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taogg said:
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Meghan, you’ve made a great start to my Sunday morning! I don’t use a jar lifter myself, so can someone confirm if she’s using it upside down? I hope Meghan is surrounded by the right people, seems like no one is telling her
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Excellent point. Indeed, Meghan has clearly never sterilized the glass jars intended for preservation.
She's holding the tongs upside down.
But maybe she's playing a new role and hasn't read the script correctly.
She has comedic potential.
She's so "authentic," as she so aptly puts it.😂
 
Meghan has been described as 'insensitive' after sharing a video clip of her travelling with her feet up in a limousine close to the Paris tunnel where Diana died in a car crash. Charming, as ever!

www.dailymail.co.uk

Meghan Markle posts 'insensitive' video near tunnel where Diana died

The Duchess of Sussex shared an Instagram clip during a visit to France for Paris Fashion Week - with critics accusing her of being 'bewilderingly tasteless'.
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muriel said:
Meghan has been described as 'insensitive' after sharing a video clip of her travelling with her feet up in a limousine close to the Paris tunnel where Diana died in a car crash. Charming, as ever!

www.dailymail.co.uk

Meghan Markle posts 'insensitive' video near tunnel where Diana died

The Duchess of Sussex shared an Instagram clip during a visit to France for Paris Fashion Week - with critics accusing her of being 'bewilderingly tasteless'.
www.dailymail.co.uk www.dailymail.co.uk
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I lost my brother in a car crash in 1992. His injuries were nearly identical to Diana's. It was decades before I could pass the freeway interchange where he was killed.
I can only imagine how the Spencer siblings are feeling now that this video has been shared. Of course this public airing must be difficult for Diana's sons.

I can understand if Meghan wanted to visit the Pont de Alma tunnel, but IMVHO this video should have remained private.
 
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TLLK said:
I lost my brother in a car crash in 1992. His injuries were nearly identical to Diana's. It too decades before I could pass the freeway interchange where he was killed.
I can only imagine how the Spencer siblings are feeling now that this video has been shared. Of course this public airing must be difficult for Diana's sons.

I can understand if Meghan wanted to visit the Pont de Alma tunnel, but IMVHO this video should have remained private.
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@TLLK I am sorry for your loss. Unfortunately, these things are very tricky to move on from.

I just do not know what Meghan was trying achieve with the video. Any clues?
 
TLLK said:
I lost my brother in a car crash in 1992. His injuries were nearly identical to Diana's. It too decades before I could pass the freeway interchange where he was killed.
I can only imagine how the Spencer siblings are feeling now that this video has been shared. Of course this public airing must be difficult for Diana's sons.

I can understand if Meghan wanted to visit the Pont de Alma tunnel, but IMVHO this video should have remained private.
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I am sorry, TLLK! I full understand. Hugs!
 
muriel said:
@TLLK I am sorry for your loss. Unfortunately, these things are very tricky to move on from.

I just do not know what Meghan was trying achieve with the video. Any clues?
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No clue, but obviously a very personal idea.

Meghan must have suspected that the media and internet users would talk about this short video where, very relaxed, her feet stretched out on the seat in front of her, she filmed a bridge over the Seine in the middle of the night, looking totally cool.
Very respectful to Princess Diana, who died in the middle of the night, under a bridge over the Seine.

It doesn't matter if it was the Pont Alexandre III or the Alma. Did Meghan even know which bridge it was?
There are many bridges along the Seine, she filmed the most beautiful one, and the important thing was that people make the connection with Princess Diana, that it get people talking, that everyone talks about it.
It was a success.
 
I'm usually quick to fault Meghan, but I would give her a pass on this one -- at least as far as Princess Diana goes. She doesn’t live in Paris, and she has no deep ties there. And nearly 30 years after the death of a mother-in-law she never met, I doubt Diana was front-of-mind. The idea that she deliberately staged a video at that tunnel is a stretch.

What I would fault her for is the tone of the clip itself. Feet in stilettos propped up on the leather seat of a chauffeured car—what’s the message supposed to be? That she’s “cool,” “international,” and too glamorous to care about etiquette? That the shoes deserve their own Instagram reel? Or that she wants to sell the lifestyle of a luxury backseat?

