It is sad to see how badly and quickly this has all gone wrong. The Daily Mail has a recent article showing (nastily I thought) the cost of all the outfits M had worn when out on various formal public engagements. What it did show was just how much of this they have done for the RF since they married, when for a lot of that time M was pregnant. She isn’t getting much recognition for how successfully she carried this off (Grenfell etc) - always looking good, smiling, engaged, empathetic. Instead she was often slagged off for things like touching her bump (though Kate was praised for her ‘protectiveness’ when pictured doing the same thing - in the paper today). They must surely have got completely worn out by all the activity, including 3 tours abroad, all new to Meghan, and all the criticism and abuse - look at the public comments on DMail articles about her, which are never moderated, if you want to see appalling racism.
Yes, they’ve made mistakes, probably moved too quickly to detach themselves with little notice from traditional RF duties. They should perhaps not have moved so abruptly out of KPalace and got themselves a more discreet retreat on the outskirts of London, and they’ve done some unwise publicity. Maybe they could have started on negotiating a life more like Princess Margaret’s children - furniture maker and artist - or Princess Anne’s.... But Meghan seems to have wanted something more ‘celeb’ and anyway, by this time the media and social media had got their teeth into them and they couldn’t get anything right.
I think the Queen is doing her best to rescue one or both of them from a breakdown - yes, it feels as if it’s as bad as that, and to support a marriage perhaps going very wrong under the strain. The problem is whether there can be any good outcome and there’s so much, probably irreparable hurt with both families and seemingly Harry’s friends. But what do I know??!!
