AIBU to be weary already and unsurprised that Harry and Meghan are threatening legal action against the Canadian Paparazzi? They should be able to live a more peaceful life but were they really so naive as to think they would be left in peace at this stage? Maybe they’re just putting a stick in the sand but I think there needs to be a sea change in journalism before any real respect for individuals is shown.
The mansion they are staying in, has huge grounds which are bigger than the average park - plenty big enough to take the dogs for a walk in. so why did MM need to be driven to another park, just to take this walk? The whole thing seems fishy to me.
I thought that old "Nazi salute" photo was of them laughing at Uncle fooling around and aping a public foreign figure, not of a mother "teaching her daughter to do a Nazi salute". Lilibet was well-known to be a good mimic, wasn't she?
Would photos of an average family dressed up as ghouls and witches and splashed with fake blood for Hallowe'en be evidence that they are into Satanic sacrificial rituals?
Di was well known for refusing to use the private/secure VIP entrances of high end stores and denanding her driver wait conspicuously out front, then she would come out in dark glasses with her head down pretending to shield herself from the press.
Di couldnt bear to be forgotten or ignored. She never wanted to be a private citizen away from any attention.
H&M have also literally demanded attention. M said that she expected the people to listen to her.
They are the exact opposite of people who are seeking privacy. They are seekinh attention and control of what that attention involves.
Other minor Royals have perfected the art if outwardly appearing boring so that they can go about their lives. Its perfectly doable. IF thats what you really want.
Reading the comments I think most, not all, who posted are also unsurprised. Harry has grown up with the press and the deals the RF had with them, It looks like Meghan wants to control what the press publish but that requires great skill and a lot of background negotiation. I’m not sure she will have all that in Canada.
I think Meghan is going to get fed up with Harry's paranoia. She's been around cameras long enough to know how to play the field and I bet she feels deep down that Diana might have been partly responsible for what happened.
Harry will never see it that way though.
Nobody took any photos of them when they were on their six week break. According to a Canadian reporter they hardly ever ventured outside.
When Meghan fled back to Vancouver she went out at least three times allowing photographers access. This was in the space of just a few days. Maybe it was an attempt to upstage William and Kate but maybe she was just eager to get herself 'out there' after an absence of many week.
She's a very self absorbed woman. Harry is over sensitive.
I wonder if they chose Canada partly because the media there aren't so alarmist. I don't know if this is because of legal controls, or related to - dare I say it - the stronger Christian tradition there ? ie RC. There was another discussion on here about a sex change issue in Canada and my Toronto cousin said they'd not heard anything about it.