Meghan Markle Visited Uvalde To Donate Food To Volunteers And Pay Tribute To The School Shooting...

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Meghan Markle Visited Uvalde To Donate Food To Volunteers And Pay Tribute To The School Shooting Victims

"I had no idea who she was. She just was carrying on a conversation like her and I knew each other for years," a community center volunteer who spoke to the Duchess of Sussex told BuzzFeed News.



UVALDE, Texas — Meghan, the Duchess of Sussex, on Thursday visited Uvalde, Texas, where she donated food at a community center hosting a blood drive and laid flowers at a memorial for the victims of the elementary school shooting that killed 21 people, including 19 children.

BuzzFeed News spoke with volunteers at the Herby Ham Activity Center who accepted the duchess's donations. Photographers captured images of Meghan at the memorial site.

According to blood drive volunteers, Meghan, wearing a baseball cap and a black mask, quietly dropped by the community center's kitchen to drop off two "large" crates filled with sandwiches, beverages, and desserts for blood donors.

"I had no idea who she was. She just was carrying on a conversation like her and I knew each other for years," volunteer Gloria Contreras, 40, told BuzzFeed News. "We were just talking about, you know, the situation and what happened what we were doing here. I told her about us giving out water to the people and feeding them."

https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/kadiagoba/meghan-markle-uvalde-texas-school-shooting-memorial-blood

[LetMyPeopleVote]

1. This lady did this the right way

She did not make this into a media opportunity but honored the victims in a quiet and dignified manner

[BlackSkimmer]

6. Ill bet she had her Netflix crew in tow.

That person is unbelievable.

[Hekate]

10. Let us know when you find out.Let us know when you see her "I don't care" jacket & 4 inch heels, too

[BlackSkimmer]

23. I'm not in the least sure what she has to do with THAT woman. Though I can understand you see some

things in common. That hadn't occurred to me. Good catch!

But ok.

We'll all find out eventually. Unless the show is cancelled before it sees life, which won't surprise me.

[LetMyPeopleVote]

88. Your claims as to this lady are simply sad and false

Link to tweet

[CatWoman]

11. from your comment

so are you.

[BlackSkimmer]

24. Aw, how sweet.

Mwah.

[CottonBear]

14. I don't believe that lie which is published by the British tabloid press. NT

[BlackSkimmer]

25. It's not a lie that she and Harry, who so DESPERATELY wanted privacy are now filming a Netflix

series, a reality show ala Kardashians.

That is true, sorry.

[BuddhaGirl]

36. So you actually know their show

will be a trashy, entitled mess like the Kardashians?

How exactly do you know this, hmmm?

[BlackSkimmer]

43. Well, first of all, I have NEVER seen a single show of the Kardashians.

So you obviously have more knowledge than I in regard to what kind of show it is. I've no idea.

All I know about the Kardashians is that supposedly their entire life is on TV. Anybody not living in a cave knows that much.

But Netflix has announced this private duo are doing a reality show. Really not that hard to find out.

Why do you think though, that these two who so desperately wanted privacy, are doing a show about their lives?

I find that curious.

[BuddhaGirl]

54. They are activists

And have never made a secret about how they wanted to use their platform to do good in the world.

The entitled mess of the Kardashians show has been quite widely reported on for years. I have never seen the show.

Maybe H & M's Netflix show will draw attention to their activist causes? Why assume it will be like the Kardashians?

[BlackSkimmer]

58. Nah, it won't be like the Kardashians.

Assuming it sees the light of day, it won't last a year.

My final comment. We're just going to have to agree to disagree. Or just disagree. Whichever works for you.

[LetMyPeopleVote]

105. There is a pattern here

Link to tweet

[Sugarcoated]

145. Your posts are petty and hateful

Yuk

[CrackityJones75]

225. Yep.

[LetMyPeopleVote]

101. Meghan Markle visits Uvalde memorial for victims of Texas school shooting

The real world is a nice place. This was a real act of kindness

Link to tweet

https://www.latimes.com/world-nation/story/2022-05-26/meghan-markle-visits-memorial-for-children-killed-in-uvalde-shooting

— Meghan Markle, the Duchess of Sussex, paid a visit to a memorial for the victims of the school shooting in Uvalde, Texas, on Thursday afternoon.

Accompanied by a bodyguard and wearing a baseball cap, white T-shirt and jeans, she looked down at crosses left to memorialize the 19 children and two teachers killed in the attack. Ignoring calls from reporters, she placed white roses tied with a purple ribbon at the cross for 10-year-old Uziyah Garcia.

Someone had written on the cross, “You will be missed.”

The boy’s father, Sergio Garcia, 35, of San Angelo, Texas, described Uziyah as an energetic, loving and gentle boy. Garcia hadn’t spend much time with his son over the last eight months, as the boy’s parents were in a custody dispute.

[MustLoveBeagles]

181. Thank you for all of your positive posts

[Bev54]

50. So do you put the Obama's in the same category?

[BuddhaGirl]

55. +1

Right?

[BlackSkimmer]

56. The Obamas have a reality show?

News to me.

But just as a short answer. Hell no. The Obamas are both accomplished and successful people, who worked hard to become who they are.

I don't need to list their accomplishments here to point out how silly it would be to compare the Montecito mansion dwellers to people who have given as much to this country as the Obamas have.

Amazed that you would try to compare these two couples. There is absolutely no comparison, and honestly, I don't think they belong in the same conversation.

Time for me to trash this thread. Bringing the Obamas into it, really? Oh my.

[CottonBear]

80. You don't understand the concept of privacy in the USA. NT

[BlueLucy]

89. They never said they wanted privacy. That's a lie.

They said they wanted to be free from the constant bullying Meghan was under in UK. Which yes, she 100% was under massive racist attacks some coming form Kensington Palace. That's the truth.

[NYC Liberal]

91. And even if they DID say that...

"wanting privacy" doesn't mean becoming hermits with no contact with the outside world. A show that they produce and control the content of isn't the same as paparazzi stalking and harassing them everywhere they go.

[BlueLucy]

93. Exactly right! I honestly think people hate her because they wanted a prince to marry a white woman.

They need to do some self reflection.

[NYC Liberal]

95. I don't really care much about them one way or another

but some people seem to get irrationally angry about them -- or just her. I don't get it.

[CottonBear]

96. The irrational anger is an explicit expression of racism.

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The poor woman was driven to the point of considering suicide while pregnant.

The British tabloids actually compared her newborn son to a chimpanzee and not a single member or representative of the royal family defended her.

