Meeting in the middle is getting together, talking and burying the hatchet. Right now, everyone is in their corners and the mess is continuing to stew.
I do understand the pickle the Sussex’s are in though. Trust go a long way with the royals. A lot of people are thinking that the royal couple are frightened of talking to Tom and then he go back and tell the media what was said. Look at what he did with Piers Morgan.
How do you bury the hatchet with someone that feels like they are completely justified in selling you out to the highest bidder, threaten you publicly, and want you to take blame for their action (his words, not my assumption)? I just haven't seen any realistically actionable suggestion to come into the middle. The problem isn't that everyone is in their corner. The problem is that Tom refuses to be reasonable and take pleasure in public flogging of his daughter and her new husband because he's not getting his way.
It wouldn't matter if the Markles understand Meghan's role or not. Meghan could have become the Secretary General of the UN or a senior advisor at the White House or Empress of the World and the Markles would still be lashing out at her. Their vendetta against her is against her person not because of what she's accomplished in life although she's accomplished far more than any of them ever will.
I would argue that Meghan's accomplishments are precisely why Samantha and Tom Jr. hate her. Even Tom Sr whenever he can't take credit for it. It's their way to "put her in her place" because they feel inferior comparing themselves to her and what she's been able to do for herself. With the older Markle children, there is a clear sense that she got better end of the stick as a child and they are so jealous of her life compared to theirs. Samantha's jealousy was clear to those that were around her even before this mess. And I think the most telling comment from Tom's rambling is his comment about Doria. He is pissed at Meghan, but ultimately he's pissed because he feels like she, and the world, chose Doria over him.
Most of this would have been avoided if Meghan had invited some of the family to the wedding, they would have been embarrassing but not to the extent that it has now escalated to.
I'm sure they would have still talked but it wouldn't have got this bad. This is the gift that keeps on giving as far as the press is concerned.
As for the wall of silence from KP, Harry shouldn't have made the "family she never had" comment. He should have kept silent. To be fair, however dysfunctional a family is, they wouldn't want that stated on an international stage.
Just MHO....
How is giving them access any better? Do you honestly think these people would stop talking? No, it would only breath life in their profit seeking mission they are on to sell Meghan to the highest bidder. If they had been at the wedding, it would actually increase their credibility and give a sense that they have an "in", which ultimately is most desirable for tabloids. It's not about if they are embarrassing or not. Tom can argubly be labelled as such, but he was invited in the wedding. In fact, he was part of the wedding. But he screwed it up. So obviously, inviting them doesn't solve the problem. Samantha and Tom Jr. were already on full on attack mode. And based on emails released by Tom Jr., he was behaving like family that hasn't bothered for years now all of sudden coming out of woodwork to get a piece of the pie that doesn't belong to him behind the scenes.
At the time Harry made that comment, I took it differently and saw as that she didn't have a big family like the BRF where cousins and second cousins all celebrate the holiday together, but I suppose only Harry knows what he truly meant. I don't believe he intended to that to hurt anyone's feelings or be malicious about it.
People don't just change overnight. People that tend to show bad judgment don't just show it with one event. It's clear that Meghan has remained dignified for years and refused to air dirty laundry in public, which is the way to go in my book. She chose to maintain a relationship with her dad over the years even if there were periods of estrangement due to his now obvious bad judgment. She chose to remember the good times and draw on that and clearly let go of the bad in the past. The key thing about letting go of bad things in the past is that it has to be in the past. As long as this behavior continues in the present, Tom leaves her with no choice but to stay away.
