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Meghan accuses British royals of racism, says they pushed her to brink of suicide

Meghan accuses British royals of racism, says they pushed her to brink of suicide

Harry and Meghan reveal they are expecting a baby girl in an explosive interview to Oprah Winfrey.
08 Mar, 2021

Meghan, the wife of Prince Harry, accused the British royal family of racism, lying and pushing her to the brink of suicide, in an explosive televised interview that looks set to shake the monarchy to its core.

The 39-year-old, whose mother is Black and father is white, said she had been naive before she married into the family in 2018, but that she ended up having suicidal thoughts and considering self harm after pleading for help but getting none.

She added that her son Archie, now aged one, had been denied the title of prince because there were concerns within the royal family about how dark his skin might be.

“They didn’t want him to be a prince,” Meghan said in an interview with Oprah Winfrey aired on CBS late on Sunday. She said there had been “conversations about how dark his skin might be when he’s born.”

Meghan, the actor formerly known as Meghan Markle who starred in the TV drama Suits, said she grew concerned about her son not having a royal title because it meant he wouldn’t be provided security.

Meghan said processing everything during her pregnancy was “very hard.” More than the “prince” title, she felt the most troubled over her son’s safety and protection.

“He needs to be safe,” a teary-eyed Meghan recalled. “We’re not saying don’t make him a prince or princess, whatever it’s going to be. But if you’re saying the title is going to affect their protection, we haven’t created this monster machine around us in terms of click bait and tabloid fodder. You’ve allowed that to happen, which means our son needs to be safe.”

Meghan declined to say who had aired such concerns, as did Harry, who said his family had cut them off financially and that his father Prince Charles, heir to the British throne, had let him down and refused to take his calls at one point.

“There is a lot to work through there,” Harry said about his relationship with his father. “I feel really let down. He’s been through something similar. He knows what pain feels like. And Archie is his grandson. I will always love him, but there is a lot of hurt that has happened.”

Harry said the royal family cut him off financially at the start of 2020 after announcing plans to step back from his roles. But he was able to afford security for his family because of the money his mother, Princess Diana, left behind.

Buckingham Palace has yet to comment publicly on the interview, which aired in the early hours of Monday morning in Britain.

Meghan cast the British royal family as uncaring and mendacious, and accused Kate — the wife of her husband’s brother Prince William — of making her cry before her wedding.

While the family including Prince Charles came in for open criticism, neither Harry nor Meghan attacked Queen Elizabeth directly.

Still, Meghan said she had been silenced by “the Firm” — which Elizabeth heads — and that her pleas for help while in distress at racist reporting and her predicament had fallen on deaf ears.

“I just didn’t want to be alive any more. And that was a very clear and real and frightening constant thought. And I remember how he [Harry] just cradled me,” Meghan said, wiping away tears.

In a rare positive moment in the interview, Harry and Meghan revealed their second would be a girl. The interview opened with Winfrey gushing over Meghan’s pregnancy and lamenting that COVID-19 protocols kept them from hugging.

In response to a question from Winfrey, Harry said he wouldn’t have left royal life if not for his wife. He said their relationship revealed the strictures of royal life.

“I wouldn’t have been able to, because I myself was trapped,” Harry said. “I didn’t see a way out.

Photo: AFP
Photo: AFP

“I was trapped, but I didn’t know I was trapped,” Harry said, before adding, “My father and my brother, they are trapped.”

Harry acknowledged that he does not have a close relationship presently with his brother William, who is heir to the throne after their father, Prince Charles.

Harry disputed rumours that he intentionally blindsided his grandmother, Queen Elizabeth II, with his decision to split. He suspects the rumours came from the institution.

“I’ve never blindsided my grandmother,” he said. “I have too much respect for her.”

Meghan, too, was complimentary toward the queen, despite saying at one point she realised some in the palace were willing to lie to “protect other members of the family.”

“The queen has always been wonderful to me,” Meghan said.

In Britain, the interview is seen as poorly timed. It will air while Harry’s 99-year-old grandfather Prince Philip remains hospitalized in London after undergoing a heart procedure.

