LONDON – All Meghan Markle did was put on a sombre and sympathetic outfit and walk around in public with three other people for 45 minutes. But analysis of the armchair makes sense of that brief event – a surprise outing outside Windsor Castle last Saturday featuring Meghan and her husband, Prince Harry, and husband and wife Prince William – has continued since then.
The incident, for those following this particular story, represents a brief end or possibly the ultimate thaw, the coldness and animosity that has developed between the Prince and Princess of Wales. (William and Kate) and the Duke and Duchess of Sussex (Harry and Meghan) over the past few years.
Pushed, or perhaps pushed, into shared mourning after the deaths of Harry and William’s paternal grandmother, Queen Elizabeth II, the four have come together for the first time in more than a year to pay their respects to crowd, admiring the bouquets left behind. queen and demonstrate that they can co-exist in a common place without appearing openly hostile to each other.
From the moment Meghan appeared in public and in the days since, Meghan’s followers in newspapers and on social media have analyzed the video of the event as if it had happened. Filmed by Zapruder themselves, turning into instant lip-readers, body language analysts, fashion critics and protocol experts at the service of a never-ending game: What did Meghan do now?
How does Meghan’s dress (calf-length black, with a flared skirt) compare with Kate’s dress (black and calf-length, with a slim skirt)? Did Kate irritate Meghan by seemingly not looking, talking or acknowledging her? Is it correct, like someone stated on TikTok, that Meghan tried to get ahead of the others into the flower area, only for Harry to remind her “of royal etiquette by subtly holding hands so that William and Kate go through the flowers first”?
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Opinions about Meghan vary widely and with reality slim, reactions to events like these tend to reflect deeply held and attempted emotions. So some people reported on social media that a whisper of joy spread through the crowd in Windsor when they saw the two couples together; others said the opposite, claiming that while some mourners were excited to see William, Kate and Harry, they actively protested Meghan’s presence. Different topics trended on Twitter: #Meghan (multiple views but with a sane team of Meghan supporters) and #MeghanMarkleGoHome (self-explanatory).
An intense and mostly untrue conversation broke out on Wednesday, after the two couples, along with other members of the royal family, left a Services at Westminster Hall after the arrival of the queen’s coffin. Harry and Meghan walked out holding hands, unlike most other royal couples. One The debate ensued: Do they behave disrespectfully like “amorous teenagers” or can you hold your spouse’s hand while leaving a sad occasion?
It turned out to be another couple – Princess Anne’s daughter, Zara, and her husband, Mike Tindall – holding hands too on the way out, this added an element of confusion to the problem. As Meghan fans have long pointed out, she is often attacked by hostile tabloids and on social media for her do the same things which other royals, especially Kate, Princess of Wales, praised.
In the United States, where they moved to later back off royal duties in 2020 (“Megxit”), Meghan and Harry have worked diligently to raise their two children and reposition themselves as celebrities and influencers – i.e. American-style royals – with a partnership agreement with Netflix and numerous philanthropic and business activities. They’ve given famous speeches at places like the United Nations (Harry), started a podcast series featuring interviews with celebrity guests (Meghan), brought cameras to record as they did. charity work and speak publicly about issues like mental health and how they feel betrayed and abused by Harry’s family.
They are collaborating on a memoir that they say will be a candid account of who they are and how they feel, with many details about their departure from the royal family and their departure. their vexed England.
When Elizabeth died last week, the pair were in Britain after the end of what the Daily Mail derided as a “fake royal tour” and the Times of London tactfully called a “tourist tour” little free royal”.
Accusing Meghan and Harry of blatantly seeking attention on this trip, the newspapers nonetheless entered their own argument by bringing attention to them, albeit mostly negatively. “For those of us who have had more than enough Harry and Meghan, I fear they are returning to this side of the Atlantic,” said Hilary Rose. Written in the Times of London.
Then the queen died, and Harry traveled on his own to Balmoral, Scotland. Several reports said, without verification, that he had been ordered to leave Meghan behind so as not to disturb the rest of the family. Harry stayed only a short time before returning to his wife. Everything was fine until they agreed to go for a little walk with William, Kate, the Windsor crowd and a bunch of cameras.
Alas, we will never know the truth behind it. For example, we’ll never know if a reunion is possible because King Charles III “ordered his warring sons to put aside their ongoing feud,” as The Daily Mail says. report on saturday – or because Prince William had unilaterally sent a “bombshell text” to his brother setting out the terms of a proposed joint appearance, as the newspaper (which contradicts itself) report on sunday.
The Mirror followed what appeared to be a line against Meghan when it reported that some mourners in the crowd refused to shake her hand and, in one case, arrogantly wore a pair of sunglasses in response. her reappearance. According to the newspaper analysis of a video of the incident, another woman turned away and then pointed directly “give the Duchess of Sussex a bad eye before smiling” in her general direction.
Meanwhile, commentator and debater Piers Morgan, a close observer and relentless critic of Meghan, is not immune wade in with his common sense.
“Don’t be fooled by the supposed burial scenes between William and his brother over the weekend,” he wrote in The New York Post and on the Fox News website, in a piece titled, “Harry , If You Really Want to honor your father, Nix Your Salacious Tell-all and Rein In Your Royals-Trashing Wife. “
For a reader Reply on Twitter: “’Rein in your wife’ … ?! What is this, the Middle Ages? !!! “
