SELFISH AND NARCISSIST, THAT'S MEGHAN MARKLE ACCORDING TO HIS SISTER
Prince Harry's future wife has her worst enemy at home. Her father's sister, Samantha Grant, alerts the English royal house: "She is a social climber."
It seems that history could repeat itself. More than 84 years after a Windsor resigned the throne to marry a divorced American, another Windsor is in the same position, although surely the current one will never cost the throne, more than anything because it occupies the fifth place in the succession to the British Crown.
Prince Harry of England, the most mischievous and transgressor of the two children of the Prince of Wales and the late Lady Di and one of the most coveted bachelors of world royalty, has a new girlfriend. And this time it seems that he is serious. The lucky one is Meghan Markle, a racial beauty, three years older than him, who triumphs as a performer in a well-known series.
Much has been said about the couples of the boy from the Windsors and his youth parties. Between the ages of 20 and 27 she dated Chelsy Davy. Later came Cressida Bonas, perhaps the most promising of her conquests to date, with whom she was until April 2014. Shortly after, she was associated with swimming gold medalist Elizabeth Marks and even the press, eager for another marriage. real, she saw him as the perfect boyfriend to Pippa Middleton, her sister-in-law's sister. Olivia Tallent, daughter of Garry Tallent, bassist of Bruce Springsteen, posted a photo of both on social networks of her, at a concert that the band gave in London, in which she put: "My new boyfriend." Last summer Harry and singer Ellie Goulding were seen kissing. However, never before has Kensington Palace, the official residence of Queen Elizabeth II's grandson, sent a statement calling for respect and an end to harassment of the prince's "girlfriend". And that has turned everything upside down.
But who is the young woman who has made the "terrible child" of the British Crown settle down? With his family background and the growing trend of princes finding a wife among commoners, it was more than expected that Harry's new girlfriend did not have a bombastic last name, a great lineage or belonged to any royal house, but more It was good that she was a very British family girl. However, young Harry, 33, has had to cross an ocean to find his true love.
A Different Actress
Although it may seem otherwise, Meghan Markle is not entirely unknown. Born in 1981 in Los Angeles (California), she obtained a double degree in Theater and International Relations at Northwestern University, where she worked as a calligrapher making wedding invitations to pay for her studies. In the field of acting, she has become very popular thanks to her role in the series Suits, in which she plays Rachel Zane, one of her protagonists. Perhaps what has made her stand out in the competitive show business industry has been her unique beauty, far removed from the Californian prototype with long blonde hair and golden complexion. Meghan is the fruit of an interracial couple formed by an African-American mother and a father of Dutch and Irish descent. An atypical combination that has taken its toll on him forever.
“I'm black and white, and when those colors mix they turn to gray. In a way, that is part of my own identity. A cloudy area was created in my environment, a haze around the people who are connected to me. And that was gray, "she commented in an essay published in the British edition of Elle magazine. Her family amalgamation, including her parents' divorce, had a personal and professional influence. It was her father, Tom Markle, a cinematographer in Los Angeles, who unknowingly piqued her interest in acting. Since she was little, Meghan accompanied him to the filming set of the series Married with children, in which she worked.
From her mother, Doria Ragland, she has inherited the rest: the pride of her African-American roots, the fight against racism, and the willpower to pursue her dreams. Ragland is a social worker and yoga instructor who graduated from the University of South California a few months ago. She lives in the Crenshaw neighborhood, one of the most troubled in Los Angeles, in a simple house. She is in debt to banks and has worn her dreadlocks on numerous red carpets with her daughter. Interestingly, since Meghan's relationship with Queen Elizabeth's grandson has been known, Doria seems to have vanished.
In addition to yoga, a hobby she acquired thanks to her mother, Meghan loves to travel, eat (she defines herself as a foodie) and is an ambassador for the NGO World Vision, with which she traveled to Rwanda last year to participate in a project that sought to provide drinking water to various communities. Her social and political commitment has also led her to visit Afghanistan to support US forces and her families and to participate in a UN campaign to promote gender equality. Likewise, she is a confessed animal lover and feels true devotion to her dogs, Bogart and Guy, two of the great protagonists of her Instagram account.
Second round
In 2013 she divorced Trevor Engelson, a film producer whom she had married two years earlier after a seven-year courtship. "Things started to fall apart shortly after the wedding," a source told Woman's Day magazine. “Trevor was in Los Angeles while Meghan lived in Toronto, a five-hour flight away. It was a very difficult way to start married life, ”said the same source.
Surely his exoticism and concerns are what attracted Prince Harry, used to Caucasian beauties with too easy a life. Their meeting was chance. They did not have friends in common nor did they move in the same environments. They first met in May 2016 in Canada. He traveled to Toronto, the city in which she resides for professional reasons, to promote the Invictus Games, and something must have shaken inside her, because from then on they began to go out and see each other frequently despite having the Atlantic in between. . In fact, her trips to England have been relatively frequent and she would have even stayed at Kensington Palace.
The beginnings of their courtship were not easy. Meghan had a hard time when her relationship with Harry was leaked to the press. In her inner circle they say that at first she did not separate from the phone and could hardly sleep. She felt guilty without having done anything. This same circle sees the couple "very in love and happy." According to Valentine Low, a correspondent for The Times in the British royal house, it seems that he is "very interested, crazy about her."
Although there are few photos of the couple, it is known that they went together to a wedding in Jamaica in March of this year, that he took advantage of the Easter holidays to fly to Canada and that, recently, they were seen for the first time in an act public: a polo tournament. A sporting event that British princes have traditionally used to officially present those who have later become their wives. At press time, the Californians' attendance at the wedding of Pippa Middleton, sister of the Duchess of Cambridge, with businessman James Matthews was still a great unknown.
