Meghan could not invite niece to her wedding

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Ashleigh is Samantha Markle/Grant’s daughter. Samantha lost custody of Ashleigh when Ashleigh was very young, and she was raised by her paternal grandparents. Ashleigh is Meghan's niece.

"In the new Netflix docuseries Harry & Meghan, the Duchess of Sussex shared that while she was not close to her half-sister Samantha Markle, she had a close bond with Samantha’s daughter, Ashleigh Hale. However, things got tricky when it came to the guest list for the couple’s royal wedding in 2018.

“How do we explain that this half-sister isn’t invited to the wedding, but that the half-sister’s daughter is?” said Meghan, 41. “With Ashleigh, the guidance at the time was to not have her come to our wedding. I was in the car with H. I had her on speakerphone and we talked her through what guidance we were given and why this assessment was made … and that’s painful.”

“I think I said I was hurt on some level, but I understood where it was coming from,” Ashleigh said. “To know that it was because of my biological mother that this relationship that’s so important to me was impacted in that way … to feel like, because of her it was taken away, has been hard.”

Ashleigh, an immigration attorney, said she and her brother were raised by their paternal grandparents, whom she considers her parents. She had not seen Samantha, 58, since she was 6 until they reconnected in 2007. That was also when Meghan reached out to her niece — a relationship that started with “these long emails back to each other,” Ashleigh recalled. “And then texts and calls. After a while, I think we were talking, on some level, several days a week.”
Meghan said that she believes she and Ashleigh “craved the same thing,” explaining, “I wanted a sister, and she was like a little sister. Ash was put through quite a bit by the media, just by association. And I didn’t want her life to be plagued with all that drama.”

Added Ashleigh of the time when Meghan’s relationship with Harry, 38, became public, “After the news first broke, Samantha pretty quickly began expressing a lot of angry words about Meg towards me. What was communicated to me was maybe some resentment. And it felt like no matter what I said, her perspective didn’t change and seemed to get angrier and bigger, and we stopped talking. Some people you just can’t reason with.”"

people.com/royals/meghan-markle-could-not-invite-niece-royal-wedding-ashleigh-hale-netflix-docuseries/

Giles Brandreth says that the Queen told him she'd offered Meghan Sophie Wessex to show her the ropes. But he said that Meghan told Sophie she didn't need her help because she had Harry. That worked out well. 🤔

What does that mean?!

RescuChickens
I think it's referring to 'vocal fry', a style of speech where the speaker uses a very low drawl from the back of the throat as if they can't be bothered talking or is just so very very tired. I think it's a fairly new thing, I started to notice it about 10 years ago and it's everywhere now. It has varying degrees and Ashleigh's was strong.

RescuChickens
I think it's referring to 'vocal fry', a style of speech where the speaker uses a very low drawl from the back of the throat as if they can't be bothered talking or is just so very very tired. I think it's a fairly new thing, I started to notice it about 10 years ago and it's everywhere now. It has varying degrees and Ashleigh's was strong.

I didn’t notice any mention of Ashleigh’s brother in the doc. I find that weird.

I think the problem for them is that they were not in the royal family for v long. The run up to the wedding, wedding itself and then a year, 18 months they were gone. How much could they have actually been wronged by the RF in that time even if you were to believe everything they say ?? Its not like they see each other daily. So they have to milk and make the most of every perceived slight. I would say she probably mentioned it to someone saying I don't think its a good idea to invite her etc etc and they probably causally went oh ok if you think that and this becomes I wasn't allowed to invite my beloved niece to my wedding.
If they were smarter they would have stayed longer but the well is surely going to run dry soon enough.

I work for people who worked for H&M directly. Had a lot of contact with them. Colleagues were not remotely gossipy but I would hear snippets of information about some of their behaviour which indicated they were not the most considerate people in the world. By the time the Oprah interview came out they no longer worked for them. One colleague I spoke to was really angry and upset about the lies and manipulations from the pair of them. The insinuation that she was trapped, that she couldn’t go anywhere and help was denied her. My colleague was always loyal until that point. Since knowing that I find it very difficult to maintain an open mind… they’re both deceptive and self serving as far as I’m
concerned.

The insinuation that she was trapped, that she couldn’t go anywhere and help was denied her

Of course everyone knows these are blatant lies. She went on 11 flights while 'trapped', and was cared for by obstetricians and midwives at The Portland Hospital. If they can manage bespoke menus, champagne breakfasts and fancy care packages for new mothers, they can rustle up a mental health chat.

Why did Harry not visit Megan's father pre engagement?

Sleeves outrage, baby holding outrage, comedian outrage, death certificate outrage, and now a niece that could easily have come to the wedding outrage.

Recollections may vary.

Unlike posters of outraged threads.

They didn’t specify who gave the guidance. It could have been from her PR firm or management team that she retained. Or from even from Harry. 😂 “We consulted ourselves and our guidance moving forward is…” I wish they spoke more clearly.

At least it meant there was a space for Oprah.

I think Samantha is a twat, but it must have been hard to try and reconnect with your daughter after years apart only to have your younger, more glamorous sister swoop in and whisk her off and form a relationship with her that Sam couldn't match. I think Meghan was a shit for doing that. For someone who says they had no relationship with that side of the family, why are you inserting yourself into her daughters life?

Does anyone know who Meghan's Royal advisor was?

Giles Brandreth said the Queen told him that she'd offered Sophie's services to help her settle in.
Meghan then told Sophie she didn't need her help because anything she needed to know she'd ask Harry. (Brandreth said that, the Queen didn't tell him that!)

I understand Jason Knauf advised her not to invite the niece because her estranged mother was spreading stories everywhere.

Always is from this poster 😂

I think George Clooney cracked the nod over you, Ashleigh.

I wonder who from the Palace banned Ashleigh from attending Meg’s New York baby shower. You know, the one the palace had absolutely no say so in whatsoever.

Meghan definitely wasn't trapped. I saw her in a restaurant in London and in a shop.

Do you have a direct source for that, Roussette, that you can quote? Sounds made up to me. Other sources are saying the Palace was keen for her to invite more family and friends (as opposed to celebrities) as it was felt weird that she had no family or friends apart from Doria to invite.

correct that. no family apart from Doria. clearly some old friends and fellow actors at wedding but no idea how many

Not made up by me I can assure you.

I read it yesterday in a couple of places, here's one source (which will no doubt be rubbished)

There's so much smoke around MM, there are fires all over the place, her family, his family, her background ... his too! I literally don't believe a single word or photo I see or hear from them, they're trying to tell a fairytale, but it's more of a grim bag of hate, lies and smoke screens ... who only has 1 family member at their own wedding yet invites Hollywood stars they don't know 🤯🤔

Well you have to admit that a tweet from some random person quoted in Grazia is probably not the most reliable source 😆