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Daily Fail and Duchess of Sussex

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JingleBeth · 26/12/2021 14:49

Just saw this half way down the home page of the Daily Mail. Clearly it’s a part of the settlement agreed after Meghan’s success in the courts.

This isn’t a thread about Meghan, it’s more the Daily Mail trying to hide this in their homepage and so trying to bring attention to it!

www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-10340951/The-Duchess-Sussex.html

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LucilleBluth · 29/12/2021 20:04

The weirdos have arrived 😀

KaptainKaveman · 29/12/2021 20:09

@emuloc

rubicscubicle. Excellent post.
100% agree, brilliant post rubicscubicle.

Indeed, the real question is why do people hate her so much? we already know why though. She's just not white or British enough, is she?

Roussette · 29/12/2021 20:11

@rubicscubicle

Great post. Then you will get all the posters coming on here with... yes but... yes but... and it's pathetic.

Seriously, if we are going to compare, what has Catherine done in comparison? Tiddly squat. I am not going to now write a hugely vitriolic post on her appearance, her marriage, anything she does, her husband and children (like posters do about MM) but really.... seriously.....bfrom a massively influential position, Kate does little.

That is all I'll say.

Ohwhere2021 · 29/12/2021 20:25

Yeah clearly MM is an ambitious and driven woman and tbh she is beautiful and has used her “white privilege”/bring mixed race with white to her advantage- tbh I would probably do the same.

Ohwhere2021 · 29/12/2021 20:42

People hate her because in their minds she spent her whole existence trying to marry a wealthy man (like Kate) when in reality as @rubicscubicle explained she did a lot before she even met Harry. And so what if she wanted to marry a wealthy man when she has self-made wealth (unlike Kate)

We see lots of threads on here about how to bag a rich guy from people who just want a rich guy, not necessarily a self-made. People just don’t like that she doesn’t fit the bill of who they believe should marry such men (English rose)

GreenLunchBox · 29/12/2021 20:57

Yahoo news don't seem to be afraid of the superinjunction!

Billandben444 · 29/12/2021 21:37

@rubicscubicle
Your list of her achievements is admirable and there's no question that she had achieved a lot before meeting Harry. It is more someone's personal qualities though that make them likeable or not. I admire many altruistic and philanthropic men and women but don't know enough about them to necessarily like them. All I've seen/heard of Meghan has been filtered/twisted by the media so I tend not to believe a word of it. However, she is obviously a very loving mother which counts for a lot in my eyes. Have I seen enough of the real Meghan to like/dislike her? No.

derxa · 29/12/2021 21:45

[quote Billandben444]@rubicscubicle
Your list of her achievements is admirable and there's no question that she had achieved a lot before meeting Harry. It is more someone's personal qualities though that make them likeable or not. I admire many altruistic and philanthropic men and women but don't know enough about them to necessarily like them. All I've seen/heard of Meghan has been filtered/twisted by the media so I tend not to believe a word of it. However, she is obviously a very loving mother which counts for a lot in my eyes. Have I seen enough of the real Meghan to like/dislike her? No.[/quote]
this

PinkWednesdays · 29/12/2021 22:07

[quote Billandben444]@rubicscubicle
Your list of her achievements is admirable and there's no question that she had achieved a lot before meeting Harry. It is more someone's personal qualities though that make them likeable or not. I admire many altruistic and philanthropic men and women but don't know enough about them to necessarily like them. All I've seen/heard of Meghan has been filtered/twisted by the media so I tend not to believe a word of it. However, she is obviously a very loving mother which counts for a lot in my eyes. Have I seen enough of the real Meghan to like/dislike her? No.[/quote]
Well said.

People are either pro Kate or pro Meghan, but the obsession can be extreme when considering that they don’t know them personally!

BringBackThinEyebrows · 29/12/2021 22:32

People are either pro Kate or pro Meghan

Only if you play straight into the 'battle of the duchesses' misogynistic narrative. See above- posters can't compliment Meghan without comparing her to Kate and trying to put Kate down.

Vegetalienne · 29/12/2021 22:41

Only if you play straight into the 'battle of the duchesses' misogynistic narrative. See above- posters can't compliment Meghan without comparing her to Kate and trying to put Kate down.

This.

It’s weird. We don’t know either of them. On the bits we know, I don’t think there’s anything to dislike about either of them.

It’s like the threads on here where people say they hate various celebrities, people don’t seem to realise that they don’t actually know these people in most cases.

People like to have villains. And they like to be nasty about others. It’s all very unpleasant.

JackieWeaverHandforthCouncil · 29/12/2021 22:51

So now Ghislaine Maxwell has been found guilty I wonder if any threads featuring Andrew will reach 10 pages? Probably not seeing as he’s been accused of committing the much lesser crime of sex trafficking minors which is way less than anything Megan’s apparently done.

I mean, not wearing tights and touching your bump. Waaay worse. Who would you rather leave your DD with, no brainer right? The woman who stole the worlds most eligible bachelor or Epsteins best mate? Clearly the latter.

Andrew’s people must looooove Megan. She’s so famous that every time she opens her mouth, his stuff gets instantly forgotten about or minimised.

sst1234 · 29/12/2021 23:00

@eveningbubble

no takers on my question then? surely someone has answer
They don’t have an answer because it’s a reaction to their dislike of the Royal Family.
PinkWednesdays · 29/12/2021 23:29

@BringBackThinEyebrows

People are either pro Kate or pro Meghan

Only if you play straight into the 'battle of the duchesses' misogynistic narrative. See above- posters can't compliment Meghan without comparing her to Kate and trying to put Kate down.

Yes, apologies. I meant people who generally heavily invested in this and follow the stories.

Ps. Still waiting for evidence of my “campaign” against Prince William?

Roussette · 29/12/2021 23:59

jackieweaver totally agree

PinkWednesdays · 30/12/2021 19:14

@BringBackThinEyebrows

For someone who claims they make judgement based on evidence, I’m still waiting for evidence of my so called “campaign” against Prince William…

So thank you for debunking your own alleged evidence based approach!

BringBackThinEyebrows · 30/12/2021 22:04

@PinkWednesdays

If you can't see your own bias that's unfortunate. Anyone else reading this thread from an objective perspective can.

PinkWednesdays · 30/12/2021 22:08

[quote BringBackThinEyebrows]@PinkWednesdays

If you can't see your own bias that's unfortunate. Anyone else reading this thread from an objective perspective can.[/quote]
@BringBackThinEyebrows

You shamefully accused me of waging a campaign against Prince William. You still can’t provide me with any evidence of that campaign and your latest response simply confirms that.

You yourself claimed that your judgements are based on evidence. Please provide me with that evidence.

BringBackThinEyebrows · 30/12/2021 22:17

😴 Just re-read the thread. The messages you defend/support etc.

I have better things to do than debate with someone who embarrasses themselves by posting wholly irrelevant info while pretending they're providing a source for a malicious lie.

PinkWednesdays · 30/12/2021 22:22

Still waiting for that evidence @BringBackThinEyebrows. All I’m getting from you is some waffle about me having a bias towards one over the other…but can’t see any evidence of a campaign.

And because I’m calling you out on your hypocrisy, you claim I’m embarrassing myself?

The next time you suggest people are waging a campaign against someone, you should first look up what a campaign actually is and then make sure you have the evidence to back up your own lies.

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