@Aspiringmatriarch
Utterly vile and they whine about their own privacy being breached.
I think vile and breaching of privacy is a pretty good characterisation of Samantha's behaviour. I despise misogynistic comments (which is one reason I sometimes go to bat for Meghan) but if someone has had a history of multiple contentious relationship breakdowns etc, it does speak to the stability of their character as a whole.
To lose custody of all three of one's children is quite a big deal, even more so where there is more than one dad as it does imply her parenting was extremely poor rather than there was some dispute with one father, a difficult time with one of the children etc. And it also implies that there were issues over an extended period of time. Given that Samantha was regularly popping up to take pot-shots at Meghan, her character and the nature of their past relationship would be important background.
Tbh all this tit for tat is doing nobody any favours but as a purely human response to a difficult situation I can't see anything terrible in how Meghan has behaved here. But of course anything less than saintly behaviour means she'll be torn to shreds.
I understand that this debate is quite polarising and people feel strongly one way or the other.
But I think it's entirely possible to be on one "side" while still acknowledging that mistakes have been made or behaviour is undesirable.
I don't think there is any excuse whatsoever for Meghan insisting the fact that Samantha Markle had three children by three fathers, and that she doesn't have custody of them, was published. It's completely irrelevant to the argument and it's deeply, deeply misogynistic. Meghan sets herself up as a woman's champion - so what if a woman has different fathers for her children? It's essentially slut-shaming. It's inexcusable and goes against everything that Meghan claims to stand for.
I don't know the ins and outs of the custody issue - but I'm aware that Samantha Markle has MS. I'm also led to believe that she gave up custody of her children, rather than them being taken away - in case that is somehow relevant. But that part wasn't mentioned, was it?
I don't like people who twist the truth and act like a victim for profit/attention. And that's my issue with Meghan. But I can still accept that there are some things that must have been really shitty for her. But at the same time I am utterly APPALLED that she has brought her half-sisters sexual activities and parenting into this. It's vicious and shows that she doesn't have any principles in using whatever she can to win.
You clearly are a Meghan cheerleader, and that's fine. You can do that while still agreeing that those comments about her sister were below the belt. I don't understand how anyone could think those comments were acceptable, even if you're a big Meghan fan.
And for what it's worth, I don't think any of the Markles have come out of this well - Doria seems incredible but the Markle side are absolutely awful. All of them. Including Samantha Markle. Doesn't change the fact that a member of our royal family indirectly briefing the press to slag a woman off for having children by different fathers is deeply problematic.