Meghan Markle's father descended from royalty. Her mother from slaves.

[MoonRiver]

Wow, what a family history! But wondering if her dad's background is how she got the Queen's approval. Besides being beautiful, successful, and just overall awesome, of course.

Describing her ancestry, Markle said: "My dad is Caucasian and my mom is African American. I'm half black and half white. ... I have come to embrace this and say who I am, to share where I'm from, to voice my pride in being a strong, confident, mixed-race woman."[12] Her mother is descended from African Americans enslaved in Georgia,[13] and her father from Dutch, English, and Irish settlers.[14][15] Among her father's ancestors are Captain Christopher Hussey, King Robert I of Scotland, Sir Philip Wentworth and his wife, Mary Clifford, a descendant of King Edward III of England.[16][17][18][19]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Meghan,_Duchess_of_Sussex

[JI7]

1. She got the approval because of Charles and Diana and learned to accept changes

for the better rather than hang on to traditions that end up hurting others.

[demmiblue]

3. This.

One of the commentators on MSNBC brought this up... the tenuous connections where an attempt to appease the racists (can't remember the name).

[Raine]

2. Interesting

how small a World it really is.

[IluvPitties]

4. She married a rich dude she loves.

And joined the elite of one of the most notorious colonial powers ever.

Good for her.

[JI7]

5. They are no longer a colonial power and there are many brits who come from

Countries that they had colonized and now are enjoying the wedding .

[Leith]

6. Most of Us Can Probably Say the Same

If it were possible to dig deeply and far back enough.

Not me - I'm from Irish, German, and a smattering of other peasant stock.

[Alethia Merritt]

7. Be careful with privileged history. Because one was a slave does not mean they did not descend from

royalty. Depends on whose "royalty" of which you speak.