{"id":3635,"date":"2024-07-24T19:46:00","date_gmt":"2024-07-24T19:46:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/flatplanplus.io\/grazia\/?p=3635"},"modified":"2024-07-24T15:38:03","modified_gmt":"2024-07-24T15:38:03","slug":"meghan-branded-difficult-and-a-serial-liar-amidst-latest-backlash","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/flatplanplus.io\/grazia\/2024\/07\/24\/meghan-branded-difficult-and-a-serial-liar-amidst-latest-backlash\/","title":{"rendered":"Meghan Markle branded ‘difficult’ and a ‘serial liar’ amidst latest backlash"},"content":{"rendered":"\n[et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ _builder_version=”4.20.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_row _builder_version=”4.20.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”4.20.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_text module_class=”custom-post-title” _builder_version=”4.20.4″ _module_preset=”default” header_font=”Black Han Sans|700||on|||||” header_text_align=”center” header_font_size=”46px” header_letter_spacing=”4px” custom_margin=”25px||5px||false|false” custom_padding=”0px||0px||true|false” global_colors_info=”{}”]

The latest meghan Backlash only demonstrates how little of her experience is believed<\/strong><\/h1>[\/et_pb_text][et_pb_text module_class=”credit-name” _builder_version=”4.20.4″ _module_preset=”default” text_font=”Black Han Sans|||on|||||” text_text_color=”#000000″ header_4_font=”|||on|||||” header_4_text_align=”center” text_orientation=”center” custom_margin=”||0px||false|false” global_colors_info=”{}”]

Words by Isobel Lewis<\/strong><\/p>[\/et_pb_text][et_pb_image src=”https:\/\/flatplan-plus-content.s3.eu-west-1.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2024\/07\/imago305399475-2.jpg” alt=”Jennifer Aniston” title_text=”BAFTA Film Awards 2014 – London Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt arriving for the 2014 EE British Academy Film Awards (BAFTA” force_fullwidth=”on” _builder_version=”4.20.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][\/et_pb_image][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.20.4″ _module_preset=”default” min_height=”107px” custom_padding=”||0px|||” global_colors_info=”{}”]

It doesn\u2019t take much for people to get mad at Meghan Markle, does it? Ever since her engagement to Prince Harry in 2017, ascending from Suits star to member of the British royal family, Meghan has been unfairly accused of being a master manipulator. Initially, her job as an actress was used by her critics who disliked her celebrity, her American-ness, to prove that she was cunningly worming her way into the royal family. Later, following the couple\u2019s departure from the UK, it took on new meaning: that she was a deceitful liar not to be trusted.<\/p>\n

Meghan\u2019s accusers re-emerged this week, thanks to comments she made two years ago about her 2017 engagement interview with the BBC. When it was announced that the couple were due to be wed, Harry and Meghan sat down for a cheery interview with BBC News presenter Mishal Husain, where the couple spoke about their intention to remain working in the UK.<\/p>\n

Of course, a lot changed in the years that followed. Harry and Meghan married in May 2018, then departed the royal family \u2013 and the UK \u2013 two years later. In their 2022 Netflix documentary Harry & Meghan, Meghan claimed that the whole interview had been heavily \u2018rehearsed\u2019, leading to it feeling like an \u2018orchestrated reality show\u2019. She claimed that she was asked the questions beforehand, and that they would be asked to show the ring to the camera. \u2018My point is we weren\u2019t allowed to tell our story because they didn\u2019t want [it],\u2019 she said.<\/p>\n

But when Mishal was recently asked about the interview by Saga magazine, she presented a different version of events. Admitting that she \u2018didn\u2019t know what to make\u2019 of Meghan\u2019s comments at the time, she said, \u2018What I remember about that day was two people who were excited about their engagement and in love. They seemed to have thought through what their new lives would be like and what marriage would mean for her life in particular. There was nothing that pointed to what would happen. It was two people who were full of joy in each other and life.\u2019<\/p>\n

