Royal drama
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Brendan O’Neill:
A woke Wallis Simpson
Why is Meghan ditching her duchess role? Because she wants to be the global Queen of Woke.
“ To someone like Meghan, who sprang from celebville, who sees herself as the embodiment of right-on goodness, and who loves nothing more than advertising her eco-virtue and performing her PC credentials, life in the British monarchy was never going to be a good fit.”
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@Salacious-Crumb that's a good point, her and Harry have been getting more political of late so breaking free of the Royals allows them to do more of that.
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@antipodean said in British Politics:
@No-Quarter said in British Politics:
She's been exposed to plenty of racism, whether it's on social media or it's the Katie Hopkins "she doesn't look like a royal the way Kate does" type comments and articles.
That's pretty low level racism. She's one of the most privileged people on earth.
If they maintain a deliberate public persona, claims that they're sick of the intrusion in their lives should be met with tired scepticism. Creating a website five minutes after telling grandma you're out of the family business doesn't lend a lot of credibility to that line of thinking.
It's low level but it would grate. Agree on the website though, I hadn't seen that. Sounding more and more like she wants to go back to being a celebrity, with Harry thinking it's a great chance to get out of his Royal duties.
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I have no doubt there were sectors of the British media who wanted some WASP blonde Barbie to be Harry's wife (look at his exes) and judged Meghan accordingly. However it's hard to cry racism when so many of the stories were about Meghan being a pissy asshole to staff. Plus all that weird shit with her family.
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Well ... Piers didn't miss:
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@Mokey said in British Politics:
I have no doubt there were sectors of the British media who wanted some WASP blonde Barbie to be Harry's wife (look at his exes) and judged Meghan accordingly. However it's hard to cry racism when so many of the stories were about Meghan being a pissy asshole to staff. Plus all that weird shit with her family.
We've seen this process all before
Be an awful person or beahve appallingly
press draw attention to it
social media amplifies the outrage
refuse to won your bullshit behaviour and learn from it
claim you are a victim of [delete as applicable] the right/alt right/ racists / misogynists/ transphobes/islamophobes
people avoid criticising you to stop being lumped in with whatever phobe you've attached to criticism of you
Bask in your victim statusSo I'm guessing the palace won't be interested in paying off the tabloids to stop them looking into her alleged past as a yacht girl anymore?
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@booboo said in British Politics:
Well ... Piers didn't miss:
Piers is over the top, really putting the boot in. It’s kinda mean. But I’d be lying if I said it didn’t make me smile. And it’s hard to disagree with.
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@mariner4life said in British Politics:
There isn't enough money in the world that would allow me to deal with the British Tabloid press, and that goes double for being a royal.
If i had a cool 30 million in the bank, and a smoking hot wife, I'd piss off somewhere as well.
Yep. Throw in what happened to his Mum I can understand wanting to back out of things a bit.
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I reckon Harry is a good guy who has found a partner with similar goals around philanthropy and making a difference. The departure from the old firm isnt a surprise given his loathing of the press etc. He's done formal stuff for years so I can understand if he's had enough.
Not enough detail about the funding etc to judge if they are taking the piss.I reckon the queen will see this as him turning away from his service/duty. When that's been an absolute bedrock of her rule, even if things are changing quickly around the monarchy. I can totally emphasize with her being gutted by that.
Oh and if it was legit dropped out of the blue that is def a dick move.
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@booboo said in British Politics:
Well ... Piers didn't miss:
She was silly enough to try to use him.
Can’t blame them for what they’ve done. I undoubtedly would have done the same.
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@Paekakboyz said in British Politics:
I reckon Harry is a good guy who has found a partner with similar goals around philanthropy and making a difference. The departure from the old firm isnt a surprise given his loathing of the press etc. He's done formal stuff for years so I can understand if he's had enough.
Not enough detail about the funding etc to judge if they are taking the piss.I reckon the queen will see this as him turning away from his service/duty. When that's been an absolute bedrock of her rule, even if things are changing quickly around the monarchy. I can totally emphasize with her being gutted by that.
Oh and if it was legit dropped out of the blue that is def a dick move.
Apparently they dropped it the day they did to overshadow Kate's 38th birthday, which is super petty if true.
I must be getting old, I agree with Piers Morgan.
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@TeWaio said in British Politics:
Apparently they dropped it the day they did to overshadow Kate's 38th birthday, which is super petty if true.
I must be getting old, I agree with Piers Morgan.
The older I get, the more I agree with Piers as well. Weird.
Apparently the Sun had gotten wind of the story, so they were going to run it which is why they released it so quick - to make sure it came from them.
I don't buy the spiteful stuff (perhaps, naively) and think this makes a lot of sense.
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@TeWaio said in British Politics:
@Paekakboyz said in British Politics:
I reckon Harry is a good guy who has found a partner with similar goals around philanthropy and making a difference. The departure from the old firm isnt a surprise given his loathing of the press etc. He's done formal stuff for years so I can understand if he's had enough.
Not enough detail about the funding etc to judge if they are taking the piss.I reckon the queen will see this as him turning away from his service/duty. When that's been an absolute bedrock of her rule, even if things are changing quickly around the monarchy. I can totally emphasize with her being gutted by that.
Oh and if it was legit dropped out of the blue that is def a dick move.
Apparently they dropped it the day they did to overshadow Kate's 38th birthday, which is super petty if true.
I must be getting old, I agree with Piers Morgan.
I'm fully on board with Piers too.
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@booboo said in British Politics:
@TeWaio said in British Politics:
@Paekakboyz said in British Politics:
I reckon Harry is a good guy who has found a partner with similar goals around philanthropy and making a difference. The departure from the old firm isnt a surprise given his loathing of the press etc. He's done formal stuff for years so I can understand if he's had enough.
Not enough detail about the funding etc to judge if they are taking the piss.I reckon the queen will see this as him turning away from his service/duty. When that's been an absolute bedrock of her rule, even if things are changing quickly around the monarchy. I can totally emphasize with her being gutted by that.
Oh and if it was legit dropped out of the blue that is def a dick move.
Apparently they dropped it the day they did to overshadow Kate's 38th birthday, which is super petty if true.
I must be getting old, I agree with Piers Morgan.
I'm fully on board with Piers too.
On that boat too. Frightening times indeed.
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TBH I find Piers' obsession with Meghan a bit weird. He's written countless hit pieces on her and has now gone into overdrive.
Also this
Sums up how much cricism she's had since marrying in to the royal family. With no protection from the Queen either. Racism or not I can see why she and Harry have had enough.
Plenty of rumours circulating but with nothing confirmed I'd take them all with a fairly large grain of salt given how many people like Piers want to paint them in as bad a light as possible.