Why do people feel it’s okay to say nasty things about Meghan on social media?

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Why do people care so much about her and Harry’s relationship and are so intent on just being incredibly nasty about someone they don’t even know or really know the truth about? Harry must love her and be happy so why don’t the media and people on social media just let them be?

genuinely asking as I don’t understand why she gets so much hatred everywhere, must be really bloody hard for them to see it all the time. People act like she’s a murderer or something.

How many of us actually thought they still acted formally behind closed doors...I didnt but now I hear that I'm like wtaf. Seriously! What a god awful way to live to be honest, never just be yourself and relax, canr imagine spending my life being so formal behind closed doors ...not much of a life.

And well the press are basically just proving what they say, the amount of articles and headline decently just proves their point. Fuck the media quite f rankly they have too much power and far too many people just soak it up and believe what they publish.

If I was Kate I'd be getting bladdered every night when I was with just my family, to cope with that. Couldn't cope, never ever.

She's made of better stuff than me quite obviously.

She wasnt marrying him when she met the queen though. They were dating. Is she going to sing the national anthem at lunch?

She worked very hard to learn customs after they were engaged. I saw some pretty decent curtains.

Curtsies

If you want a private life, then live a private life. Many celebs live outside the public eye. If you want to publicise your life in the media then you will likely experience scrutiny and given previous negative critical they have received I'm sure they will be expecting more of it given they have aired their dirty laundry in public. Not sure on the point of the post really?

I dont dislike them. I dont love them. I've stood up for them on many occasions. You've actually agreed with some of my posts.
But some people on here only praise, some people only criticise. I criticise and praise according to how I see the situation.

I think that one thing Meghan cannot be accused of is being a bit dim (unlike her husband).
I didn't know her at all before the engagement interview and I thought then that she came across as a bright, independent and self-actualising woman.
So it seems odd that she didn't ask about the protocol associated with meeting Harry's family. Being American is really a deflection: if she was dating the president's grandson, might she not have brushed up on White House customs and expectations? It was up to Harry to support and prepare her for that, just as most new partners prepare one another for meeting their families.
You would have to be a bit stupid (or arrogant) to think you just hugged the matriarch of an old, established family on your first meeting, and Meghan is not stupid.

Fair enuf

You would have to be a bit stupid (or arrogant) to think you just hugged the matriarch of an old, established family on your first meeting, and Meghan is not stupid

I thought this scenario was meeting K&W when they came round to theirs? Not the Queen.

You would have to be a bit stupid (or arrogant) to think you just hugged the matriarch of an old, established family on your first meeting, and Meghan is not stupid.

Didn't Michelle Obama sort of hug/embrace the Queen when they met? She's as far from stupid or arrogant as you can get with people who move in those circles.

Meghan's failing is believing she'd live some sort of 'princess' life, once she figured out it would involve a lot more cutting of town hall ribbons and smiling at cupcakes than gowns and state balls it was all downhill from there.

Didn't Michelle Obama sort of hug/embrace the Queen when they met? She's as far from stupid or arrogant as you can get with people who move in those circles.

She touched her on the back after a conversation over shoes. She didn't hug her when she first met her. Like you say, she isn't stupid. 🙄

She broke the protocol whatever you want to call what she did. She openly says she wasn't aware of the rules when she embraced her.

I've a question for the people who really dislike what they've done:

If you knew that press intrusion was going to happen regardless of whether you wanted it or not , if you knew that the paparazzi were goi g to hound and follow you no matter what , and if you'd watched those journalists literally hound your mother to an early death - would you not attempt to take back some control over the narrative of that intrusion?

He's a prince . He hasn't "become" famous or asked for this - it's happened since he was born . He's seen the very worst the media can do - and he's trying to control it to some extent and protect his wife and children.
Something other royals could take lessons from .

Plenty of high profile celebrities live a quiter life without needing to court the press.

Even more dont

If certain high profiles celebs can then most celebs could too.

Some personalities just don't lend themselves well to 'taking the high road'. I know I couldn't.

I don't think it's about taking the high road. I imagine for them it's about having a bit of normality, privacy and sanity. If your ego personality doesn't lend itself to taking the highroad or other such nonsense then don't complain when the press are like vultures because you're literally feeding them.

The media and 'the people on social media' are two different things - one of the worst things to have developed out of social media actually comes from of its best things - being able to find your tribe.

In the best scenario this puts people with obscure health conditions, or those needing tips on prize winning begonias in touch with each other from all over the world.

In the worse scenario, it puts groups with hate targets in common together and enables them to ramp up campaigns around certain hashtags etc. Yes - there are rabid anti-Meghan people on Twitter doing this. But there are equal numbers of, and it feels like more, fans of Meghan constantly writing terrible things about and towards Will and Kate and even worse their kids - death threats etc.

That has made me chuckle, Mghan bursting into song just before the main course.

@Rockybooboo it is something I would legit do though. Start a round of show tunes. Even if it were the Queen. 😅

I understand this in that he didn't choose that life, and was born into it although Meghan chose (to a degree - by virtue of being an actress) a certain extent of being in the public eye. Obviously being in the RF is a whole new level of fame.

I think its understandable that they have a difficult and distrustful relationship with the press....but I still think by doing a series of podcasts, interviews, documentaries, books they're giving them more material. They can say what they want in the programmes, have an element of control, and "get their story across" (bearing in mind we haven't heard first hand from anyone else involved in their story). They cant control how it's received, what spin or reaction other journalists will put on it. And imo it encourages more attention both positive and negative (like the reporters shouting questions at the award ceremony) which I thought was what they wanted to get away from

How did she damn a whole nation?

There’s this implication that her way is the right way - I’m a hugger, barefoot natural blah blah.

I would say as a Scottish reserved person I hate all the hugging of people I don’t know. It seems fake to me. I love hugging people close to me but not just people on first meeting. She doesn’t seem to understand or respect that we are more of a physically reserved nation. The way she criticises W & K for being reserved and implied they’re cold and formal - why is her way the right way? Why can’t she understand that people are different and accept that. Yes she says she does but she’s still slyly criticising them for it. I do feel she’s got it in for Kate in particular. Maybe jealous of Harry’s previous bond with her.

So why criticise his own family and shit on his own doorstep? Why not just criticise the British press? Why do an interview with oprah and tell lies on TV whilst his grandfather was undergoing heart surgery? Filming for 2 years in the making and awaiting for the queen had died to release footage.
william has had to live through the same as Harry and more pressure on him to being next in line to the throne. Charles was criticised. The queen had death threats. Lots of celebs like the MR and Mrs Meghan Markle are criticised but don't shit on their own doorstep.

If they hate the UK and the royal family so much and want to be independent and away from the public eye, Why request to keep their titles and release a documentary? They clearly want the brand to be important celebs in America so have played to the American public views.