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.

@JesusInTheCabbageVan why are people racist because they disagree
You can't keep throwing racist around when most are just disagreeing or surprised that Harry hadn't warned her of formalities

Remember when MN didn’t used to be full of Daily Mail reading racists getting themselves wound up about fairly descriptions of encountering cultural differences? Good times.

Why are you taking such offence at what she said ?
She clearly did not say it as an insult nor intend to put anybody down. Neither did she suggest her own culture was better than the more reserved UK culture or the royal culture …just that it came as a complete surprise to her that Harry’s brother and sister in law to whom he was quite close at that time, continued to act formally in a casual family situation.
She was genuinely talking about her own naivety …putting herself down for her own ignorance on the matter.

Ooft, that's stereotyping British people as finding hugging "jarring"!

Rubbish, my family always hug upon seeing each other. My in laws definitely don't. It's not a British thing.....just a human thing.

There will be just as many USA citizens who don't like to hug as those that do....🧐🙄

I see no issue. The Duchess of Sussex additionally being an actress will probably have been used to more hugging, expressions of emotion, even from British actresses and actors.

Well she had already known you needed to courtesy to his nan I mean didn't she think? Harry clearly didn't warn her about anything

She wasn't a child when they got together she was a mature woman who shoukd have discovered a long time ago not everyone likes hugging

Oh bless you, didn't you get the memo? According to Mumsnet, Meghan isn't a person! She's a narcissistic, self-absorbed, Kate-hating, Royal Family-destroying, money-obsessed, thick-husband-snaring, She-Devil liar who must not be defended under any circumstances. But the criticism is absolutely nothing to do with her being black, not one iota.

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Obviously it's been known for years, I recall hearing Zara Philips years ago saying that on meeting HM, her grandmother, it was a quick bob then a huge hug but for many The Crown is treated like a documentary despite its numerous inaccuracies.

If Meghan wasn't biracial, just what else would she have to talk about? What would she have in her arsenal to attack the RF with? If she feels bullied and threatened, and Harry's supported her in leaving and them getting on with a quiet life in America, what would she have actually done with herself? Because I am starting to think they are the emperor's new clothes. No substance at all.

I just wouldn't share that information with the world. Is there anything that they will actually keep private or is everything to be sold to a company which broadcast lies about his mother?

@healthadvice123 oh I just ignore those comments. Thrown in for effect.

Bottom line is she wouldn’t be somebody I would trust, want to be a mate with, or want to be on my team. I would be constantly thinking what she is going to find offence with next. Those who don’t see that then go ahead. Be mates with someone like this. A friend of mine was in her sorority at uni in the us. MM would only be mates with those who promoted her. So go ahead. Choose your friends wisely.

Is this the full quote? She doesn’t explain why she brought W&K into it and leaves it hanging for people to fill in the gaps. Insinuating they’re cold, horrible people and were unwelcoming. But we don’t know if they actually were. There are plenty of photos around of K hugging other in-laws that she had known for years and being comfortable with them. I’m not a hugger either and not British and wouldn’t hug someone on the first meeting or the next or perhaps 5th meeting either. I don’t see anything wrong with that.

From the summary of the episodes I’ve read there’s basically nothing controversial or offensive in it at all. It’s just tidbits from their personal lives for anyone who’s interested, mixed with annoyance about the intrusiveness and inappropriateness of the British media. Watch or don’t watch but nothing to get worked up about! (Cue twenty front page articles about the show in every single British tabloid about this “unimportant couple that we (supposedly) just want to go away” etc etc).

So because of her 50% black heritage she is beyond any criticism? Never having heard of her before she was with Harry, when I saw her pictures I thought she had some Hispanic blood, her colouring is like my granddaughter who has inherited her grandmother's Spanish background.

I’m not keen on being hugged formally or informally, does that make me Royal, where do I apply ? 👑

I pointed out on the Kanye thread that we don't see all these same posters cruising his disgusting antisemitic tweets. I wonder if they ignore it because he is black?

The racists are pretty easy to spot. They're the ones who practically vomit with rage every time MM says anything, or does anything (or doesn't say something, or doesn't do something).

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British people are, on average, far more uptight than Americans. The fact that you’re disputing this clearly shows you don’t know much about the US. And in fairness Meghan clearly didn’t really know much about British people - which is completely normal - until she actually started living there. Again, completely normal. Thus the comment in that episode is merely a lighthearted comment about said cultural difference, which has unfortunately clearly annoyed a fair number of uptight highly strung Brits - kind of again proving her point regarding the cultural difference.

Grow up, OP. You were clearly searching for a reason to be outraged. Is that the best you could come up with? Trivial!

How on earth is this “utterly horrible” ??

Is this the full quote? She doesn’t explain why she brought W&K into it and leaves it hanging for people to fill in the gaps. Insinuating they’re cold, horrible people and were unwelcoming.

There is some history here. Meghan had earlier placed a story with the Press, and credited to a friend, saying:

“[Meghan} said [their last trip back to the UK as working royals]] has been a confirmation that they made the right choice in parting ways. There's no warmth between the family members and she wants to raise Archie in a household that is filled with laughter and joy and lots of hugs,' a close friend of Meghan told DailyMail.com. It's still weird to her that no one hugs and that everyone is so uptight, especially Kate“

Exactly this.

Huh? Everything she says makes perfect sense. Makes me like her more if anything.

I would assume that one W&C know people and know they can trust them they relax in private company.
When they were meeting M for the first time they probably still have to be on their guard. They can’t relax immediately the way we can with new people because who knows what stories would be sold about them if they did.

You missed some very key words here. SOME British people are more reserved. Not all, and maybe it's the people I mix with but I'd say it would more odd to not hug. Therefore it's not unreasonable to expect to hug on upon meeting a new in law.

I feel like the weird behaviours of the royals are often portrayed as British behaviours when they really are unique to that particular family. The values and behaviours of one (dysfunctional) family does not represent British society.

As for wearing ripped jeans and bare feet, who cares!

I think the point Meghan is making is very interesting - they are as formal and 'stuffy' behind closed doors. This is really sad. Where is the feeling of freedom from expectations, protocol and rules?! At work I'm professional. At home I'm 'normal'. Imagine not having the freedom (or desire) to be able to do this.