Royal Wedding Disaster

[vernonk]

Surely the Royals should have realised Meghan’s family - certainly her father - needed protecting, even coaching in how to cope and conduct themselves. For example, What the heck is the sister of the Royal bride doing appearing on ITV Good Morning Britain today? Thing is they’re just ordinary folk catapulted into an extraordinary situation, and their first thing ughts are publicity and profit. The Royals could easily afford to pay them to keep quiet. What a terrible mess they’re in now. For me it all comes down to whether Harry is marrying the right sort, if not the right person, and my answer is definitely not. I give it two yeas max. And when it inevitably fails, boy will she make them pay! But, in not protecting and guiding Meghan’s family from the off (the engagement at least) the Royals only have themselves to blame

[NoMercy]

I don't think Meghan considers her half siblings to be her family. She must be devastated at her father's treachery though.

[murraymints]

vernonk..we are saying this on the other thread.. I agree with all you say x
https://www.theanswerbank.co.uk/ChatterBank/Question1606633.html

[Barmaid]

Unfortunately, you cant choose your family. I feel really sorry for them.

I'm not sure you can blame the Royal family. A lot of her "family" are people with whom she has had no contact for years. Now they come crawling out the wood work. They wouldnt have bothered if she was marry Fred Smith........

[NoMercy]

Exactly, BM, and there's a lot of sour grapes involved.

[Tilly2]

I feel really sorry for her. I don't know her, obviously, but I can empathise with her in this horrible turmoil.

[murraymints]

typical yank "trailer trash" behaviour methinks !

[murraymints]

very very embarrassing for her... poor girl

[murraymints]

in days gone by she would have been catapulted away and Harry warned off...

[vernonk]

NoMercy, I think Mr Markle has more right to be devastated that his daughter and her future family have not protected him. The paparazzi often say to naive people suddenly thrown into the limelight something like “let us do one set of photos and we’ll leave you alone....we’ll even give you a couple of grand...”. Knowing no better, and wanting to be left alone even more than paid, they fall for it. So I don’t blame him. Meghan appears to have ignored her own family in pursuit of her personal ambition, and the Royals have failed to anticipate the situation they’re now in

[murraymints]

you have a point Vern.. she certainly appears to offload friends and family..and husband...when of no further use to her... Mr M should have been picked up and put into quarantine in Kensington Palace 'till it was all over..

[Zacs-Master]

A link for anyone else who doesn’t know the back story:
https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2018/may/14/meghan-markles-father-will-not-attend-royal-wedding-report

It is rather a fiasco. There must be royal equerry (equerries?) running about like headless chickens.

[ichkeria]

It’s certainly ruined my week I can tell you.
Her dad does sound like a selfish, attention-seeking git

[Zacs-Master]

Dare I say it; like father like.......

[bainbrig]

What a lot of cobblers.

[NoMercy]

Vernon, she ignored her rather unsavoury siblings and who can blame her? However she has always idolised her father and he was due to give her away with the eyes of the world watching. Despite having such an enormous privilege bestowed upon him, he sold his own daughter and future in laws down the river.

Additionally the Royal Family had already written letters asking the press to respect the privacy of Ms Markle's family before he accepted his 30 pieces of silver, so this is his fault and not the fault of the bride to be or the Royal Family.

[murraymints]

whatever anyone feels or thinks about the union it is awful that her day has been sullied

[vernonk]

ItchKeira, I would apply that description to Meghan. Her father on the other hand is just a normal bloke dragged into a global situation he’s been totally unprepared for

[douglas9401]

It could be worse.

[NoMercy]

Minty, it's not her first and probably won't be her last ;-)

[vernonk]

The press have a job to do to sell their papers. They are understandably not going to have the Royals telling them how to cover this wedding and all that surrounds it