having to abide by what she saw as stuffy protocol but most people recognise as civilised behaviour (no need to barge through chairs when everyone else knows how to behave and will wait, the utter vulgarity of turning up to a memorial service in £50k of head to toe haute couture Dior!). I don’t think Harry hid the real deal from her, she wasn’t interested in hearing anything negative that would have stood in her way. She would have ignored him anyway, she actually thought she could change things and it would be an improvement. Her arrogance and self aggrandisement know no bounds.
Just catching up - some really brilliant posts on this thread.
Yes, I think that if I had to sum up Meghan in one word it would be 'vulgar'. Her extremely expensive clothes (I think the engagement ensemble cost £40K) were beyond the norm for royals and I think Prince Charles (as he was then) called them out on this. It's so obvious now that M thought she'd found a short-cut to A-list status which she'd clearly craved but couldn't achieve through her acting, with the budget to match. The problem is, even royals don't really spend that sort of money on their working clothes.
She's pushy, superficial, desperately attention-seeking, always plasters a fake grin on her face, seeks out the camera in every situation (royals are not meant to do that - they're meant to focus on the event or the people they're talking to or listening to). Going after freebies and not being told 'no', like a badly brought-up child. (Perhaps she WAS badly brought-up by her single dad, trying to balance work and sole responsibility for his young daughter?).
I was shocked to learn that the white Dior ensemble mentioned in the quote above had been a deliberate attempt to channel Wallis Simpson. Who does that, if they know anything about history? I think dim Harry and vulgar Meghan have no use for history or culture, though. That's very clear.