Thank you
@Rubythefirebat and
@JAR21 for the shiney new thread and cracking title.
Currently French TV are entertaining me with a two-hour
hatchet job fair and balanced documentary on La Markle called Meghan & Kate: Duel Royal a Buckingham' (French TV). It's lovely stuff. Currently enjoying a nice, lengthy summary of the bullying allegations... Oh and extravagance on Froggy. Note to producer 'Vincent Martin pour TF1 production et Mad Productions' Frogmore House footage is used instead of Froggy Bottom.
Now we have Meghan's 'pretexte' for not meeting Trump at the State dinner and lack of necessary diplomatic skills. Pointing out that despite Trump's crass tweets about Duchess of Cambridge sunbathing topless, she was still able to meet him and smile graciously. South African disaster tour and French point of view was that it was inappropriate to expect people to 'ask if I am OK' when she was representing the Queen and visiting areas of the country in real poverty and hardship. Next we are on Megxit, abandoning their royal duties, Montecito, Netify, Spotflix and it's Oprah time. Pointing out that Meghan targeted the entire Royal Family, the institution, their relationships and roles, whereas the Diana interview she was imitating was a discussion of just the personal relationships between her, Charles and Camilla. 'She played Diana, she is after all, an actress'. French point of view: the real parallels between Diana and today are in fact with Kate: her ease with people, charm on public engagements, immaculate appearance, hard work. They view Diana as an enduring brand, not a 'star'. There is a long discussion about how Meghan deliberately tried to mimic Diana's styles and use the same language in the interview, but they come back to the fact that Diana set out to serve the UK, whereas Meghan quit the UK and only set out to serve herself. Quite brutal.
Goodness, this documentary goes up to and including Prince Philip's funeral, and looks forward to the Princess Diana statue unveiling. There isn't really a conclusion as such, other than pointing out that Kate's destiny as a future Queen seems certain, whereas La Markle's ambitions (politics is mentioned heavily) could go anywhere. They've stopped talking about Harry altogether by this point, I notice.