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.

Beach - what is extremely obvious?

Socks and slippers is normal, walking around barefoot is not.

Awaits 1000000000 posters saying they used to be barefoot all day until the COL crisis.

Intake issue with a lot of things Meghan says but not this, I can’t see the issue, what she’s saying is it’s formal even behind closed doors, I imagine that to be true.

your post is so dramatic and ott. And I don’t get the whole you’re done with her, she’s not your mate

@knittingaddict has it right.

I also think none of us know them and we are all subject to the media spin, or the spin that the RF (including H&M) themselves put on all of it.

I won't be losing sleep over any of it. They're all very privileged people, whichever side of this current battle they are on.

So now it's wrong to be barefoot inside your own house?! This place gets weirder by the day.

Well you are wrong and it’s a bit odd that you stalk my comments ! I don’t like her behaviour. I don’t like her lies . I think she is very attractive ( I have said this numerous times) but her formal clothes never seem to fit ! She is no longer young yet some posters keep referring to her and her husband as if they are giggling teenagers .
But Catherine’s clothes , facial expressions , weight, whether or not she has had hair extensions or has had Botox seems to be fair game .

She says ‘brits find it jarring” not the RF . I’m a Brit and I’m a hugger.

I've not seen this part yet, just finished episode 1. From what you've quoted, I don't find it that bad. It's definitely a cultural difference and also nerves. Kate is not as 'out there' as Meghan and probably wanted to know her more first.

I felt quite touched by the first episode, mostly by Harry's humanitarian work for Sentibale and it made me feel a bit sad he's no longer doing his Royal duties. He was an asset to the family. Meghan seems more focused on herself, there's nothing wrong with it until it starts to hurt other people. I feel for William who had it tough but has kept going, silently through a lot of grief and pain.

Oh really? I mean I'm just supporting your argument here almost everyone I know has a shoes off household. Except my parents. I was raised in a shoes on household and it wasn't until I rented my first flat with cream carpets that I banned them.

She should be bollocking her husband for not briefing her properly

yup.

And

she clearly has a problem with the Princess of Wales and at every opportunity tries to portray her as the wicked heartless sister in law she seems to manage to shoehorn oblique but negative references to her at every opportunity

yup.

both of these are issues that fall at Harry’s door imho.

I don’t really care about Meghan, although the publicity is clearly driven by her and not something Harry has been particularly driven to seek previously, but the actual issues always seem to come back to Harry’s lack of input in preparing MM or his family.

As far as I'm aware, Meghan comes from a nice middle-class background by US standards, with a good private education followed by a good university, partly assisted by her father's very lucky lottery win. (Excuse the words 'nice and 'good' but I'm trying to write as neutrally as possible.) I believe her father assisted her career in other ways too, back then.

OP you are overreacting. I've lived in another country for a while and of course you are surprised at some things to start with. It's a delight to discover these things.

Actually hugging is perfectly the norm where I live in the UK now, especially with family in their homes, even new girlfriends

I’m no fan either of her or the royals. I have no issue with her saying this at all - she assumed, as many would I think, that the formalities are for in public, and in private the royals are more informal. This is clearly not the case and really Harry should have warned her. Nothing she has said here is rude in any way, and why jeans and bare feet are an issue i literally have no idea! People are just keen to find anything to hate this woman for - I do find it odd.

What? It's perfectly normal.

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I am going to remind people of this on every thread about shoes off in other peoples homes. I will tell them not only should they allow guests to wear their shoes in their house, they should put their own shoes off. Otherwise they are being very rude.

Put their own shoes on!

I think that's something a lot of Americans would say about Brits and it's not horrible in the slightest.

Seems like people are just reaching for reasons to hate her now. It's obsessive and genuinely weird.

Ripped jeans are fine! Not like she was wearing chaps FFS

Harry has been an absolute prize shit in all this - if this were an ordinary family we'd have said he was gas lighting Meghan. He's lived his whole life in the RF, yet supposedly he didn't tell her she had to curtsey to the Queen at all times? Didn't tell her to be a little more formal meeting people for the first time? In her own words she says she didn't know so clearly he didn't tell her in advance. He's a twat who's let her down very badly indeed. How much of her confusion and distress could he have avoided if he'd thought about it for even a moment?

Until my house got cold I was barefoot in my house. Perfectly normal.

I’m not a hugger personally but it doesn’t mean I’m not warm, kind of thoughtful. It’s just another dig. Meghan needs to crawl under the rock which she came from.

I think the 'barefoot' thing is about Meghan trying to show that she is more earthy, in tune with herself, etc. It's nature vs artifice.

I actually like both women, Kate is a fantastic person and works tirelessly for many causes whilst juggling being a mother (yes with a lot of help but it is not an easy task when you are on show so much). Meghan has had a lot of ups and downs, made mistakes along the way but seems committed to doing some good.

I walk around barefoot in my cosy home. Everyone I know does.

I too think hugging is perfectly normal in the UK now except amongst much older people.

That it's a race issue.