[Ammi]

Originally Posted by jet

Kate's family were vilified and endured all kinds of slurs for coming from the wrong side of the tracks, a commoner marrying into the royal family at a high level for the first time etc!
Shock horror! Her mother has been an air hostess and her mothers father a coal miner. Kate and her family conducted themselves with the dignity and grace that came naturally, whatever their background. They didn't set themselves up as victims, poor us, nobody is asking us if we are okay!

There were a few public racial slurs against Meghan which I absolutely think were detestable, but to imply, as she did, that the British were intrinsically racist as a result is categorically untrue. She pitted herself against the media in more ways than one, and the monster in the media retaliated. The world today is no la la land, it's real and brutal for everyone. She's doing fine in her mansion with her servants and nannies and she looks as if she's thriving on the drama, it vitalizes her imo. No need to worry about her or defend her at every turn, worry about those much less fortunate.

...whatever criticisms of Kate or her family are more a ‘were’, though...they’re not apparent in any large way now nor have been for some time, to whatever degree they may have been...so her media treatment has had much more of a balance of being very much favoured by the media as well...and as her marriage progressed, her media appreciation grew as well, as it did when she became a parent...and we’ve compared the extreme differences in like for like headlines and articles...when Kate was pregnant/when Meghan was pregnant etc..Meghan’s criticism began when it was known that she would become a Royal and her criticism has been consistent and persistent and relentless, whether she be here, whether she be there, whether she be any old where...she didn’t set herself up to be a victim, she’s become a media victim and a victim of negativity in a very bullying way...and then she’s criticised for being that victim as well...she really can’t win, we don’t want to hear your moaning, young lady...you’re a Royal now, don’t you know and all of those Royals before you survived....there really isn’t one size fits all for coping with these things and she made it obvious at times that she struggled and was losing her coping ...but the media kept on and on as they still try to....


...as for prejudice, there has been racial prejudice and it isn’t for me to determine how much has been felt by her...but it’s something that Harry has spoken about as well, as never quite realising the extent of racial prejudice until he ‘experienced it through Meghan’ and it being aimed at her...prejudice doesn’t always scream and shout as it enters, it can be quite quiet and subtle and undercurrents but would still be very felt...it’s something that can’t be minimised by those having experienced it...

....I’m not really sure what would determine ‘fortunate’ either, because she’s as capable as any of us of any emotion that we would feel and she’s also as emotionally vulnerable as anyone else as well...we don’t have to direct ‘worry’ and concern and support etc in one single direction, it’s very much a multi tasking enabled thing...


...anyways, I really don’t want to go down any ‘comparison’ roads with other Royal wives or their families...because they’re not necessary to or relevant to the person/person’s behaviour being discussed to explain the extreme negative attention given to her by the media/social media ....