I have to admit that I find myself confounded at the number of posts (now deleted), whose dialogue intimately dissected Meghan's race and possible or probable religion had generated. So very many pages of pontification.
I may be shallow or it could be where I live, but when Harry made his plea to the media to stop invading Meghan and her family's privacy the only thing I thought was wow, Harry has a girlfriend and doing this makes it serious.
I immediately hit the internet in search of any and hopefully all information out there about this strange new creature (and am still learning more). Who was she, where did she came from and the answers were very surprising.
In short, she didn't fit in a box like his two previous 'serious' relationships, but from what I had gleaned, I was impressed:
a. She wasn't a blue-eyed blonde but a brown-eyed brunette which, in itself, was somewhat surprising.
b. She was an American actress and also a divorce. Oh no, I thought, parallels will be drawn with Wallis Simpson.
c. She is a well-educated woman with a double major in theatre and international relations. Even more interesting, she has a job or, more correctly, she is an actress with a career. Has Harry ever dated a woman with an actual normal, if not demanding, job let alone a career?
d. She is a self-confessed feminist who puts her time and energy into humanitarian pursuits while maintaining her own blog and also an occasional model.
So okay, this woman is obviously not a lightweight. I mean, he sort of grew up with Chelsey and she wasn't brainless, just young. And I still don't know what Cressida was all about, she who in her 20's, aspired to be a dancer (she was a decade too late for that career). There never seemed to be any chemistry or even romance between them, but it sure brought her publicity.
So now we have Meghan, an American divorcee who is a career actress and a self-proclaimed feminist, all positive negatives in a candidate for Harry's wife. More importantly, it seemed she wasn't one to let the grass grow under her feet or to waste a good education, being employed in one area of her educational interest and actively pursuing humanitarian work.
She worked for the United Nations Entity for Gender Equality and the Empowerment of Women and as a UN Women's advocate for political participation and leadership, was invited to give a speech at the UN for International Women's Day where Ban Ki-Moon stood up and shook her hand afterwards.
She was also a Counsellor for international charity 'One Young World', speaking at the annual summit in Dublin on the topics of gender equality and modern-day slavery in 2014. She also attended the Ottawa summit2016. In 2016 she was also appointed a Global Ambassador for World Vision Canada.
Not only did she sound interesting and she must also be blessed with an abundance of energy to live the way she did and does, in fact, 'The Aesthete' called her a polymath! It seems she also has a hefty dose of psychological altruism. My first thought was, "where does she find time to fit a boyfriend in?" - Harry was dating superwoman!
All of which begs the question, when does she find time to have a romantic relationship with Harry?
What a fun conversation! Their analysis is pretty on-point in my view.
