Meghan's Baby Shower.

suzied some of them live in castles and palaces state opened, they holiday in their own properties

Thought she was ok before the wedding but having reservations after.she seems to be making her mark not quietly now. Ring on finger!

123coco we don't all agree on GN on any topic and you should accept that and the way we post it you may also not like. You obviously feel strongly for MM, thats ok, but why pick and be abusive to people like myself, GG, Lily and others who can't stand her and state why. So I will say it again, its nothing to do with her being American its to do with the flash way she behaves, the amount of money being spent by her when people are living on the streets and using food banks. And just to finish I find the way she is always posing holding her bump irritating. And finally I do have a life, a very active and fulfilled one.

123coco as you choose to read the posts on this thread you are no different to the rest of the posters . You accuse some posters on ‘gutter press vileness’, yet read the posts. I choose not to read the gutter press

I can't see how she was showing off her wealth to them when they are just as rich.
I think rather than keep these bouquets why not give them to charity, everybody loves flowers even those that can't afford them.
The big issue here just like her wedding, she isn't the typical English princess like Kate she has previously been an actress and it's nice to see that she is still friends with people that she has known or worked with. My concern would be who's paying for her security?
Meghan is a reminder that times are very much changing and the royal family are showing the way.

Of course they have castles and palaces, they may be "owned " by the state, but they are totally at the monarch's disposal to go for holidays etc, they aren't open for us hoi palloi to walk round. A few rooms at Buck House in the summer are open to which we have to pay an entrance fee. Queenie might have her muesli in a tupperware box, but it wont be tupperware when she entertains it will be gold and silver and servants all the way, to think the royals are slumming it and Meghan is somehow more ostentatious because she has non royal wealthy friends who throw her a party is risible.

Its a sliding scale, really.
I'm often surprised by what other people have, and do, and spend (even here on gransnet) but it's how life is.
It would be silly to have funds but live like a pauper.

Anniebach. It seems it’s ok to you that anyone else can be vilified but posters here can’t be held to account for gutter press vileness. Check yourself!

At risk of being grouped with those deemed nasty and kill-joys etc, I would like to say that I don't approve of any ostentatious spending by any of the uber rich, royal or otherwise. 4.1 million children live in poverty in the U.K, 1.9 million pensioners, and 8 million people in families where at least one person is working. That is something to get exercised about. And then there's the carbon footprint.......

They all exploit their privileged positions at the top of the tree.
They have fabulously indulgent lives, whether that's openly or on the quiet.

I think The Duchess of Sussex is in danger of exploiting her position, and needs to take advice from people who can guide her. I would hate to see Prince Harry hurt.

suzied One train. One helicopter.the one golden coach is for the monarch only.

No castles or palaces .

I do wonder what our ‘Tupperware’ Queen thinks of all this?

A royal family is by definition the ultimate example of wealth flaunting - jewels, crowns, robes, golden coaches, own trains , planes, posh cars, castles and palaces, servants, expensive gifts from other wealthy heads of state ad nauseam.

After watching the programme about the Royal family spending and reading that Prince Edward and family just went skiing by private jet, how can anyone criticise Meghan for accepting an all expenses paid gift from her friends? I bet she was glad to be back in the US to relax away from the mob for a while.

MM gets far more attention (and a hefty dose of vitriol) on this forum than she ever got in the US.

We don't see a lot of press about MM here in the US, much less about a lavish baby shower presumably fit for royalty. A lovely custom by the way, not just here in the US but in many places around the world.

What better way to welcome a new baby into the world, than by bearing gifts and celebrating its upcoming arrival?

Why did it have to be a PR stunt? I don't think it is ok to shove such needless wealth in our faces when many in this country are really struggling.
The flowers donation was sick because I bet those cancer patients could have done with help in paying medical bills or some fun for themselves. Having a rich person't leftovers is tasteless.

I have no interest cannot understand why people cate.It like tje silly sods who stand outside in the rain to see them
Or the deluge of presents when she gives birth

Prince Charles never stops ‘ banging ‘ on about it, & good for him , like him or not he does do practical stuff it just doesn’t make good tabloid reading.
You don’t often read/ hear about the Prince’s trust etc

Oldwoman70 That is exactly it. People are relishing their nastiness.
You would think that people would get more mellow and understanding as they get older but this thread is horrendous and is the kind of thing that makes it difficult to challenge ageism when you see it elsewhere. If they are reminded that Diana received the same and then was suddenly beatified when she died (as has happened on other threads) you get answers like 'she is no Diana as if that is a fault'. It is really shameful.

GabriellaG54 Bit selective with your definition there. Yes I do know the definition of cruelty. I also know the definition of online bullying if you would prefer that.

Nowadays people know the impact of online abuse.

By the way I don’t even get how some clothes can cost what they do, but there again the demand(!) feeds someone’s industry (everyone’s on a scale )

I care a bit because:

A. The photo op with the little boy with cancer posing with some flowers broke my heart. He had a weak smile as though he wasn’t fully aware what this circus was all about.

- crumbs from Marie Antoinette’s table indeed.

and

B. Whatta carbon footprint!

- oh well, don’t suppose the RF will be banging on aboutgreen issues for a while then. It’s us you see, not them, stupid!

"I'm puzzled by this. My invitation must have got lost in the post."

I had to tell Amal I couldn't make it - I was supervising the changing of the bed linen that day - you have to keep an eye on the lower classes don't you know

Doesn’t everyone living in the Cotswolds own showy off cars ? They must have if they can afford to live in the Cotswolds or so popular myths say !??

I'm puzzled by this. My invitation must have got lost in the post.

maggiemaybe, ????