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So Omid is making rounds promoting Finding Freedom and talking about the book and BRF. As I finished the book, I finally got to the media reactions and interviews, that I didn't want to read before.
As the book was fairly negative towards Catherine - I find these comments from Omid very interesting:
“In Meghan’s refusal to do certain things- like show Archie the day he was born- and in sharing her feminist views- that made Kate look incredibly old fashioned,” he says, “And I think there have been many times in which Megan's progressiveness highlighted Kate's almost sort of past-era persona that she has as the perfect Duchess of Cambridge.”
“I think if Meghan had come in and was the subservient wife and did everything that she was supposed to, at all times and didn't question anything, it may have been different. But Meghan just wasn't ever going to fit that sort of cookie-cutter Duchess role.”
It wasn't even 10 years ago that we had this evil portrayal of Kate Middleton, modernizing the royal family, introducing new ways that were supposed to be the downfall of the monarchy. It's been almost 20 years of constant, very often negative and hurtful press, of mistakes and mishaps and ignoring the awful comments and hard work to come to the fact that she's a perfect "past-era persona" and fit in a "cookie-cutter Duchess role". And all I can think is that in many situations you'll find more success with soft words and steel spine, because that's what's allowing the person to move forward when the times get tough.
ETA: Source: https://www.glamourmagazine.co.uk/article/omid-scobie-finding-freedom-interview
Wow! I don't even know where to begin. Omid is a major misogynist. Kate allowing the public to see her children on the day of their christenings or her decision not to talk about feminism proves that she is subservient? I haven't heard Meghan talk about mental illness, does that mean that Meghan is prejudiced against people who are suffering from mental illness? Meghan hasn't spoken out about domestic abuse, does that mean she is pro-abuse?
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