Whatever the intent, the execution feels crass. There’s a fine line between aspirational and performative, and this one lands on the wrong side.

And it’s hard to miss the messaging mismatch: she’s supposedly pitching a lifestyle show to homemakers and the next-gen Martha Stewart crowd, yet she’s busy emulating the jet-set fashion elite instead.

Who's your audience, Meghan?
 
I think if she had half a brain she'd realise posting a picture from a car in Paris on any bridge is not good - but then I would also think that Harry and William and Diana's close family might also avoid the Ritz Hotel as well for anything other than a purposeful memory moment. She just doesn't think IMO. Whether or not it was intentional it shows her clear lack of understanding around her profile and her PR.

I agree the tone also sucks - very crass and very "aren't I lucky being so rich and posh I don't have to care about where my shoes go".

All in all, in very poor taste. As ever, Meghan messes up her own PR moments.
 
tommy100 said:
I think if she had half a brain...
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The point is, alledgedly do Prince Harry and Meghan have tons of money.

And with a lot of colored paper you can buy everything... - even PR people and advisors. And that with a half brain only too!

With money your villa will look well designed, your outfit, your hair; your food will be exellent, your healthcar...follow me.

But Meghan has a history here: A history of hire and fire, a history of staff crying bitter tears.

So, the blame for this affront or only dire mishap falls entirely on her!
 
I'll give her credit. That's one way of getting people to stop talking about how a self-professed frequent jam-maker and owner of a company selling jam doesn't know how to properly use the tools of her trade.
 
kalnel said:
I'm usually quick to fault Meghan, but I would give her a pass on this one -- at least as far as Princess Diana goes. She doesn’t live in Paris, and she has no deep ties there. And nearly 30 years after the death of a mother-in-law she never met, I doubt Diana was front-of-mind. The idea that she deliberately staged a video at that tunnel is a stretch.

What I would fault her for is the tone of the clip itself. Feet in stilettos propped up on the leather seat of a chauffeured car—what’s the message supposed to be? That she’s “cool,” “international,” and too glamorous to care about etiquette? That the shoes deserve their own Instagram reel? Or that she wants to sell the lifestyle of a luxury backseat?

Whatever the intent, the execution feels crass. There’s a fine line between aspirational and performative, and this one lands on the wrong side.

And it’s hard to miss the messaging mismatch: she’s supposedly pitching a lifestyle show to homemakers and the next-gen Martha Stewart crowd, yet she’s busy emulating the jet-set fashion elite instead.

Who's your audience, Meghan?
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I must disagree - the daughter-in-law of The King, posting a picture of herself in the back seat of a car, in Paris, at night, at a bridge over the Seine, is far too closely associated with the death of the late Princess of Wales to be considered 'a stretch'!
 
kalnel said:
I'm usually quick to fault Meghan, but I would give her a pass on this one -- at least as far as Princess Diana goes. She doesn’t live in Paris, and she has no deep ties there. And nearly 30 years after the death of a mother-in-law she never met, I doubt Diana was front-of-mind. The idea that she deliberately staged a video at that tunnel is a stretch.

What I would fault her for is the tone of the clip itself. Feet in stilettos propped up on the leather seat of a chauffeured car—what’s the message supposed to be? That she’s “cool,” “international,” and too glamorous to care about etiquette? That the shoes deserve their own Instagram reel? Or that she wants to sell the lifestyle of a luxury backseat?

Whatever the intent, the execution feels crass. There’s a fine line between aspirational and performative, and this one lands on the wrong side.

And it’s hard to miss the messaging mismatch: she’s supposedly pitching a lifestyle show to homemakers and the next-gen Martha Stewart crowd, yet she’s busy emulating the jet-set fashion elite instead.

Who's your audience, Meghan?
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I will agree that there are times when Meghan is unfairly blamed for stuff just by association, but I cannot agree that this is one of them.
Harry has spoken often of the trauma of his mother’s death, he told us he drove through the tunnel, he thought she was in hiding and would come back. He is married to a woman who wears her favourite perfume, has worn particularly strong colours that she wore, who has claimed to have been suicidal ( as did his mother) claims to have been treated badly by courtiers and members of the family, as did his mother.
yes it was nearly 30 years ago I remember it well, but Meghan knows about Diana and the effect on Harry.
 
