Meg’s era of joy

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Showing up to support her very close friend who lost her child and also the children’s hospital at an evening gala. What a friend to have in the Duchess. Meghan was glowing, fresh faced, wore minimal makeup, was confidant and smiley. She was well spoken and supportive of the evening fund raiser when interviewed. Show Up, Do Good. Yes, she always does. Loved her look too.

She’s a beautiful woman but I don’t think her hair and makeup photographed well at that event. The dress also isn’t my favourite but fair play for re-wearing it.

I’m not sure who she is trying to convince with this “era of joy” stuff though. Grabbing and clutching her friends hand on the red carpet isn’t how confident women usually behave.

It would be interesting to see 😊 although I’d feel sorry for the OP getting the inevitable grieve from some over not putting the thread on the RF board!

Well, if a different person showed up to a different style of event (eg visiting a hospital rather than arriving at a gala dinner but not actually going to the dinner), and didn't leave early, then yes I guess that would get different coverage.

(In other news, the Pope shits in the wood)

Does anyone know if walking the red carpet without staying for the whole event is common in Hollywood? I think it may be and this would explain why Meghan did it, it's just part of celebrity life there.

Just wondering if we are judging her for doing something that is an accepted part of the charity circuit and thus unfair to judge as bad in context.

@Petitchat The US is a very big and diverse country. People in the Northeast, for example, have a very different culture from people in the South, the Midwest, and Pacific Northwest. California has its own culture.

The values of California, in many ways, don't reflect the rest of the country. I lived for a time in the Pacific Northwest when a lot of people from California moved up and there were loads of culture clashes. I lived in California myself for a time and felt completely alien.

So no, we don't all think the same way.

Some serious jealousy of Meghan on here.

Oh and the usual touch of racism.

I cannot stand either her or the whinging brat she’s married to. Does that make me racist?

I don't see her life as enviable. I may not be a celebrity or renowned for my beauty. but I don't live in fear and I am not constantly in court or complaining that being a multimillionaire is still not enough money.

Hahahah anytime anyone posts anything other than nasty comments you and other jump on the poster and get personal straight away. I.know cos I've bene called unintelligent, lacking critical thinking and so on. I have never personally attacked any posters.

I only ever say the comments are nasty and bitchy and it's disgusting behaviour. Very much like many of you were saying when people wrote abot Kate but it's okay to be nasty if it's Meghan though.

It's hard work even reading about the irritating pair never mind being related to them or working for them.

If it is, that's quite at odds with UK opinion polls, in which only Andrew scores lower. MM's recent rating was 23.

But that was IIRC before both THR article and the "era of joy"

Where?

She never gets talked about like that.
Probably because people are more afraid of the people around Catherine. She is more protected. If you insult her, you'd have the Prince of Wales and the King of England to deal with.

You are incorrect - Kate absolutely does get talked about like that though. Some cases in point:

Why didn’t Kate attend the Irish Guards St Patrick Day celebrations every year?
Why doesn’t Kate attend more matches at Wimbledon?
why didn’t Kate accompany William to Earthshot in Singapore?
why didn’t Kate (and William) attend the Paris Olympics/Paralympics.

etc etc.

I think walking the red carpet and then going home is the norm for a lot of film screenings/premieres. But not for a gala when all of the money is raised by attending the actual event.

Did you report any racism that you have seen?

Racism is not usually saying something to someone overly racist.

It is judging someone (mixed race in this instance) more harshly than a white person, for doing the exact same things.

Even in Harry and Meghans netflix documentary, they put together a montage of articles showing this.

One example was :

An article said : "Catherine, Princess of Wales, wears a beautiful off the shoulder dress".

The article beside it said:

"Meghan Markle disrespects the Royal family and breaks royal protocol, by wearing an off the shoulder dress"

Any racist posts should be reported immediately

You had a whole load of posts aimed specifically at me deleted for personal attacks!

I have worked in fundraising in the UK, but not the US. Here the norm would be to either attend fully, or not attend (with the option of making a donation if it was being organised by someone you wanted to support/ be on good terms with).

But you would pay to attend (usually you'd pay for a table and bring guests), and then there would be further fundraising activities during the evening e.g. an auction. The guests on your table would be expected to contribute to those activities.

In one of the ones I worked on, for example, Richard Branson had donated a week.on Necker Island as one of the lead items for the auction.

@Roundthemoon
I didn't ask what racism is or whether the press treated Catherine and Meghan differently - where on the thread is there jealousy and racism. Which posts?

I have never been personal with any poster on here. It’s not my style. I would love for you to back this up with some evidence but I know you won’t be able to.
You also made up a load of nonsense about my post upthread. Again, I never posted that Kate is a better person than Meghan. Yet, you didn’t acknowledge you were in the wrong here.
I even try to stay away from comments surrounding Meghan’s aesthetic or appearance unless I’m commenting on her actual clothing, in which case, I’m usually complementing her!

The personal attacks have fortunately got a lot less since a certain poster seems to have stopped posting.

Exactly @Serenster.

And I answered you.