I like them both too. Piers Morgan needs to get over his obsession with Meghan its ridiculous now. He seems unable to go a day without talking about her.
I find it strange that they are doing an investigation on Meghan bullying staff just before her tell all interview but no investigation into Andrew and the company he chooses to keep. The truth is they don't like her as she of mixed heritage and American.
I know this was posted aaages ago, but have had some thoughts on this for a long time.
Since when was a woman - any woman - obliged to keep in contact with a man?
Since when was a woman obliged to take his phone calls?
Since when was a woman obliged to be his friend?
Women aren't obligated to make a man comfortable. They aren't obliged to do his emotional labour and worry about his feelings. If for any reason they cut contact, that should be respected. Goodness, it's part of the Abusive Male Charter to demand that a woman be biddable, demure, giving and permanently kind, no matter what.
Meghan met him once. ONCE. And then decided not to meet up again. She and Piers weren't in a relationship. She was in a relationship with Harry. Probably, due to a combination of sleazy behaviour and indiscretion in her presence, she chose not to continue the connection. Anyone who doesn't understand that should probably read a book on a) pathological narcissism (Morgan) and b) stalking (again, Morgan). His behaviour has, and was, dangerous.
Piers Morgan and co shout over black guests on the daily to pretend like white privilege doesn’t exist and claim that Meghan is pulling the race card for sympathy when Harry himself said he had no clue of racism in the real world and had to unlearn his biases. If Meghan says that the queen was lovely to her then so be it but this is a woman who has celebrated the commonwealth for so many years, has gone on countless tours to these countries and met people of all races, nationalities, ethnicities, religions etc yet in the own four walls of her palace, there are concerns about how black her great grandchildren might look. It makes you think what gets said after the queen and co shake hands with all of these POC they meet on their tours. It’s understandable why they didn’t reveal who in the family made the vile remarks, it was undoubtedly several of them. Archie and their daughter don’t need to grow up with the world knowing that information.
Again, this reply is very, very late - I only found this thread this morning!
My money is on Anne. She's rude, arrogant, snobby and hideously entitled; someone who prides herself on 'saying what she thinks'. Phillip's daughter through and through.
Wouldn't surprise me if William were part of the race issue, too, given how appallingly he treated POCs on the recent colonial-Caribbean disaster tour.
It's unimaginable, what Meghan had to suffer and still suffers. She's even being lambasted over whether she shall attend the Beckham wedding (which is happening thousands of miles from Montecito, not next door, as the royal reporters seem to think). All I see is a young woman who tried very hard to do the best for that awful family, despite the racism that was thrown at her, and continues to be hounded - usually to cover up for Paedrew - for literally breathing.
I think the way they have been treated is shocking. The media absolutely were against Meghan from day 1. It's the standard way they like to bring down any woman in the public eye, plus the aggravating factors that Meghan knows and speaks her own mind, classism (her 'messy' family), anti-Americanism and undoubtedly an element of racism. I don't understand why people keep saying 'Kate went through it and she just got on with it and learned to keep her head down and now we love her' like that would have been the right path? So the only way to get the British public on board is to be immaculately groomed at all times, say very little and choose completely inoffensive causes? That's not the society I want to live in.
I also hate the portrayal of Meghan as some kind of Lady Macbeth. The royal correspondents seem to agree that Harry has loathed the British media since childhood (what a surprise!) and that it was only when he was married to Meghan, became a parent and saw the impact the media was having that he felt capable of planning an exit route. Such a sexist portrayal, the conniving woman leading the poor innocent prince astray.
I'm sure Meghan isn't perfect. I think perhaps she does enjoy self-promotion (e.g. history as a lifestyle blogger), I've never seen her use one word when she can use ten, and she seems to take herself quite seriously. All of that is my impression from the coverage I've seen of course, and could be very wrong. However, I do think that she generally seems well intentioned and I cannot think of a single thing she did during her time as a royal that would justify even 1% of the level of vitriol she was met with.
I'm not sure what I feel about them speaking out now. I have a lot of sympathy with wanting to get their side out. Would it have been better to let sleeping dogs lie? Probably. It's a battle they'll sadly never win. This has just stirred up the media all over again and I doubt has changed many minds. But if they felt the injustice of it was eating them up then it was their call to make I suppose. It's terrible timing with Philip, but that is bad luck.
Final thought - as much as I admire the queen, and selfishly enjoy the tradition of having the Royal Family, as the years go on the whole institution seems harder and harder to defend to me. Completely aside from the political issues, it seems to cause utter misery to most of those involved. Jonny Dymond was laughed at a couple of years ago for calling it a human rights issue, but isn't it? I see these photos of George and it makes me feel so sad for him - a little boy who has been born into such an unusual situation, with such limited control over his own future.
I also hate the portrayal of Meghan as some kind of Lady Macbeth. The royal correspondents seem to agree that Harry has loathed the British media since childhood (what a surprise!) and that it was only when he was married to Meghan, became a parent and saw the impact the media was having that he felt capable of planning an exit route. Such a sexist portrayal, the conniving woman leading the poor innocent prince astray.
It's not just that, it's blatant misogynoir. The intersection of Meghan's blackness, her womanhood, and her class/nationality has created a perfect storm in the minds of royals and their reporters. All the 'exotic' tropes - her DNA, the fact that her mother has locs - has been spun into a femme fatale narrative, as if Harry has been taken hostage by her predatory vagina. It's a trope that has long been used in white circles in the West - that a man loses his agency and wits when he is taken prisoner by a woman who is represented as 'Other' (Othering is a way of casting those people of colour as 'sensual, otherworldly, good at religion but not at all good at self-governance' (Dimitri Gutas). It is very convenient for people like Piers Morgan, Richard Kay, Dan Wooten, etc to use these horrible narratives to sell an anti-Meghan narrative to an older white audience. It's hideous. It's out of date. It must be eradicated.