Harassing his girlfriend
In any case, one thing is clear, the relationship seems to be going from strength to strength. “Although Harry has had many partners what is new is the statement. The word ‘girlfriend’ had never been used before in an official note, which indicates the level of commitment and that the relationship is serious and stable, ”says Marina Fernández, director of International Relations at the International School of Protocol.
His closest associates believe that Harry wants to protect this relationship from the media eye, knowing that discretion is a guarantee of success for a romance with a member of royalty to work. “What he is doing is trying to mark distance with the press of the heart. He and his brother have always had complicated relations with the press, probably due to the persecution of the paparazzi suffered by Diana de Gales ”, adds Fernández.
In this regard, the journalist and writer Pilar Urbano, known for writing controversial books and famous for the publication La reina, very closely (a biography of Queen Sofía that is not very clear if it was authorized or not), shows critical of the official statement and Harry's attitude. “The press does not have to report no matter how much a prince asks for it from a palace. He is the one who is required to be exemplary and he has to earn respect ”. And she goes further by calling Kensington's statement "inappropriate": "The spokesmen of the royal house are not for that. Their communications have to be serious and adequate ”.
Since the official confirmation as the prince's new girlfriend, there have been discordant voices with the young actress. The most monarchical and conservative sectors do not quite see with good eyes that Harry's latest conquest is older than him, is divorced, is an actress, the daughter of an African American and speaks openly on their social networks about political issues such as Brexit or racism . Also, the fact that she is half-blood would question the purity of blue blood and they are suspicious that she can enter Harry's clan.
She, just in case, has already closed her blog and publishes less frequently on her networks. "She is very well advised and the fact that she is less active in social networks may indicate that the relationship is progressing," highlights Fernández, who highlights that she has even given a subtle twist to her image and the way to dress her. “She is more conservative and more conventional. Before her, she exploited her most exotic side of her, which is what differentiated her ”. Signs that seem to indicate that Meghan wants to conquer not only her prince, but all of British society and one of the most corseted monarchies.
Accused of "Climber" by her Step-sister
Like any fairy tale worth its salt, in this story there is also an evil stepsister willing to spoil the happy ending. Samantha Grant, who shares a father with Meghan, wants to put an end (as she told The Sun in November 2016) with the good girl image of her stepsister and considers her an unscrupulous “social climber”, guided only by her “selfishness and narcissism. ”, Which collides with the idea of a woman made by herself and devoted to charitable causes. But Samantha is not satisfied with that and threatens more. “The royal family would be stunned if she found out what she has been able to do to her own family. The truth would destroy her relationship with Harry, who would not want to go out with her anymore because her reputation would be irretrievably damaged.
Of course, I do not think that neither her family nor he wanted to be associated with her, "he assured the Daily Mail last April. Grant is writing a book, The diary of princess pushy's sister, which would try to dismantle Meghan's story and reveal that the first meeting with Harry would not have been so accidental, but rather part of an ambitious plan that the actress would have drawn from the childhood ("I watched videos of the royal family and dreamed of being a princess," Samantha told the Daily Mail) and, incidentally, monetizing it. In addition, moved by resentment or envy, the stepsister does not contain herself and reproaches him for not being by her side when she was diagnosed with multiple sclerosis and questions that she did not support her family when both Samantha and her father recently filed for bankruptcy.
On her hypothetical walk down the aisle, Meghan has also run into the scandal of her stepbrother, Thomas Markle, 50, who was arrested for pointing a gun at his girlfriend drunkenly, threatening her to leave the house they both shared. And finally, and although somewhat distant, the shadow of the abdication of the Duke of Windsor still hovers over her head in order to marry Wallis Simpson, which generated one of the greatest crises in the history of the monarchical institution. Fortunately, these circumstances are now seen differently. For Low, the arrival of the American actress “is going to revolutionize everything in an incredibly positive way. In the popular imagination it is still alive that a king renounced the throne to marry a divorced woman. Now a prince dates a divorcee and people are happy about it. This is progress ”.
While Meghan is little less than disowned by her family, those who seem to have already given their approval to this love story are the Dukes of Cambridge, who have experienced firsthand the troubles of a relationship exposed in the tabloids. And it is that Prince William not only paved the way by marrying a commoner, but also publicly supported Markle when he began to be persecuted by photographers.
Will never be princess
Experts agree that, in the event of an official engagement, she would have to be the one to renounce her career and move to London. “Harry is very committed to representing his country and has inherited many of the charitable causes that his mother raised. Furthermore, the consorts of the British princes have a very important public profile and their own agenda ”, clarifies Fernández.
Despite her presence at official events, Meghan will never be a princess, as happened with Sarah Ferguson (ex-wife of Prince Andrew, Duke of York), because she is not the daughter of kings; only Kate Middleton will one day be the Princess of Wales because she is the heir's wife, as Diana Spencer was on her day. However, if she had a marriage bond, the queen would grant Harry a noble title that Meghan would also hold. "I suspect that what the queen wants is for her grandson to be happy and will give her approval to Meghan if he thinks she will bring happiness to Harry," predicts the correspondent for The Times. In fact, according to some British newspapers such as Mirror and Daily Express, sources close to the British royal house assure that Harry already has the approval of the queen and the commitment could take place imminently.
Only time will tell if this story ends on the altar of Westminster Abbey or if Meghan ends up being the umpteenth conquest of the last golden bachelor of the Windsors.
