If the Royal Family don't want to be called out on their behaviour, then maybe they should behave better. Do better. Be better.
They're an outdated establishment, who are only in the position they're in because we, the public, allow it. We allow ourselves to be classed as commoners, less than, and for what? So that when someone marries into their family who doesn't quite fit the bill, they allow that person to be bullied by the media and consistently let them down. Whatever anyone thinks of Meghan, she does not deserve the treatment she's had. I hope she does bring down the Royal Family - frankly it's ridiculous that we allow them the power they have.
As for Piers Morgan - his obsession with her is creepy, inappropriate and downright weird.
Exactly what poor behaviour have the royal family engaged in regarding Markle? “Do better. Be better”? Seriously?
Yes, they are in their postion because we, the public allow it. That’s the whole point. They work for us. They are given entirely unearned privileges and platforms in return for which they don’t rub our noses in their wealth, don’t behave like attention seeking celebrities, don’t monetise their roles, don’t take political sides and don’t use their “voices” to tell us how marvellous they are everytime they make speeches.
Their public lives are spent in the service of others - highlighting the good works of other people, bringing attention to charities, celebrating achievements and representing our nation on the world stage. Their focus is not themselves, it’s other people.
Markle:
* Cleared an enormous space for herself at Wimbledon because she didn’t want to sit near the great unwashed
* Showed up at a charity for women who couldn’t afford second hand clothes in £10k worth of Oscar de la Renta
* Pulled infantile little stunts like baking cakes & writing on bananas to ensure she was always the headline, not the charity
* Got her husband to ask for work on her behalf while attending (in a work capacity) a premiere
* Pushed her own political opinions while guest editing Vogue
* Spent over £1m on clothes in a single year while pretending to care about poverty
* Made sure the press was on hand to see her being showered with gifts by her millionaire friends while her husband stayed at home to make a speech about child food poverty
* Smugly told us all to limit our carbon footprints while herself using private planes like a no.10 bus
If this wasn’t enough, her most senior member of staff was so concerned about the appalling way she was treating staff he made a formal bullying complaint about her.
Now let’s see what the “do better” royal family actually did do for Markle, shall we?
* Provided a £35m wedding, including two dresses for her that cost £300k...she didn’t pay for anything at all
* Gave her a royal title and a coat of arms
* Gave her the option to chart her own course & continue her career if she so chose (which she rejected)
* Spent £3m refurbishing a house to her exact requirements
* Gave her a £2.5m a year income
* Hand selected a staff of highly experienced aides to support her
....and, lest we forget, gave her the fame she yearned for & which her unimpressive little career was never going to provide.
What exactly has she had to “put up with”? Not being as important as two future kings and a future queen? Poor thing. Not being allowed to bore us with her political opinions even though her position doesn’t allow her to? Tragic. A deluge of sychophantic, glowingly positive media that politely pretended her puffed up “humanitarian” work amounted to anything? My heart bleeds for the poor love.
What she’s ACTUALLY “had to put up with” is fair criticism from the media when her behaviour (and that of her husband) has been less than ideal. Which is precisely what you demand the media do with regards to the rest of the royal family....but she should be exempt from that, right?
I wonder what it is about Markle that makes you want her to be treated differently? For someone like me, who judges people on the content of their character and precisely nothing else, I find it hard to fathom. You want her “othered” and held to a different set of rules....if that’s because you like her, then that’s pathetic. If it‘s because she’s a woman, then that’s sexist. If it’s because she is 25% black then that’s racist.
As far as Morgan is concerned, once people start insulting the speaker rather than addressing what he’s said (aka ad hominem) then game over. He’s won.
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). He would've said she should've left it up to us to speculate who it was and that it was completely unnecessary to name and shame.
