Her dad sounds lovely, by her own account. When an actor in Suits, and with The Tig blog, she wrote for Elle Magazine, I think, saying what an inspiration her parents were to her and how Thomas sensitively helped her to deal with the dilemmas which confronted her because she is biracial.
Her dad got two sets of a family of dolls, so that he could mix up the figures, so that in the box would be a black mom and a white dad, and children who were one of each. She appreciated that and wrote about it in the article. He also told her to 'draw her own box' , when given a form to fill out, which only had a choice of 'white' or 'black'. He was telling her that about life: draw your own box: don't let people define you.
He sounds wonderful and gentle and inspiring. I'm surprised that with that foundation: a parent who has stuck two fingers up at racism and married a beautiful, kind lady who happens to be black, she can't be more content in herself and find constructive and gentle ways to tackle perceived injustices against herself - and focus her anger outwards on helping others who suffer racial injustice, instead of focusing on she herself who says she has suffered from racial injustice.
She put her family story across memorably and beautifully, in that interview, and her success is a testament to what thoughtful parents who talk things through with you can do to help - though I acknowledge her success is down to her determination and work ethic: I wouldn't take that face away from her.
Another thing I don't understand, is, if the Prince of Wales of one of the oldest, most established Royal Families in the world walks you down the aisle at your £30 million state wedding, can't you think that that is acceptance and validation? The whole machinery of Royal Ceremony is being wheeled out to honour your acceptance, and to say 'Look world, she is one of us: we are going to love her'. That message is being given on behalf of the British people, too, because it's a state wedding. Marrying into the Royal Family is an anti-racist statement to the world. Wouldn't that be like the CEO of a company in which you work giving you a public commendation, when you are new. Wouldn't you ignore what some twatish journalist ( as you think they are) wrote about you and do what the other Royals do and put their heads down and get on with celebrating the volunteers, and the dedicated workers who make society a kinder, safer place?
The £30 million wedding was only a few years before all this falling out - it wasn't fifteen years ago. Surely the big gestures, such as that one, go a long way to beam a strong light on what really matters and to make any comments from the press seem just bothersome. If the press comments were very inflammatory, they would be prosecuted, or censured by the press governing bodies.