AIBU to think Harry and Meghan are taking the piss?

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How are people not more outraged? And no, tourists do not visit the UK specifically because of the royal family.

"This year, 320,000 people were recorded as homeless in Britain"

See I don't dislike Meghan, I actually think she comes across as really nice as does Kate.
I just think the entire Royal family are irrelevant in this day and age and personally would like to see an end to the monarchy.

I do however see why some people take an interest and I also understand that not everybody likes everybody and it doesn't mean someone is a racist for disliking Meghan and certainly not for being unhappy about the renovation costs to their luxury pad.

Crying racism at every opportunity seems to be a classic way of shutting down debate if it involves any kind of criticism of a person of colour and I'm afraid I just don't buy into that crap.
Nobody is above critism and nor should they be.

There's loads of threads about toxic parents on here. If Meghan posted on here she'd be advised to go NC with her father!

Piers Morgan hates successful black women he’s always slating serena Williams also.

Not one to defend Piers Morgan but he's friends with Serena Williams

@Bandara
The weather man is actually mixed race...

@ghanagirl is he? I stand corrected. Well i dont know if Piers Morgan is racist or not, but I know that I am definitely not.

He criticised her playing outfit recently, prefacing it with the fact that he loves her. They are pals, she's been on his show, he talks about how amazing she is. How casually a comment can be made that he is always slating her and hates black women. How about you start providing evidence for your accusations Ghanagirl?

How unfortunate that MM is mixed race. She can’t be discussed in a reasonable way because of it. She’s worthy of criticism for so many things, but people are accused of being racist for airing their views.....she’s hardly badly done to. Her and the rest of that shower she’s married in to receive fortunes off the taxpayer and live lives of extreme privilege. Most of them have learnt not to flaunt their unearned excesses too much.

Meghan Markle seems to be emulating the queen mother and Princess Margaret....,...rubbing it in our faces, and spending like theres no tomorrow (seemingly not giving a toss for the common folk who go out to work to pay for it all ) THATS why she gets slated. Fuck all to do with colour. Most people don’t give a fuck. But her colour shouldn’t make her immune from criticism. If Princess Margaret was alive today, she’d get the same, another unlikable person with illusions of grandeur.

Yes princess margaret was very unpopular too

who cuts off their Dad? Normally. What did he do - talk to the press?

Her dad behaved very oddly. I don’t see how that’s in question. And she certainly tried with him.

The wider family on that side are clearly toxic.

Is that all you have then?

@Lauriemarlow what do you mean is that all I have then? I dont like meghan -that is my opinion. I am not trying to convinceyou not to like her. If you like her - that is your opinion. We are alloed to have different opinions - you know - like adults do

Meghan has a toxic family, how do we know she isn’t toxic too. There’s two sides to every story.

@Bandara
There’s no such thing as a “racism card”
I find that people who use that phrase are tone deaf at best and often racist.

The classic victim-blaming trope.

(That was for the poster before, not you @Ghanagirl.)

Yes I do think they are taking the piss. But I think all of the minor Royals are useless, tax draining and pointless.

If you're an heir to the throne, that is different. I know Anne is hardworking, but Andrew and Edward? What a waste of space. I feel the same way about Harry.

Race wasn't brought up in this thread until the usual derailers who attempt to shut down any discussion on MM whilst also denying that she should be immune from criticism

Well spotted, @Bluestitch. It's always the same on just about any thread which even mentions Meghan and is clearly quite deliberate - I see even MNHQ's accused of supporting racism now, which would be laughable if it wasn't so sad

It's not for me to tell folk what to post, but I honestly wish posters wouldn't rise to it. Why give the Deletion Queen the satisfaction of seeing yet another thread descend into a bunfight and get zapped?

Tbh I thought this thread was fine when it was talking about the expenditure that goes on the Crown, but then various posters started piling in and making silly comments re Meghan's engagement ring (who does she think she is etc) which just seemed an excuse to have a pop. Blame them, not Ghana.

All the people who defend the royals.....you do realise they hate us all with a passion. Or are you taken in by the smiling faces and the way they pretend to be interested in us. We’re seen as peasants, workers to provide their lavish lifestyle, nothing more. Ffs when will people stop falling for all the BS. They are no better than us.

So Ghana can make factually incorrect accusations about people and that's okay? Just casually claim somebody hates black women with no proof, falsely claim they always target a particular woman and then just ignore evidence to the contrary whilst moving on to call the next poster racist?

And once again @Ghanagirl has waded in and claimed racism again.
To be honest, you just come across as having a massive chip on your shoulder as you clearly can't have a debate without pulling the "racist card" on every one of your posts.
Oh look I said "racist card" I must be racist

but then various posters started piling in and making silly comments re Meghan's engagement ring (who does she think she is etc) which just seemed an excuse to have a pop. Blame them, not Ghana

People are entitled to “have a pop” and don’t need any excuses, When the royals are being openly extravagant with taxpayers money, especially in these hard hitting times damn right they’ll have a pop. Catherine used to get slated when she got her new kitchen, Andrew and Charles for their air miles, it’s whoevers on the radar at the time. Should MM be excused because of her colour? How bloody odd that would be.

The first rule of MN Racism Bingo is that a POC will be told they have “a chip on their shoulder” when they describe something as racist.

When you have a photo shoot for your engagement, showing off your ring and your fiance talks about how he had it specially made and then within a couple of years you've changed the design then people might notice and comment. So what.