Diana died nearly 30 years ago — in a tunnel, not on a bridge — and Meghan never knew her. The vast majority of Meghan’s followers either weren’t born yet or were too young to remember. Whatever Harry feels, Meghan isn’t in the business of memorials; she’s feeding a social-media audience. The real problem with that clip isn’t geography, it’s tone — feet up in a limo plays as crass and off-brand for someone who wants to be the next Martha Stewart.
 
kalnel said:
Diana died nearly 30 years ago — in a tunnel, not on a bridge — and Meghan never knew her. The vast majority of Meghan’s followers either weren’t born yet or were too young to remember. Whatever Harry feels, Meghan isn’t in the business of memorials; she’s feeding a social-media audience. The real problem with that clip isn’t geography, it’s tone — feet up in a limo plays as crass and off-brand for someone who wants to be the next Martha Stewart.
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That is a really interesting point, do you really think Meghans fan base is age 25 and under.
You are correct she didn't know her personally but she knows about her.
I agree she is feeding a social media audience but I still think her topic was crass, is she really so thoughtless of her husbands feelings that she filmed herself driving through Paris in the dark, is she so out of tune that it didn't dawn on her how crass this would appear or is it all down to clicks and views and to hell with other peoples opinions or feelings.
Her whole mantra is aspiration, you can have what I have if you buy these clothes or my jam, or these expensive black shoes that she was so desperate to show, or chose carefully who you marry,
 
Hallo girl said:
That is a really interesting point, do you really think Meghans fan base is age 25 and under.
You are correct she didn't know her personally but she knows about her.
I agree she is feeding a social media audience but I still think her topic was crass, is she really so thoughtless of her husbands feelings that she filmed herself driving through Paris in the dark, is she so out of tune that it didn't dawn on her how crass this would appear or is it all down to clicks and views and to hell with other peoples opinions or feelings.
Her whole mantra is aspiration, you can have what I have if you buy these clothes or my jam, or these expensive black shoes that she was so desperate to show, or chose carefully who you marry,
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We're in total agreement that it was a crass video. I just think any Diana connection was unintentional. But the rest of it -- the look, the pretentiousness, the performance -- all intentional.

On Meghan's fan base, I'd guess it's people 25-40, so nearly all people who would not recall much, if anything, about Diana. In fact, she mentioned in her Bloomberg interview that she's aiming for people who are just starting out or the schoolgirl who would buy some jam and reuse the jar because it's so special. [Gagging as I type that...]
 
TLLK said:
I lost my brother in a car crash in 1992. His injuries were nearly identical to Diana's. It was decades before I could pass the freeway interchange where he was killed.
I can only imagine how the Spencer siblings are feeling now that this video has been shared. Of course this public airing must be difficult for Diana's sons.

I can understand if Meghan wanted to visit the Pont de Alma tunnel, but IMVHO this video should have remained private.
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muriel said:
@TLLK I am sorry for your loss. Unfortunately, these things are very tricky to move on from.

I just do not know what Meghan was trying achieve with the video. Any clues?
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Image association.

The least she could have done while in Paris would have been to stop and leave flowers at the crash site. Instead, she chose the image association as in 'look at Meghan cruising the route her children's grandmother died in a car crash' It's like when she cosplays dress up to be photographed in attires similar to Diana's. Diana's image needs to be in association with the Montecito brand. Don't be surprised if another generation of Meg wines gets called 'Chateau Diana'

This place of the accident traumatized her husband for life and she knows Harry will look at this video. Seems to me its her way to mess up with his head from Paris.

Intentionally or not, it should have been a private video for just Harry, but with Meghan every PR opportunity counts for something.
 
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If Meghan had stopped to lay flowers, people would be howling that it was staged and exploitative -- and it would have been. If she drives past without stopping, she’s accused of indifference. Either way, the same critics get the outrage they were looking for.

