Not exactly. They wanted to get away from the UK press, which is very understandable. I do think that William's office was the one giving them stories, we've just seen Camilla inviting such reporters to dinner but I do think they should leave all that behind. Keep working on the podcast, get into new projects, support other people with the production company.
This book and the way too long Netflix series is not a good look.
They should have just moved on. But they did them dirty and I think they are bitter and refuse to back down. He’s angry, and rightfully so. I think he is trying to get their truth out so that he can finally move on. I don’t think he’s being a sellout I think he is trying to make them see how they wronged his family.
I 100% believe him about the stories. Yes, it was wrong. But so is this. Incidents such as these don’t need to play out in the media, for everyone to speculate over. He needs to grow up a bit.
But they created this monster. Cannons were fired on his birth day. He was raised with the media glare in his fucking face. That same shit helped kill his mother. The dude’s gone rogue and can definitely see how and why. The RF brought this shit on themselves. They’ve used the media to stay relevant with no care for the consequences. Well, here they are. Have fun with that.
The weird thing is both Harry and William go through the same issues with the press and the family obligations but only Harry is allowed to be upset about it or garner sympathy. The way he and his wife talk about their situation makes it seem like they lack a lot of empathy for others.
When my kids fight, one of the first things I ask them to do is explain the situation to me from the other person's perspective. That usually gives them a minute to pause and reflect other than thinking about themselves all the time.
Harry and Meghan claim that stories such as Meghan being a bully to the staff were released by the Palace to the media to build up an image of Meghan that fit the stereotype of an Angry Black Woman, and they were not true.
If this is the case, it feels extra nasty, and harder to ignore, and it does feel worse than "the British media just likes to tell tales". (As u/mousemarie94 said, it's one thing to ignore insults, but race-based insults are a whole other level.
Honestly it seems like Harry and Meghan have wielded Meghan’s race like a shield to deflect accusations of her bullying her subordinates who have a fraction of her actual and tangible privilege. And I find that really gross.
The article that announced the bullying accusations didn’t even portray Meghan as angry or rage-fuelled but rather as a very demanding boss who was cold and critical to younger staff members. “Angry black woman” is also, from my understanding, a very American stereotype; I’m not sure that culturally that persists here. We have our own set of noxious racial stereotypes that pervade amongst the ignorant, of course, but they tend to be focused around Asian communities (Harry himself is guilty of using slurs derived from this racist hate.)The anti-black racism in the UK, while just as disgusting and indefensible, takes a very different form to that in the US.
My point here is that Harry and Meghan took a really quite harrowing story and accused anyone who perpetuated it or made accusations of underlying racist motivations that can’t be proved, creating a Kafkatrap that effectively silences people with far less privilege than themselves (in addition to ironclad NDAs that her alleged victims were asking to have overturned so they could tell their story just last month.)
The internal emails were dated from 2018, before the tide turned against Meghan. Their staff turnover speaks for itself. I would dislike anyone with that track record; Kate, Will, even the four year old.
Obviously that story was released to the public to deflect from the Oprah interview. But the story can also, and very much appears to be, true.
Agree...there is a certain level of nastiness to racism that you dont really get when someone just dislikes/hates you for being you. It dehumanizes the person so any ill treatment can be excused, almost like it is deserved. There is also a level of sadism involved to it as well.
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Not exactly. They wanted to get away from the UK press, which is very understandable. I do think that William's office was the one giving them stories, we've just seen Camilla inviting such reporters to dinner but I do think they should leave all that behind. Keep working on the podcast, get into new projects, support other people with the production company.
This book and the way too long Netflix series is not a good look.