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.

People are just frothing at the mouth to hate her. Stir up some feelings.

So does shoes off indoors in your own home - my home my rules - not apply in this case? Because I have seen lots of threads that say shoes off indoors is the cultural norm in Britain.

It’s unlikely I will still be here( thanks cancer) however I don’t need to make mega millions to maintain a flash lifestyle .

Jesus. Any excuse to Meghan bash.

I'm too a bit shocked that they curtsey in private.... I'm with MM on that !
I also assumed that once will and kate and the rest of the family were in private they would un clench a bit.... obviously not
Can completely understand why harry wouldnt want to bring up his own children in that environment.

I literally laughed at this.
Thats nice dear.

Why are you offended by this?

MM doesn’t have the prettiest of feet !

Why is it @Readinginthesun that your comments about Meghan are invariably about her appearance? You have also commented unfavourable on her body shape in other threads.

Why is it so important that you make these constant, catty personal remarks about her looks?

Are you jealous or something? Or is that you just can't help yourself?

@Readinginthesun sorry to hear about your cancer.

From what I heard they made £90 million from the doc so I doubt they'll be that worried.

Oh behave yourself.

You aren't Shakespeare and she isn't Lady Macbeth 🙄

I'd be angry at my boyfriend/husband if he hadn't bothered to tell me how his family dress/behave before hand. If he's not bother to tell her to put some shoes on, it might be inappropriate outfit, then that's his fault, not Megan's. It's not something I'd comment on in a woe is me documentary though.

But it's an odd thing to say another all British people and customs. Ripped jeans exist in the UK.

I was shocked when I first realised this. But I don't like to criticise. The Royal Family have been brought up like this so to them it is normal.

😂fucking hell

I would hate someone hugging me who I didn't know even if it was my brother's new girlfriend. It's for relatives and close friends only. Didn't Meghan read up on cultural norms? British people don't tend to hug people they don't know unless drunk.

It is a hobby for some women on here to constantly criticise Meghan and her appearance.

OK, I'll rise to the bait. I don't care what performance they go through in private. I just wish Harry and Meghan would keep it private, in other words don't sell the story. I'm not watching the Netflix thing, I'm not going to read the book, I just think if they wanted privacy then they really aren't going the right way about it. It's like some z lister doing a story about their night of passion with another z lister. After that, what?

@Peedoffo I hug people I have only just met. It is pretty common in the UK now. Maybe not amongst the rich? I wouldn't know.

It sounds as if she’s pointing out the differences that surprised her. I do t find it particularly moany. You on the other hand have had a titanic reaction. Get a grip.

Bizarre. Not everyone is a 'hugger', and it may not necessarily be because they are of the RF.
I am not a hugger. I had a close relationship with my mother, but she rarely hugged us, because of her own (rather harsh) upbringing. I had to explain to my DH, that I found it hard to hug my MIL, because it was not something I had been brought up to do.
Over time, as I began to know my MIL, then there were some occassions when I spontaneously did so, but we knew each other well by then.
As a child we always found it really odd that in other European countries, they tend to do the 'air kiss', to people they have just met or introduced.
In Britain, it was a more formal handshake!

I'm not a fan of their actions but I don't see what's wrong with what she said. I'd find it strange to learn how formal they are behind closed doors. I come from a normal family so meeting my sibling wouldn't be a formal occasion.

Meghan spent time in the UK when she was filming Anti Social directed by Reg Traviss and released in 2016. That is the period when she was hanging out with show-biz correspondents and asking about the boyfriend-potential of former footballers. I doubt that the Traviss/Winehouse Camden set were big huggers.

Yes so much of the blame lies with Harry here and he should be taking responsibility for not briefing her properly. Not like he hasn’t introduced GFs to his family before. He massively threw her under the bus by not telling her she will need to curtesy in private. But she seems to be blaming the ‘institution’

I don’t have Netflix so can’t watch. Did she (or he) actually say anything about bowing in private apart from needing to curtsy to the Queen? Or is it more that it’s being insinuated that such levels of formality carry through the whole family?

Saying that ‘hugging can be jarring’ isn’t the same as saying that they’re all running around curtsying to one another the whole time. It could just as well be that they curtsy to the Queen (well, the King now) and that with the others, they just… don’t necessarily hug people the very first time they meet them? Which isn’t necessarily unusual, everyone has their own level of personal space comfort after all.

It just sounds like things are being insinuated rather than said, from what I’m reading. I wish they’d just come right out with what they mean.

They're not. They don't bow and curtsey all the time to each and every one. It's only once, at the start of the day and only to those who rank above you. And it's not the full sweep to the ground thing -just a quick bob. After that it's informal.
I think it rude and disrespectful to greet future family barefoot and in ripped jeans. Whatever was she thinking of? My American dil would never have done that. And I hate first time huggers too. Double air kiss would have done it- it's not difficult.