Now that the great exposé is over, the media is having a great time analysing it and telling us how devastating and 'explosive' it was and how the Palace will have to respond to the supposed revelations.
But wait.
How much of the 'revelations' are truly anything but unsubstantiated claims from someone who wants attention ? Knowing that the Queen and other senior members of the Royal family, of which Harry is now a divorced member, will never respond in any depth and will certainly not enter into anything which may end up in court, the former Meghan Markle was free to say anything she liked, driven on by Oprah Winfrey feigning incredulity at every turn, in order to feed the insatiable demand of American audiences for scandalous and inflammatory stories involving claimed oppression and victimisation.
Markle did not name any names, perhaps because she really had no evidence, she simply made allegations. She acted her part, largely for the American audience strangely enthralled by this bit part actress, to perfection - the sad expression, slight break in the voice, hint of a tear - while poor Harry found himself having to play a supporting role as the mentally scarred husband.
Markle is claimed to be a very intelligent woman who has a smart business brain. Are we now to believe that she really did not know what joining the Royal family entailed ? Did she not understand the role she would be expected to fulfill ? Or did she never have any intention of being a working member of the Royal family, instead using her Royal connection as a means to an end, a means to enrich herself through her far more malleable connections in the world of Californian celebrity ? The alacrity with which she vanished from these shores, initially with some nonsense about settling in Canada (Never Going To Happen !) before trotting back home to Hollywood, surely speaks volumes.
This whole sorry saga is nothing but a publicity stunt, one that will no doubt cause huge uproar and provide a huge boost to Markle's popularity, at least in those parts of society that like this sort of manufactured bilge. In the rest of the world, that part which has little time for salivating over the lives of American celebrities, there will be little appetite for such tripe. Of course, there will be more shows, more publicity (for a couple who reportedly left the UK to avoid the media !) and oodles of cash, but there will be no invitations to attend Royal functions and no Royal patronage. If it was up to me, I'd even revoke her title of Duchess, to which she has shown nothing but utter contempt.
One wonders what will happen at future Royal events such as funerals, weddings, even coronations. Will Harry attend on his own, or will Markle come too, the unwanted guest whose very presence is a painful embarrassment ? What about their children ? Or would such occasions actually be opportunities to make even more of a meal about poor little Meghan and her claimed harsh treatment at the hands of the nasty Royal family ?
What a mess; what a sad, sad mess. This is bound to end badly and far worse for Harry than for anyone else.
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