It\u2019s not the first time Mishal has spoken about Meghan\u2019s comments. When the Netflix documentary aired, her co-host on Radio 4\u2019s Today show Justin Webb joked that Mishal had been the \u2018orchestrator\u2019 in the interview. Laughing, she replied, \u2018We know recollections may vary on this particular subject, but my recollection is definitely very much: asked to do an interview and do said interview.\u2019<\/p>\n

Mishal\u2019s response is nothing new. And she\u2019s right \u2013 recollections may vary when it comes to memory. There are facts, of course, but feelings are subjective. Yet because it\u2019s Meghan, the moment any public figure says anything mildly disparaging towards her, it\u2019s leapt upon by her critics and used as quote-unquote proof that Meghan is a liar. On his YouTube channel, presenter Dan Wootton said it was Meghan who had \u2018lied\u2019 about the interview, while royal biographer claimed that she\u2019s heard from \u2018friends\u2019 that it was Meghan who had been difficult and only wanted specific questions during the interview. \u2018If only more people would speak out. Markle is a serial liar,\u2019 one post on X (formerly Twitter) read.<\/p>[\/et_pb_text][et_pb_text module_class=”custom-quote” _builder_version=”4.20.4″ _module_preset=”default” header_2_font=”Libre Bodoni|||on|||||” header_2_text_align=”center” header_2_text_color=”#333333″ header_2_font_size=”40px” header_2_line_height=”1.2em” global_colors_info=”{}”]

\u2018My point is we weren\u2019t allowed to tell our story because they didn\u2019t want [it]\u2019<\/h2>[\/et_pb_text][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.20.4″ _module_preset=”default” custom_padding=”|||0px||” global_colors_info=”{}”]

It\u2019s unpleasant, but not controversial to say that many people dislike the Duchess of Sussex \u2013 just take a look at social media. As a result, there has been a concerted effort in recent years to disprove any claims she makes that paint her in a more favourable light; a suggestion that other people are allowed to talk about her, constantly, yet whenever she says something about herself it\u2019s untrue.<\/p>\n

Take the infamous argument between Meghan and Kate Middleton in the run-up to Meghan\u2019s wedding.The tabloids initially reported that Meghan had made Kate cry, but in her 2021 interview with Oprah Winfrey, Meghan said that it had actually been the reverse. \u2018What was hard to get over was being blamed for something that not only I didn\u2019t do. At the time, people were quick to call out Meghan, claiming she was lying in the interview. When Harry released his memoir Spare in 2023, he even cited alleged texts between Meghan and Kate at the time. It wasn\u2019t enough.<\/p>\n

Other, arguably darker, allegations were made about Meghan\u2019s so-called lies during the Oprah interview. During their sit down with the presenter, the couple claimed that a senior member of the royal family had made comments about the skin colour of their then-unborn child, Archie. At the time, people were quick to deny her experiences once again, with articles at the time listing the couple\u2019s \u201810 biggest lies\u2019 from the interview.<\/p>\n

The downplaying of anyone\u2019s recollection of events and feelings is never a good look. But it\u2019s never Harry alone who gets the blame. It\u2019s Meghan; always Meghan. Even when her stories are corroborated by her husband, as Harry did in both the Oprah interview and in Spare, he\u2019s the ones listened to. You don\u2019t have to like Meghan Markle \u2013 although I\u2019d argue interrogating any personal hatred is a good thing \u2013 but when it comes to her experiences, she deserves to be heard out.<\/p>[\/et_pb_text][et_pb_divider color=”#111111″ divider_position=”center” divider_weight=”2px” module_class=”custom-divider” _builder_version=”4.20.4″ _module_preset=”default” custom_margin=”0px||0px||false|false” custom_padding=”0px||0px||false|false” global_colors_info=”{}”][\/et_pb_divider][et_pb_text module_class=”credit-texts” _builder_version=”4.20.4″ _module_preset=”default” text_font=”|||on|||||” text_orientation=”center” hover_enabled=”0″ global_colors_info=”{}” theme_builder_area=”post_content” sticky_enabled=”0″]

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