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An Open Letter to American News Media: Stop Catering to the Duchess of Sussex

In January 2020, Meghan and Harry announced that they wanted to leave the Royal Family in order to pursue financial independence, lead private lives, and stop taking part in the royal rota.  Financial independence may have happened due to their multi-million-dollar Netflix deal; and it’s clear that the Sussexes no longer engage with the rota.  However, since her departure Meghan has completely failed at living a private life.   It is mainly her own fault for constantly courting the media, but some responsibility must be placed on the shoulders of media giants who need to tell ex-royals that if they want to play, they need to play by our country’s rules.  Let’s discuss.  As part of the stated terms of Megxit, Harry and Meghan agreed to conduct themselves in accordance with the standards set out by Queen Elizabeth II.  It was unclear exactly how much flexibility the Sussexes would have, but I think most people assumed they would both stay out of politics...
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Women have had the vote for a hundred years, and we don't need a Duchess telling us to vote

The Duchess of Sussex recently sat down and interviewed Emily Ramshaw from the 19 th *.  A non-partisan, non-profit 91% female led newsroom.  This interview took place on a zoom format, similar to what we’ve seen from Meghan since May.  This particular interview had less politics in it, and more Meghan waxing poetically about the toxic media.  Which is interesting because both Meghan and Harry called up a twitter troll and cyberbully.  Link to Article   What really grinds my gears is that a few days later Meghan joined a virtual panel on the women’s vote.  During this panel Meghan made several alarming statements, stating that “There’s too much at stake not to vote in this election.”  And shaming women for being complicit in 2016.    Why is Meghan getting involved in politics?   Since I don’t have access to Meghan’s internal dialogue, I have to make some educated guesses.  But my gut feeling about Meghan’s recent activity is th...

Prince Harry has some Thoughts about Social Media

At least we know why Archewell got Markled   We’ve found out why Harry and Meghan haven’t been able to complete any projects since leaving the Royal Family, as they’ve spent the last four weeks calling “business leaders, heads of corporations, and chief marketing officers” and telling them that social media is unwell.   Harry and Meghan started doing this around the same time this seemingly random campaign called “Stop Hate for Profit” started.  I’ve seen some comments saying that Harry is taking credit for other people’s hard work but he doesn’t claim to be a part of the campaign itself and makes it sound like he and Meghan are these social media vigilantes.    Obviously, these phone calls were incredibly time consuming, and that must explain why neither Sussex has been able to find a job.  We can’t expect the ex-royals who had to post everything on their social media so that it coincided with projects and other large announcements from other members of th...

Meghan and Harry's Long and Unsuccessful Road to Privacy: The Litigation Friends find Themselves in California State Court

The Short Summary   The Duke and Duchess of Sussex, as they are named in their complaint, are suing 100 anonymous photographers for taking photographs of their 14 month old son, Archie Mountbatten-Windsor while the child was playing in their backyard.  The Sussexes allege that these photographers have utilized drone footage in order to spy on the infant child.  The Plaintiffs further allege that the photographers have cut holes in the mesh fence around the Sussex’s backyard in order to unlawfully spy on Archie.  The Sussexes claim that these unnamed paparazzi have infringed on their child’s privacy, and the privacy of other members of the Sussex household.      Suing an Unknown Defendant What is most striking about this lawsuit is the lack of a defendant.  Instead of naming an adverse party, Harry and Meghan have opted to sue 100 anonymous defendants, using “John Doe 1-100” as pseudonyms.  Many followers have pointed this out and asked whethe...

The Duchess of Sussex Weighs in on Inequality and American Government

I did not initially plan on writing my thoughts about Meghan’s speech.  For one, my news didn’t spend hardly any time covering it, so I wasn’t as inundated as I was with Harry’s disastrous Commonwealth Talk.  Instead, I was mainly overwhelmed with posts on my Instagram explore page.  I was surprised to see how many people said that Meghan’s speech was inspiring, but more surprised to see anyone thought it was good.  Now, I may be biased because I’ve been trained in trial advocacy, so I am very critical of public speaking but even past those issues, the speech had so many moments where I thought “why are you qualified to give this information?”  So let’s dig in!   Failure to Launch   Meghan started by talking about her recent speech to high school graduates at Immaculate Heart, her alma mater.  To me this screamed that she was trying to establish some shred of credibility.  As if she was saying, “look, I talked about George Floyd and rebuildin...

Every Time I Think Meghan and Harry can’t stoop any lower, they surprise me

In the last few weeks we have been let into the mind of Meghan Markle and it is not a pretty place.  I always assumed that she was envious of other royals, but it was incredibly shocking to read her call out three minor players in the Windsor dynasty in such an immature manner as part of her privacy lawsuit .  It’s also validating as a royal watcher to see her and Harry crash and burn without Kensington Palace’s protections (and PR team, they deserve a raise). But I’m left with a question, what will be next?   Let’s Refresh Everything that has happened this year   In January, the Duke and Duchess of Sussex famously ‘stepped back’ from their role as senior royals.  Many were left scratching their heads, because what exactly is a senior royal?  And why can’t Meghan seem to hold down a job for longer than three years?  First, let’s address the extremely vague statement given by the Sussexes, released via Instagram WITHOUT first running it by the Queen....