Why they criticize Meghan Markle if she is doing everything that was expected of her
Meghan Markle came to present herself as the savior of the British crown, the breath of fresh air that would reform the most stale of the monarchy. Today she is criticized by the media precisely for trying to do what was expected of her.
At first it was sold as a fairy tale: Prince Harry, the rehabilitated bad boy of the British Royal House, found love in the arms of an American actress and philanthropist, Meghan Markle. Comparisons with another American who turned the tide of her monarchy, the questioned Wallis Simpson, were unavoidable (both Americans, both divorced, both with a socialite past), but the fact that the crown now did accept a foreigner was a symbol of change and the new direction on which the House of Windsor was betting. Meghan Markle was greeted sympathetically inside and outside the palace, with headlines that seemed to describe a romantic comedy rather than a royal marriage: "Harry knew it was HER the moment he met her," The Sun headlined, "The stars were aligned ... and this beautiful woman came into my life, "said the Daily Mail, or The Daily Express analysis that said" Meghan Markle will bring Hollywood glamor to the Windsor house. "
Markle represented everything that could flourish in a monarchy that, despite the attempts and new royal births, seemed to be withering: a biracial, divorced and hard-working woman, as well as supportive, who with her past as an actress reminded her of Grace's times Kelly and that, above all, seemed to marry for love. It was the perfect story: they just needed to eat partridges.
However, in recent times, public opinion about Meghan Markle has changed and the media that previously gilded the pill to the Duchess and the entire Royal House are now extremely critical of every decision, every public appearance and every rumor that is made. generates on it. Markle has gone from being the most loved to being the most hated, and the reasons seem to be the same: the change that Markle's entry promised has been, perhaps, disruptive for the so traditional schemes expected of any monarchy. Why the press and part of the public opinion detest Meghan Markle?
From "the ideal bride" to "the difficult duchess"
The first rumors arose in the wake of the royal wedding: according to the Daily Mail tabloid, and despite the fact that Harry ordered the service personnel that "Meghan should have what she wanted", Buckingham Palace rejected two proposals from Markle: the first , the air fresheners that Meghan wanted for St. George's Chapel, a 15th-century relic that the future Duchess allegedly said had a "musty" smell, and the second, the tiara that she finally couldn't wear because the queen refused, according to the published information. The queen thought that the tiara was of Russian origin and, in the context of the scandal of Sergei Skripal, a former British spy poisoned by Russian agents, the royal house did not want negative associations for a happy day. Although the second rumor did appear to be confirmed, at no time was it presented as a matter of dispute between Meghan Markle and the queen. The first was never confirmed, but it was already on the cover of the yellow press. That was the first time that Meghan Markle earned the nickname "dictatorial" and rumors began to surface about her difficult character.
Harry and Meghan have been criticized for the high cost of the renovations of Frogmore Cottage, their new home on the grounds of Windsor Castle, whose renovation has reached two and a half million pounds, a waste that arouses taxpayer complaints. However, as Michael Stevens, head of the accounts of the British monarchy, explained: "The property had not been refurbished for some years and had already been selected for renovation." Among the repairs that the house required were the renovation of the heating systems, the electrical installation and the installation of gas and water pipes. Criticism of the couple has focused on rumors about the high cost of a carpet that the Duchess wanted to keep by all means. The couple of Harry and Meghan have drawn more criticism for this reform than the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge, Prince William and Kate Midleton, for their renovations of Kensington Palace, where they spent 5 million pounds.
Meghan Markle came to present herself as the savior of the British crown, the breath of fresh air that would reform the most stale of the monarchy. Today she is criticized by the media precisely for trying to do what was expected of her.
At first it was sold as a fairy tale: Prince Harry, the rehabilitated bad boy of the British Royal House, found love in the arms of an American actress and philanthropist, Meghan Markle. Comparisons with another American who turned the tide of her monarchy, the questioned Wallis Simpson, were unavoidable (both Americans, both divorced, both with a socialite past), but the fact that the crown now did accept a foreigner was a symbol of change and the new direction on which the House of Windsor was betting. Meghan Markle was greeted sympathetically inside and outside the palace, with headlines that seemed to describe a romantic comedy rather than a royal marriage: "Harry knew it was HER the moment he met her," The Sun headlined, "The stars were aligned ... and this beautiful woman came into my life, "said the Daily Mail, or The Daily Express analysis that said" Meghan Markle will bring Hollywood glamor to the Windsor house. "
Markle represented everything that could flourish in a monarchy that, despite the attempts and new royal births, seemed to be withering: a biracial, divorced and hard-working woman, as well as supportive, who with her past as an actress reminded her of Grace's times Kelly and that, above all, seemed to marry for love. It was the perfect story: they just needed to eat partridges.
