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Public members rude to meghan

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RheanaT · 12/09/2022 12:16

I've seen a clip on Instagram where a group of women completely blanked MM when she spoke to them. It was awful to watch.
I feel so sorry for her, she didn't deserve that at all.
I saw another clip where someone had asked her for a hug, she obliged and when they hugged she really held the member of public and closed her eyes, it looked as if she really needed that hug .
No wonder she ran away from the UK

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LadyKenya · 12/09/2022 15:33

Scautish · 12/09/2022 15:31

So much hate from some people, they must have desperately empty lives to have all that bile inside them.

but I guess that’s what racism does to a person. It’s just extreme insecurity.

It is also corrosive.

Completelyovernonsense · 12/09/2022 15:33

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Puzzledandpissedoff · 12/09/2022 15:34

They were an unexpected addition to the walk about so it's not like everyone there would be a fan of H & M

This seems fair
Normally I'd say why go at all if you dislike who you're about to see so much, but they couldn't reasonably have known H&M would be present

Still no need to be rude though; far better IMO to just not engage rather than making a thing of it

Completelyovernonsense · 12/09/2022 15:36

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starlingdarling · 12/09/2022 15:37

Nope. She largely isn’t making false statements but please continue to use that as an excuse to stop you dealing with your own issues.

Umm... her passport was confiscated and she couldn't leave? She got married days before her wedding? Someone told her people in South Africa danced in the streets for her like they did for Mandela?

LondonWolf · 12/09/2022 15:37

70billionthnamechange · 12/09/2022 15:26

I feel like the poor girl was never liked and def was bullied by the media and uk. Not everyone obvs. Annoyingly she's played into their hands by actually ending up being a bit of an idiot since leaving but I really think the attitude towards her to start with was disgusting and it had a lot to do with her face not fitting. I would have asked her for a hug too, she really needs it

Yes poor Meghan, everyone hated her from day one. They all just had time on their hands so thoughts they'd pop along to get a glimpse of her on her wedding day...

Public members rude to meghan
LadyKenya · 12/09/2022 15:39

AuntyDorisMum · 12/09/2022 15:26

Not really. The media have ways of manipulating the public to view members of certain communities in different ways. It is subtle, sometimes, but none the less constant

Okay so put your money where your mouth is , find and paste some examples in the media. I think you will find it very hard to prove your point.

And stop patronising the public by sayng it's 'subtle'.

The only person to make an issue of her colour is MM herself. No one else cares.

How did I know this would be a response. I do not have to copy and paste anything. Have you ever heard of the term White on White crime in the British media? Next you will be telling me that racism does not exist here, because of the Sewell report.

Fififelix · 12/09/2022 15:39

Meghan has basically trashed the UK called us racist took 32 million for her wedding , flounced to the US then sold many stories how life was so shit in the British RF. Then scuttles back for a "tour" and tries to be involved with the Queens funeral. Things obviously must not be panning out in the US as she hoped, if a country had caused nothing but misery and pain you wouldn't be going back and trying to be involved. I believe some of the press were awful to her but the rest of it was her own doing. Going on Oprah when Prince Phillip was dying what the hell was she thinking.

blobby10 · 12/09/2022 15:41

Does anyone else on here remember in the early 1980s when Charles was blanked by people screaming for Diana? Apparently he once got very upset early on when he and Diana worked one side of the street each and those on his side didn't want to speak to him or shake his hand and just shouted Diana. Its not a new thing invented for MM.

Completelyovernonsense · 12/09/2022 15:42

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ThickCutSteakChips · 12/09/2022 15:43

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Because it would be his decision to do it, and why would he risk his reputation in that way just because Meghan Markle said she didn't fancy actually getting married on the day of her wedding? And did she tell him at the time that she would later be revealing to the world that the wedding he conducted at Windsor Castle was a faux wedding and not legal?

It's clearly horseshit!

