Meghan Markle taking Mail On Sunday to Court *MNHQ tweaked title for accuracy*

[TheMustressMhor]

And about time, too. They never stop castigating her.

Prince Harry has said that he's worried that she'll end up being the same kind of victim that his mother was with regard to the Press.

I hope she wins her case.

Also changing her engagement ring and now it appears not wearing it at all. Depends how you interpret things and whether you believe all you read, but she doesn’t do herself any favours much of the time.

I've got a feeling this legal action, while clearly intended as a warning, will actually stir up the press to reveal more.

They have made the wrong move. The press will now crucify them. Their arrogance and naïveté will have been the catalyst.

If that was eligible, the word should be redefined
Harry just doesn’t cut it

Mee-ow
ffs lol

How come Meghan not having distant relatives at her wedding is considered such a red flag, but someone being estranged from literally their entire family and disowned by all their kids is brushed over?
What are you talking about joyful? I was correcting your incorrect statement about her relationship with her family. I don't have a value judgement on that. There's no requirement to have close relationships with relatives especially when you live such different lives.

I thought at first it was a strong and bold move, now I’m beginning to feel it has let the genie out of the bottle.

Michelle never sought the limelight for the purposes of self promotion. Not at all. She was there to support Obama and did many good things in her role . She comes across as very grounded and not at all preachy.

Oh, RoseQuartzGold- that list is so nebulous it’s laughable! That’s what people are building their hate on?? The only concrete fact is that she didn’t go to Balmoral. Oh, and she didn’t wear her socking great engagement ring, but a low key replacement, when meeting “ordinary” people in South Africa.

The whole Thomas Markle thing was handled appallingly from the start tbh. He was suddenly thrust into the limelight and given no support or guidance- Harry didn't even bother to meet him! Then he posed for some staged photos because he was apparently trying to 'spruce up' his image a bit after being painted as a slob. Not a great move but hardly the crime of the century. Harry reportedly scolded him over the phone, maybe this is one of the times where Harry getting on a plane would have actually been a good idea.

But he was still expected at the wedding at this point. I still can't understand how they thought it would be appropriate or fair that he would travel to a strange country, suddenly meet the RF and future son in law and walk Meghan down the aisle in front of millions of TV viewers, all in one trip. He was set up to fail IMO.

That's not to say that alot of his conduct since has been acceptable, but the treatment of him was certainly unkind at the outset. It does strike me that H and M decide on a course of action and that's that, no amount of advice is listened to.

I'm genuinely conflicted about this. (This is probably not the best place to post this but... ) I loath 'Royalty' and all that it entails - sponging bunch of over-entitled tossers. But I hate the Daily Mail even more. So. Reluctantly. I'm rooting for them to take the arse-wipe 'newspaper' to the cleaners for every penny.

Then they can abdicate or whatever.

Harry lumping his wife’s and his mother’s treatment by the press together and his quite frankly hysterical statement that the press killed her is actually quite irresponsible and does undermine his wife’s case. Meghan has a good case that does not need drama antics.
Someone further up in the thread took umbrage about describing Princess Diana as ‘troubled’ and dismissed this as typical character assassination by Charles and his cronies. Diana leaked private details and manipulated the press to smear her ex. Neither side came out in a good light. It’s a blessing that there wasn’t any social media back then because it probably culminated in passive-aggressive memes and even more attention-seeking behaviour, well beyond the strategic photo of a melancholic princess, all alone, set in front of the Taj Mahal. As for the accident, there was no doubt about the blood alcohol levels taken from the driver, he was 3-4 times above the legal limit, travelling at about 3 times the legal speed limit and the police also confirmed in their dossier that he did not actually require the additional required permit to chauffeur a heavy and powerful limousine. Both Al-Fayed, his son and Princess Diana were really indiscreet around that time fanning the media frenzy. They toured places within Europe renown for extreme paparazzi activity, being as visible as possible. They ignited an unprecedented cat and mouse game was very much about attention seeking, despite having access to so many secure spaces where they could have been afforded privacy.

