While we still have a Monarchy I cannot for the life of me see what Harry and Meghan have done to deserve this level of dislike/disapproval.
It’s not what they do- it’s who she is. She ticks so many “hate” boxes in Britain.
How do you know this? What “hate boxes” did Fergie tick, or Diana, or Camilla - or Prince William when he was accused of being lazy - or Edward, or Andrew back in the day when the press when after them? This isn’t remotely new.
There is a price to pay for the entry into the unbelievably privileged Royal “club” and a fabulous lifestyle funded by the taxpayer. This is a thousand year old institution and there are rules to follow and protocols which members must adhere to. It’s a job, and like any other job there is stuff you have to do that you may not want to do. Some of those rules may seem bonkers to people outside the organisation, but they still have to be followed. And if you don’t like the rules, don’t take that job. Kate Middleton appears to have understood this on an absolutely fundamental level, and took the training for the role very seriously, which is why she now gets phenomenal coverage, is extremely well-liked and enjoys a wonderful life.
The media is being critical of MM because she is not following the rules. That’s it. There are plenty of examples if this, but the main one IMO is that as a Royal you cannot be political. That is just the way it is. It makes sense, and it’s respectful to the taxpayer because politics divides people, and if you don’t agree with the politics you’re going to start questioning (and resenting) the funding. People who think Meghan is the victim of the nasty evil racist media plot are the people who eagerly gobble up the whole “this ticks hate boxes in Britain” narrative and inevitably agree with her politics. But featuring, say, Greta Thunberg in that Vogue article was incredibly controversial. How would you feel if - instead of Thunberg et al she had featured prominent Brexiteers, Trump supporters and pro-lifers? A tad irritated, perhaps? Wondering why you were helping fund someone with such a strong ideological viewpoint? Keen to scrutinise behaviour which points to hypocrisy?
I cannot believe that Harry or their advisors did not explain this to her early on. Or perhaps they did, and she decided that she was going to come in anyway as the poster girl for young progressive Royals, shaking everything up and using her position to promote progressive causes. Or maybe (and in a way this is the most interesting part of it for me) Harry has subconsciously chosen someone who, like his mother, was always going to have a complicated and difficult relationship with his family and the press as part of his own unresolved trauma. However you look at it, it appears that MM has completely misunderstood the role she was taking on and Harry - consciously or subconsciously - has colluded in that.
I still think it’s all fixable but they will need a lot of excellent advice, therapy and whole-hearted determination to turn things around, and a victim mentality of “it’s not fair” is not going to help. I really don’t see this ending well.