They had a rehearsal, exchange of vows that was special to them and that they maybe between them see as their own wedding, but that is not what she implied in that interview. She would know that saying that would cause controversy and speculation, and guess what, it did! Same as the anecdote about the 'mystery family member' who made the comment about Archie's skin colour. Drop just enough info about it that everyone is talking about it, but keep it nice and ambiguous....

Palmfrond · 12/09/2022 15:46

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Pink and purple with spots on is a racist phrase?? Sorry but that is proper nutzo.

And how is “coloured people” different from “people of colour”?? I understand that one is obsolete and the other somewhat current, but they are both rather peculiar bowdlerisations of “black” or “brown”.

torquewench · 12/09/2022 15:46

No female joining the RF has ever had an easy ride from the press.
Duchess of Pork
Waity Katie
Diana was portrayed as a sloaney clotheshorse until she died.

ImJustMadAboutSaffron · 12/09/2022 15:46

phishy · 12/09/2022 15:13

M&H exchanged symbolic vows before their wedding with the Archbishop of Canterbury and have the vows framed on their wall.

Why the furore? If K&W had done it you would have said it was romantic.

Didn't she say that was the actual proper wedding?

Puzzledandpissedoff · 12/09/2022 15:46

I do not have to copy and paste anything

You're quite right LadyKenya, you don't - but as with the inevitable accusations of racism, it helps with the credibility if people can back them with further detail of what's actually been said or done

... something which Meghan herself might do well to remember

Completelyovernonsense · 12/09/2022 15:47

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LondonJax · 12/09/2022 15:48

So Meghan and Harry left the UK because of people like those women you mentioned. But they're not coming back even though the vast majority of people were pleased to see them on the walkabout and one asked Meghan for a hug. Which, to me, means it's not about their reception in the UK. We, as a nation, will never be able to persuade them that most of us are like the hugger so why bother? They don't want to be here and that's fine.

Yes there are people who do not like Meghan because of her colour. Equally there are people who don't like her because they perceive she 'stole' 'their' prince away to a foreign land. Both are pathetic.

But there are others still, like me, who couldn't care less about either of them now. The Oprah interview ended my love in with those two. If they consider me and my country racist/unaccepting that's fine. Their prerogative. I can't change their minds so good luck to them.

But I, along with many others, were thrilled when Harry married Meghan - absolutely thrilled. My friends and I were away that weekend but tuned in, raised a glass to them, commented how gorgeous Meghan looked, how nice her mum seemed and did a collective 'aww' when Charles walked her up the aisle.

Now? If they went to shake hands, I would because of the occasion or out of politeness. But if you said Harry and Meghan are in the high street I'd probably shrug and get on with my day. I honestly have zero interest in either of them. Both of them seem needy people and they've found each other so good for them. My view is however, that if you want be be left alone, stay out of the limelight unless it's work related. The Royal work is no longer theirs to worry about so they don't need to be commenting on the RF (HM the Queen's death excluded obviously, as that's Harry's family). Not their world any more.

As for this 'picking on Meghan', Catherine was called 'Waity Katey', William's friends took great pleasure in taking the mickey out of her airline stewardess mother and don't forget the zoom lens photographs of her topless on holiday that were published overseas. There are always comments about her weight. She's now called 'Kate the Snake' by some Meghan supporters who also point out that Meghan has no bags under her eyes but Catherine does. But that's OK because it's not about the colour of her skin apparently.

Meghan said to Oprah that she didn't get the help that Catherine was perceived to have had when she joined the family. But who is that down to? Do you think William stood by and watched Catherine fall at hurdles? Or Charles with Camilla for that matter? Do you think both of them may have arranged for help for their spouses to be made available? Do you also think, had someone made detrimental remarks about Williams future child, he'd have ripped their head off or do you think he would have gone back to Catherine to tell her what had been said?

