Glamsquad Magazine November 2022

Meghan Markle: ALL THE LIES & misconceptions! Amenna Daayo There is no such thing as – everyone loves Meghan. Quite frankly, not everyone does – and understandably so. But Meghan is sailing stronger each day, making decisions – with the unwavering support of her husband, which scriptwriters can only imagine. For all that it’s worth, Meghan stepped into some pretty big shoes, and some critics couldn’t sleep well at night knowing that a Black woman is a British Royal – the Duchess of Sussex. Meghan somehow reminds many people of Princess Diana – the mother of her husband, Prince Harry. In fact, it makes perfect sense that Prince Harry personally designed her engagement ring using diamonds from his mother’s priced collection. Although he was only 11 when his mother died under questionable circumstances, Meghan reminds him of her. There are people and some powerful institutions which would go to any length to lie against Meghan to discredit her. For instance, some people still claim she lied about her age. Like, why should this be a problem? She has been a Hollywood star for many years, and no one brought up the issue of her age – why now? • Meghan spoke about an incident where there was a reported fire in her child – Archie’s nursery while she and Prince Harry were on royal duties. Recalling the experience in her first episode of her podcast, Archetypes, which features a candid conversation about ambition and motherhood, she told her guest, Serena Williams, “we finish the engagement, and they say there’s been a fire at the residence. What? There’s been a fire in the baby’s room.” According to Meghan, Archie’s nanny had brought him 28 www.glamsquadmagazine.com

downstairs with her to get a snack when the heater in his nursery caught on fire. “There was no smoke detector,” Meghan said. “He was supposed to be sleeping in there.” The couple, she said, had to ignore the incident and go to their next engagement without their son. “Everyone’s in tears, everyone’s shaken,” she said. “And what do we have to do? Go out and do another official engagement. I said, ‘This doesn’t make sense. Can you just tell people what happened?’ The focus ends up being on how it looks instead of how it feels.” Rather than share in the pains of a mother who escaped losing her 4-months old son to a careless incident, many critics accused her of trying to play the victim card. Australian TV host Karl Stefanovic actually laughed through the story on-air and said, “So, just to get this right, the baby is, what, not even there? And because the baby wasn’t there, she was going to have difficulties going to a function? Oh my God.” He proceeded to suggest Meghan needed to “grow a set.” So many lies have been told against Meghan. The question is, why? As a famous columnist opined – racism is alive and well, and Meghan is just another victim! It is questionable how the media is quick to take sides and criticize Meghan for everything and anything – to the point of accusing her of lying. For example, the news that Meghan Markle made Kate Middleton “burst into tears” by “cruelly comparing” Princess Charlotte to her best friend’s daughter ahead of the Duchess of Sussex’s royal wedding was quick to make all the headlines. But these were lies, and the media twisted the whole narrative. It would later be revealed that it was Kate who actually upset Meghan on her big day, and Meghan was the one who apologized and made peace by offering Kate a bouquet of flowers. Then, how can we forget the disheartening attitude of Piers Morgan, who called Meghan a liar and said he didn’t believe her claims that she was having trouble with her mental health and feeling suicidal? How did we get here? Since has the mental health of another human being become subjected to the approval of another? Another revelation that would undoubtedly have been a huge embarrassment to those who perpetuated the lies was that of the Queen’s tiara. Meghan Markle donned the beautiful Queen Mary tiara on her wedding day, which is covered in glistening diamonds. However, it was reportedly not the Duchess of Sussex’s first choice for her big day. Multiple reports claimed that Meghan wanted to wear a completely different tiara on her wedding day but was refused the option by Queen Elizabeth. So, Meghan had to settle for the Queen Mary tiara instead. The report also claimed that Harry “flew into rage” when Meghan told her husband-to-be that the Queen wouldn’t allow her to wear her preferred tiara. However, this was not the case. In the book Battle of Brothers: William and Harry - the Friendship and the Feuds, the authors confirmed that the discussion about the tiara was a friendly one between the Queen and Meghan. During the conversation, the Queen informed her that the piece found its way to the palace from Russia after the revolution, and it would not be appropriate for her to wear something so politically connected for the wrong reasons on her big day. Especially since the original princess who owned and wore the tiara was assassinated. The world was thrown into www.glamsquadmagazine.com 29