Is Piers Morgan Right About Meghan?

[thesshhh]

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-7298003/PIERS-MORGAN-Meghans-shamelessly-hypocritical-Vogue-stunt.html

[Cloverjo]

Princess Diana guest-edited Vogue. I don’t remember any nasty journalists having a go at her. What could be the difference?

[dannyk13]

Jo, Diana was English and totally white.Draw your own conclusions.

[ludwig]

Malicious garbage of the type you'd expect from the Mail, and Piers Morgan in particular, against someone that's invoked their displeasure in some way. No surprises there. I'm sure there'll be plenty more to come.

What's disappointing though is that people still seem to lap it up, and take this kind of sheeeite at face value.

[Prudie]

I don't believe it had anything to with Diana being white - she was from the county set, a Lady in her own right. The American connection may be a factor but I don't believe the animosity towards Meghan has anything to with her ethnicity at all.

[dannyk13]

Prudie // I don't believe the animosity towards Meghan has anything to with her ethnicity at all.//
I would like to believe that, but I'm afraid I don't.

[ludwig]

// I don't believe the animosity towards Meghan has anything to with her ethnicity at all. //

I don't either prudie. It just seems that neither she nor Harry seem willing to jump through all the stupid hoops the media would like, to help them sell newspapers, and so they hate them for it.

[naomi24]

I agree with Prudie. I don’t think her ethnicity is relevant either. I don’t think she has learnt to separate royalty from celebrity. She could learn a lot from Kate.

[dannyk13]

Prudie/Naomi. the press were having a go at her as soon as appeared on the scene.

[naomi24]

Everyone in the public eye is going to encounter some criticism but I thought she got a good press generally Danny.

[Calicogirl]

...and perhaps she doesn't want to 'learn from Kate'. The world is evolving and that includes the role of the Royal family within it, this generation is different to the last as the next will be from this one, it's just the way of things. she doesn't have to separate celebrity from royalty if she does not wish to, and some people are finding that she cannot be compelled to, and rightly so. At this rate I can see them just clearing off to live in the US,neither are poor in their own right, and they certainly don't need to be tolerating the gutter press's circus, especially bearing in mind what happened to Harry's mother.

[NellieMay]

There is always one royalty member the British love to hate, aided by the press. Just a shame for Megan that she appears to have now drawn the short straw. Of course, Diana was apparently an Angel!

[naomi24]

Calicogirl, she doesn’t ‘have’ to do anything but bearing in mind that the taxpayer has just forkwd out £3m on her house renovations, not to mention the ongoing cost of security for her, I think she has to decide whether she wants to be ‘royal’ or celebrity. If she doesn’t play by ‘the rules’ she can hardly expect to avoid criticism.

[dannyk13]

Naomi, If it was alright for Diana to edit an edition of Vogue why is it wrong for Meghan to do exactly the same?

[Calicogirl]

Personally I don't think she could care less about the criticism, I think she's tough, hardy, has dealt with far nastier events than this and is more than capable of looking after herself, and I think she will exactly please herself. Now you can moan ( quite rightly in my opinion ) about the Royals costing money but she can still do whatever she likes because she is a free human being. And she is.

[naomi24]

Danny, I haven’t mentioned her editing Vogue.

Calicogirl, she is indeed a free human being but one who has elected to become part of a British institution, and that brings with it responsibilities. If she wants to remain part of that she is not free to do as she wishes - well
at least without encountering criticism.

[dannyk13]

Naomi, that is the gist of Morgans article.

[naomi24]

I know Danny, but it’s not the first time he’s criticised her. He doesn’t seem to like her much.

[andy-hughes]

naomi - // If she wants to remain part of that she is not free to do as she wishes - well at least without encountering criticism. //

Your observation underlines what I believe to be an utterly false supposition on the part of the media, which in turn is endorsed by the public - the notion that the Duchess is entirely free to do and say as she pleases, and not only ignores royal protocol, but actively and willfully goes against it, pursuing her own particular brand of Kardashian-esque media celebrity.

I simply don't believe that this perception holds water.

As a member of the Royal Family, every single thing the Duchess does and says in public is planned and organised for her by others, and she goes along - because if she did act as the media likes to portray her, we would have heard a sight more about disapproval from the Queen.

It is clear from the deafening silence from the palace in the light of this media garbage, that the Duchess is not acting independently and with the arrogance and disregard that the press show her as possessing.

The Queen is not in the business of adoring anyone who brings her Family into disrepute, and history shows that she is not slow or shy to say so - and clearly she does adore the Duchess, so ask yourself, is this just a media hype campaign?

The evidence clearly stacks up to show that it is - and it should be ignored for the circulation-boosting piffle that it is.

[andy-hughes]

Naomi - // I know Danny, but it’s not the first time he’s criticised her. He doesn’t seem to like her much. //

I'm sure the feeling is mutual, but sadly, only one side has access to media attention to make their dislike known to the world, who, for reasons I find baffling, seem to care what he thinks about anything at all.

[naomi24]

AH, the palace does a good line in deafening silences.

Can’t imagine what criteria you employ in deciding what to believe as far as media reporting goes.