The blatant, explicit, ongoing, and continuous racists attacks and lies were and are, horrific.

I am so disappointed to see racists trolling and bullying her here on DU.

Meghan is an American citizen and an ally to democratic, civil rights, feminist, and human rights causes that we support here on DU. She is using her platform to support and promote these causes, which is commendable. The Archewell Foundation donates money to causes and organizations that she and her husband support.

[betsuni]

97. +1

[BlueLucy]

107. Very well said. Thank you! nt

[CottonBear]

125. You're welcome.

It is so disappointing to see the propaganda and hate here on DU.

Personally, as a woman and as the mother of a school age child, I completely understand why Meghan reached out to the community like she did this past week in Texas.

[Hekate]

111. [phone] thank you CottonBear

I am sick to death of arguing with (Post Removed) and others who can’t see that’s exactly what they’re doing.

[CottonBear]

252. You are we!come. I agree that it's exhausting.

I am so disappointed that people believe and/or unknowingly parrot the racist tropes and lies.

Sigh...

[Hekate]

113. You know, CottonBear, I think you put your finger on the racism disguising itself with classism...

It’s not just resentment of the presumed “haves vs. have-nots,” which gets ugly enough.
I think its time we DUers started calling out the racism in the way Meghan Markle is attacked here.

[CottonBear]

127. I agree, Hekate.

I was shocked to see the trolls, bullies and haters come out in this thread. There are long time and OG DUers in this thread…it is appalling.

As a woman and the mom of a school age child, the events of the past week make me so fearful for my child’s safety and their future here in America.

[Arazi]

120. I'm far more on Twitter than DU

And don’t follow the British Royal family at all but became aware of the racist smear campaign from Christopher Bouzy and his excellent misinformation tool BotSentinel.

He tracks misinfo campaigns online and his astonishing work has put real numbers and algorithms behind racism, misogyny, hate speech, RW disinfo campaigns on Biden, Kamala Harris, COVID etc AND Meghan Markle.

He originally started it to understand the powerful engines working to take down HRC and Kamala Harris, and discovered Meghan’s abuse along the way. He too had never given any thought to her until she came up as one of the prime online targets.

His work is fascinating.

Tl:dr you’re 100% correct she’s the target of a manufactured racist and misogynistic campaign by trolls similar to other famous women. It’s depressing as hell to see DUers taken in by it

[CottonBear]

123. I am also on Twitter as well and know about Bouzy's research.

The coordinated smear campaigns on Twitter and in the tabloid media are appalling.

It’s Fox News level disinformation and propaganda which is echoed on pop culture websites (celebrity gossip sites and Royal fan sites) and on other social media such as Facebook.

I have to say that the Celebitchy website is probably the only gossip website where the racism is explicitly called out and the disinformation is debunked.

[CottonBear]

126. I meant to respond to you directly in my post 123.

Thank you for letting others know about Christopher Bouzy and Bot Sentinel.

[Hekate]

148. 🌻 I think this is worth being an OP in a new thread, so it can be bookmarked if nothing else

Thank you for the information.

[sheshe2]

195. Thank you, CottonBear.

The comments are disgraceful.

[CottonBear]

253. You are most welcome.

[treestar]

115. +1

There is some sort of transference or something - the things they accuse her of are over the top. I don't get why she inspires this in some people. Being black could be part of it, but being American might be, too. The British may hate the idea of a royal marrying an American.

[CottonBear]

124. Racists lost it when Obama became president & when Meghan married Harry.

Meghan, Duchess of Sussex (née Markle) self-identifies as a bi-racial woman, but the haters and racists only see her as a black woman.

[sheshe2]

109. +1

[Baltimike]

239. No. it's not a lie. Are you honest enough to stand corrected?

It's in that book they helped write, that they LIED and said they had nothing to do with.

Facts are facts.

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2020/aug/16/harry-and-meghan-insist-on-privacy-apart-from-when-theyre-the-ones-doing-the-dishing

[BlueLucy]

241. This article talks about them wanting privacy for the baptism of their baby

Did you even read the article?

[calimary]

15. From what I've read, I suspect you're right.

In every case, according to multiple accounts, including people who know her, ANY gesture was strategically calculated, mainly designed to generate attention and favorable publicity.

Sheesh, just last night I was reading about that. A lot about that.

Sorry to be cynical. I get that way frequently, these days. I’d like to be able to accept it at face value, where motivations didn’t figure in.

[CatWoman]

17. and sometimes a rose is just a rose

[BlackSkimmer]

28. Yes, and never mind that her father just suffered a stroke, lives just two hours from her, yet she's

not found the time to visit him.

And never mind, this environmental warrior chartered a private jet to go to Texas.

[BuddhaGirl]

57. How do you know she hasn't visited him?

Not everything she does is in the news LOL

Well, probably the Daily Mail or some such rag purports to know!

[Arazi]

59. I believe she is estranged from her father ever since he sold tabloid pics of her

Without her permission.

He’s a very shitty person by every account. She’s wise to keep her distance

[Hekate]

64. The only reason I saw my own father just before he died was I needed to check on Mom...

… just after she had major surgery. He looked like such a sweet old man, too. Not everyone’s family is ideal.

As for Harry & Meghan and their desire for privacy — perhaps they’d just like to have it on their own terms. As Pope Francis said, “Who am I to judge?”

But hey, no mercy for the man whose own mother was hounded to death by the British tabloids and watched his wife go downhill in that environment.

[Unwind Your Mind]

106. Agree with all of this

Especially the last part.

My own mother is nearing the end of her life. I will not be visiting her and no one else has a right to judge me for it. I have my reasons and they are mine.

[CottonBear]

81. Are you reading gossip and lies from the British tabloids?

[Hekate]

85. Well spotted

[BlackSkimmer]

247. Sorry love, I don't even read American tabloids.

I don't even know the names of the British ones, and I've a dual citizenship.

I do have a subscription to the Times (that's the LONDON Times) in case you don't know, which was bequeathed to me by my father.

Can you give me some names so I can check them out, since you seem to have knowledge of what they print?

[CottonBear]

249. Of course I am familiar with The Times and its sister paper, The Sunday Times.

The British tabloid press includes News of the World, the Daily Mirror, the Sun, Daily Mail, Mail on Sunday.

The Mail Online is the website for the Daily Mail.

