Embarrassing parents

Sarahelenwhitney, of course respect is a significant part of any successful life long relationship. that goes for the relationship between adult child and parent as well. Mr M has shown no respect towards his daughter or her husband. I'd have been devastated if my father had behaved as he has.
Well said azie09, certainly not a doddle to be a member of the RF, even if by marriage rather than birth.

I mean the press are gutter huggers, not the Royals. I have no real opinion on them but I do think the death of the Queen at some point in the next 10 years or so is going to be the most destabilising factor the UK has had to face since Brexit!

I cannot imagine why anyone thinks it's such a wheeze being a Royal. Money doesn't bring happiness, nor does owing property. I think they have a tough life, lots of duty, always in the public eye, the bl**dy paparazzi.

Just look at the Royals, Anne and Margaret being told who they couldn't marry, that happened to Harry too. And however much privilege you have, losing your mother at 12 is nothing to gloss over. At least, he and William and Kate have used their position to work on mental health issues. I've never been a Royalist but I'd say things are looking up on how they behave and how they engage with the public.
As usual, the press show what a bunch of gutter huggers they are. Why are any of us wasting time and space debating this???

I unfortunately saw a little bit of the interview when I turned on to watch "This Morning", I do think he's playing the victim here but that's my opinion. Why should the RF be giving him any guidance? MM has made her own way, perhaps she had wanted him to give her away, perhaps not - we will never know.

On the question of why Prince Harry hasn't met him, Mr M lives in Mexico not the USA, this would be a Security nightmare, H & M could hardly "slip into the country".

Iam64. Traditions are carried out around the world. There is no right or wrong way in how you approach your forth coming marriage.
Respect for one another be you rich, poor, or what ever ones interpretation of 'common', is the foundation for a lasting marriage.

Every family has an "Uncle Knobhead"

Every family has an "Uncle Knobhead", as per Peter Kay's comedy sketch. But most of us don't have to have him in the public spotlight. MM must be worried to death at what he'll say next.

Coolgran65 I didn't watch it. But I'm simply speechless... Did he actually say that? What a ghastly man!

Does anyone know of a couple in their 30's who decided to marry, yet believed it was necessary for the future husband to ask his bride's father permission to marry her? Nope, thought not.
How can responsibility for Mr M's unkind and selfish behaviour be placed on Harry? SHwhitney, are you suggesting the RF should pay off Mr M, rather than him continuing to sell snippets to the media? Why can't Mr M be held responsible for his own misbehaviour?
By the way, I'm not leaping to the defence of the RF, I'm just reflecting on how things are in my own family and friendship circles. I know I know, we're ordinary common folk but, not as common as Mr M I believe.

So who are this Press Gazette shower? What do they know?

I question the rush that Harry and Meghan had to marry once engaged.? How long did Prince William and Kate live together before getting engaged? Harry and Meghan were living together as man and wife and she wasn't pregnant? Kate and William having provided heirs so it is not as if the monarchy was on the brink of extinction. What is now coming to the surface could have been avoided had Harry made a personal visit to the USA to ask for Meghan's hand in marriage.All of this is on his own head and no one else.I fear more is to come if her father doesn't keep his mouth shut but nothing more beats loosening a tongue than money.

From 2014:

Former Daily Mirror editor Piers Morgan has been named the most influential UK journalist on social media by Press Gazette.

Sorry maryeliza!

Willow PM a journalist? Hummmm.

I saw the first part of the interview yesterday and was slightly appalled. Why did they have him on for so long? He came across as slightly confused by the whole thing. Why did PM keep pressing him about Harry's political comments on Trump and Brexit - it was clear nothing much had been said about either and he should have closed that topic down straight away. Ever the journalist though he kept pecking at him for more crumbs of non interesting information. I felt rather sorry for him and feel a few minutes conversation about his health and why he hadn't come to give his daughter away would have been enough - better still he shouldn't have been interviewed at all!

Well I don’t give a flying fig what Mr M says or thinks about anything - why on earth would I? As a pp said upthread, he’s from a very different cultural context and whatever his views on dv are, they hardly likely to influence or impact on anyone are they?

I think people do care that a man should think it necessary or appropriate to make Harry promise to never lift his hand to Meghan and make that a condition of his (superfluous) “consent”
Paw or any of our lovely SILs would have found that totally insulting and it says more about Thomas Markle than about his SIL .
Who does he think he is?

Of course you know why it was aired - because there would be a big audience and that would increase advertising revenue. It’s all about the money so why Mr M should not have his bit of the cake......

I can’t understand why it was even aired. Who cares?

Why watch it? I do not bother to watch things like this.

Every family has its embarrassing members, the best thing to do is ignore them.

I only saw a snippet of the interview with Mr M. When he said that he'd told Harry never to 'lift his hand to Megan' my dh and I just looked at each other .... can't repeat the couple of words we uttered. And I don't normally swear.

I saw it and just felt sorry for him. The tabloid Press is despicable.

Meghan’s mother was so very dignified at the wedding, and I suspect she’ll remain dignified. What we all need to realise is that American culture is very different to British culture, and in addition they do not have a royal family. Whatever our opinions regarding the royal family, we have all been brought up immersed in British culture, including the culture of respect of the royal family. Whilst our culture may well be changing, there is a reason why British people are generally thought to be particularly polite by the people of other countries. Obviously there are well documented exceptions, ie football hooligans, young British people and their excessive drinking in certain foreign resorts, and so on, but the overwhelming opinions of the British appears to be that we are polite, reserved, and display the ‘stiff upper lip.’

Meghan’s father has not absorbed any of this in the culture he lives in, and his behaviour is perfectly in keeping with his own culture. Perhaps he should have been offered some advice, though I’m not sure really, what is it to do with us. Thankfully her mother seems be a very dignified person who if anything seems slightly reserved in her character.

We cannot expect everyone in a country to behave in the same way, nor can we impose British cultural values on those who are not British.

Clearly Harry was well trained enough not to say anything embarrassing and Meghan will know she also has to be careful. It's rather sad as it means he'll probably see less of her.

If he didnt have heart problems the papers would have been all over that by now.

Well of course the interview didn’t have to happen did it- the TV station did it for the money so why shouldn’t Mr M - he looks as though he needs it. As is so often said on GN the RF is the most amazing thing in the history of the world so I’m sure it will survive a few injudicious interviews. We can rely on our own home grown MSM to say far worse over the years to come.

I'll bet Meghan is pretty damn glad she's over this side of the Pond now and has the protection of the Royals.