Everyone is going to believe what they wish to believe and see what they wish to see regarding the Sussexes. I try to be open-minded and reflective, and fair. No one is perfect. But Meghan does not deserve the trolling, hate, constant critiques, and online bullying she has received. When a person falls deeply in love, even in their thirties, that is still young, no matter how accomplished and experienced a life Meghan led previously.
And frankly, although Meghan led a public life and she was fairly well-traveled, she was mainly focused on the circumscribed bubble of the acting world, which involved chiefly concentrating on auditions. Her humanitarian pursuits flourished once she became successful on Suits, when she had the time and money to branch out more. In one's 20s and early 30s, it is still a time of learning and growing. Entering the world of royalty was a completely new and different experience for Meghan, as it would be for anyone who didn't travel in aristocratic circles since childhood. Heck, royal life was even a steep learning curve for Diana, who was born into an aristocratic family, yet her early life was fairly sheltered, despite her father once having served as equerry to the Queen.
Furthermore, being in love makes a person see everything in a positive light and they eagerly want their relationship to work and they want to believe the best, despite any inkling of difficulties that might lie ahead with the loved one's family or any unusual circumstances. Meghan was honest in the S.A. interview that she blithely dismissed warnings about the U.K. press from her British friends because she had no deep knowledge or experience of British tabloid media having such an impact and presence in British cultural life, which is very different than tabloid media in the U.S.
Hilarious how the Meghan narrative is quietly but firmly changing among her fans.
First she was the strong woman, humanitarian champion, who could blow away those stuck up Windsors and in general those Brits who apparently had to learn one thing or two about diversity from the Americans and their stellar legacy on this topic. Of course the critics, not about her background mind you but her possible difficulties to adjust from a very free spirited world to a way more restrained one ( because, hey, we know what we are talking about on this forum) were labeled as racists , anti-americans, anti-feminisms and so on. From day one, it was clear that it was less about Meghan but more about giving to the British Royal Family a run for its money and a cultural awakening millenial style.
But, again, because there's some kind of knowledge on this forum, there were warnings about the difficulties to change the Institution and , if so, the changes needed to be subtle and above all needed time. It was also noted that the Sussexes were not in a dynastical position to bring those changes and that every not so subtle attempts from them would be seen as arrogance or patronizing and will backfire badly, especially in the uber conservative tabloïd press. Again we saw on this forum the same outcries, the same accusations.
Now that the predictable has happened, aka a major cultural rift between the Sussexes and their home country, the strong and poised woman has morfed into a clueless girl in love who had no idea how difficult it would be to be a princess of GB, despite the fact that she precisely married the son of the most tragic of them all and that the entire world warned her about the Tabloïd press and their sickening methods.
Who can believe that, really ...
My two cents is that the Sussexes thought they were waaay more clever than everyone else and that they could do whatever they bloody wanted without consequences and with that single-handely change the Monarchy as an institution. Not less.
Now that all the plan has backfired badly, they are stuck in a how-so-2021 victims narrative , a strange mix between Diana's years and Cancel culture, in a desperate attempt to save their images as a money maker.
To me they are acting like headless chickens, and, as i predicted some years ago to the furors of you-know-who-you-are, it will not end well.