[BlueLucy]

94. I doubt that man suffered a stroke at all.

Why should she see a man who has done nothing but trash her for years now. Is he not suing her for money along with that crazy half sister? They both just want to milk every dollar they can from tabloids even if it hurts Meghan. They're evil. Flat out evil.

[treestar]

116. Who cares, she still brought food

she still helped.

She likely has to use private air travel. What complaints would you have if she traveled on an ordinary aircraft?

[Treefrog]

167. Why would someone have to use private jets?

I wouldn’t know her if I saw her next to me. She’s certainly not wildly recognizable. I think I read William and his wife traveled commercial earlier this year.

Plenty of celebrities who I would recognize travel commercial. I think the problem with this particular person is that her husband is constantly preaching about environmentally responsible travel, is he not?

Perhaps people are pointing out that’s just a little bit hypocritical?

[Hekate]

170. Where does he "constantly preach about environmentally responsible travel"?

I missed that — but then, I don’t follow them as closely as you do.

[treestar]

206. It is interesting how these haters

spend so much time on her, and have the time to study photos of her (to make absurd conclusions that she was never pregnant and the like).

[Arazi]

174. They've all flown commercial including H and M

https://www.express.co.uk/travel/articles/1529373/kate-middleton-prince-william-commercial-flights-royal-family-travel-secrets/amp

I have no idea if she flew private or commercial to Uvalde but she’s gotten death threats because she’s been maligned in the press and because of a racist coordinated smear campaign against her.

She gets to stay safe right? Or are you determined she must put herself out there in the way you demand even if it jeopardizes her life?

[treestar]

205. That's another part of it

Always comparing them to the other couple, who are portrayed as wonderful, even where they do the same things the other is criticized for. You read they traveled commercial? Have they never traveled private?

What has he said about environmentally responsible travel - and why does private aircraft violate that principle? I recall the Obamas being criticized for that for taking more than one flight to Hawaii - Michelle and the girls left earlier on a separate AF1 flight - from the right wing, of course.

[BlueLucy]

213. Meghan gets too many death threats daily to travel commercial.

Much more death threats than any celebrity.

[Baltimike]

238. LOL!! I call bs

seriously

[Peacetrain]

122. I truly do not understand the non stop to the core hatred of Meghan Markle..

If she does not bow down even to that family of hers.. they just eviscerate her. It is beyond me.. she and her husband are here in the states.. this is a tragedy in our country.. and if she wanted to take an entire newspaper there to keep our eyes on the horror of it.. more power to her.. but she paid her respects.. just chill out about these people.. Let them have a life and raise their kids.. You have Wills and Kate to fawn over.. go for it .. woohoo... and all that good stuff.. just leave H and M be

[CottonBear]

128. It's racism. The racists lost their minds over Meghan.

See Christopher Bouzy’s Bot Sentinel research and reporting on online hate, disinformation, and propaganda campaigns against women and, particularly, women of color.

[Peacetrain]

130. It is just the craziest reactions to her..

I think racism is a factor for sure.. so is her being an American.. and the British press still blames Wallis Simpson for the abdication in '36, and for some unholy reason seem to want to take all that out on Meghan.. I wish to hell she would not go back.. it is just not worth it to either of them..but family is family and you do the best you can..If no one sees her, dollar to doughnuts they will be howling 24/7 that she has been forbidden to make an appearance.. If she makes an appearance.. she is upstaging the queen.. in between times her family will be screeching about how they have been abandoned (not for a second recognizing the unending attacks they do on her and Harry)... ( My personal opinion) they should never let their kids within a mile of those people (her Dads family).. users does not even begin to describe them.. its crazy.. but as an American she can express herself anyway she wants.. and Harry as her husband living in this country has the same right..

[sheshe2]

199. Well.

“Peace and rest is best,” Samantha Markle, Thomas’ other daughter and the Duchess of Sussex’s half-sister, exclusively told Us Weekly on Tuesday about her father’s recovery. One day later, she accused Meghan, 40, of “negligence” regarding their dad’s care.

snip



Meghan and her father have been estranged for years. He was uninvited to her May 2018 wedding to Prince Harry after he admitted to staging paparazzi photos, which the Suits alum claimed in her and Harry’s CBS tell-all in March 2021 that he didn’t own up to at first.

“That, for me, has really resonated, especially now as a mother,” the duchess said of her father’s inability to come forward with the truth about the paparazzi images. “I look at [my son] Archie, I think about this child and … I genuinely can’t imagine doing anything to intentionally cause pain to my child. I can’t imagine it. So it’s hard for me to reconcile that.”


https://www.usmagazine.com/celebrity-news/news/thomas-markle-is-home-from-the-hospital-after-apparent-stroke/

Half sister Samantha seems to be milking this and making money on it. She is writing a book about her pushy sister.

Samantha, 57, stated on Dan Wootton Tonight that her younger half-sister should stop “watching and doing nothing” following their father’s health concerns. (He previously survived two heart attacks.) “If she can’t find it in her heart, or have the moral conscience to step forward, then shame on her,” the Diary of Princess Pushy’s Sister Part 1 author said, claiming their dad “doesn’t have a lot of time” left.

[BlueLucy]

90. Yep. People like to believe something sinister is always going on with a black woman. nt

[BeeBee]

20. I think you missed the part of the article where it said she had a baseball cap and mask on...

and nobody knew who she was.

[BlackSkimmer]

29. If no one knew who she was, how were the pics taken? How was it reported?

Come on now.

She goes nowhere without her Sunshine Sacks publicity crew.

[gldstwmn]

40. Living miles from Columbine at the time I visited the site in the days after the shooting.

It snowed and that somehow added to the atmosphere of sadness and loss. There was media in every direction as far as the eye could see and it wasn't like this memorial. You could walk right up to it. Their cars were still in the parking lot. There were photographers and cameramen interspersed with the mourners. That was in 1999. 23 years later with print media extinct and everything online, I cannot imagine the number of press there. I'm sure everyone got a photo of her.
This is a horrible time to get petty over the actions of a former member of the British royal family and is better left for a gossip site than here.

[BlackSkimmer]

46. I didn't start the thread. nt

[gldstwmn]

49. Let me clarify for you. Great thread, your comments are petty.

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[CatWoman]

61. extremely petty

[kskiska]

70. And her $30,000 worth of jewelry,

including Diana's watch.

[Hekate]

75. Cool. The photo shows her with her bling?

[CottonBear]

82. Disappointed. You were the first person to ever post on DU.

[BlueLucy]

108. So? Is that the reason you hate her?

[Treefrog]

112. Lol, just seeing this thread.

I’m not a fan of those two.