With all the resources that the Royal family have at their disposal, Harry and Meghan should have/ could have easily got on a plane and met her father, just him when they got engaged. I think it was a really bad move not to do so , it was unkind and thoughtless not to met the man, even just once. The rest of the family seen unpleasant, so I understand her not wanting to have anything to do with them.
For what it’s worth I think some of the press don’t like her because she is American, not because she is mixed race, they would have acted in the same way with any American woman Harry had married.

I found the eye watering price of the dress she wore in their engagement photos distasteful and I think they need to stick to the “ Don’t complain, don’t explain “ line that the Queen has used all her life. This court action will very likely backfire on them, I think it was a bad move on their part, they should rise above it and ignore it, instead they are feeding the interest.

@CoolCarrie

She didn't wear a dress for her engagement photos. She wore a coat.

Either way, it’s none of our business.

I like Meghan, Harry, and the Daily Mail (it has done a lot for feminists lately).

Meghan wore a very, very expensive dress in the photos released when she got engaged. They were taken by a professional photographer in a park.

@TerfTalk

Could you elaborate a bit regarding what the DM has done for feminists recently?

I haven't read negative articles about her in the press but I don't read the tabloids. However I am aware from MN that she is vilified in them.

If Megan and Harry don't want publicity then they could reject their Royal status and not take part in the royal media circus. That said, they have as much right to be treated fairly as anyone else.

The Queen wore a very expensive dress when she got engaged. Nobody commented on that, although the War had just ended and austerity measures were still very much in place.

In fact, when the Queen was planning her wedding, she received thousands of clothing coupons as engagement presents.

Needless to say they were all sent back with thanks, as sharing clothing coupons was illegal.

She didn't wear a dress for her engagement photos. She wore a coat.

That was the press call. For the photos she wore some dark gauzy dress that cost more per gram than diamonds.

Could you elaborate a bit regarding what the DM has done for feminists recently?

They’ve been unbendingly gender critical through the recent trans agenda. Not for reasons of sound feminist ideology, I’m sure, but it’s been a useful, mass circulation, voice against self ID.

The Queen wore a very expensive dress when she got engaged. Nobody commented on that, although the War had just ended and austerity measures were still very much in place.

I can’t imagine that the (very sensible) Queen spent the 1947 equivalent of Meghan’s £55k, 2017, gown, on that nice, modest day dress.

I don’t think whataboutery is your best way forward in defending MM, TBH. Especially trying to insist the Queen is similar to Markle.

Clearly, MM has a very different, American, kind of approach to QE2. The question is whether it matters.

The Queen wore a very expensive dress when she got engaged.

But that was 70-plus years ago - not really comparable is it? I do think it’s important for the royal family to remain in touch with the public perception/mood - for their sakes as much as anyone’s. Let’s face it, even if Meghan paid for the dress herself (and given that she’s a multi-millionaire in her own right she probably did!), rightly or wrongly such an extravagant display of wealth is unlikely to go down well with the British public unfortunately.

Yet there were no stories from people saying Michelle Obama had been cruel to them. For example.

I don't really see a good basis for comparison between the two.

The coverage of Michelle Obama verges of sycophantic, almost like the opinion shapers got together and decided she was Good. Sure, she seems good, but I don't understand her cult-like following.

You can kind of see the opposite in MM, the opinion shapers have definitely gotten together and decided she's Bad. She often makes it pretty easy for them, though.

I can’t imagine that the (very sensible) Queen spent the 1947 equivalent of Meghan’s £55k, 2017, gown, on that nice, modest day dress

The Queen has an entirely bespoke wardrobe. Every single piece is made specially for her and must cost an absolute fortune. But because it’s entirely bespoke, prices aren’t revealed and no one bats an eyelid. .

Next thing you’ll be telling us she’s ‘frugal’.

I’ve never particularly understood the outrage over Meghans engagement dress given that it wasn’t funded by public money.