On this episode, I have to say that it's the Meghan critics milking the Diana association, not Meghan. (But, as I said, the video is still crass.)
 
kalnel said:
I'm usually quick to fault Meghan, but I would give her a pass on this one -- at least as far as Princess Diana goes. She doesn’t live in Paris, and she has no deep ties there. And nearly 30 years after the death of a mother-in-law she never met, I doubt Diana was front-of-mind. The idea that she deliberately staged a video at that tunnel is a stretch.

What I would fault her for is the tone of the clip itself. Feet in stilettos propped up on the leather seat of a chauffeured car—what’s the message supposed to be? That she’s “cool,” “international,” and too glamorous to care about etiquette? That the shoes deserve their own Instagram reel? Or that she wants to sell the lifestyle of a luxury backseat?

Whatever the intent, the execution feels crass. There’s a fine line between aspirational and performative, and this one lands on the wrong side.

And it’s hard to miss the messaging mismatch: she’s supposedly pitching a lifestyle show to homemakers and the next-gen Martha Stewart crowd, yet she’s busy emulating the jet-set fashion elite instead.

Who's your audience, Meghan?
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I agree with you. I didn’t see any Diana connection when I watched her night video in Paris. But I do fault her for the insensitivity and naivety of posting this as a public figure and as the wife of a man who has so often spoken about being traumatized by his mother’s death in the same city.

I also agree the tone of the video feels inappropriate if she still considers herself a duchess, or even simply an adult. The vibe is more like a random YouTuber, Instagrammer, or TikTok user dazzled by glamour, almost like Andy in The Devil Wears Prada or Emily in Paris. Filming her heels propped on the seat across from her (and in another clip, possibly her staff doing the same) is the kind of thing I would expect from someone in their early 20s, not from a 40 year old.

I also share your point - what kind of audience would actually find it interesting or appealing to watch a mother of two, supposedly a serious entrepreneur, filming her heels as if she were playfully showing off in a car? I certainly wouldn’t buy an iPhone if Steve Jobs had debuted it by taking pictures of himself propping on a seat.

But, as I said, the video is still crass.
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Agree. To me, her Paris videos have a bigger problem with vibe than any Diana association. It looks like something Kai Trump or any young woman of a similar age would have posted.
 
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taogg said:
I agree with you. I didn’t see any Diana connection when I watched her night video in Paris. But I do fault her for the insensitivity and naivety of posting this as a public figure and as the wife of a man who has so often spoken about being traumatized by his mother’s death in the same city.

I also agree the tone of the video feels inappropriate if she still considers herself a duchess, or even simply an adult. The vibe is more like a random YouTuber, Instagrammer, or TikTok user dazzled by glamour, almost like Andy in The Devil Wears Prada or Emily in Paris. Filming her heels propped on the seat across from her (and in another clip, possibly her staff doing the same) is the kind of thing I would expect from someone in their early 20s, not from a 40 year old.

I also share your point - what kind of audience would actually find it interesting or appealing to watch a mother of two, supposedly a serious entrepreneur, filming her heels as if she were playfully showing off in a car? I certainly wouldn’t buy an iPhone if Steve Jobs had debuted it by taking pictures of himself propping on a seat.
Agree. To me, her Paris videos have a bigger problem with vibe than any Diana association. It looks like something Kai Trump or any young woman of a similar age would have posted.
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This latest video flap underscores one of Meghan's biggest problems: she has tried to "remake" herself so many times in the past few years that nothing feels authentic -- not the car ride, not the shoes, not even the Paris vibe. Everyone is still waiting to see what her "real" angle is.

And clips like this only muddy the waters further. Instead of projecting a glamorous "ingenue in Paris" scenario, we're left debating whether a 44-year-old woman is (or isn't) disrespecting her late mother-in-law. It's a mess.
 
kalnel said:
This latest video flap underscores one of Meghan's biggest problems: she has tried to "remake" herself so many times in the past few years that nothing feels authentic -- not the car ride, not the shoes, not even the Paris vibe.
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Meghan has been accused of many things over the years, but authenticity is never one of them. Everything is just shallow PR for her: be it trips with a camera crews to UIvalde TX, visiting veterans cemeteries in CA or the disaster tourism tours around LA after the fires. Or the trips to deprived schools in NY, dressed in tens of thousands of dollars of designer gear. The list is long. She may be very articulate, but she is also completely tone deaf!
 
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