To think her Mum should walk her down the aisle - not Prince Charles!!

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Jeez - trying not to get involved in royal wedding chaos - but this is such a no brainer! Surely her Mum should give her away? Or are they all racist misogynistic traditionalists?

People in here spend half their time telling others it's their wedding they should do it their way.

Unless you're royal, then everyone has an opinion and everything you do is wrong.

This.

I know I'm very old fashioned but I hate seeing a bride walk down the aisle by herself. One of the most moving things at my niece's wedding was when she and her dad reached the front and he lifted her veil and kissed her cheek. There wasn't a dry eye in the place.

" Her mum seems a very private person who does not court the public eye."

She has lined up an interview, pending Royal permission, with Oprah Winfrey, focusing on the racial abuse that they have been subjected to, since the start of the relationship. She has already given interviews, you must have missed them.

Doria is described as a free spirit, so, as said, she may not want to do it.

HerMajestysSecret, why do you think Megan gets to choose? Everything has to have the approval of the Queen and her advisers. There seems to be a lot of alcoholism in her family and it says a lot about her (and her Mother) that she has followed a different path. There hasn't been any airbrushing of her past, her despicable family, aren't her past, she has no power over her relatives. From the sounds of it, she couldn't trust them to stay sober and they would have the press bidding for the interviews before the Vows have been said.

My children are in the same position with their half-siblings etc. They are close to two relatives on that side, who won't accept invites because it upsets other relatives. So the relationship is conducted in private and they don't have the eyes of the World on them.

I feel so sorry for the Merkle parents, having their bloody private lives thrust into the public eye.

I think it would be lovely for her mum to but the pressure may be too much she isn’t used to being in the public eye and maybe they are thinking of her dads feelings too

Who knows jusy wish they have a wonderful day it’s been a terrible week and no doubt the press aren’t through with their disgusting horrible nasty sabotaging

Mum probably didn’t want to. Charles used to big state occasions so probably works out for the best all round.

I also feel sorry for her parents. The scrutiny they are under is immense. They didn't ask for any of this.

The royal wedding is huge. I can totally understand why if Charles was happy to do it her mum didn't insist and I can also understand why Meghan asked him to and decided not to put her mother under that level of pressure and scrutiny.

She hasn't seen most of her family since she was a child, if the press are to be believed - so it's hardly odd that they aren't invited. They seem very vulgar anyway (what else would you expect from Americans)

Don't see that TM did anything wrong getting paid for a few very innocent photos. They were going to harrass him anyway so he may as well get the money. But they don't seem to have been close - he was probably only involved in the first place to be traditional.

As to the rest of it, who knows really? I really doubt her mother was excluded because she was black!

She could be like Maria in The South of Music and walk herself down the aisle.

Its a second marriage of 2 middle aged people who have been round the block a few times. Registry office and a hog roast in the garden is all that is required.

This is a royal wedding-of course she wasn't going to have her mum, or do it herself.

Excuse me for pointing out the obvious. This is not your wedding. In any other family you would have no business commenting. You have no idea what any of them think or want. This is a young couple getting married. Give them a break. Everyone is an expert

I'm sure they have discussed all the options and are happy with the arrangements and that's all that matters.

Daily, if a 37 and a 34 year old are' middle aged' that makes me really ancient!

@HerMajestysSecret I didn't realise anyone on MN actually knew her personally but reading your post only someone who knows her would know these things for sure. Unless of course you don't know her and you're just speculating like everyone else?

I would assume that her mother didn’t want to do it and Charles, being used to state occasions, is an obvious choice to step in.

I honestly believe that if MM and her DM wanted her mum to walk her down the aisle, it would be respected and it would happen.

Imagine being thrust into the RF like her mum has yesterday, how surreal must that have been.

Mike Tindall says this morning, that at the di after their rehearsal, his family were all sat in a corner, and the RF came over and made sure everyone felt welcome.

Apparently the mum didn’t fancy the job

Apparently the unaccompanied 10 under 7s walking down the aisle is still a work in progress though

The Queen has had decades of experience of making people feel welcome and at ease ( so they say on the TV anyway) I bet she is the master at it and hasnt often made a wrong move or said the wrong thing.
They could all do with watching and learning from her i think, especially the younger Royals. Tact and diplomacy everytime.

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It’s merely one more peculiarity in this debacle.