Column: Oh, to be royal, without the obligations! Have Harry and Meghan figured out how? (via latimesopinion)
Yes, there are lots of hitherto-unseen photographs, videos, lovey-dovey texts and sweet moments with baby Archie, but the series essentially rehashes everything the couple has already revealed in previous interviews: Harry was deeply traumatized by the death of his mother and blames paparazzi for making the family’s life hell, and despite her worldliness, Meghan was woefully unprepared for the scrutiny and cruelty of the U.K. tabloid press and the chilliness of her new family.
“Could this be, in essence, a moment where the royal family caught up with the rest of Britain?” musedInstead, it was Diana redux, with a toxic helping of racism thrown into the mix. Being herself — her bubbly, demonstrative, professionally successful, American biracial self — was never going to cut it in a family famous for its sclerotic emotional affect. She was told, for instance, never to smile at paparazzi because, Harry said, if you’re smiling it means you love it. She was told to stay silent in the face of unfair attacks. And so the cascade of racist headlines and columns went unanswered. Meghan was never going to win.
And then there was the just plain meanness: “Don’t use the Monarchy as a MeToo soapbox, Meghan,” admonished the Daily Mail after she mentioned the movement,, onstage at a Royal Foundation Forum event with Prince William and Kate.
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