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To be completely bored of the constant coverage of Harry and Meghan

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Frenchpastry · 12/08/2020 06:18

It's just too much! Way too much media focus on a them and all their drama. There's a global pandemic, explosions, oil spills etc. etc. etc. There are so many more important things going on in the World than a bunch of over-priviledged plebs and their family drama. It's not interesting, it's not relevant to the rest of the World and it's not in any way beneficial to anyone to keep speculating about them. I get that some people may find it interesting but so interesting it dominates headlines for months on end?!?

I should point out, I'm moaning about the media's obsession rather than them as an individual couple; whilst I'm not a fan of theirs by any stretch, it's the ridiculous number of articles I've seen about them across different news sites that's bugging me. Surely there's not that much to say about them?!

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Roussette · 12/08/2020 17:04

Letter and texts. It says so. And before you say it was Harry, I doubt she didn't know he was asking TM to get in touch and to not talk to the Press.
here

Roussette · 12/08/2020 17:06

According to you GetOff
The interview TM gave was far worse.

Madasahattersteaparty1749 · 12/08/2020 17:07

@Lifeandjoy

Meghan was way out of the dysfunctional Royal Family’s league. She is intelligent and worked hard to earn her own wealth. That can’t be said for many of the RF.
Then why are they still relying on being funded by Prince Charles?
Puzzledandpissedoff · 12/08/2020 17:07

Apparently racism does not exist in Britain and race has nothing to do with how Meghan has been treated. This extreme hatred and obsession is simply because she is the worse person currently alive

I'd ask where anyone's ever said racism doesn't exist in Britain ... or that MM's never been subject to it ... or that she's the worst person alive ... but as ever it would probably be a waste of time in the face of such hyperbole

Really, though, I'm just posting for the deletion message

CallmeAngelina · 12/08/2020 17:14

We might have got a bit closer to racial equality in this country when we can have an opinion about a person and express it freely, regardless of their race.
Pisses me off that Lifeandjoy has leapt in here to shut down debate and accuse people of "racist bile." I'm not denying that there has been some criticism of MM in the media that was out-of-order (Danny Baker for a start), but that doesn't mean we're all the same.

GetOffYourHighHorse · 12/08/2020 17:16

@Roussette

According to you GetOff The interview TM gave was far worse.
It was equally as bad and he was rightly widely criticised for it. This awful betrayal of everyone including the Sussexes staff stinks tbh. You'd think they'd want to lead by example but nope, it's just a tawdry race to the bottom.
SunbathingDragon · 12/08/2020 17:18

Does anyone else feel sorry for the staff mentioned in the book? They are not allowed to respond, I think they have to sign NDAs, yet they're being slated publicly. It's a bit nasty of M and H to do that.

Yes, very much so. Naming them, such as Angela Kelly, was really unacceptable.

Roussette · 12/08/2020 17:24

It was equally as bad and he was rightly widely criticised for it

Please, no. He might've been criticised for it straight after the interview in general in the press. But on MN threads, everyone rates him and thinks he was awfully treated by his daughter (really??) , and they use this as an example of how badly she treats people.

I'm glad he wasn't my father and mine was difficult enough I can tell you Grin

meercat23 · 12/08/2020 17:40

@Roussette

It was equally as bad and he was rightly widely criticised for it

Please, no. He might've been criticised for it straight after the interview in general in the press. But on MN threads, everyone rates him and thinks he was awfully treated by his daughter (really??) , and they use this as an example of how badly she treats people.

I'm glad he wasn't my father and mine was difficult enough I can tell you Grin

Isn't this a case of two wrongs don't make a right?
Roussette · 12/08/2020 17:45

Can you explain meercat....

Are you meaning she does treat people badly and posters use how she treats her father as an example?
If so, that's not what I meant.

I meant that there are many posters who think Thomas Markle has been hard done by and they talk about him like he's a really decent guy who didn't give that awful interview and didn't ignore the repeated contact before the wedding by H&M.

GetOffYourHighHorse · 12/08/2020 17:49

'Please, no. He might've been criticised for it straight after the interview in general in the press. But on MN threads, everyone rates him'

I'm not talking about MN. I'm talking about H&Ms disgust as what her dad did. Yet they've done the same, given their friends all these private titbits to give to a tabloid journalist. Why would they betray their family and staff when they've had it done to them and know how awful it is? It's like it's one rule for them and another for everyone else.

