Lady Nimue
Heir Apparent
- Joined
- Jun 7, 2014
- Messages
- 4,418
- City
- Pacific Palisades CA
- Country
- United States
I agree with your views, except that after hearing Mr. Markle close-up, I tend to think he's simply sweet and clueless. I also believe that Meghan has been aware for some time that her father is a sweet clunker of a man who means well, but who has a tendency to make poor choices. It's also likely from what I've read and surmised that her Dad may have failed her on occasion in the past, but that she's always forgiven him and never forgotten his love, nurturing and emotional support throughout her life. We don't know how the interfering and whining siblings may have impacted Meghan's relationship with her father, particularly in the aftermath of her career success in Toronto.
Not sure if you've changed your mind in the course of this long thread discussing this one incident, but I agree with what you have said here.
I saw at once what a wonderful father he must have been to Meghan (he really does come across as sweet and gentle), but I also detect that the siblings (namely Samantha) have unusual sway on what he thinks. Anyone else notice that the line he repeated about being part of history was exactly what Samantha had been saying? We can't know who said the line first, of course, but I could see Meghan keeping clear of her father once she saw him swinging into the orbit of Samantha (possibly).
Unlike others I see the transfer of money as nothing. I think this has Samantha's fingerprints all over it. What will be ghastly is if he starts accepting interview offers from other outlets.
When one is clearly seeing less than aware people I do think the media has a responsibility to pull back. These people have nothing to do with Meghan as an actress, and nothing to do with her as a royal. Walk on. Leave these people alone, they clearly can't handle the spotlight. In this sense the spectacle is the media's fault because if they weren't willing it wouldn't be happening.
P.S. If there was ever any conversation about him coming to visit with the royals I think he just quashed that from ever happening. He pretty much cooked his goose, I think. Meghan can never trust him, though she likely never could because of Samantha's influence with the father. If it's true what I think may have happened between father and daughter, poor Meghan.
Last edited by a moderator: