Meghan's father and photographer in photo scam

I suspect it just would not wash with the royals for a) a woman to walk up the aisle of a royal chapel taking the arm of the bride and giving her away - "how very modern and NOT done in our family!" and b) given the car-crash of a prelude to this wedding, having Prince Charles do the honours makes the whole thing much more formal and 'respectable'. It puts it all back on a more traditional footing, which of course the Windsors require and need.

How many times had Meghan met HER father in law? Three? At least she has an inkling who he is and how he rolls, unlike poor Mr Markle who was expected to be thrust into the middle of it all before even speaking to and shaking the hand of his royal SIL to-be.

This is a wallpapering over the cracks job for respectability and everyone knows it is. I am sick of the fawning and gushing on the TV and radio already. Off out today.

Terminology doesn't make much sense! But id he is merely escorting her up (or down?) the aisle that's fine. Maybe her Mum doesn't want to and I don't blame her. I wouldnt want to do it with 100s of guests and the world's media watching. Anice guesture by Charles I think!

So Prince Charles has said he's happy to welcome Meghan into the family by giving her away! ???

I do agree about such young bridesmsids eith no adult bridesmaids to look after them. I have 2 little grandaughters aged 3 and i cant imagine how they would cope with all those people lookin g at them! I seems to remember at William &Kates wedding two little bridesmaids held Pippa's hand and were then whisked off to minders during the service.

Merlotgran it's a potential for mayhem isn't it! Still, in most normal weddings the flowergirls tend to run off to their mothers at some point in the proceedings, some refusing to do it at all at the last minute. They have several so as long as there are still some behind her by the time she gets to the altar it's all good

OldMeg, I assumed you were talking of the comments on this thread, not your own family and friends

Oh...I see anyone in the public eye is fair game! No wonder the Sun and the DM are still in business ?

I guess you’re an old gossip in everyday life then Anniebach ?

personally I’ve never had any discussion with friends and family about this wedding except an ‘are you watching the wedding on TV?’ from DH.

Must move in different orbits!

No different to speaking of anyone in the public eye OldMeg.

The eldest pageboy is only 7 and the youngest bridesmaid, two. No maid of honour to keep them under control in line.

That's brave

Truthfully, what gives any of us the right to pass judgement on any of the people involved in this wedding?

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But no comment at all Iam on the criticism and snobbish comments on this thread about MM’s parents? Maybe the behaviour of the wider family might have been better if the Firm had been more considerate towards them and are you really condoning H’s not meeting MrM? Mr M has two brothers that apparently have had a role in MM’s life - if they’d been invited, that might have made it feel better and less stressful for Mr M.

maryeliza,no one has written a book about the mother yet

Well or So....
I can't tell you how relieved I am that I'm not either Meghan or her mother.
What a nightmare build up to a special day in their lives. I mean no disrespect to either of them. It seems they have a 'normal' close and loving relationship. I hope MM's mum walks her down the aisle, or better yet, that like Serena Williams, Meghan simply walks herself down. I have't seen the statement she's issued that confirms her father won't be at the wedding but I was pleased to see that she, not KP or Prince H made that statement.

I also feel for Harry and his family. Bliddy nightmare. Unlike some, I don't blame the RF, Kensington Palace (or even MI5/6) for the way that MM's extended family have behaved. I suspect they're entirely capable of behaving this badly, all on their own.

Such stereotyping of MM’s mother JE who has conducted herself well throughout so far as we know. When I think of the numerous examples of tackiness and bad taste that is endemic in the RF I’m astonished that anyone thinks that M’s mother should be open to such criticism with NO evidence at all. There have been books, films; TV interviews and millions of column inches full of juicy gossip about the RF over the decades - most of it true ( latest book on the unutterably vile Princess Margaret for starters) so even if she were to spill any beans: it would be in a long tradition. Maybe the RF could try and behave themselves in front of her and PP could try and avoid any racist ‘quips’

maryeliza54 Can you not see how tacky and in bad taste it is for Meghan's mother to do a Q and A with Oprah or any other interviewer for that matter?

Lets face it, Oprah is not going to want a 'oh it was all wonderful! My daughter looked beautiful and everything was perfect' type of interview is she?

She,( as any interviewer surely would) is going to try to extract some juicy gossipy snippets isn't she, otherwise the interview is going to be very boring and bland.

Thank you ladies for helping to enlighten me re titles of the royal’s children, although I do find it all a bit confusing. I read somewhere about the ladies who marry into the royal family being outranked by ladies of royal birth, unless their husband is present, when (depending on the rank of their husband) they’re apparently not out ranked. Also all this curtsying to a royal who outranks you upon seeing them for the first time in a day. It all seems ridiculous to me.

I do agree Day6. I thought Harry was so wrong to tell the world she got on so well with his family they are the family she never had, I have always thought it wrong to exclude her entire family from wedding invitations. Her half brother and sister are his children too. Now she tells the world how much she cares for her father, if she cares for him why keep him and the man she is to marry apart.

Did he not spend his cash on his operation? Hugely expensive, medical activity in the America’s

What on Earth is wrong with DM doing a q&a with Oprah? Really? It’s hardly as though she’s going to answer questions on H&Ms sex life is it? Just lay off them all and I agree with Day6 it’s been really badly handled

The Markles have been called rednecks, trailer park trash and worse by various publications. Surely all this humiliation, of them and Meghan would have been avoided if for a start, Harry had spoken with and met his fiancee's father. I find it difficult to believe that any man would marry a woman he knew so little about, let alone a royal prince who has the eyes of the world on him.

He was to meet his FIL a day or so before the wedding if all had gone according to plan. Surely he knew the retired Mr Markle was slightly reclusive, and living in what's been described as a seedy, shabby town in Mexico. The equivalent to being beamed up and dropped in an English palace in front of the Queen with a young man, a Prince he hasn't met, who'll marry his daughter would have scared most 73 year old men.

The whole thing has been so badly managed. One wonders if Harry rushed into his engagement without the necessary meetings with the family of the woman he loved, or indeed if he had any knowledge of them. The whole seedy circus has hit the front pages all at once, in the week before the wedding which will be televised and seen around the world.

There will be very few people in the world who aren't aware now of the Markle's family tree. Meghan pretended they didn't exist, with disastrous consequences. The Middleton family was scrutinised before Kate married Will, so Harry must have appreciated his bride-to-be's background would be explored.

Harry doesn't come out of this very well. My sympathies lie with Mr Markle and I can understand why other members of his family spoke out when they were approached. They were snubbed. What do they have to lose?

Harry met her mother not her father .

Harry is also older than William was. He will have visited Kates family home because thats where she lived when not at uni. MM is more of an adult than Kate was when she met William so he will have visited her in her own place.

I have nothing against Meghan or her family . My “murky” Markle was a cheap jibe, nothing more .

Zara Phillips is a professional sportswoman. She has competed and done very well in the Olympic Games .

Prince Andrew is a waste of space as it seems, are his daughters.