Sophiafour · 12/08/2020 17:55

I didn't even realise there WERE special topic pages on the BBC for H&M, but then I don't go out of my way to watch, listen to, or read the BBC these days either and I don't usually go wandering about the Guardian in search of their "lifestyle" section either. If the Daily Mail didn't have the Royals to write about, their front page would look very sparse indeed. I just think there are one or two more important things going on in the world right now, quite apart from COVID-19 and Trump and BLM (as a selection); one other example is that a population equivalent to a city the size of Nottingham or Newcastle, roughly, has been made homeless, and the overall coverage, or lack of it, is unbelievable; although I gather that BBC World (through the night) is giving it some air time. Obviously H&M are MUCH more important....

Roussette · 12/08/2020 18:03

You don't know they've given all their friends all these titbits to be published. This is a royal reporter who has reported and approached friends, and quoted and made a book. Doing what royal reporters do.
Bit like Lady Campbell and her book.
I didn't take much notice of that one either. As lots of others don't.

meercat23 · 12/08/2020 18:21

@Roussette

Can you explain meercat....

Are you meaning she does treat people badly and posters use how she treats her father as an example?
If so, that's not what I meant.

I meant that there are many posters who think Thomas Markle has been hard done by and they talk about him like he's a really decent guy who didn't give that awful interview and didn't ignore the repeated contact before the wedding by H&M.

Rousette What I meant is that I believe both of the following to be true:

TM behaved stupidly and badly with the set up pictures and caused hurt and embarrassment

MM may have been hurt and embarrassed but it is harsh to cut off contact with your own father.

GetOffYourHighHorse · 12/08/2020 18:21

'You don't know they've given all their friends all these titbits to be published. This is a royal reporter who has reported and approached friends, and quoted and made a book. Doing what royal reporters do.'

I unsurprisingly haven't read the book, but previews the Times published were full of personal, private information. If H and M hadn't given this information to pals to pass on (or given directly to the 'journalist') they would sue the author, you know they would yet you won't admit it as it doesn't suit your agenda. They are just as bad as her father, worse in fact because they pretend to be better than people who use the tabloids to settle scores.

Roussette · 12/08/2020 18:26

MM may have been hurt and embarrassed but it is harsh to cut off contact with your own father

If MM had posted on Stately Homes on here she would have been roundly supported and told to go NC.

Roussette · 12/08/2020 18:27

What's my agenda GetOff?

Curious.

A different point of view is 'an agenda'?

HarryDaylight · 12/08/2020 19:03

Do you think that Omid Scobie has lied on his book Roussette?

If so, I think that Prince Harry should sue the pants off him and his informants, as the book has brought ridicule to the Sussexes.

Hotandknackered · 12/08/2020 19:04

I clicked on this to see where said coverage is. The only mention of them I see is on here.

Roussette · 12/08/2020 19:06

I have no idea whether he has lied or not. Nor do you.

HarryDaylight · 12/08/2020 19:10

@Roussette

I have no idea whether he has lied or not. Nor do you.
Well the Sussexes will know won't they?
Serenster · 12/08/2020 19:16

I just think there are one or two more important things going on in the world right now, quite apart from COVID-19 and Trump and BLM (as a selection); one other example is that a population equivalent to a city the size of Nottingham or Newcastle, roughly, has been made homeless, and the overall coverage, or lack of it, is unbelievable; although I gather that BBC World (through the night) is giving it some air time. Obviously H&M are MUCH more important....

And I'm sure that the Mail's international, economics and business and national affairs reporters will be covering those stories, while the royal reporters cover these ones. The Mail is presumably getting enough clicks on the stories they are posting to warrant their high placement on the website and keep asking their royal reporters for more - monitoring the stats is something they do fairly closely.

CallmeAngelina · 12/08/2020 19:21

If MM had posted on Stately Homes on here she would have been roundly supported and told to go NC.

As would Kate, if she'd posted on here how her new sil was behaving.

HarryDaylight · 12/08/2020 19:26

@CallmeAngelina

If MM had posted on Stately Homes on here she would have been roundly supported and told to go NC.

As would Kate, if she'd posted on here how her new sil was behaving.

As would Thomas Markle, HMQ, Prince Charles, etc etc etc.
ZaraCarmichaelshighheels · 12/08/2020 19:27

@blurpityblurp

Harry and Meghan have nothing to do with the book, don’t profit from it, and have nothing to do with the tabloid coverage which is mainly negative and often intrusive (eg using drones to fly onto their property).

The Mail are exploiting them for clicks, and the RF are leaking shit about them and exploiting them to detract attention from Pedo Andy and the toxicity of the remaining royals.

Not so.
To be completely bored of the constant coverage of Harry and Meghan