[Ammi]

...it was mentioned in the documentaries that the media’s interest was very much focused on Harry and Meghan, to the point that it could cause jealousy from other Royals...social media and the toxicity from that..(...which obviously is the basis of the thread OP...)...is also a more modern day thing but which adds substantially...Meghan in particular, more so than Harry has been fairly media blasted with a negative slant...it was early days when the media started to paint Meghan’s villain...she was a Suits actress, not really an A lister even...and she was older than our ‘Arry, I mean, what even was her financial status...was she after the Royal purse...and then there was her ethnicity, she was an ‘exotic lady’ and she was an American...she wore trousers and the media headlines would run...’look who wears the trousers with Harry and Meghan..’.... when Kate wore a one-shoulder gown to an event, she was declared a “true princess” and “vision in white”, when Meghan did the same, the press branded her “vulgar”...Meghan’s nail polish colour was an in appropriate colour...Meghan ate an Avocado and she was supporting drought and murder...she was criticised for putting her hand on her pregnant tummy...and on and on...


....eventually they told the media to sod off and they’re trying to build a life/a career, more on their own terms and feeling more control that they’ve felt in the past...and for Harry, it’s been his whole life, so must have been a very difficult decision...(...for both of them...)...they’re now being vilified for leaving, obviously...they really never quite win, it was always lose/lose so far as the media were concerned...and that’s probably the way it will always be and maybe they’re naive to think otherwise....but at least they’re doing it their way which should afford some control to help create a balance that has been absent from the media...