"He loves me so boldly...." - Haarpers Interview with Meghan

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https://www.harpersbazaar.com/culture/film-tv/a69289143/meghan-markle-cover-story-interview-2025/

She's a beautiful woman but i can't understand why she just doesn't drop the titles and be herself. And it's odd how she talks about how much 'H' loves her but not how much she loves him.

Everytime she tries to shoehorn the title in it just reminds everyone that

she married him for the title
she got what she wanted
she’s not giving it up because it’s the only thing that sets them apart from other slebs
she thinks she can just manipulate everyone into loving her, which as evidenced in the article… is all she seems to care about.

I actually dread to think what they are planning to do when W becomes king. They are obviously consumed with jealousy and hatred… they’re doing what they always wanted by stealth.. half in half out, otherwise why keep using the titles… note she rarely refers to his… and then leeching off K&W publicity to get her own clicks. I think the gloves will come off when KC dies and William could have a real problem on his hands.

I think you are right @Slipperati
But I think in England at least, K and W are so popular with Royal supporters they will be ok.
Id like to see the titles gone. Wills could remove them from any none working royal. The precedent has been set with swiftly getting rid of Andrew’s. Harry and Megan Mountbatten Windsor it is.

Quite the Becky Sharpe.

However I said on another thread, that it must be quite the moment for her to be on Harpers cover. But she’ll never acknowledge it’s because of who she married and not her own achievements. She’s tenacious I’ll give her that.

IMO Charles or William need to remove titles from all except working royals and heir to the throne. Remove from all including Charlotte and Louis.

I agree. Cut it right back to avoid this kind of nonsense in future. If she wasn't "The Duchess of Sussex" there would be none of this.

I was reading that Royal protocol is for the guest to be introduced ( or presented) to the Royal . So Meghan should not have been announced ( to an empty room 😂) but the interviewer should have been introduced to her .
Meghan sometimes seems more Royal than the actual RF but - as with so many things- can’t get it right .

Interesting article about how Brits have never used titles in the US. It’s not the done thing

https://www.thedailybeast.com/meghan-markle-gets-staff-to-make-odd-entrance-announcement/

This says it better than I could! Agree 100%

Also they have previous for this. Rem the Variety article from Jan 2025….where they revealed that Meg n Harry make staff call them ‘ma’am’ and ‘sir’

I’ve just seen a (soundless) montage of the Harper’s photo shoot. It looks very cringey and to be honest, I don’t think she looks very good in them. Unlike Diana, Meghan doesn’t have that stardust aura about her. You just can’t fake that.

I bet she is the reason Harry dropped the ‘just call me Harry’ spiel after 5seconds. That would have been a huge blow to their marriage, the very raison d'être of the whole charade.

I think she is very insecure about Harry, it’s definitely not the love story she wants people to believe, he is probably compliant and she confuses that for love, but he generally looks disinterested or resentful when he is with her.

She doesn’t seem to much like her mother either, what a surprise !

Not that interesting at all. Just in line with reference to Kate's 9 year wait and a name given to her at the time by the same people who now speak badly about Meghan.

The use of that particular phrase is more illuminating about you than you realise.

I agree she wants to trade financially on the royal titles but it’s more than that, it’s all about the status for her - she wants to remind people at every opportunity that she’s “above” them.

Which makes it even more funny that she once said in an interview that people are “linked, not ranked”

it’s all just nonsense.

Okay.

I think she meant other people are linked not ranked - she has a special elevated status that sets her apart from the proles!

I think Harry is just the same as her.

He was happy to do the whole “just call me Harry” piece when he was secure in the feeling that he was firmly royal and the most important person in the room.

Everything since he was told no to half in half out and that he would lose his royal privileges, has been one long tantrum from him - even all the fuss about security is everything to do with status and little to do with genuine fear.

Exactly!

I think she also meant it as a dig towards those who were above her in status (ie. The Queen or the then Duchess of Cambridge)

she and Harry are all about equal status with those above them, but very very definitely don’t believe in equality with the masses

“It’s all just nonsense.”

You got it in one @elessar

Was also the slur that MM was happy to repeat on the OW interview with her faux concern.

It’s highly ignorant, offensive and revealing to repeat a slur about someone else. It was giving it more airspace and IMHO totally disingenuous in that MM wanted to draw comparisons and actually agrees with the slur and hoped it would stick again with her input.

She doesn’t seem to much like her mother either, what a surprise !

Doria hasn’t been seen with the family for nearly 2 years - since she filmed some snippets for WLM in spring 2024. She seems to have retreated from public life as well. She was attending sleb events under her own steam with MM (pics of her with the Kardashian’s) - maybe that go up Meg’s nose? Maybe they liked her more than MM - or maybe she is a ‘loose lips’ risk that MM has to control in order to maintain her illusional narrative?

MM has posted a couple of old (unflattering) pics of Doria on Mothers Day - probs to avoid Qs being asked - but no evidence they are still in each others lives. Real shame for A&L if this is the case - that despite a large extended family their parents have chosen to deprive them of any experience of family life with blood relatives.

Absolutely this

I agree. I think William needs to take decisive action when his father dies. Strip them of titles and make sure every fake tour has a response stating they aren’t representing the RF or Britain. It must be draining for KC and W and K to deal with . Which is what they want of course.

Wasn’t Doria pictured with them recently? Was it something to do with the pumpkin photos?

I haven't seen the Oprah interview. Thanks for letting me know.