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.

Exactly! I'm British and wouldn't think anything of meeting my future sister in law in ripped jeans with a hug, so I don't think its a cultural thing. I would have assumed that first and foremost William and Harry were brothers and therefore it would have been an informal meeting, especially in Harry and Meghan's home in private. There is definitely no need for you outrage OP.

Good point about William and Kate probably not giving a shit what she was wearing. She just dropped that in to paint a specific picture.

Excellent point.

Yours done with her 😂

What are you talking about?

Jesus, are people really having a go at her for wearing jeans and no shoes in her own house?

She assumed they were relaxed and informal behind closed doors- I would have too.

Okay got the message. When meeting your sister in law in your own house you should dress up formally, wear shoes even if you are a shoes off house, and curtsey.

Like most of her pronouncements, it's rubbish. it's not just a 'royal' thing, I loathe people who hug me, other than immediate family and certainly not some person I'm meeting for the first time. Hopefully their ramblings with be located under fiction rather than documentries.

I'm not a hugger so I think Meghan should be respectful of that & not assume you are intimately aquainted when first meeting.

If she was meeting Obama for the first time would she have put something smart on? I think it's akin to that.I don't think she had it easy in the Royal Family but publicly dissecting your relationship with your inlaws wouldn't be my way of dealing with it.

I'm not 'shocked' though. American finds Brits a bit repressed & they find her too forward. Hardly news is it?

If I'm meeting someone for the first time in a domestic environment their clothes wouldn't bother me but she is utterly wrong to try and inflict her hugging mentality on them.

To be honest, idk why she's shocked at this. It's a known thing, why wear ripped jeans be barefoot?

Diana was better than the whole damn lot of them. Watching the first 2 episodes that came out very clearly.

I'm hating these comments about the medieval times, the exaggerated bow and the what's a walkabout even more.

She's disrespectful and he's a fool for not preparing her.

She has said nothing whatsoever derogatory about William and Kate. I really don’t get it OP.

If you wanted to start a Meghan hate fest, surely there was something she said that was actually controversial?

so unprotected-straight outta Crompton via a private school.

MM is not and has never been from Compton. But hey, she's a black woman from LA, so she must be, right?

The message is behave in the way that’s suitable for the occasion. The first time you meet the family you’re marrying into don’t wear scruffy clothes, put your bloody shoes on and don’t assume they’re going to welcome being embraced by a stranger. It’s really not that difficult.

Because ripped jeans are a fashion thing and she’s at home so doesn’t need shoes on. 🤷🏻‍♀️

@BellePeppa I’ve never come across such a whiny, complaining, fragile, lacking in resilience or robustness ‘strong’ woman in my life

me neither

She is washing her laundry in public, this will come back to bite her soon.

Funny, I think a lot of people on this thread would fall into that category…

Anyone who takes their understanding of the Royal Family from The Crown, and now from what this woman says, wants their head seeing to! There is a formality and Harry should have briefed her, if didn't like it then could have stayed away. At the end of the day a thousand years of tradition didn't prostrate itself in front of her and she has knitted that into a load of cobblers for the dollars.

Only Meghan made an issue about her attire and behaviours, Kate and William didn't. So it mattered to her to put it in there. She made a sly dig at them but never went far enough to get sued. I know people like that.

I think being stuffy and straight laced is perfectly understandable the first time you meet someone, particularly when you are in such a position.

I wouldn't be completely relaxed on a first meeting with potential in laws and I wouldn't expect them to be either.

These kind of things just take time and Meghan comes across as impatient

Absolutely. I wouldn't be at all offended if someone moved my hair to read my name badge (I have long hair so understand it happens), but would be shocked if someone I had never met tried to hug me on first meeting.

I would also put in a little effort with my appearane if I knew I was about to be introduced to the future King of England! The fact that MM is mentioning this stuff says more about her than it does about Kate.

You honestly think that’s a big deal? And are done with her because of it? We’re obviously very different people!!! I think it’s very real of her, and probably a very appropriate analysis too!