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Yes. A young mum I follow on Instagram bought hers in a thrift store. At the time she said you can also get them in places like Walmart.

I mean they’d have plenty to write about.

• witnessing how their parents deal with staff
• never taken anywhere outside a 3 mile radius
• never seeing either side of the family
• never visiting the UK and understanding their heritage
• Never meeting the King (since he’s become King)
• their image and childhood put in social media for their mothers business.
• mother constantly with her phone filming or taking photos
• no doubt weirdo new age parenting/MH techniques
• father was obsessed with their dead grandmother- her picture everywhere
• house decorated in in white and cream- hardly child friendly home. it was all about image.
• fathers paranoia about security and having security constantly in their lives, thus developing anxiety about their safety

And possibly one of her few black friends...

It's amazing to me that her fans don't object to the blatant falseness, fakeness etc. She presents a complete 'construct' to them and they seem to lap it up.

I think they're people who, in the main, don't question the obvious. Why is she doing this, claiming that, contradicting herself?
Some look no further than a veneer of a wealthy and titled woman. That's enough for her fans.

I agree with most people that Meghan will merch the kids when the time is right, no matter what Harry wants...its only what meghan wants that's important!

I agree with keeping them private and out of the public eye, but all these ridiculous 'sneak peeks' featuring parts of the kids is such an obvious ploy for attention. I almost feel sorry for Harry. He was reeled onto a bandwagon promising freedom and privacy, only to find it was nothing of the sort. Instead of jumping off, he clambered aboard and now spouts nonsensical word salads, incomprehensible ideas and has lost all rights over his own children as Meghan wheels them out for publicity. Careful what you wish for in action.

I try really hard not to comment on these threads, largely because I think there is not any more that I can say that hasn't already been said.

But I abhor people who claim feminism as a part of their identity yet fall foul when it comes to their children.

I'm not an avowed feminist at all but am a very proud mum of two wonderful (now young adults) DC.

I didn't find it difficult not to dress them in pink.
It was not a struggle to surround them in pinkdom.

Yet M&H seem to be be (unconsciously or consciously) doing this to their kids.

My DDs were romping around in Oshkosh dungarees and wearing loads of neutral colours at that age.

Their kids are already being fed stereotypes, so how are we to believe their goals of smashing those moulds.

It's all so transparent.

When mine were young it was quite normal to post anecdotes and pictures of them.
Quite rightly all that changed as we realised that their lives and images weren't for us to share.

Yet
Yet
Yet

Here we have someone doing exactly that.

For these reasons alone, I'm thinking that he, she or they are MAHOOSIVE hypocrites.

Even more so as they put their DH

I read this morning that Serena is an investor in the Candy Land book and game that they are playing on the latest instagram offering. It’s symbiotic as Meghan and her daughter are merching for Serena in return for her appearance.

Do we know what time this With Love Meghan celebratory party , to which we are all invited , will be shown on Tuesday ? Is there a normal time Netflix release these ? Will it be the same UK & US?

Idly wondering merely 😂

Sorry, that last partial sentence appeared from the ether.
No idea where that came from!

People come and go in your journey in life and its better to teach children that. Not everyone stays with you, its nice if you do but it's not alwsys a given. My mum is 1 of 6 and she doesn't talk to one of her sisters at all. I've asked her why, she explained, its understandable why she doesn't. I don't resent missing out on not knowing that auntie. Also due to various other family issues along the way I'm not close with my other aunties and uncles and cousins. Again I'm not resentful at all.

People shouldn't be forced to keep relations with others, blood related or not. What their reasons for no longer being in each others lives is between them.

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Spectre8 really?

So you believe that very young children should be taught that relationships are transitional and expendable?

Wow!!

That's so very sad

If this is correct, then this really is a new low.
Not only marching their children for their own ends but their friends as well.

Maybe for those fans who live for posting themselves all over SM it's all par for the course?

After all nobody's going to show the "worst side of themselves" - unless perhaps it's an injury and they're looking for sympathy - so I guess the fakery kind of goes with the territory?

If true, that wouldn't surprise me at all.

The book's title is very clearly and prominently displayed. 9 times out of 10 when this sort of thing is seen on social media, it's deliberate product placement. Which might not be so bad if she hadn't dragged her child into it.

Serena's husband is also involved in 'Better Up' so I'm guessing this is yet another transactional 'friendship'.

Very true. I don't think it's right to exploit that and make money from it though. Plus, lying about events is never a good look.
Mind you, what are Harry and Meghan without the royal titles and connections?
Nothing.

I agree @IcedPurple
It seems that all of Meghan’s friendships are and have been transactional. When they have served their purpose, they are dropped and she moves on without looking back. It’s sad and brutal. It used to be for social networking and climbing and now it’s for merching and chasing the dollar.
The product placement of the personalised game tells me it’s contrived and for business purposes not for the purpose of a fun get together involving the children. If it was a genuine play date, where are Serena’s children?

Well, the video is literally only 4 seconds long so it's hard to read too much into it.

But why post it at all? What does it have to do with her upcoming show? It's so obvious she wanted to shoehorn her 'celebrity friend' and her daughter into her Instagram. Even for 4 seconds.

I'd believe that they are "winning in life" when they no longer need to pin themselves to the royal family. Either Meghan is too stupid to not realise auntie would tie the post to Catherine or it's a deliberate PR attempt. Which brings it back to the winning, doing this doesn't indicate success that would be moving on, which it appears neither can.

Up to a point. But also long term relationships matter, they are part of our own story even though that person isn't perfect. Just as we aren't always perfect.

Any significant relationship will have moments which need tolerance and forgiveness.

Not every relationship will endure the test of time. Relationships ebb and flow with circumstances.

But most of us manage to keep most of our family and a good number of friends over the years.

It is striking that H&M are so extremely isolated.

And the first thing I thought odd, not having taken much interest in the run up to the royal wedding, was discovering that Harry had never met Meghan's father. They dated, became serious, got engaged, and he never met the father she lauded on social media.

That does seem odd. This was before his 'selling out' a few weeks prior to the wedding. But somehow they had never met? Let's face it, neither had a 9-5 job with limited annual leave.

Teaching children that relationships with parents should be abandoned when they no longer suit might come back to bite them of course...

Might be difficult to explain that you don't see Grandpa Markle because he breached your privacy and sold stories to the press, when talking to a child whom thanks to you, the world has seen in his bath. And that you don't see Daddy's family any more because they are racists who wanted to deny your title, when that was a lie and actually it's Daddy who has the history of racism, and still goes on about looks and genes.

It’s light relief from humdrum lives, a fantasy.

Also, Thomas Markle's selling out was no worse than H&M's.

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