However, in recent times, public opinion about Meghan Markle has changed and the media that previously gilded the pill to the Duchess and the entire Royal House are now extremely critical of every decision, every public appearance and every rumor that is made. generates on it. Markle has gone from being the most loved to being the most hated, and the reasons seem to be the same: the change that Markle's entry promised has been, perhaps, disruptive for the so traditional schemes expected of any monarchy. Why the press and part of the public opinion detest Meghan Markle?
From "the ideal bride" to "the difficult duchess"
The first rumors arose in the wake of the royal wedding: according to the Daily Mail tabloid, and despite the fact that Harry ordered the service personnel that "Meghan should have what she wanted", Buckingham Palace rejected two proposals from Markle: the first , the air fresheners that Meghan wanted for St. George's Chapel, a 15th-century relic that the future Duchess allegedly said had a "musty" smell, and the second, the tiara that she finally couldn't wear because the queen refused, according to the published information. The queen thought that the tiara was of Russian origin and, in the context of the scandal of Sergei Skripal, a former British spy poisoned by Russian agents, the royal house did not want negative associations for a happy day. Although the second rumor did appear to be confirmed, at no time was it presented as a matter of dispute between Meghan Markle and the queen. The first was never confirmed, but it was already on the cover of the yellow press. That was the first time that Meghan Markle earned the nickname "dictatorial" and rumors began to surface about her difficult character.
Harry and Meghan have been criticized for the high cost of the renovations of Frogmore Cottage, their new home on the grounds of Windsor Castle, whose renovation has reached two and a half million pounds, a waste that arouses taxpayer complaints. However, as Michael Stevens, head of the accounts of the British monarchy, explained: "The property had not been refurbished for some years and had already been selected for renovation." Among the repairs that the house required were the renovation of the heating systems, the electrical installation and the installation of gas and water pipes. Criticism of the couple has focused on rumors about the high cost of a carpet that the Duchess wanted to keep by all means. The couple of Harry and Meghan have drawn more criticism for this reform than the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge, Prince William and Kate Midleton, for their renovations of Kensington Palace, where they spent 5 million pounds.
But it was with the birth of the son of Prince Harry and Meghan Markle, in May 2019, when public opinion turned against the Duchess. Meghan Markle and Prince Harry have made a series of decisions that have not been well received: the first of them was not to give birth in the usual royal hospital and to do it in another with less media exposure and more privacy, thus breaking a tradition of more than four decades. The second was Meghan Markle's decision not to do the classic postpartum posing hours after giving birth, and to do it a few days later, naturally showing her first-time mother gut, unthinkable in most poses of this type that we are used to seeing among the celebrities.
The Duchess of Sussex again received criticism for the way in which little Archie was presented through the Dukes' Instagram account: three days after his birth, coinciding with Mother's Day in England, a photograph was published on the that only the newborn's feet were visible. The image was criticized by some media who claimed that it was too "artistic", when the followers of the royal house only want to see Enrique, Meghan and the child. Both were again harshly criticized for Archie's christening, which they decided to do through a discreet ceremony that only hosted twenty guests, private and without cameras, without revealing who the godparents would be and with photographs chosen by them. The zeal with which Enrique and Meghan preserve the privacy of their newborn is not welcomed by a society that considers a royal baby a common good: or as The Telegraph published. "It hurts the British."
In 2018, days after the royal wedding, the correspondent of the royal family for the BBC, published an article where he shelled the small touches of modernity that Meghan Markle introduced at her wedding. The article was titled "Who will change first, Meghan or the royal family?" and the journalist pointed to the need for change within Windsor: “The arrival of Meghan Markle marks a great change for what remains a very traditional institution and, some would say, also quite rigid. There has always been talk of its modernization, and even its salvation. The royal family needs to continually renew itself, and it has proven itself quite adept at that. The same journalist has recently criticized the Duchess for her latest decisions. It sounds paradoxical, but perhaps with Markle the monarchy is one step ahead of what society dictates.
