such as popularity and backlash: they create a false atmosphere of excitement in order to get more money. Increasingly today, influencers use weakness, vulnerability , guilt and failure as much as talent and success to ratchet up their own visibility and commercial value. So hardly any publicity is bad for them. That isn't ethically good for them, I don't think, and I can't take any of it seriously.

But saying the Royal Family are as bad or worse, whether true or not, doesn't make me think, that's ok then, go and spend another half a million dollars on a baby shower. You can only really express who you want to be by being good, not by changing perceptions of who is most right in your family and persuading a mass of strangers to agree with you.

I just turn off the whole thing. Oprah's expensive jet is just mind-boggling to me. 'Sell it!' . I want to say. Get close to humanity by physically raising up human beings directly with your money. Probing and peering into lives of embarrassment and regret in order to uncover the naked truth of the human condition isn't good.

But I think the RF should have given Harry the option of a life away from being a working royal much earlier, so that he could have built his own life around one of his passions, such as conservation, and created a nest which would be more pleasant for any future wife. He is worried about Meghan and she is worried about him, and isn't a positive situation.

They may as well have gone onJeremy Kyle. FGS my family isn't half as dis functional as the RF, and it would give them a run for their money, believe me, but no way would I want it broadcast to the bloody world!

What on earth do they think they'll gain from this airing of dirty laundry?

@MagicSummer

Why does anyone think Kate has an axe to grind with this woman? She is in a much better position as future Queen Consort.

who knows... the rift between Kate and Eugenie and Beatrice was common knowledge. The sisters are not known for being unfriendly at all.

It's not impossible Kate did not like sharing the limelight, and was less than pleased about not being completely recovered from pregnancy for the royal wedding.

I am hoping Kate was more subtly supporting her sister-in-law, wearing outfits that she never used to, and replying to criticism against Meghan by wearing same clothes etc. That would raise her a lot in my opinion frankly.

Apparently MM could open a rift and reveal how badly Kate behaved, towards her sister in law. This would reflect very poorly on the RF. But sources say they are going to rise above it and say kind words. Quite gracious.

I believe that. Kate and her mother, a Queen by any means necessary. She was totally jealous of Megan, the media and Harry's attention. She even started dressing like her. Then the media who'd always called her lazy suddenly she became their darling becoz you know.. Megan was black.
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I'm pretty sure Kate has a vile side, and if her comments and behaviour became out the public her star would be in decline.

That's why the RF need to be careful about these "investigations" and stop hounding H&M. The knife cuts both ways and they are not invincible no matter how many Prince Andrew investigations they try to squash.

@Sprining you are obviously on a major wind up, pissed or quite possibly both! Kate is bomb proof, that marriage seems as stable as anyone can tell from the outside, the children seem happy and well adjusted and she will be the QC. Why would she need to be horrible to MM? What would she gain? Also, in nearly 20 years, no one, not even a girl from school or uni has come out to say she was a madam. She was also badly bullied as a child, which is why they asked people to donate to anti bullying charities instead of sending gifts. Stop trying to make the Kate is a bully narrative fly, it won't. The MM as a bully narrative however, is gaining traction....

Meghan is far more attractive than Kate to most people.
being future queen is way off, probably 20 years down the line. Till then they are playing second fiddle to Charles, same as Harry is playing a sidekick to William.

Kate seems quite manipulative and probably snubbed and bullied he’s sister in law because o jealousy, MM had instant charisma (whether you like her or not, she is a crowd puller).

Anyway from independent

The Duchess of Sussex will reportedly only have “kind words” to say about the Duchess of Cambridge, despite fears from Buckingham Palace that Meghan will criticise her sister-in-law.

Meghan at best is a social climber who doesn’t care what damage she does on the way up, but you know what they say about the harder they fall. She expected to change the royal family overnight but realised this wasn’t going to happen, so has chosen another path.

Has everyone forgotten the media/people generally said the same thing about Kate when she was first on the scene. Made all sorts of disparaging comments about her and her family. But once they were engaged and then when they married, and definitely when they had a child, the press laid off her. She was our lovely Princess Catherine. Can anyone suggest that despite not actually doing anything different to her, Meghan hasn’t been afforded the same respect?

Why did MM think it was a good idea to marry someone who dressed up as a nazi at parties? She must surely have at least known this fact before she married Harry.

I'm not convinced that either of Meghan or Harry has anything to say that I would find if interest, nor for that matter the Queen.

Washing the palace dirty laundry has been done to death already.

@Sprining, are you Meghan?

@Sprining

Meghan is far more attractive than Kate to most people. being future queen is way off, probably 20 years down the line. Till then they are playing second fiddle to Charles, same as Harry is playing a sidekick to William.

