Am shocked Meghan said this…

[Ndd135632]

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.

@Ndd135632 that’s not standard British culture - it’s the ludicrous protocol of royals expecting people to bow and scrape even when they’re family 😂.

Jesus Christ, talk about seeking out offence for the sake of it. 🙄

I do too 😂

Sounds fine to me.
People say far worse about each other on here.

Jeez. Someone could sneeze, she'd say bless you and she'd be wrong for it.

I kind of understand what she's saying, I have very formal in laws too. Mine aren't the royal family (though they think they are) and I'm very relaxed and laid back (too much so in their opinion) but I made a bit of effort when I met them. I can't imagine meeting any partners family in ripped jeans and barefoot and trying to hug when you've just met is wierd even for me 🤷

Oh fgs get over yourself. Who cares? Do you always ascribe the worst motives to everyone or is it just Meghan who gets this bonkers treatment?

So in MN-speak, M doesn't have an in-laws problem, she has a DH problem.

Harry didn't seem to warn her about anything to do with being part of the Royal Family; or be of any use to her whatsoever when was immersed in suicidal ideation; and then contradicted her on Oprah in front of a global audience.

Exactly this.

I’ve said a couple of times on here that she’d have received a chorus of “LTB” if she’d posted on here about the things she was left in the dark over.

And you have to seriously question his motivation for having such an under-prepared and ill-informed partner… The ones that did know the script (Chelsy, Cressida etc) all left him in the end. The one that he got down the aisle was the one that, seemingly, didn’t know what the life was going to be until she was committed to it.

Thankfully, not all Americans are huggers. Meg(h)an is a former D list celebrity with no sense of propriety or ceremony. Familiarity breed contempt.

If it was so important then Harry should have warned Meghan. Clearly, he didn't think about it, but then it probably didn't occur to him. The royal family play by their own rules, and if they want to carry on the formalities in private, that's their lookout.
I can see why William is so fond of Kate's parents. It must be very refreshing for him to experience a normal family who are not bowing and scraping to each other behind closed doors.

Nothing awful about her comment. Just had an expectation that they would be a bit relaxed behind closed doors. 🤷🏾‍♀️

Anyone can see through what she’s saying here. Oh I’m such an informal loving buggy type silly me for not knowing how stuck up and formal the RF is

Sounds about right

Haha yes exactly!

One of the issues here is that there is no way that Harry wouldn’t have prepped her at least a bit for what to expect. Whenever anyone meets potential in-laws you also tend to (if you have manners) ask what they’re like, anything I should know/do. It’s just common sense.

And that was a learning experience.

Living within the culture is part of learning about it. You don't just get everything right first time.

If it was such a faux pas to meet them like that, why didn't Harry tell her?

I'm not a member of the RF but I HATE being hugged by people who aren't immediate family especially those i've never met before! When I first met my brothers Canadian fiancee for the first time the last thing I would have been comfortable doing is receiving or giving hugs! I don't think W & K not being comfortable with hugs is anything to do with them being Royal

Seriously???? 😂 Wow. Just wow.

The more of these threads I read the more I like Meghan and I’m not remotely interested in any of the circus usually 😄.

The frothing from posters like the OP over absolutely nothing is very entertaining 😄.

I'm not a hugger. Apart from DH and my kids I'm not one for overt physical contact.Especially when I'm first getting to know someone. My SIL of 30 plus years is an effusive, bubbly hugger. We get on well.At times her over the top party spirit has been a bit much.I'm sure at times she's thought I should loosen up.Were different types.It's so highly personal to criticise Kate when she can't reciprocate.

And now the frothers have moved onto criticising those people who hug.
FFS you are obviously all loving this And you all forget there are real people here.
There are always cultural differences between families. Here there were class and country cultural differences.

My father called his father 'Sir'. He's a similar age to the King.

Yet we know from other royal documentaries that within the royal family Prince Philip was Dad, the Queen was Granny (or Gangan or Gary depending on how well each child could speak).
We know that Prince William hugs Zara and Mike Tindall when they meet.

I think that it was just that Meghan didn't realise that Brits tend not to hug strangers: it is a much more familiar greeting and show of affection here.

It's hardly the crime of the century and she isn't moaning, she's explaining how she came to realise that there was no informality in the royal family.

I'm no fan of Meghan but the hate against her here is mind boggling. I don't get.

Indeed . A teenager maybe but an almost 40 year old woman ?

I don't think she's Sadi anything wrong but I do think it's odd that Harry seemingly didn't prep her! If I was meeting my partners family for the first time and there were wildly different expectations around behaviour I'd like a heads up! I'd not necessarily comply with it all but I'd definitely want to know!

We have got years of this shit from megharry. Next up their documentary about the fall out from their first documentary then after that the fall out from that, or the making up or whatever. I cannot take ANYONE seriously who moans about press intrusion and then puts this out on the media. they are just waking up to the fact that somehow they are going to need to fund their lifestyle and this is how they are doing it. I wont be watching any of this shite. I want to deny people like this the oxygen of publicity. the coverage on the BBC today is just appalling and a waste of tax payers money advertising a show by a rival.

The outrage would have gone on for days. OMG how dare you be expected to change the clothes you wear and in your own home!!

@antelopevalley well precisely - it’s an utter nonsense. Kate is absolutely nothing special so why should Meghan dress up for her?

This is down to Harry and his lack of 'preparing' her for what it meant to meet the 'heir and his future queen', regardless of the fact it's his brother and his wife. He should have helped her and told her at least what was going to happen and it sounds like he didn't help her at all and left her open to this.