You make a great point!

[mercuryblues]

202. I suspect 30,000 is cheap

Her wedding and engagement rings cost more than that.

[Hekate]

210. And you really think she wore it to this event?

[mercuryblues]

223. I should have been more clear

That it is a silly thing to bash her about. 30,000 wouldn't even cover the value of her wedding rings.

Hell. all the Meagan bashing going on in here is disgusting. The she is a phony because she did X but not Y. I used to support her then I read Z about her, now everything she does is bad. She needs to reconcile with her father that sold access to himself to the tabloids (his photos sold for over 100,000) When she wrote him a letter begging him to stop, he sold those too. Bla, blah, blah.

[Hekate]

226. 🌻Thank you for clarifying. This thread is so sick, I can't believe it's at DU. The combination of...

… racism and misogyny that some have pointed out (CottonBear and Arazi) is appalling, and if Arazi is right it is a large and co-ordinated bot trolling effort to tear down Meghan M and Kamala Harris (at the intersection of racism and misogyny) and the old standby Hillary Clinton (pure misogyny).

As DUers we should know better than to be sucked in by such things.

[questionseverything]

38. Ummmmm, there's no mask in the picture

[gldstwmn]

41. Christ on a bike.

Link to tweet

?s=20&t=DO0w3DnwKJ5JmszMRXX8mA

[questionseverything]

48. Posing in front of the cross.... No mask

[CatWoman]

63. well, you've convinced me

string her ass up NOW

[questionseverything]

66. She takes a private jet and her security crew to deliver 2 boxes of groceries

Then she poses for a picture

Shrugs

[CatWoman]

69. I fail to understand your "rationalization"

one would think she frequently travels by private jet. Did it land right in front of the school?

one would also think she always travels with a security crew. Wonder if she made the crew carry the groceries? Did they wrap a big pink bow around it? Snap the pictures???

2 boxes of groceries probably mean a hell of a lot to those citizens.

[questionseverything]

72. She certainly didn't sneak in

If she would of given the money she spent it would of gone alot farther than a couple boxes of groceries

I just feel it’s too soon for photo ops

They haven’t even dna’d all the victims

[CatWoman]

73. i don't understand

why would she have to sneak in?

it appears to me that you would find fault even if she did do the things you suggest.

[questionseverything]

77. The first post refers to her doing this quietly

It is repeated throughout the thread, I don’t think that’s true

And of course her security carried the boxes

[electric_blue68]

83. Having been passing by a food give away today people were very happy...

to be getting 2 boxes of food, including milk, and eggs I was told. 👍

[Hekate]

74. There's some nice boulangeries where she lives. Nice sandwiches.

Also

[Treefrog]

114. That's what I see too.

[questionseverything]

121. Those pictures made there way into dozens of newspapers and magazines

It seems a little early to me but maybe it’s just my midwestern upbringing

Honestly this distraction helped me stop crying/fuming for a bit the day it came out, so I am glad for that

[Treefrog]

135. She had to be told she couldn't go into the crime scene.

She took a private flight and brought her own photographers. Did she visit Buffalo too?

Mind boggling to me.

[Hekate]

172. "She had to be told"? Source please. Like I said: I don't follow them as closely as you seem to.

[Hekate]

173. That's what happens when AP and Getty are the sources

[treestar]

117. Poses?

aren't you assuming that?

[Arazi]

22. Who cares if she did? Honestly, PLEASE bring more sympathetic media attention

To the victims and ANYONE trying to help.

I’m not sure that talking point matters one bit. I’m glad she’s using her fame to spotlight the victims

[Torchlight]

26. I imagine you could easily find out one way or another.

Hope you let us know!

[BlackSkimmer]

30. We'll all know soon enough.

When, and if, the Netflix show begins...so stay tuned!

[Torchlight]

34. I see.

Sounds serious. Good luck.

[treestar]

118. Her haters will be watching it

looking for something to criticize.

[gldstwmn]

35. Great. It will document what a horrific gun problem we have and maybe motivate

people to do things about it.

[BuddhaGirl]

39. What's unbelievable is that you

are attacking someone who went there and brought assistance.

Tell me what YOU'VE done to help?

Petty much?

[BlackSkimmer]

47. Lol, I had no idea she had so many fans here.

You've no idea what I've done.

What have you done?

We disagree on this person; why do you take it so personally? Why do you even care what I think?

[BuddhaGirl]

60. Not really a fan

Just calling out tone-deaf pettiness about a well-known person, who imo is being attacked for trying to do some good after a horrific tragedy.

[Hekate]

78. Of course we have no idea what you've done. But given the energy with which you tear down...

… Meghan and Harry, you’re kind of obligated to let us know.

As for being a “fan,” I just don’t like seeing people slimed for trying to get on with their lives with the resources they have. I don’t see them grinding the faces of the poor into the dirt. They have certain resources, which I certainly don’t — she knows the film industry, for one thing. He was brought up to do a stint in the military and perform charitable works and show up.

I also wasn’t a “fan” of Harry’s mum, but the way she died was public and horrible. In my life at the time I was doing a midlife stint in grad school, and keeping godawful hours. I’d come into the kitchen for another cup of coffee about 2am and turn on the little tv on the counter. One night, there was the death of Diana.

In the nights and days that followed, I learned more about her charitable work than I ever had before — and I realized something. The shy young woman who had once described her intellect as “thick as a brick” — the despairing woman who divorced a prince — the glamorous woman of means who could have spent her life jet-setting — somehow had found a way to do good in the world.

Diana used what she had: her charm, her warmth, her ability to bring many cameras to the scene. Mother Theresa’s orphans, children dying of AIDS, children losing limbs to landmines — all of them got a good turn in the spotlight and attention was paid to their causes thanks to her. And she meant it. The photo ops were for them.

You’re off this thread if I’m not mistaken, but I have a good idea of what you’ll say next time we meet. I’m sure you despise Diana, too. Frivolous woman who only went to finishing school and couldn’t hack it as a prince’s wife. Clothes-horse. Yadda yadda.

Screw that. Sure I have a soft spot for this little family. I look at Meghan and think: California career girl. I look at Harry and think: better use sunscreen in California, you redhead. And good luck to you both.

[phylny]

98. What a kind post.

Well done! 😊

[sheshe2]

110. Thank you so much for your post, Hekate.

I should be shocked by some of the comments, but I am not.