It is unclear what public reaction, if any, the queen and other royal family members will have to Sunday’s interview. The U.K.’s Sunday Times newspaper, citing an anonymous source, reported that the queen would not watch it.

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Akil Akhtar Mar 08, 2021 10:58am
She is just a small time American seeking publicity.....
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Ahsan Gul Mar 08, 2021 11:06am
Brave couple to reveal the realities of English monarchy. No doubt that British empire has left families both in India and Pakistan who treat fellow citizens not financially strong as subhuman. British a totally fake value country which our some leaders adopt. Sincerely
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huma zaman Mar 08, 2021 11:07am
Sad and we in the subcontinent are still facing the dark skin color complex. I guess we accepted all the made things from anyone who ruled us. Hope we can come out of the mentality
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Paddy Mar 08, 2021 11:13am
British royal family is cesspool of racism, arrogance and hollowness.
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Ahsan Gul Mar 08, 2021 11:22am
@Akil Akhtar you are totally wrong. British are nasty when it comes to skin color! Sincerely
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Ahsan Gul Mar 08, 2021 11:32am
Prince Harry is the avenger for his mom’s death. Queen and her family has created fake culture around the world which this young couple has finally broken.
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Ahsan Gul Mar 08, 2021 11:39am
Harry and Meagan gave honest experience of their lives in England. What’s wrong about it?
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Hamed Mar 08, 2021 11:41am
What happened to Diana!?
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Zubair Mar 08, 2021 11:45am
She's the most dramatic 'bahu' in the world.
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Dr. Salaria, Aamir Ahmad Mar 08, 2021 11:54am
She is 100 percent right.
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bimal william Mar 08, 2021 11:58am
Remember what happened to lady diana. There is a very famous saying which says While in Rome do what Romans do.
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Captain Mar 08, 2021 12:00pm
Seems no discussions took place to clarify matters between both sides . That is one sided story by the way and not really appealing
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Kash Mar 08, 2021 12:13pm
This is a drama by Meghan. Bechaara Harry
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Alba Mar 08, 2021 12:17pm
The culprits, if you watch the video, are the palace bureaucrats who run the institution. People who make the decisions for Queen Elizabeth and Prince Phillip. Both Meghan and Harry said the queen is a nice person, who they support.
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WARRIs Mar 08, 2021 12:17pm
She definitely has a point.. and racism about the Royal Family is reflected in the whole British society... a recent example being the Brexit, a movement led and funded by the extreme right wing persons!
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Udaya Mar 08, 2021 12:19pm
Suicidal thoughts? Seems quite over the top and soap opera-ish. They have decided to step out and make their own future and so they should get on with it and stop complaing. The British roysl family is in any case a joke.
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FAZ Mar 08, 2021 12:21pm
Just can't understand why these people are so important?
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RAGHUNATH Mar 08, 2021 12:23pm
royal or ordinary all are human , every one have their own view and faith, naturally skin is matter of subject, this apply to any family
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Wajahat Ali Mar 08, 2021 12:25pm
I strongly recommend what Mr Akil Akhtar has said .
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Goldilocks Mar 08, 2021 12:26pm
Gold digger
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Ramachandran Kannan Mar 08, 2021 12:31pm
How does it matter? Families have problems all the time
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Mustafa Mar 08, 2021 12:35pm
Sad story, even being royal a person may not have peace of mind and happiness.
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Teddy Mar 08, 2021 12:41pm
Pathetic royal family
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Fact check Mar 08, 2021 12:50pm
@Akil Akhtar You saying, they left the royal family for just publicity? though royal family is taking really good care of Meghan?
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michael Mar 08, 2021 12:57pm
Meg - you married yourself in the Royals......its all part of the package. You do not need to change their traditions etc. But its really nice that Harry stands by you. Don't try to be Princess DI.
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Jaredlee007 Mar 08, 2021 12:58pm
Corrupt tou the core. Nothing is royal about them.
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Teddy Mar 08, 2021 01:08pm
Useless royal family.
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F Nawaz Mar 08, 2021 01:35pm
Wish them the best. They should stay away from the so-called royal family and be free before the British people wake up and protest their freeloading.
