Am shocked Meghan said this…

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She said: 'Even when Will and Kate came over and I was meeting her for the first time I remember I was in ripped jeans, I was bare foot, like I was a hugger, I have always been a hugger I didn't realise that is really jarring for a lot of Brits.'

'I started to understand that the formality on the outside carried through on the inside, that there is a forward facing way of being and then you close the door and thing OK we can relax now, but that formality carries over on both sides and that was surprising to me.'

What an utterly horrible thing to say about your sister and brother-in-law. I am done with her now. People are DIFFERENT Meghan. We are not all like you you you you.

The point is, how do we know anything she says is the truth?

But as a BTW, the Royals do seem quite touchy feely to me, because when they are on walkabouts or hosting events, they often hug and kiss total strangers.

'The other thing we don't know is if William and Kate gave a damn about what she was wearing.'

Ancientgran, I think that is spot on. I don't think Kate and William could care less about what she was wearing and the fact that she was in bare feet. I think it's just a way of saying, oooh, I'm friendly and warm and casual and these people this woman is so formal and uptight. I'd be a great friend to have a hot choc with, unlike these posh, hoity toity types.

It's a subtle dig but it's there (no-one would have made anything of it if it hadn't been for previous form).

We've seen Kate dressed in jeans plenty of times before. She doesn't go around in heels and ermine.

I put the blame firmly on Laura San Giacomo and Julia Roberts in Pretty Woman - can't remember what the exact line was but something like 'take care of you' followed by a big hug - replicated by many teen girls for years after. That's when the rot set in .

Yes, SoupDragon, I do understand the difference between meeting a stranger and family. But this was Megan's first meeting with Harry's family, no?

Op you need to get a grip. A big one.

Shocked, outraged, calling her a bitch, said she was shouting about it, throwing another women under a bus, etc, etc.
What utter rubbish.

Mm spoke about some differences in a nice way with no judgement.
Unlike you op, who has been judgemental, rude and unhinged.

Op, you either need to get real or you have an agenda here against mm or you need to see a psychologist. Or all the above.

It’s quite disappointing because I must admit, I’ve always envisaged that Kate and William would be dressed in jogging bottoms and a crew company sweatshirt, the kids in PAW Patrol pyjamas The minute the camera was away from them. I now have an entirely different image in my head.

So Harry didn’t think to explain British culture and the formality within the RF to Meghan and Meghan didn’t think to find out.

If I was that ignorant I wouldn’t be admitting it to a worldwide audience.

And yy to the pp who said ‘how do they know what K&W thought, or if they even cared’

This is just her recollection of things. Will and Kate's recollections may vary 😉

You don't always want to hug someone you don't know the first time you meet them. 🤷🏼‍♀️

I'm not a fan of Meghan criticising W and K - implied or otherwise - when William and Kate have no way to reply.

Your reaction seems ott.
She didn’t say anything offensive at all and I completely see her point of view. I’ve always assumed the royals are more relaxed behind closed doors so obviously if they still act quite formally naturally then that could be a surprise.
Not all brits are rigid stiff upper lip types.

I don't really follow this particular family saga, but I was curious about what was so shocking. I'm not really any the wiser. So her in-laws weren't quite what she was expecting. And?

I am married to an American and I hate the hugging when you don’t really know someone. This has nothing to do with being royal - just a different culture. Poor Kate.

@Novella4 tell us more please

One thing I like about the Middletons is how supportive they are of each other.

They must be horrified at the pointless attacks Kate is getting.

Then you are clearly simply being disingenuous.

Op,

write about Andrew......

😂

I don't think it was an awful thing to say. Of course you'd expect them to be more relaxed in private. I can imagine it being very uncomfortable being so formal all the time. I really feel for Harry and hope he finds his path.

@SoupDragon - Do you understand the difference between meeting a stranger and meeting family?

But this was the first time she'd met them. They weren't 'family'. They were strangers...

I think Meghan sounded quite naive going into the royal family, or maybe didn't want to fit in from the start. I mean, did she really think it would be normal to meet the in laws in ripped jeans and barefoot? Even for us 'common' people that is informal but each to their own. However, she was meeting the ROYAL FAMILY! And I certainly wouldn't have expected to hug everyone straight away. She should have known she would be expected to change her ways at least a bit to be a royal, and if she didn't like that then she shouldn't have married into it in the first place. It's all her own doing.

Certainly wouldn't want to hug him. Wonder if Meghan would have done?

Oh FFS, there is no "single pattern" for "British people" and I don't know very many "reserved" British people. I find your cultural assumptions grossly insulting, ignorant and stupid. And I don't have any interest in the monarchy or any of the extended family.

What I do find very amusing is the fact that all the Meghan / Harry haters spend so much time and energy watching them, reading about them, commenting on them - and generating the very profits that keep them! Talk about stupid. If you really dislike them so much, ignore them. If there's nothing to fuel then you'll get your wish and they will disappear without a trace. If only the lot of them would disappear without a trace.

Ah now up to the bit where Princess Michael of Kent decided to wear an obviously racist piece of jewellery to one of the first family events Megan was attending. Talk about trying to make someone feel uncomfortable.

I'm sure that's also somehow Megan's fault.

I don’t think anything can be inferred from this either way tbh.
It’s a bit of a non-comment.

She was surprised at level of formality (Harry should have told her, really and truly)

Maybe W&K didn’t see it as formal, but we’re just very reserved meeting her for the first time, whose to say what they’re like in private with people they know well?

Nothing to report here either way

Nope. It was the first time she met Kate. She had met William before and obviously knew Harry.

I don’t have much time for her, but this is fairly uncontroversial.

Of course it’s a bit faux naive, she’s trying to paint a portrait of herself, and she knew more about the RF than she pretends (she has a journalism degree, she’s have done a bit of research).. but still, I’m sure there was an element of genuine culture shock, especially as her relationship was moving swiftly, so she didn’t have much time to get used to things. N America is very insular in general.

Makes me think of my first Board Meeting in Switzerland, it was almost lunch time by the time every bugger had kissed everyone multiple times.