[Hekate]

191. It's pretty awful

Very disheartening

[CottonBear]

129. Thanks for your thoughtful and heartfelt post, Hekate. nt

[Hekate]

193. Right up until that week I had dismissed Diana as a lightweight. Then I saw: she used what she had

And she used it for the good of others. Nobody can do more than that. I ended up feeling very humbled.

[BlackSkimmer]

246. No, you'd be wrong. I quite liked Diana.

I had many friends affected by the AIDS crisis, some in England. She did a lot of good. She had her problems, but who wouldn't stepping into that circus at such a young age?

She also was incredible with her landmine activism. She was gone too soon.

William is every bit her son. A good man, who has NEVER made a racist comment, unlike his brother. I won't list Harry's comments on other races, but there are more than many even know.

Hmm, so what will I say next time we meet? Did I fulfill your expectations?

[Trueblue1968]

71. Nasty comment without any evidence. Your comment right wing response.

[Sugarcoated]

151. It's a full time thing, this bashing

Obsessive online hatred. It makes them feel better about their mediocre lives

[Cuthbert Allgood]

250. So you don't see a difference

between not wanting people to push themselves into your lives and controlling the narrative and allowing people you pick into your lives? If they let a crew in to do a documentary, they are fair game? Seems gross.

[Cha]

176. Yes, the Duchess did.. it brought

tears again.. human acts of kindness.🤷?♂️💖🤷?♂️💖

💙💛

[sop]

2. I read that Matthew McConaughey is from Uvalde.

He put out a weak statement about everyone having to "do better."

[tanyev]

5. Ugh. Thank goodness he didn't run for governor.

[gldstwmn]

9. Never mentioned the word gun.

[Tommymac]

62. Both Sider. Grandstander. Lost all respect for him. nt

[Cha]

182. Wonder if he's still an NRAer?

💙💛

[Wingus Dingus]

3. Very sweet.

[CottonBear]

4. She is a very thoughtful & empathetic person.

She and her husband take meaningful actions personally and through their Archewell charity to effect positive change in the world.

The Archewell website main page has a statement from Harry & Meghan:

EACH OF US can CHANGE our COMMUNITIES. ALL OF US can CHANGE THE WORLD.

https://archewell.com/

[broiles]

7. This reeks of attention hound.

[CatWoman]

12. Jesus

can you tell me how so?

I can't, for the life of me, see where she tried to bring attention to herself.

[Hekate]

13. It was the snarky jacket & spike heels that was your first clue, yeah?

Oh wait, that was Melania where the caged children were.

[BeeBee]

18. Maybe it was the baseball cap and mask? n/t

[demmiblue]

16. Ah, nope.

[Torchlight]

37. Something also reeks of a very spiteful envy.

Not her though, as the wind's coming in from the west; can't quite put my finger on it.

[gldstwmn]

45. Is it green?

[violasays]

133. Nope! Just wondering why her silence on Buffalo

Since she is a Black woman and all. She said literally zero about the horrific shootings in Buffalo. They sure could have used that publicity and food.

[Hekate]

137. You must follow her closely -- in the tabloids. Please, cite a source.

[violasays]

139. Google is your friend -- and a source

Google Meghan Markle Buffalo shooting as I did, and you get bupkis about the Buffalo shooting. You're welcome!

[panader0]

65. I see that you are a Beto fan. So am I. Was he seeking publicity when he crashed Abbott's presser?

[questionseverything]

68. Sure he was but it was to draw attention to policy that could save lives

[broiles]

79. Yes, but he is running for governor on a gun safety platform

So his appearance was called for. I think hers was "oh here's a photo opportunity"!

[BlueLucy]

92. You need to ask yourself why you hate her!

You must believe all the RW lies about her told on twitter, facbook, etc...

[newdayneeded]

102. Right!!!11!1!

She's definitely looking down her nose in that pic!

Can you be any more off? She's incognito, quietly showing her respects. All I see is class and grace.

[Cha]

184. Hell NO it does NOT. You Read it

Wrong..

💙💛

[gldstwmn]

8. Then the flying monkeys online went crazy and criticized her for it.

It was a beautiful gesture. I do not blame her and Harry one bit for not wanting to show pictures of their children.

[CottonBear]

19. She has received death threats because she's a POC.

I’d say she understands the threat of gun violence more than many people in the US.

[gldstwmn]

33. Truly. And she and Harry felt safer living here.

Their children will have to go to school someday. I believe her efforts are sincere.

[a kennedy]

31. I know, I was so embarrassed by what some of them were saying and writing about her.

They do not like her…….

[GoCubsGo]

87. They don't like her because Dear Leader doesn't like her.

Any time the subject of England or the Queen comes up, he bad-mouths her. Not sure what she ever did to earn that hate, other than marrying into royalty while black. Oh yeah, that...

[Hekate]

67. "Flying monkeys online" captures the essence....

Sadly, we have our own coterie. It’s embarrassing.

ETA — monkeys are a “troop,” not a coterie.

[LetMyPeopleVote]

104. I love your characterization of the idiots attacking Meghan Markle for this act of kindness

Thank you. I was also moved by this act of kindness

Link to tweet

[Cha]

185. Jealous Assholes.

💙💛

[Arazi]

21. If I had money and a platform, I hope I'd go and draw some attention to the issue

And ensure I drew a bright line on where I stood and with whom.

I think it’s fine

[Captain Zero]

42. Geez. You'd think she lives off of NRA donations

The way people here are talking.
Get off her ass.

[violasays]

132. Agreed. So where was she in Buffalo?

Since, you know, the supermarket that was located in a food desert is now closed and the community there is begging for help with money and food.

Meghan Markle, who self-identifies as Black, though apparently she didn't do this at Northwestern University or for most of her acting career, ignoring a Black tragedy like Buffalo is disgusting, and that is why many feel Uvalde was a stunt.

[Arazi]

178. You do realize there's a mass shooting almost every day right?

Are you demanding black celebrities act on every one?

Or just Meghan Markle?

Where’s Oprah? Or Beyoncé? Or Stevie Wonder?

Can they react to an event that speaks to them or are they required to react to them all? Or just Meghan?

[In It to Win It]

27. She can't do anything right. People will criticize her for urging lawmakers to act or queitly paying

tribute to the victims or donate her time, money, or food.

She should be appreciated for giving her time, for being empathic and sympathetic, and for her willingness to act because she was moved by the unfortunate events. That's what we do. That's what we promote. We want everyone to be caring and giving, and reaching out to our neighbors and communities that need helping hands. Meghan Markle does that and people on OUR SIDE of the aisle and that think like us criticize her for doing the very thing we promote and wish more people would do.

