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Why is Meghan hated?

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YourBrickTiger · 07/10/2025 13:26

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?

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Indianrollerbird · 15/10/2025 12:46

CurlewKate · 15/10/2025 12:03

I do seem to remember a lot of very snobbish criticism of the PofW from the “toffs”. All that stuff about “doors to manual” and the “wisteria sisters”. Unpleasant stuff-but sadly pretty typical of what happens when you try to join the English(I use English advisedly) upper classes The stuff aimed at the DofS was more gutter press unhinged-all about fake pregnancies and poisoning Charlotte with her wedding bouquet and contributing to global warming by eating avocados. So unhinged that it’s probably easier to ignore than the relentless snobbery.

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Did the British media say Meghan faked her pregnancies? I’m pretty sure that wouldn’t have got past their lawyers, IPSO or a libel claim. I’d love for you do provide a link where any British media outlet has made this assertion.

This is the article about the children’s head-dresses at the wedding - I believe it’s the one Harry complained about in Spare. It refers to Lily of the Valley being poisonous and potentially harmful to all the bridesmaids, not just Charlotte, but it’s no great surprise she would be the bridesmaid mentioned as none of the others are famous children. It also mentions the same flower was used by Camilla, Eugenie and Catherine. It’s a completely pointless filler article. Just like the avocado one was. The press will find a way to attach a famous name to something totally boring/pointless to jazz it up. The facts of the matters, Lily if the Valley is poisonous if you eat it, avocados are not great for the environment, are pushed through a celebrity lens. Meghan just happened to be a huge celebrity at the time. It could easily have been any other celeb with a following/a large amount of current interest attached to them. I can’t imagine being an experienced person in the public eye and giving this sort of guff a moment of my attention, let alone bleating about it like a toddler in your supposed magnum opus. It’s not even remotely comparable with being up skirted and called a slag to get a reaction, hacked, investigated, photographed topless with a long lens, and followed by paps every day for 6 years.

The Express is an extremely Sussex friendly rag, by the way, along with the Mirror, Guardian, Telegraph and the BBC. Then there’s all the magazines that love them. They have plenty of friendly media this side of the Atlantic.

https://www.express.co.uk/news/royal/1189886/royal-news-meghan-markle-wedding-kate-middleton-children-princess-charlotte-news

Meghan Markle’s flowers may have put Princess Charlotte's life at risk

MEGHAN MARKLE married Prince Harry in a stunning ceremony watched by millions in May 2018, but an element of their nuptials may have put their bridesmaids’, including Princess Charlotte, lives at risk.

https://www.express.co.uk/news/royal/1189886/royal-news-meghan-markle-wedding-kate-middleton-children-princess-charlotte-news

chunkybear · 15/10/2025 12:49

jumpingthehighjump · 15/10/2025 10:10

Meghan puts herself into the press constantly and attends public events in her own capacity.

She is quite at liberty to do so.

She does interviews and has done the Oprah interviews and been featured in Harry’s books. She has launched a million business ideas

Ditto. Her prerogative, although the Oprah interview was an own goal IMHO.

If she wants to launch a million business ideas, great! no one has to buy anything, look at the launch, read about it etc.
I just don't think she deserves the constant hammering she gets for any small thing, sometimes twisting the narrative to ensure clicks.

Except she lies, a lot, and is vindictive. She’s a nasty pierce of work

Rattlerange · 15/10/2025 12:49

I find it interesting how myopic a lot of posters are about the British being the biggest critics of Meghan and Harry, absolutely not true at all. Her fellow countrymen seem to be leading the pack in regards to that.

Southpark, numerous US YouTuber’s running weekly shows about her, late night talk show hosts making jokes about them, Spotify executives, Netflix executives, US ex-employees spilling the beans on her bullying, multiple reputable magazines, either poking fun at her or criticising her (The Cut, Hollywood reporter etc), multiple forums on Reddit (mainly US based) and the thousands of negative comments about her shows, again mainly US based.

She appears to be more disliked on her side of the pond than this side, 4 threads on MM is chicken feed in comparison to what her US ‘audience’ think of her.

chunkybear · 15/10/2025 12:52

jumpingthehighjump · 15/10/2025 10:38

She cannot demand an uncritical reception.

I don't believe she does? No one wants negative reaction but that's the nature of it all.

However, my point is I think the British media from early on made a deliberate decision to cast anything she did as wrong, bad or when she was still a working Royal... breaking protocol. I think that has led to this where we are now. i.e. nothing she can do is right.
Just my personal opinion. Opinions obviously vary!

