another issue exploded which was the number of rather horrific social media racist comments began to flood in from the darkest, vilest corners of the internet. the royal family responded in unprecedented fashion with prince harry s team at kensington palace releasing a statement confronting the, quote, abuse and harassment meghan was facing. saying this is not a game, it is her life and his. why is it that you think that meghan s upbringing, her race, why did that garner so much attention? in the past, members of the royal family, princes, would have married princesses. and when harry s father, prince charles, was looking for a wife, it was also a requirement that a wife should be a virgin and a member of the church of england. you just go back a few generations in the royal family. and everything that you can say about meghan markle disqualifies
wedding. harry was one of the most popular members of the royal family, for a very long time. meghan seemed to be utterly perfect. and it was fantastic to have somebody of mixed race coming into the royal family. and, therefore, making it more relevant to so many more people in britain. their popularity continued on their first royal tour to australia, new zealand, fiji and tonga, where they were treated like rock stars. they got a rapturous reception everywhere they went, and more importantly, rapturous press coverage too. and that was meghan s first tour as a member of the royal family. so, how did she do? she really took to it incredibly well and it was it was a great triumph. and a triumph, it seemed for the royal family. a new golden couple to help the next generation carry the monarchy forward. they looked as though they
when they met, she was still, largely, an aspiring actress. he was an aspiring producer. they were, essentially, at the same place in their careers. and then, suits really took off. and they weren t going in the same direction, anymore. she was filming in toronto. he was in los angeles. there were thousands and thousands of miles between them. determined to use her position for good, meghan advocated for women s equality across the world. meghan traveled to rwanda, in 2016, as an ambassador for the nonprofit, world vision, to highlight the importance of clean-drinking water. these girls are able to stay in school because they weren t walking hours a day to go and get water and this clean water source has changed the entire community. this is not a celebrity, who floats in who needs a platform issue to associate with their, quote/unquote, brand. this is a woman, who s had a desire to help, in some way, for a very long time. promote the faces and stories of women, and to begin
the staff of the royal household were going to be leaving. it is very unusual. members of the royal household tend to stay quite a long time. and certainly, the stories that i was hearing was that she was very demanding. and could be quite difficult. there was an internal complaint made by one of the senior members of staff about the treatment of other members of staff in the household who worked for harry and meghan, and there were allegations that some of the treatment by meghan towards staff was bullying. we know that meghan has very, very strenuously denied all allegations of bullying against her. her lawyers have said it s a campaign against her. eventually, harry and meghan decided to separate their official office and charity from william and kate. and they left their home at kensington palace for the
her mother was black. she said when she would fill out forms, there wasn t always a bubble that fit her to fill in. while her parents made sure meghan felt comfortable in her own skin, years of built-up racial tensions in the country exploded, right in her own backyard. she was driving, i think, with her mom. and i think there was, like, debris and she thought it was snowing. and then, she realized it was actually the l.a. riots. riots that erupted when four white police officers were acquitted in the beating of a black man, rodney king. it definitely opened meghan s eyes to the fact that this was a world that was not always going to treat her fairly. and was not always going to be kind to her or to her family. meghan s early experiences with discrimination were not isolated to race. while watching tv advertisements