[demmiblue]

32. +1

Funny how one can predict exactly who is going to have a problem with this.

[Torchlight]

52. I am honestly surprised

to see how much childlike spite and silly pouting is directed at Ms. Markle. Grandad told me some years ago that we often show our character without ever realizing we did.

I guess that applies to the bad in our character as well as the good.

[BuddhaGirl]

44. +1

Well said

[Sunsky]

53. Good for her

She and Harry seem like genuinely good people.

[llmart]

76. This is a heartfelt gesture on her part and I think both Harry and Megan are good people.

If she was only interested in drawing attention to herself all the time, she'd never have left the spotlight in the royal family behind to move here with Harry. She'd have gotten as much attention as the late Princess Diana got, which turned out very badly for her now, didn't it?

I applaud her gesture.

[MustLoveBeagles]

84. +1

[violasays]

131. And Buffalo?

People are angry because Meghan Markle, who identifies as Black, has said zero about the Buffalo massacre. No flowers, no food, nothing. Yet, she does a photo op in a town that has nothing to do with her?

She's a mother. Cool. She's also Black. Her complete disregard for the Buffalo victims is disgusting and I say this as someone who is, except for the white prince husband, exactly like her but younger, the biracial daughter of a Black woman and a white man.

[CatWoman]

134. what about Buffalo? Are you saying it didn't affect her? How would you know?

and who are these "angry people"?

and why should Markle give a flying fuck?

I don't recall her saying anything about Buffalo or Texas.

She just showed up and offered support.


I'm black. I'm a mother. And a grandmother. Buffalo surely sickened and floored me.

However, for some reason, this Texas shooting shattered me even more.

And when I read the particulars, it haunted me to the extreme. Can you imagine those children being so brutally shot and riddled with bullets that the parents couldn't even identify them?

I simply don't think you have the right or the ability to tell anyone how to react to any particular public tragedy.

My baby brother lives in Houston and my first thought was of the safety of his grandchildren.

[violasays]

136. Why are you yelling at me?

Yell at Markle. She's the one who made it about herself by going to Uvalde. Did you go to Uvalde? I doubt it. Neither did I. Because it was not about me. She went to Uvalde. It is fair for me and other Black people to question why if she could go to Uvalde, why she couldn't go to Buffalo or at least donate food and money as she did in Uvalde. But then again, we're talking about a woman who said she was "Maltese" in college and referred to monoracial Black women as "Nappy by Nature" because of their natural hair styles.

If you don't care, fine. We as Black people are a monolith. But I am Black, too, and this is my opinion. Markle is a fraud and her Uvalde stunt proved it.

[CatWoman]

141. i wasn't aware I was "yelling" at anyone

I was simply responding to your "logic".

You're right -- I don't care for all your assumptions, hyperbole and whataboutisms.

[violasays]

143. Cool! Nothing more to be said then

Would appreciate your blocking me so I don't have to deal with any more of your head buried in the sand. I will follow suit. Have a good one!

P.S. ... Gen Z is not really all that impressed by the monarchy, so the weird love of Markle by Gen Xers and Boomers is ... kind of wild.

[Hekate]

138. She identifies as bi-racial. Please cite a source other than tabloids & right wing rags ...

… for your statements.

[violasays]

140. Psst. I also identify as biracial

Like Markle, I have a Black mother and a white father. I have spoken about that several times here. Not sure what your point is. Also, answered your source question above. Again, you're welcome!

[CatWoman]

142. so why didn't YOU go to Buffalo???

[violasays]

144. Because I am a college student with limited funds whose mother has terminal ovarian cancer

I'd prefer to spend my mother's last moments with her, thanks. Also, I'm not a Duchess who is rich and who inserted herself into a tragedy that has nothing to do with her while ignoring a tragedy involving people she claims to be a part of.

Also, I donated what I could to charities that are helping to run food pantries in Buffalo and signed a card of condolence sent to Buffalo by my college's Black Student Union. Thanks for asking!

[CatWoman]

146. regardless

you gave the impression that biracial people should have dropped everything and hauled it to Buffalo

[Hekate]

147. ***

Actually, viola made a big thing about Meghan identifying as Black and somehow not doing the right thing, until I pointed out she identifies as biracial. Now viola — is biracial, too. But Meghan is still not doing the right thing.

I don’t give a rip how people self-identify, btw.

[CatWoman]

149. neither do I

as I can't see what she identifies with has to do with anything

[Peacetrain]

150. I just followed this line out curiousity and it is absolutely sick to try and somehow compare

two national tragedies to bash someone.. what is wrong with people?

[CatWoman]

153. Unfortunately there's a whole bunch of hate and idiocy on this thread

you have people entering the Duchess' head and speaking for her and about her actions, inactions, motives, etc.

I've never seen anything like it.

[BlueLucy]

236. +100000

[Hekate]

154. *****

Arazi in post 120 has some interesting info about bot-driven misogyny/racism campaigns that I hope…

… they will post separately so it can be bookmarked.

It helps make sense of the toxicity in this thread, which is kind of making me sick to my stomach. CottonBear put her finger on the racism inherent in the attacks on Meghan (which are similar to the attacks on Kamala Harris) — and now we can see better what’s going on.

[Cha]

187. Mahalo, Peactrain.. that's the heart of

the matter. Using two Tragedies to bash Meghan, the Duchess of Sussex, for not being at one.

It's Despicable.

💙💛

[Peacetrain]

212. Mahalo Cha!...

Very odd isn't it.. suspiciously odd.. almost like certain parties have an agenda.. and decided to use MM as a weapon.. makes you want to go HMMMMMMMMMM doesn't it..

[Cha]

227. Just So Grateful there are Kind Caring & Generous People like

the Duchess of Sussex in the World!

💙💛

[mercuryblues]

224. Glad you cleared that up.

I was about to ask you if your real name was Samantha Grant Markle.

[BuddhaGirl]

156. Hmmm

"People are angry because Meghan Markle, who identifies as Black, has said zero about the Buffalo massacre. No flowers, no food, nothing. Yet, she does a photo op in a town that has nothing to do with her?"

Just WHO are these *people*?

The Daily Mail? The Telegraph? The Sun? Or some other RW trash tabloid?

[ecstatic]

240. I know right?

Complete and utter nonsense, but it reminds me of the blind seething hatred for Hillary Clinton. Similar illogical rage.