If everything she does is wrong, lies, self promotion off the back of others hard work, she lies and cheats her way, and bleats on about herself to the press who will print her lies… though that list of publications is getting ever shorter!

jumpingthehighjump · 15/10/2025 13:22

If everything she does is wrong

You admit it then. Everything she does is wrong. Her lifestyle NF series is wrong. Going anywhere or doing anything is 'wrong'. I think we've got to the crux of it now. She will never ever in some people's eyes manage to do anything right.

chunkybear · 15/10/2025 13:56

jumpingthehighjump · 15/10/2025 13:22

If everything she does is wrong

You admit it then. Everything she does is wrong. Her lifestyle NF series is wrong. Going anywhere or doing anything is 'wrong'. I think we've got to the crux of it now. She will never ever in some people's eyes manage to do anything right.

Yes because it’s all rubbish, lies, and if she actually did anything with no lies or half truths then the screen would be completely blank

jumpingthehighjump · 15/10/2025 13:58

I've got the message loud and clear, every single thing she does is wrong. According to you.

chunkybear · 15/10/2025 14:03

Yep, me, and many others who can see through this thin veil of a facade she surrounds herself with

jumpingthehighjump · 15/10/2025 14:16

As I said, I have got the message. There will never be anything even remotely positive about her for you. Even a dress she wears, or a pair of shoes! If Meghan has them on, they will be part of a facade of rubbish, lies and half truths 🤣

Personally.... for instance... I don't go through life looking for all the negatives. In anyone. In anything.
Take her NF lifestyle show. Nothing to hugely criticise there, some of it was good, some of it was boring, some of it was twee. But it wasn't a heinous crime to do it in the first place. I loved the scenery for instance. And some of the pots, pans and platters she used. Maybe I am just superficial and can't be arsed to get worked up about people, life's too short.

CurlewKate · 15/10/2025 14:16

Indianrollerbird · 15/10/2025 12:46

Did the British media say Meghan faked her pregnancies? I’m pretty sure that wouldn’t have got past their lawyers, IPSO or a libel claim. I’d love for you do provide a link where any British media outlet has made this assertion.

This is the article about the children’s head-dresses at the wedding - I believe it’s the one Harry complained about in Spare. It refers to Lily of the Valley being poisonous and potentially harmful to all the bridesmaids, not just Charlotte, but it’s no great surprise she would be the bridesmaid mentioned as none of the others are famous children. It also mentions the same flower was used by Camilla, Eugenie and Catherine. It’s a completely pointless filler article. Just like the avocado one was. The press will find a way to attach a famous name to something totally boring/pointless to jazz it up. The facts of the matters, Lily if the Valley is poisonous if you eat it, avocados are not great for the environment, are pushed through a celebrity lens. Meghan just happened to be a huge celebrity at the time. It could easily have been any other celeb with a following/a large amount of current interest attached to them. I can’t imagine being an experienced person in the public eye and giving this sort of guff a moment of my attention, let alone bleating about it like a toddler in your supposed magnum opus. It’s not even remotely comparable with being up skirted and called a slag to get a reaction, hacked, investigated, photographed topless with a long lens, and followed by paps every day for 6 years.

The Express is an extremely Sussex friendly rag, by the way, along with the Mirror, Guardian, Telegraph and the BBC. Then there’s all the magazines that love them. They have plenty of friendly media this side of the Atlantic.

https://www.express.co.uk/news/royal/1189886/royal-news-meghan-markle-wedding-kate-middleton-children-princess-charlotte-news

Well-there was lots of stuff about her bump creaking and how could she possibly bend over like that if she was really pregnant-I assume that was in the press?

Indianrollerbird · 15/10/2025 14:21

CurlewKate · 15/10/2025 14:16

Well-there was lots of stuff about her bump creaking and how could she possibly bend over like that if she was really pregnant-I assume that was in the press?

Where in the press? Are you getting mixed up with YouTube/Twitter?

Edited to add: how do you think that sort of gossip would get past the privacy laws and public interest standards the British press has to adhere to?

Spectre8 · 15/10/2025 14:42

And here we have it the whole but Kate had it worse...do you even hear yourselves ...it should be all of it wrong for both women not who had it more than another and therefore somehow justifies it.

Honestly don't you feel ashamed that this is how you think...Kate had it worse so Meghan got off lightly. Its all wrong.

Indianrollerbird · 15/10/2025 14:57

Spectre8 · 15/10/2025 14:42

And here we have it the whole but Kate had it worse...do you even hear yourselves ...it should be all of it wrong for both women not who had it more than another and therefore somehow justifies it.

Honestly don't you feel ashamed that this is how you think...Kate had it worse so Meghan got off lightly. Its all wrong.

Do keep up. The person who claimed she had it worse was Meghan, in her Oprah interview, and H&M in their Netflix doc. Once again, if you are going to go on public record complaining about this stuff, expect it to be scrutinised and the evidence evaluated. The competition was started by Megan and Harry.

