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To think that Thomas Markle is quite right ?

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LidiaM · 24/01/2020 02:30

Hi !
I just finished watching The documentary about Thomas Markle telling his side of the story. I just wonder if anyone else on here watched it, what are your opinions ?
I am so confused, I used to like Meghan but her father seems real to me, I would never treat my father the way she does, they truly had an excellent relationship before, Dont get it

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PortiaCastis · 24/01/2020 09:58

The man is a disgrace, touting his family to the highest media bidder is not a Fatherly thing to do

LaurieMarlow · 24/01/2020 10:05

He has certainly made mistakes but Meghan has a life pattern of dropping people once they are no longer of use to her. SHE is the classic narcissist in my view.

There’s no evidence for this. You’re just spewing bile fed by the media with no critical thinking or basic decency applied at all.

LaurieMarlow · 24/01/2020 10:06

Surely the friends who spoke to People magazine did so with the Duchess's permission?

This is being bandied about, but no one can tell me what these ‘friends’ are supposed to have told People magazine.

JulietJanuary · 24/01/2020 10:06

Charles Dickens' dad used to ask his sons publishers for money and sold off bits of his old manuscripts. He was a real embarrassment apparently.

If people are poor with money and impulsive ( and living in societies with little social security ) they will do this sort of nonsense.

It's not good but tbh it doesn't have to be a catastrophe.

JulietJanuary · 24/01/2020 10:07

Its in an online article, quite easy to find.

LaurieMarlow · 24/01/2020 10:10

It's not good but tbh it doesn't have to be a catastrophe.

His daughter is already being vindictively targeted by the media. And he’s wading in to fuel that fire. What kind of person does that?

It’s fucking appalling is what it is.

LaurieMarlow · 24/01/2020 10:11

Its in an online article, quite easy to find.

What specifically is it saying?

wonders about Sockypuppetting as I’m having a stong sense of deja vu here

LaurieMarlow · 24/01/2020 10:12

Sockpuppetting Blush

JulietJanuary · 24/01/2020 10:14

People are flawed.

It would be heartbreaking.

BUT why did the royal family leave him as a loose cannon? With hindsight he should have had a minder to get him through the weeks up to the wedding. Because he does seem like a big kid.

LaurieMarlow · 24/01/2020 10:16

BUT why did the royal family leave him as a loose cannon?

Apparently he was offered help and didn’t take it.

JulietJanuary · 24/01/2020 10:16

Tbh I didn't read it just checked it existed!

No sock puppet here.

Plenty of people have differing views. Good day to you all!

PortiaCastis · 24/01/2020 10:16

A pound of flesh at your daughter's or friends expense is really quite vile, how much more mileage can people get out of one woman
Shameful

LaurieMarlow · 24/01/2020 10:18

So your ‘differing view’ was informed by something you didn’t read? Is that right?

JulietJanuary · 24/01/2020 10:18

I did watch the programme on ch5 and I gathered he was told to not speak to the press and that was about the sum of it.

Surprised the palace didn't insist on someone hand holding him.

LaurieMarlow · 24/01/2020 10:20

Surprised the palace didn't insist on someone hand holding him.

He’s a grown man with his own agency. He can’t be forced.

JulietJanuary · 24/01/2020 10:22

Best wishes to all.

Families can be awful, we all see different sides to that.

(I have parents airbtrushed for I believe not having the right lifestyle for the in law in question.)

DuLANGMondeFOREVER · 24/01/2020 13:01

I don’t know how you would even go about telling the Royal Family/Royal aides that your dad is such a loose cannon that they need to send someone to keep an eye on him 24/7.

Surely they would’ve just said Megan and her dysfunctional family are more trouble than they are worth and have stopped the whole thing, leaving Harry with a ‘step down, then marry her’ ultimatum, like his great uncle got?

You can’t really blame Megan for not wanting Harry or the Royals to meet him before the wedding, anyone of us who is worried about a difficult relative would be tempted to do that same and keep them hidden until it’s too late for the new in-laws to object, and that’s without the public eye/royal protocol gubbins.

Aridane · 25/01/2020 22:16

This thread won’t last long anyway, Mumsnet always deletes posts/threads that are in the slightest bit critical of MM. This seems to be their adopted corporate stance.

Ha ha ha

MummyOfBoyAndGirl · 26/01/2020 04:22

This is the first I've read that M has a marriage annulled. It seems a ridiculous rumour

BBInSleepsCounting · 26/01/2020 05:53

I don't know whether M had an annulment years ago or not, and I don't care. I don't care because it is none of my business, and if it had happened it would make no difference to my judgement - or, rather, my non judgement - of her.

I have a very dear and close friend - also not in the UK - who had an annulment as a very young woman. She is someone I admire, as do others. Sh*t happens.

mathanxiety · 26/01/2020 07:10

DonKeyshot

There are specific grounds for civil annulment in CA.
Pre-existing marriage/bigamy
Age (under age 18)
Fraud (using marriage to get a Green Card for example, or using marriage to a member of the opposite sex to present oneself as straight)
Forced marriage
Unsound mind
Physical incapacity to consummate the marriage or conceive children (latter could also count as fraud if knowing misrepresentation of physical capacity occurred)

If anyone thinks MM or her alleged former non-husband could have fallen afoul of any of these conditions, knock yourself out.

MarieG10 · 26/01/2020 07:42

The whole thing is pathetic. They are both publicity seekers when it suits them

Markle...if he loves his daughter as he says he does, he would stop taking money for interviews and articles, shut his mouth and live quietly. Meghan and Harry. Let them go off to Canada and live a new life but without any public funds, or funds derived from the Duchy Of Cornwall which has zero tax status on money withdrawn to support Charles and his sons.

I predict this is all going to end awfully. I can't see the marriage lasting, although I thought this from day one. I think William had insight with his advice, "Do whatever you want but don't marry Meghan"

I was also interested in the article today that the queen specifically gave Meghan and Harry the option to live without titles etc but they decided they wanted to have the full royal experience!

bluebells1 · 26/01/2020 07:48

"YABU. He's a narcissistic parasite."

The apple didn't fall far from the tree, then.

Aridane · 26/01/2020 07:52

I think William had insight with his advice, "Do whatever you want but don't marry Meghan"

Goodness!

Source?

MarieG10 · 26/01/2020 08:11

If I recall correctly, was in The Times but some time ago when there was reports of a rift between Harry and William linking back to a discussion before the Sussex's married. To be honest it should be something brothers can discuss and I think was referring more to the short relationship based on two continents and the different backgrounds. Being an actor isn't good preparation for joining the royal family I guess

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