I agree with Essentialhummus their broader approach is working against them.
I find both of them hard to like tbh.
Harry is a man traumatised by his parents’ bitter spilt and the sudden loss of his mother. Meghan seems to appeal to his desire to be protective and right the wrongs, but I think is the steelier of the pair. He dislikes the limelight, she courts it, and as pps have suggested she may have sent this letter knowing that it would be released and hoping it would show her side of the conflict with her father. The paper edited it, which may have given it a different spin, hard to know without having the full text.
Maybe it is also a warning shot to her father ?
Media reports about anyone in the public eye, women in particular, can be brutal, unkind and deceptive. I am not sure that in this case court action is the way forward though, it might end up causing them more grief in the long term, unless the idea is for the full letter to be exposed ? Are are using this as an attempt to gain some public sympathy and support ? As I think that they would get that by having some understanding of public feeling, and by behaving in a less extravagant way. At the moment most people will feel sorry for Meghan, having a Dad who puts private correspondence into the public domain. It does seem a gamble, to bring this to court, especially from someone who set up her friends to release information. Her family situation is a mess. I am sure most people have sympathy for that, you can’t choose your family, but dragging it out is surely not sensible?
Harry blames the press entirely for his mother’s death, but a drunk chauffeur and no seatbelt were the direct causes. I agree she was hounded by the press, but she also courted “starry” status, after a bleak and lonely childhood followed by a bleak and lonely marriage. So it isn’t straightforward.
Harry and Meghan need to accept that gaining public affection, if that is what they want, is a matter of putting duty before image. The principles of the Crown are entirely at odds with the structure of showbiz, and personally I feel they should cut down on the extravagances, get off instagram, and focus on the work itself without expecting public adulation for a couple of decades. They both seem to feel that public adoration is theirs by right, which I find rather arrogant and out of touch.
As a couple they make me think of those men who want a thank you for doing the washing up, or caring for their own children.
I am not anti the Crown, I am very fond of the Queen, and I think some of the press reporting of the female Royals is deeply unpleasant and misogynistic, and has been for decades. But you can’t take the public purse and then feel beyond reproach.