Spectre8 · 15/10/2025 15:13

Indianrollerbird · 15/10/2025 14:57

Do keep up. The person who claimed she had it worse was Meghan, in her Oprah interview, and H&M in their Netflix doc. Once again, if you are going to go on public record complaining about this stuff, expect it to be scrutinised and the evidence evaluated. The competition was started by Megan and Harry.

Im talking about posters on here making comments how Kate had it worse

Indianrollerbird · 15/10/2025 15:25

Spectre8 · 15/10/2025 15:13

Im talking about posters on here making comments how Kate had it worse

Edited

A comparison and commentary that has only come about because Meghan, Harry and their supporters claimed she had it worse.

binkie163 · 15/10/2025 15:26

'new money trying far too hard' and 'the right type of girl shows up in an ancient blazer and with a battered trunk that had belonged to her mother'
Yup only townies turn up in a new Barbour jacket and hunters. County/country have hand me down heritage barbours and muck boots. My Barbour is 40 years old and my riding stockman was my dad's and even older.

To those calling racism, I honestly don't remember the press being racist. I was never into rap music but loved the NWA 1988 album. The straight outta.... gave M some street credit/edge was very cool. The response was handled badly it could have been such a win. I seem to remember W&H were huge Dr Dre fans.
The only racism I remember was the purile wanker Danny baker that was so disgusting the whole world turned on him. I don't however remember H going bonkers over it or filing a lawsuit but it was all under my radar back then.

TheBucketFamily · 15/10/2025 15:33

Meghan comes across as very attention-seeking and rather full of her own importance. I don't hate her in the slightest, that's far too strong an emotion to describe my feelings. I don't think I would like her very much if I met her, but I'd be delighted to be proved wrong.

I should perhaps add that I wasn't very keen on Diana either. She too seemed very self absorbed and attention-seeking.

ozarina · 15/10/2025 15:44

Many of us have known women like her - the gushers, the dust stirrers, the OTT emotional displays , the users, the ones who must be the centre of attention - the frauds. I don't think you need to know Meghan to recognise this. This is why she is disliked by so many. Decent people don't lie about so very many important things.

MrsFinkelstein · 15/10/2025 15:53

jumpingthehighjump · 15/10/2025 09:55

I think a PP on this thread (could have been the OP) was claiming Meghan's treatment at the hands of the press was worse than Catherine's

I think it is. It has spanned years, it has evolved into a multi million dollar industry, it has spawned books, youtube channels, and such traffic on social media forums like this one. So not just 'press'. It has evolved into far more as quoted above. Articles on Meghan are mostly negative and prolific, and sometimes with an undercurrent of racism. And the countless contradictory press stories of course (William gifted Kate an avocado how lovely, Meghan is fuelling wars by eating avocados)

On here, I never saw threads about Kate to speak of (and yes I do know about the few threads on here when she had her illness)
There are four threads running at the moment about Meghan. Never seen that with Kate, even back in the day. Before she married there was maybe a couple of threads about her being Waity Katie but really nothing like the hundreds (probably thousands!) of 'isn't Meghan awful' threads.

I hope Meghan holds her head high and carries on doing what she's doing.

I expect a furious response to this of course 🤣

I think it is. It has spanned years, it has evolved into a multi million dollar industry, it has spawned books, youtube channels, and such traffic on social media forums like this one. So not just 'press'. It has evolved into far more as quoted above.

You can say the exact same thing about Catherine. Examples are evident on YT, TT, TwiX and on other forums - Celebitchy immediately comes to mind. For every example you give I can immediately find the same on Catherine.

No furious reply here - just pointing out facts

MrsFinkelstein · 15/10/2025 16:05

CurlewKate · 15/10/2025 14:16

Well-there was lots of stuff about her bump creaking and how could she possibly bend over like that if she was really pregnant-I assume that was in the press?

No, that was online in SM. Same as it was for Beyonce.

Kimura · 15/10/2025 16:26

Basically a load of really sad people with too much time on their hands have formed an opinion on a person they've never met and know nothing about, except what they see online, on TV and in the papers.

It's phenomenally tragic.

ThePoshUns · 15/10/2025 17:23

Kimura · 15/10/2025 16:26

Basically a load of really sad people with too much time on their hands have formed an opinion on a person they've never met and know nothing about, except what they see online, on TV and in the papers.

It's phenomenally tragic.

Touché

Indianrollerbird · 15/10/2025 17:28

Kimura · 15/10/2025 16:26

Basically a load of really sad people with too much time on their hands have formed an opinion on a person they've never met and know nothing about, except what they see online, on TV and in the papers.

It's phenomenally tragic.

So are you saying she has put out a false image of herself in her tv shows and in her numerous interviews?

Indianrollerbird · 15/10/2025 17:31

🙄 Do you think this is something smart, media savvy, “hit the ground running”, She-Ra types get their knickers in a twist over?

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