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Jew Muslim Mar 08, 2021 01:40pm
Always the victim
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Chrís Dăn Mar 08, 2021 01:48pm
They did same with Diana on some other pretext.
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david tandey Mar 08, 2021 01:56pm
The Royals are outdated and useless and it is time the British people stopped drooling over them, Britain should also get rid of its vile class system to bring justice and equality for all. i believe this as a Baptised Christian.
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qet Mar 08, 2021 02:01pm
At the age she is wonder whose history she read. Should have known better.
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qet Mar 08, 2021 02:02pm
@Akil Akhtar Learn to weight the argument.
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Khalil Mar 08, 2021 02:13pm
Very brave Megan to survive all that pressure. And hats off tho Harry for standing by her side.
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Expat (usa) Mar 08, 2021 02:15pm
How could class conscious British Royal Family accept a mixed race American as one of their own ? From day one wayward, gossip mongering British tabloids were making her life miserable. Back in her own country she finally found peace of mind.
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Erum Aziz Mar 08, 2021 02:30pm
She is challenging the Queen and her family. Did you know who really she is?
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Zak Mar 08, 2021 02:34pm
Press should leave them alone to get on with their lives. They did same to Diana.
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Zak Mar 08, 2021 02:34pm
@Akil Akhtar She is just a small time American seeking publicity..... Wrong.
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HKL Mar 08, 2021 03:08pm
Well - you have now heard one side of a family arguement. Is it always best to hear both sides before making an opinion? Ask - What have they done that so upsets his father that he is no longer taking his calls? What have they done that her family no longer take her calls? === Finally - my advice to everyone - keep out of family feuds, they always end badly!
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Demi Mar 08, 2021 03:14pm
@Udaya I believe her. Even Diana felt suicidal during her marriage due to constant bullying and harassment from RF.
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Changez Khan Mar 08, 2021 03:37pm
Meghan speaks the truth but are Royals listening? No.
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Farouq Omaro Mar 08, 2021 03:48pm
Publicity seeking lady. Why marry into the royal and have a super wedding in the first place?
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Ahsan Gul Mar 08, 2021 04:52pm
Hush, hush culture about the royal family in England for centuries hiding behind the facade of lies finally got broken by a brave American girl. Prince Harry mom Diana's death was also suppressed by English media and at buckingman palace. Good that world knows how these royal think about the world not white skin people. Sincerely
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Bilal Melbourne Mar 08, 2021 05:00pm
This is appalling. Evident this junior artist is now trying to gain some loyalties by crying foul. It was completely justified of British Royal Family to kick out this unchaste girl. What a shame to have such members in any family. Too low for a royal blood. This does not reflect our values
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Sarda Mar 08, 2021 05:26pm
Since the Royal salary is no more,, they got to make ends meet.
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Dr. Gonorrhea Mar 08, 2021 05:31pm
Queen's reach is beyond any one's imagination. Be careful what you say. Oprah will not be able to defend you.
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LgbtqX Mar 08, 2021 05:40pm
Wonder how long this going to last!!
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Udaya Mar 08, 2021 05:44pm
Suicidal thoughts? Seems quite over the top and soap opera-ish. They have decided to step out and make their own future and so they should get on with it and stop complaing. The British roysl family is in any case a joke.
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Zulfiqar Mar 08, 2021 05:57pm
@Akil Akhtar her description of British royalty’s attitudes’s towards people from other backgrounds is consistent with how the people of subcontinent suffered at their hands when they ruled these parts.. I’m not surprised you got treated that way
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Cye Mar 08, 2021 05:59pm
Meghan is right. I’m so happy she left them.
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Teddy Mar 08, 2021 06:14pm
British royalty is filled with muck and filth.
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D’Souza Mar 08, 2021 06:32pm
So the royal family are a bunch of racists freeloaders who take money from the tax payers. And they do absolutely no work. In current times, it’s funny that this so called democratic nation has queens and kings. The British people should throw them out.
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Ifti Malik Mar 08, 2021 06:34pm
Total and absolute lies by this Meghan woman and her servile husband. They are abusing the royal family (who were actually very nice to them) just to get free global media coverage and promote themselves. Wait and see. Sooner or later their lies and deceit will be exposed.