Kate seems quite manipulative and probably snubbed and bullied he’s sister in law because o jealousy, MM had instant charisma (whether you like her or not, she is a crowd puller).

Anyway from independent

The Duchess of Sussex will reportedly only have “kind words” to say about the Duchess of Cambridge, despite fears from Buckingham Palace that Meghan will criticise her sister-in-law.

Wow, massive projection and generalising there!

Do you know Kate personally?

I think she's gorgeous and far better looking than MM.

Charisma? That's funny.

They barely knew each other before Harry and Meghan left in a huff.

@Snog

Why did MM think it was a good idea to marry someone who dressed up as a nazi at parties? She must surely have at least known this fact before she married Harry.

I'm not convinced that either of Meghan or Harry has anything to say that I would find if interest, nor for that matter the Queen.

Washing the palace dirty laundry has been done to death already.

Fame, attention and money.

Meghan hasn’t been afforded the same respect?

Yes but then again Meghan happens to be an American, confident, divorcee who's half Black and unapologetic about her personality. The class system in the UK and indeed I think the culture here is a lot more servile than the U.S. We're expected to revere the Royals and 'know our place'. That's evidently not Meghan's style. I agree therefore it would have invariably led to a mess as we're now witnessing but the racism is and has never been acceptable.

I'm pretty sure Kate has a vile side, and if her comments and behaviour became out the public her star would be in decline.

What a disgusting comment, you have no more reason to believe that Kate is vile than you have to believe Meghan is the Madonna incarnate. They are both women presumably trying to do their best, we may witter on a forum about the wisdom of their actions but to call someone vile is just as bad as the people slagging of Meghan. They are people FGS

eh? Many would agree that Kate is no less pretty or attractive. She's more elegant being so tall and slim, Meghan more smiley and playful. Let's not argue about tastes here!
Both have genuine adoring husbands.

No career but she was much younger and had her three DC young instead. Meghan has ditched her previous career now anyway but I'm not disputing she has earned well as an actress, though who's to say with acting - it's not a very stable job.
Kate may envy theoretially M's freedom now (and earnig well for themselves) but Kate prefers her path as she looks totally content and is liked by the public too, each to their own.

some people forgive if they see they regret their past behavior by their current actions. Our governor of Virginia (current) is an example of that.

It's ridiculous to imagine the outdated royal family matters so much from the outside.

Meghan has been nothing but respectful and trying to pull her weight, even when pregnant! and has done a lot more engagements than Kate ever did, but she still got slaughtered by the media.

Well done on both of them to move on, the UK is such a tiny place in the world, it's not worth it. They could have modernised the royal family, they didn't get the opportunity, it's the royal family who is losing out.

Loads of Mn’s colleagues have come out and spoken in very warm terms about her and defended her. People seem to have a strong response to her

You usually don’t see this kind of support for anyone in the RF (except the queen)

Kate seems dull. I’m sure she is devoted to her children. She is just so meh. And probably knows it. Must be hard to have a vivacious and successful sister in law. Not blaming her for being jealous. Although now she must be quite pleased 😃

*suggest why

If Kate had a vile side it would be public knowledge by now. It isn't because she doesn't. I'd bet my last penny that quite a few county set and aristo mothers and grandmothers were just waiting for a story that might have taken her out of the running for the main prize and would have made sure to tell the world of any indiscretion.

Kate seems quite manipulative and probably snubbed and bullied he’s sister in law because o jealousy

Because it had to the women’s fault?

It couldn’t possibly be that William and Harry had some kind of falling out and that’s why they started spending less time together.

It’s also not a good idea to have charisma as a Queen. Loyalty, discretion and generally the ability to remain serene whether bored to tears or livid plus a certain stoicism are probably much more useful

@Sprining

Loads of Mn’s colleagues have come out and spoken in very warm terms about her and defended her. People seem to have a strong response to her

You usually don’t see this kind of support for anyone in the RF (except the queen)

Kate seems dull. I’m sure she is devoted to her children. She is just so meh. And probably knows it. Must be hard to have a vivacious and successful sister in law. Not blaming her for being jealous. Although now she must be quite pleased 😃

😂😂😂

You are hilarious, Meghan!

You usually don’t see this kind of support for anyone in the RF (except the queen)

Usually because the majority of the RF’s friends/acquaintances are from the inside and have long been counselled against speaking out in any way whether it is for ill or good. Meghan’s friends/acquaintances aren’t bound by the same conventions and when asked will respond.

None of us knows what Meghan and Harry will say in this interview, but I have to say I think they'd be extremely foolish if they were to slate the Royal Family and the UK as a whole, as it would be completely at odds with their stated aims of spreading compassion and kindness around the world.