Meghan - lucky life

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Sounds a weird thing to say. But Meghan really has had the life of a lot of women's complete fantasies hasn't she ?

• born in hot / glam country
• parents win the lottery
• received private education. Hobbies. Makes great connections ag school eg Katherine foster
• financially supported into late 20s
• enables her to have a fantasy actress career
• can pay for cosmetic surgery eg nose, chin and hair treatments. Has amazing clothes
• marries a prince
• has 2 kids as an older mother without assistance
• lives in a luxurious beautiful community

Never been unwell , never done a boring / basic job in her life, has no financial worries ever.

On paper it is so much better than my life !!

I've had to grind my way out of poor upbringing and get into higher pay brackets like most do!

And it was 50/50 custody with access decided by court.

She admitted to having a very close relationship with both parents and said she was very much a Daddy’s girl. Both her parents coparented well and her dad donated time at school events. Her mum was a single working mum, but after they moved away after the divorce Doria said they moved closer to Dorias family and friends and there were a very strong group of women who helped her raise Meghan.

There were lots of childhood pictures of her with her mum and childhood friends, as well as videos of her with her Dad.

Until the whole press debacle she believed she had a strong relationship with her Dad, he was supposed to be walking her down the aisle until he ghosted her.

I don’t think either of them had a choice on the Wedding, it was a Royal Wedding that was decided would be in the public interest. If it was a wedding of her choice, why was she not allowed to invite her niece who she had a close relationship with? Her niece wasn’t allowed to be invited because the Firm decided the optics didn’t look good because Meghans sister, her neices biological mum wasn’t invited so the Firm didn’t want questions raised. If she was such a diva surly she would have kicked up a fuss about that.

The drama alone would be worth $$$$ to the British press

DH was musing earlier about celebrities who really want fame and success and then struggle when they get it.

I think this applies to Meghan. She really really really wanted money and fame and success. And she worked flippin' hard to get it, then finally hit the jackpot. Or thought she did. Except she wasn't the major celebrity in the family and her importance was only going to go backwards.

I can emphasise that it must be hard to In the bigger scheme of things to think you have achieved your lifelong dream only to discover that it's not all it's cracked up to be. That said, their moans are tone deaf. Complaining about being a working royal will land badly with someone on a zero hours contract who is worried about their living costs. They need to acknowledge their own disappointments and work through them, with therapy if need be, but shouldn't expect sympathy from others.

I’ve felt guilty for disliking her and I do think the media were relentlessly horrible to her which was unfair especially when she was pregnant, it must have been really hard ….but….I agree I think what gets under my skin and leads me to complain about her on mumsnet is she expects our sympathy and to hold her up as this saint when so many people are suffering at the moment . Many struggling to pay their bills and dealing with poor health in the wake of the pandemic. For me personally, in the last three years I have been diagnosed with 2 chronic diseases and had cancer, and now going though ivf in the hope to have another child, which I’m terrified will not work, plus working full time in a stressful job but struggling financially as a consequence of my health issues. She has her health, two healthy children and lives in a mansion. Can’t she be happy with that and get on with her very nice life instead of whinging endlessly and basically complaining because she hasn’t become this loved icon like she anticipated? I’m probably just bitter because my life isn’t going how I would like it to at the moment which isn’t her fault! But she has put her gripes in my face via her interviews etc for the last year and I’m fed up of it popping up on my phone every day while I’m just trying to get through the day without feeling sorry for myself. Oh, and her comment that her second child is what made them a family stung, I thought my husband, son and I are a family even though I’m desperately trying to give my son a sibling. For someone who supposedly has suffered so much she’s awfully smug.

According to Harold's own account of choosing tiaras before his wedding, the Queen could not have been nicer to Meghan. She ushered her into her own private dressing room, where Haz had never been before, and insisted Meghan choose the priceless tiara from her own majesterial collection - pausing only in her kindness to compliment Meghan on how well she looked in a tiara. E.g., what natural elegance she has.

I bet other royal spouses waited years for such closeness, yet the red carpet was 'rolled out and hoovered' for the VIP as Meg was treated.

If someone told me I looked good in a royal tiara, mini crown, I'd take it that they were saying you look suited to be a noblewoman - you look born for the part. 'Here,' she is saying to Meg, do have one of my own symbols of regality.'

I'd be made up.

If the press printed a reference I didn't like, I'd say 'Up yours. I've got the Queen of England's approval. This crown in my head was touched by Queen Victoria. I'm in the history books. Go back to reporting I'm a Celebrity, you no mark journalist'.