Because Meghan said on Oprah that she heard about the remarks about the colour of their future child via Harry, not from the horse's mouth. Who goes back and tells their pregnant wife that someone is, potentially, bad mouthing her and their child? But doesn't do a thing about it. What man does that? Really?

And as for the speculation of the colouring to Archie being racist, my DSis is a red head (inherited from our grandad) and her husband is very dark haired. And of course we wondered whether her DC would inherit mum's red or dad's dark hair. It's normal to speculate. Will baby be tall like dad or small like mum? Will grannie's blonde come through like the cousins? We've all done that!

It depends on how it was said, there's a huge difference between 'God I hope baby isn't black/red haired or whatever' and 'I wonder if baby will have darker colouring like Meghan or be a pale red head like Harry?' One's unacceptable, the other is just a wonder who baby will take after.

We don't know what was actually said because a) M&H have never said exactly what was said, b) never told who said it even though Oprah pressed them, c) don't seem to have picked the person up over it and d) not given the person the opportunity to explain themselves or dig a themselves into a bigger hole. All they've done is fan the flames and stood well back. Which worked well for the publicity and kept them in the limelight so I'm guessing they thought that through, are happy with the potential fall out or they wouldn't have done it would they?

GatoradeMeBitch · 12/09/2022 15:49

Within 24 hours Charles had a toddler tantrum over the placing of an inkwell on a desk, and a certain infamous family member was caught doing something staggeringly inappropriate right in front of the cameras.

But it's all about Meghan and how she was wrong to go to/not go to Balmoral, wrong to support/not support her husband, wrong to leave/not leave her children, wrong to smile, wrong to not smile. It's like she's living the condensed female experience.

You can tell who gets spoonfed their opinions by the Daily Mail. I probably get too much from twitter but at least I get to see the stuff Rupert Murdoch helps to hide.

ImJustMadAboutSaffron · 12/09/2022 15:50

phishy · 12/09/2022 15:27

Hit too close to home, did it?

Not in the least. You silly billy.

jumperoozles · 12/09/2022 15:52

Nobody knows what has happened behind closed doors or knows the full story. Not shaking her hand makes them look so pathetic and petty. Doubt the queen would have been impressed with rude behaviour towards her.

Completelyovernonsense · 12/09/2022 15:52

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Thanks @Completelyovernonsense you've articulated that brilliantly.

Lipsandlashes · 12/09/2022 15:54

She definitely had some kind of service days before her wedding.
Yes, a rehearsal - for the fiftieth time!

Fififelix · 12/09/2022 15:55

Meghan said she got married 3 days before , she said she had to go to HR as she felt suicidal (who the fuck would do that?) Didn't she talk to her husband? She had the best obstetricians in the world why would she talk to HR instead of them? Said the kids wouldn't get titles because they were mixed race on Oprah while prince Phillip was dying. Said she had her passport taken away how did she get to New York for the baby shower then?

Said the room set on fire in South Africa at a housing unit (which was actually a mansion) and she was forced to do an engagement, it was summertime in SA and the heater smoked. Then she said a South African person at lion king premier told her people danced in the streets like when Nelson Mandela was released from jail. The only South African person who did the lion king confirmed this wasn't true. She does lie to the American media and thinks people won't notice..

ThickCutSteakChips · 12/09/2022 15:55

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Oh yes, I'm sure someone made that comment about Archie's skin colour, I'm surprised there wasn't worse on that front. But it was very carefully worded to create maximum impact and speculation wasn't it?

It's clearly horseshit because it's highly doubtful that the Archbishop of Cantebury would conduct a 'secret' wedding of a prominent member of the RF and then go through with conducting a public ceremony, broadcast to the whole world, that was meaningless. He just wouldn't bring his own repuation into question in that way, even if he didn't know at the time that Meghan and Harry would become very loose lipped down the line! Why would he do that for them, they are not that important to him presumably. And the way she said 'we called the Archbishop' as if they just rang him and said 'we wanna get married in secret before the wedding' and he was like 'yeah alright, whatever'.

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