Everyone seems to hate Meghan Markle in the UK (and the Netflix docuseries hasn't made it any better).
Since the so-called "Megxit", which occurred in 2020, Meghan Markle's popularity is at its lowest in the United Kingdom. According to a survey carried out in April by Ipsos, one in two Britons says they do not appreciate the Duchess of Sussex. And the premiere of the Netflix docuseries “Harry and Meghan” seems to have made things worse.
Meghan Markle's support has sunk since 2018, when many saw in her a breath of fresh air and modernity. But today, basically, what the British people see is that Prince Harry's wife has blown up the unwritten rule that governs the Windsors: "don't complain, don't explain."
The British tabloids do not miss the opportunity to take aim at her, even at the cost of launching childish hoaxes such as that she kept a camera under her clothes while she went out to greet, in the company of her husband and Kate Middleton and Prince William, the people gathered. before Windsor Palace, after the death of Elizabeth II.
Every time she sets foot in the United Kingdom, all of Meghan Markle's gestures become controversial, such as her absence from Balmoral, for example, at the bedside of Queen Elizabeth, shortly before her death.
The popular press criticized her for supposedly "escaping", when the reality was that in those tense hours the then Duchess of Cambridge was not present either. To add more literature, some publications reported the alleged gestures of disdain from some women towards Meghan when the Duke and Duchess of Sussex and the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge came out to thank people for their support.
Why the British hate Meghan Markle
But what is the reason for this sustained hostility from the British? Why do they hate Meghan Markle so much? Latent racism? Revenge? It can be a mixture of all of these and it seems difficult for the situation to change. Much less now that the Duke and Duchess of Sussex have met their financial goals and talk about their tensions with the British royal family on Netflix while recounting their first year together and the birth of their son Archie.
There are mistakes made by Harry of Sussex and Meghan that they will not forgive, and nothing seems to be going to improve with the couple's next insult to the Windsors: the upcoming publication of the prince's autobiographical book, "Spare."
The interview that Meghan Markle gave to the American magazine Variety did not contribute to reducing the tension either, quite the opposite. Most Britons over 30 were outraged to see her give her opinion from California about the late Queen Elizabeth II without respecting the time of mourning.
Mike Tindall, husband of Zara Tindall, daughter of Princess Anne, also did it, but what one considers an expression of spontaneity and respect in the former actress is judged as another example of hypocrisy.
How dare she – they wonder – say that she is grateful to have spent time with the queen and to have been able to get to know her when she is the cause of one of the British royal family's biggest crises?
Again, there are many who regret this difference between what she says and what she does. Many communicators see in her a great talent for creating an empathetic, committed, kind character, respectful of the values of family and marriage. But she cannot hide her inconsistency: in the Variety interview, Meghan Markle poses in signature dresses that cost several thousand euros, while ensuring that "she is a mother like any other, who likes hamburgers and cookies." .
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She, too, is not credible when she says that what matters is the love of her husband and her family. The British are outraged. A woman who was not on speaking terms with her own father! The way she talks about herself, they consider, is false and false. Meghan Markle has been reduced to her role as a television star.
Many of her even blame her for Henry of Sussex's breakup with her royal family. It was she, they claim, who encouraged him to break the rules, to seek greater notoriety, to stand up to his brother William, the heir to the Crown.
The mistrust has only grown with the media projects that the couple has in hand, in particular the Netflix documentary that is part of an agreement signed by the Sussexes for which they would have received 100 million dollars.
Meghan Markle is no longer free from suspicion: her objective is to monetize everything related to her family and politics and the responsibility for this decision falls on public opinion on her and not so much on Enrique.
