Why is Meghan hated?

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I have very strong views about the Royals especially Camilla, however I am genuinely interested and want to find out more as to why Meghan Markle seems to be so hated. I'm asking in case there is something I have missed. I do read up as much as I can and watch shows from 'both sides' of the argument, but there is nothing that I have seen so far that warrants the level of sheer hatred geared towards her - I don't mean on here necessarily, but on social media in general. She cannot do ANYTHING without a swarm of people descending on her like vampires to tear her apart.

She isn't an adulteress, she's not a paedophile or sex offender, she isn't lazy, she seems to genuinely care about people in need.....and from what has been shown, she genuinely loves Harry and is just trying to make a life with him. He left the UK to start a life away from a nest of some awful people, his mother died when he was 12, his uncle is a sex offender, there is racism and a rigid set of rules within that family where he won't be king anyway so what is wrong with him leaving?

I'm not starting this to start an argument I am genuninely interested in why she is so rabidly disliked and why? Maybe I will start to feel differently if there is more of a reason but at the moment I cannot see one?

Pssst. @LaMarschallin. That’s the other thread you are going back to 😂

Eta I see you’ve noticed while I was typing 😂😂😂

Eta I see you’ve noticed while I was typing 😂😂😂

Quick, that's me.
Even if somewhat cyber-geographically challenged 😊

@prelovedusername funnily enough we are currently away in a European country that has cycling royals.

We were chatting about the award today and the guide said, “she’s a gold digger pure and simple”.

I don’t agree, I think it’s a love match, but I think had they gone more slowly, she’d have walked. And Harry would have realised she’s completely ill suited to royal life.

I have no doubt H fell in love with M but not convinced she fell in love with the person but rather than the status etc

Are you saying it wasn't the greatest love story ever told ? 😮

Who could doubt that utterly convincing intertwined pine tree metaphor? 😜

Well... they're still together so something works, like it or not.

What do you mean, a little neat? Can you elaborate on what you think was going on?

Many decades ago I worked in a day centre for adults with learning disabilities. We had one service user who used to walk into the dining room and say, loudly, 'stop looking at me, everyone '.

Naturally most people - who hadn't noticed her arrival - turned to look at her 😂

I am not saying M has learning disabilities!

But that demands for privacy can be a way of asking for attention.

It was quite sad, really, that this person felt the need to do that. She had therapeutic support, but wouldn't engage with it.

Young?

YOUNG?

She is middle aged ! One of my DC is the same age and she certainly doesn’t regard herself as young ! She has DGC aged 20 !

At 44, she is the oldest of the 4 (including Catherine, William, Harry). And arguably she's the one with the most life experience. Yet she's always talked about by her supporters like she's a 19 year old ingenue. Because that's what Diana was when she married into the RF, and they are always trying to draw (spurious) parallels between the two.

Depends on the context...

Young at heart

Young in terms of age

I always say im Young. Young at heart, my physical self might be aging but not the rest of me, the core essence of me.

Also some people do consider 40s as still going i do. I think id call myself old once I hit 60 to be honest cos yes then you are old much more closer to retirement and not many years left.

I always say im Young. Young at heart, my physical self might be aging but not the rest of me, the core essence of me

Unfortunately that reminds me of people who say things like "Go on! Guess how old I am! I'm X years young, I am - never believe it, would you? Etc"

I think id call myself old once I hit 60 to be honest cos yes then you are old

People tend to see "old" as 10-20 years older than they actually are, so that makes sense.
Sad to feel you won't have much time left after you're 60 especially as retirement age is increasing. Unless something very unfortunate happens (and we never know what's around the corner) I'm glad I won't feel like that. I'm looking forward to seeing my grandchildren grow up and having lots of leisurely years.
I'm genuinely sorry if this is because of a pre-existing health problem of yours.

Very wise of you, StarlightRobot, but regarding the alleged racist horrors you left out the infamous shooting weekend Harry told us about, where Meghan's said to have challenged nearly everyone present for their unacceptable views

Like so much of the other alleged racism this was all before the wedding, and yet she still chose to ally herself with a man who surrounded himself with people like that?

And then some believe it wasn't the status which attracted her rather than the person

There are a lot of MNers still together who hate their partners, it doesn’t really prove anything. There are many reasons why even rich and famous couples stay together after the love has gone. If there is trouble in paradise (and I have no idea or really care) I would imagine the one thing keeping them together is the children. Harry has painted himself into a corner being deliberately estranged from his family and having his children raised in America. He can’t leave them across the pond and probably wouldn’t want to live alone in America. Many non-rich or famous people face this dilemma too.

I’m early 60s. I’m older, not old. At Meghan’s age I had a three year old and a one year old.

I think it’s nuanced.

What do any of us find attractive in our partners? Meghan loves money, probably because she grew up surrounded by it in other families but had an irregular supply of it in her own. So a rich man is going to be attractive to her. A young well connected one even more so.
Harry’s needs are met in other ways. As Thomas Markle said, “she is very, very effective with men”.
It can be a love match and also an expedient one, they aren’t mutually exclusive.

@prelovedusername Thomas markle her dad said that ??

How disgusting !!

Op I've not read all this but I don't know why she's hated so much I think it's unhinged

Quoted in an Express article.

I agree, it’s not a comment you’d expect to hear from a father. However that doesn’t mean he’s wrong.

I have the same opinion. 😀

Yes eew! Personally I think the entire Markle family is dysfunctional.

This is quite interesting.

I'm 52 and certainly think of myself as young still. DH is a couple of decades older so I am young compared to him. But my best friend is 15 years older than me and another very good friend is 86. I don't think of either of them as old. Or even 'older' generally. My 86 year old friend has adult daughters who fuss over her and every now and then she gets very cross and snaps at them 'Don;'t treat me like that.,, I have friends who are younger than you!!'.

My parents are 75 and 76 and have been 'old' for decades. It was always 'I'm too old for that'. They seem old too. Yet objectively (to me at least) are not that old. So I think young at heart keeping you young is a very real thing.

So I think young at heart keeping you young is a very real thing.

Fair enough.
But, if you agree with the 2nd part of the post I quoted as well as the first part, you'd better make the most of the next 8 years because then you're old and "haven't many years left".
This is the post to which I was replying:

Spectre8 · Yesterday 08:16
Depends on the context...
Young at heart
Young in terms of age
I always say im Young. Young at heart, my physical self might be aging but not the rest of me, the core essence of me.
Also some people do consider 40s as still going i do. I think id call myself old once I hit 60 to be honest cos yes then you are old much more closer to retirement and not many years left.

It seems to be saying that you can be "young at heart" until you're 60, when you're suddenly old.

No, I was just musing on an early Sunday morning. Not looking for an argument.

And I was just adding my thoughts, given it was a post of mine you were musing on.
I don't think I came across as argumentative, merely explaining my point further and adding the full post I replied to for further context.