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The World Vision stint was a paid for (by MM, that is) engagement that many aspiring celebrities use to cultivate a certain image. Sure, it’s a charitable image (and not a brazen product placement image, although she did that too before and during marriage to Harry). But it was image, nonetheless. 3 days in India doesn’t mean much in my book, especially when you had something to gain by it.
Same goes for the visit to US troops abroad.
I said it was BS in the same vein as the rest of the RF. If she truly, honestly cared about the causes (and there have been many of them) she espouses to the extent she appears to, she simply could not explain away the things we know about. Empowerment of women? Not a woman on this planet has escaped feeling hard done by at some point for merely being a woman. We will all have felt scorching anger at times. But how many of us would have gone on to brief against our own half sister having three children by three different men as though that were a slight or character, whether in self-defence or outright attack. If you truly believe in empowering women you just cannot think that way let alone cross that line. You know how hard it is, and you don’t use that as a stick.
It’s like someone claiming to be an eco-warrior and yet taking private jets and holidaying in the lap of luxury in distant tropical islands (Charles, William, Harry). Or someone claiming to serve the nation above all else while taking backhanders and entering into shady business deals with foreign businessmen (Andrew). Or claiming to understand the difficulties and challenges of motherhood while being a literal princess and future queen and literally NEVER knowing what it’s like to be a “regular” mum (Kate). How do they keep a straight face? Can they not see their own hypocrisy?
My objective opinion based on what I’ve seen is that like many many celebrities, virtue for MM is a tool that can serves her. If it doesn’t, it’s easily dispensed with. It just doesn’t add up. The words, the actions, the press releases, the choices - in my personal objective opinion, it’s self-serving BS.