The polarisation these two have caused is fascinating. I'm particularly fascinated by the 'Meghan is telling the truth because she said it, and everything the Palace say are lies" brigade. These people can't see the contradiction in their assertions.
The interview with Oprah Winfrey was also interesting. Speaking in vagaries due to wanting to protect the people they're attacking could be seen as a very clever move, and something very similar to gaslighting. It does leave both Meghan and Harry with an 'out' "Oh no! We'd never say that-that wasn't what we meant at all!!", with an implicit threat laced all the way through the entire interview that they could blow the Monarchy into tiny little sparkly sequins for Meghan's next Oscars appearance.....oh no, scrap that, actually.
I actually don't believe Meghan Markle. I think she's a very convincing liar, but then most of the best lies are ones that have mimiscule fragments of truth embedded in them. When people are protesting about anything, they create their own narrative around it to justify the lie to themselves. The unfortunate thing is, that in calling her out on these things, you are at risk of a) being called a racist, and b) minimising mental health issues. On the subject of the former, I don't think it's possible at all to issue any kind of challenge to something that is being called racist, without being called racist-the politicing of the word is very powerful, and a remarkable shaming tool for anyone who wants to think and talk objectvely about it, and on the latter, people don't understand that ill people can do really bleeping crappy things. Having mental health issues is not a free pass for crappy behaviour-I work in this field, and people who do crappy things are encouraged to take responsible for being crappy. I think there's a lot being said about Meghan Markle being narcissistic and psychopathic. We don't have enough information to make that diagnosis, but there is a history of behaviour that if true, points to some really dysfunctional ideas about how she can get what she wants.
The reason I don't believe Meghan Markle is because the current situation with her and the Royal Family, appears to be consistent with a pattern of behaviour throughout her whole life. There are numerous accounts of Meghan Markle cuttting people out of her life almost with the flick of a switch (splitting behaviours, perhaps?), and even her family weren't immune to this. There are also inconsistencies in her account that appear to be relatively easy to highlight, for example having her passport taken from her, not having any support, never being accused of bullying, and so on...
I'm perfectly aware that there's two side's to every story, but I find the whole account that the way she's been treated was purely down to racism in keeping with the current climate-if you disagree with me, you're racist, if you don't think you're racist, you probably are but don't know you're racist.
Harry looks like a man under her control. Discreet body language suggest Meghan Markle has power in the relationship, which is ok, as long as it's not for malevolent reasons, but there is again, history of controlling behaviours in her personal and professional life.
I remember thinking at the time: "If someone made a racist comment about my unborn baby, I wouldn't care who it was, I'd punch them in the bleeping mouth". I couldn't see any evidence that there was a reaction to this, and I found it really odd that this accusation, along with all the other claims, weren't asked to be validated by Oprah Winfrey. It was almost a case of "just give us the icing-duck the cake". It stank all the way through of using the interview as a vehicle to curry favour with whoever is at the top of Meghan's hit list.
The truth will out, I guess, and I might be wrong about all of this, but I have a sensitive nose, and I can smell a prick a mile off, and I have to hold my nose whenever I see these two. I'm very rarely wrong.