[betsuni]

243. +1

[ecstatic]

86. Kudos. I wonder if she gave the $175k donation to the victims

That guv assbot referenced earlier?

[littlemissmartypants]

99. I love her. I don't care what anyone else thinks. Thanks for sharing this, demmiblue.❤

[MustLoveBeagles]

183. Same here

I don't understand the hate and venom directed at her.

[Cha]

189. It's predictable.. some are just like that..

Link to tweet

I love her too.. and her husband

💙💛

[Boomerproud]

100. I"m sure the tabloids and Piers Morgan have something to say.

Sigh.

[LetMyPeopleVote]

103. This makes me smile

Link to tweet

[treestar]

119. Tabloids consistently treat the two of them

completely differently, on a double standard. One gets praised for doing the same thing the other gets criticized for. It's completely obvious.

[Cha]

188. Rt🤷‍♂️💖🤷‍♂️TY!

Link to tweet

💙💛

[Sugarcoated]

152. Wonderful

She's lovely and has a big heart.

[mcar]

155. I am stunned at some of the pettiness and, yes, racism on this thread

DU, we can do better than this.

[Thtwudbeme]

157. I am stunned that anyone cares that much what a fairly unknown celebrity does

She was pretty much an unknown actress in some cable TV series....I never even knew who she was until Prince Harry married her.

I only know about William and Harry because I always felt so sorry for them when their Mom was killed in the car accident.

This whole thread is kind of like wondering what Lee Greenwood had for lunch today- or as Lewis Grizzard wrote, "two mules fighting over a turnip...who cares?"

[mcar]

161. You can always ignore it

There are loads of OPs on DU that I pass by. It's not incumbent on us to read every one.

[Thtwudbeme]

168. Why thank you. I had NO idea after being on DU for two decades

that was an option.

Gosh darn, I'll surely take advantage of your advice from now on.

[Baltimike]

158. She needs to show empathy for her bed ridden father, and not take a publicist with her here.

I know this won't be popular, but she smacks of a grifter, and this smacks of virtue signaling.

Sorry, but you can't preach compassion and not have any for your own family.

[CatWoman]

159. how do you know she was accompanied by her publicist?

i only see sentiments like that on rw rags.

And what's between her and her dad is her business.

[mcar]

162. Why does she need to show empathy for someone who has treated

her horribly?

She didn't take a publicist with her.

Sorry, but you can't preach compassion and not have any for your own family.

Really? There are many people who cut ties with abusive, bigoted or MAGA families - we read about it all the time here on DU. I believe those people can show and encourage compassion even though they are estranged from their families.

You've really set quite a high bar for this one person.

[Baltimike]

164. Treated her horribly? NOPE

Nice try. No dice.

I was all about Meghan Markle until I saw the Oprah interview. There were so many lies, it was cringe worthy.

[mcar]

165. Wow, you sure seem to know all about her and her family

to have made such judgments.

[Baltimike]

169. as do you...since there is little defense for the indefensible

She straight up LIED...repeatedly. Demonstrable, provable lies.

She even helped to write the book they swore they had nothing to do with.

[Cha]

194. Ikr.. I hate that there are those

taking this opportunity to bash Duchess Mehan when she's honoring the those massacred at the school in Uvalde Texas.

She's actually brave because you know she knew this would happen.. it's so predictable.

💙💛

[mcar]

197. It shouldn't disappoint me, Cha

but it does.

[Cha]

198. Oh it's a heartbreaking Disappointment.

💙💛

[Baltimike]

200. Indeed it is. Making a PUBLICITY STUNT out of a tragedy is a travesty

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She may have worn jeans, but she was surrounded by black suits. Oh, and her publicist is there too. Here is the visit:

[Cha]

201. NO, You're WRONG.. Bye.

💙💛

[Baltimike]

208. LOL!! Oooooooo-kay. The truth matters even when it hurts.

So do facts. Cheerio!!!

[mcar]

203. Bless your heart

[Baltimike]

207. Thanks! The FACTS matter, and that was no incognito visit

regardless of her wardrobe choice that day.

[BlueLucy]

214. What did she do that is so horrible to make you hate her?

Not tolerate the racism in UK coming from both the tabloids and some in the royal family? Is that why you hate her?

[Baltimike]

216. A swing!! A miss!!

The color of her skin does not inoculate her from the content of her character.

She LIED, and lied REPEATEDLY. Even if you are dealing with racism, and I am a minority myself, it does NOT excuse straight up LYING, and this visit, as I have shown through the link of it, was a publicity stunt and a virtue signalling exercise.

Why do you keep defending a liar? Why do you think the Obamas distanced themselves from them? From BOTH of them.

Also, for the record, I think her father is a grifter too, and she is a chip off of both of her parents block.

[BlueLucy]

217. And what did she lie about?

You mean you believe the tabloids? How did Obama distance himself? You talk to Obama? Or.. like all the other right wing nuts you are assuming since they were not invited to his birthday he distanced himself? Obama but his birthday bash from 400 to 100 die to COVID.

It's easy to get 100 just in staff.

[Baltimike]

229. a LOT!!

The Obamas ACTIONS told you where they stand. One could get to one hundred 'just with staff' but many notables from Cali were there...including John Legend and his wife, who was in the midst of some bad pr mistakes.

She LIED repeatedly during that Oprah interview up to and including that "I will call him Daddy to pull at the heartstrings" when it suited her. Mind you, all of that photographer bs was already over with.

You can let her piss on your boots and tell you it's raining. I stood corrected after I saw all of that cringe, and when Tyler Perry had to throw them out of his house?

Sheeeeeew

NOPE!!!!

[BlueLucy]

218. Meghan dealt with a lot of racism in that family as well as the tabloids.

https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/lostinshowbiz/2016/apr/29/what-drew-william-kate-negro-page-painting-barack-obama


https://www.harpersbazaar.com/celebrity/latest/a14481097/princess-michael-of-kent-racist-brooch/

[CatWoman]

233. now Meghan's mother is a "criminal"????

you go from one extreme to another.

[Hekate]

242. Swallowing the RW kool-aid much? Very impressive.

[CatWoman]

220. you keep regurgitating a bunch of idiotic claptrap that simply isn't true

where do you get this nonsense?

Have you bothered to read post 163?

It debunks all the right wing lies you keep posting.

[uponit7771]

244. +1,

[CatWoman]

166. ....

https://www.marieclaire.co.uk/royal-news/thomas-markle-wishes-hadnt-betrayed-meghan-markle-731511

[Cha]

192. Thomas Markle now 'wishes' he hadn't betrayed Meghan Markle

https://www.marieclaire.co.uk/royal-news/thomas-markle-wishes-hadnt-betrayed-meghan-markle-731511

Thank You!

💙💛

[Cha]

190. It "won't be popular" because it's

not true.

💙💛

[Baltimike]

196. What wasn't true was her claim that she never helped to write that tell all

absolutely awful.

[BlueLucy]

219. She left it to Jason

They were moving from Kensington to Frogmore in the middle of a family feud she signed off on allowing Jason to work with Scoobie dude on writing it.

[Baltimike]

228. Nope. She called him "Daddy" to "pullat the heartstrings"

https://www.heraldscotland.com/news/national/19708068.meghan-said-calling-father-daddy-pull-heartstrings-court-hears/

[BlueLucy]

234. She's prepared and looks at all angles and scenarios..

Hillary Clinton also does this. She's overly cautious about everything she writes because it gets scrutinized. Big Fucking deal!

[Baltimike]

237. Now you're just trying to have it both ways

either she was manipulating her father, or she got him out of her life, yadda yadda.

Nice try. No dice. Why do you keep defending a liar?

[BlackSkimmer]

248. Also the Oprah interview was removed from the internet.

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By Oprah.

And it's easy to find out why.

[Peacetrain]

251. Just out of curiosity ... What exactly has Meghan Markle done to have your fur on end nonstop?

Other than not being a "English Rose"..just exactly what has MM done to stir you lot up.. been a pedophile? ( oops wrong Royal).. murdered someone? robbed a bank? can't quite get why all the pissing up a rope

[BuddhaGirl]

254. Exactly

The MM petty hate is puzzling.

The poster you replied to has tossed out eyeroll-worthy and hyperbolic allegations but claims not to read American or British tabloids. Just the types of trashy outlets you see such b.s. in

[Peacetrain]

255. It has me stumped!

I mean if she had done something. But apparently just the fact she exists has some people apoplectic

[BuddhaGirl]

256. I know

It's sad to see the trollish behavior. Another poster characterized it as possible racism disguised by classism.

[maxsolomon]

160. This thread reminds me of the Amanda Knox threads of long ago DU

low-count posters who've already decided to think the worst, and cannot be dissuaded.

[uponit7771]

245. +1,

[demmiblue]

163. Meghan Markle Said She Held Her Children "A Little Bit Tighter" After Learning About The Uvalde...

Meghan Markle Said She Held Her Children “A Little Bit Tighter” After Learning About The Uvalde School Shooting

The director of the Uvalde community center where the Duchess of Sussex donated food told BuzzFeed News how Meghan’s visit unfolded.

On Thursday, Meghan quietly visited the Herby Ham Activity Center, which hosted an emergency blood drive to help victims of the shooting. Director Sue Rankin told BuzzFeed News that late in the morning on Thursday, a member of the duchess's security team walked into her office and told her that Meghan was in Uvalde.

“She wanted to come by and just see everything that was going on with the blood drive and to help. Her whole thing was she wanted to help,” Rankin said. “She was going to be incognito, he told me that she was going to be wearing a T-shirt and ripped blue jeans and a hat and a mask and no one was going to — he didn’t want anyone to know who she was because she did not want the press attention.”

...

Rankin also shot down internet speculation that Meghan visited the center with an accompanying camera crew or personal photographer.

“It was not a photo op,” she said. “I reiterate: Meghan did not bring any cameras with her. She didn’t bring any reporters.”

In fact, she said, Meghan had expressed a desire to stay at the center for more time, but she and her security team left when Texas gubernatorial candidate Beto O’Rourke arrived with a crew of news reporters in tow.

https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/kadiagoba/meghan-markle-uvalde-interview-volunteer-secret-visit

[LetMyPeopleVote]

171. For Meghan

Link to tweet

[Hekate]

177. Nice. Thumbs up.

One of the haters in this thread accused her of wearing $30,000 of jewelry to Uvalde. I was hoping they’d at least post a photo of her in her bling — it goes so well with jeans and a T-shirt, you know. But no such luck.

This is one of the most toxic threads I can recall on DU, full of nearly-unrestrained misogyny and racism, thinly disguised as outrage at a rich woman.

[MustLoveBeagles]

180. This thead has been an eye opener and not in a good way

I thought we were all better than this here.

[Hekate]

186. It's been horrible & toxic

[MustLoveBeagles]

179. Lol

I hope the break is permanent.

[Cha]

204. 💙Rt🤷‍♂️💖🤷‍♂️TY!

💙 💙💛

[Cha]

175. 💖🤷‍♂️💖🤷‍♂️

💙💛

[tavernier]

209. I m sure she knew she would catch a ton of negative flack.

But she has a good heart and needed to try to help in some tiny small way. And the gesture was no one’s business but her own.
There were other people who brought flowers, wrote letters, baked a casserole, all to show the families that they cared. I don’t see them being spat on for their kindness.

[Evergreen Emerald]

211. Reminds me of when Ivanka went to Poland

[BlueLucy]

215. Meghan is not a RW nut.

Meghan is one of us and if you don't like her give your reasons. Kate and William adorn their walls with racist paintings and blackamoor lamps...revealed when Obama went to visit. Google it. The UK tabloids and some on the family were bullying her to the point she was suicidal while pregnant. She left. Is that why you hate her? You need to check yourself.

[Evergreen Emerald]

221. Well, you are half right. She is not right-wing

No one said I hated her. Perhaps you need to check your own damn self.

[BlueLucy]

222. Everything I said is true.

https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/lostinshowbiz/2016/apr/29/what-drew-william-kate-negro-page-painting-barack-obama


https://www.standard.co.uk/insider/royals/meghan-markle-reportedly-wondered-if-princess-of-michael-of-kent-s-racist-brooch-was-sending-a-message-a4521856.html

[FakeNoose]

230. OMG this isn't Facebook! Why are all these trashy comments on here?

I've just reached the decision that I'm going to trash every thread that has "Meghan Markle" in the title.

It's not that I dislike her or have anything against the Duke & Duchess of Sussex. No!

This kind of gossip has no place here. I left Facebook because I was sickened by this garbage.

We are better than this.

Over and out

[Mariana]

232. There's no shortage of trashy people on DU.

Fortunately they are not the majority.

[BlueLucy]

235. I'm taking note of who they are.

They are indeed trashy!