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Vin Mar 08, 2021 06:39pm
Prince Harry is not the son of Prince Charles. Thats where the problem starts. He is the son of a riding instructor to Lady Di. Hence the Red Hair.
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Ahana Mar 08, 2021 06:59pm
@Expat (usa) Yet they accepted a middle class gypsy and have been protecting and shielding her from the start.
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Taimur Mar 08, 2021 07:22pm
First her father tried to seek publicity and now she.
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nikhil Mar 08, 2021 07:27pm
She wants publicity, by picturing herself as the one who is hit with racial prejudice, suicide which hits a sentimental note on American mind . When she is not part of the Royal family , why she wanted to have her son named prince. There are some protocols she should have followed , but she paints herself as aggrieved person all BS.
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Taimur Mar 08, 2021 07:29pm
Royal family has traditions. They stick to them. If she wanted to act in a movie and perform those nude scenes again, they won't allow it and this is good.
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Fatima Mar 08, 2021 07:32pm
@Akil Akhtar and you are so big with your opinionated attitude
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Sridhar Raghunath Rao Mar 08, 2021 07:32pm
Women, before getting married to Royal Family, should be aware of both privileges they get to enjoy and also the restrictions they have to observe and undergo Outbursts like this is unfair to Royal Family. Princess Diana also was not right in her acts
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nikhil Mar 08, 2021 07:33pm
@michael She is not but wants to get publicity and coverage in media Every home in even Asia has their own standards , so same way BritishRoyalty also has Why is she creating fuss . They have been given the severance allowance which she is not stating
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Amin Arab Mar 08, 2021 07:34pm
Americans who are black and women just claim racism and sexism whenever they don't get their way
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zf Mar 08, 2021 07:36pm
Meghan comes from a country (USA) where race has never been an issue. Ever.
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Jamil Soomro, New York City Mar 08, 2021 07:38pm
In order to live a peaceful and wonderful life one should never marry someone above your status or below your status. The magic of equilibrium always works in real life.
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Pakistani Mar 08, 2021 07:59pm
All of this farce of kingdom and throne has become a relic of the past and A pathetic piece of mindset has kept it to maintain a status quo to make sure that few people remain always above the law. Utterly disgusting. And btw Meghan you have a beautiful boy. Keept protecting him and your family. Your husband is also a wonderful man. Even if you went through hell you had a loyal partner by your side all the time.
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Saeeds Mar 08, 2021 08:11pm
Looking for cheap publicity interviewed by biggest racist drama queen Oprah
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Fast comment Mar 08, 2021 08:45pm
No matter what you say about Britain. It’s the only country today with high standards of rule of law.
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Ravi Mar 08, 2021 08:53pm
What is the relevance of royal family to UK anyways? Just a reminders of the cruel bloodline whose forefathers have had blood of the colony nations in their hands...
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well-wisher Mar 08, 2021 09:08pm
Wonderful couple and soon to be four in the family. Stay united and supportive to each other. Only you know what you have endured and are enduring. Do the good work you are doing. Harry has also suffered a lot in many ways. Our prayers for your family and safety.
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Sam Mar 08, 2021 09:09pm
What is it in England; Monarchy or Democracy ?
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Ahsan Gul Mar 08, 2021 09:38pm
@Saeeds - you are so wrong and your comments do not reflect realities of British culture. You are looked as less a citizen in England based on your dark skin color. Magen is bold and is straight forward person. Sincerely
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Tamilselvan Mar 08, 2021 10:20pm
Lady knew what she was getting into when she married an English Royalty who are still living as in Middle Ages. Still hats off to Price Henry for marring his sweet heart though she is a commoner . Long live the couple
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Slowtrack Mar 08, 2021 11:20pm
Just one visit to Pakistan, she has changed her narrative.
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Gautham Mar 09, 2021 12:02am
@Sridhar Raghunath Rao: Thanks for the enlightenment. Remember your advice when you marry yours daughters off, if they allow you to do so.
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Waheed Rehman, US Patriot Mar 09, 2021 01:17am
Note my words, the British Royals will respond the way they always do, a Big Silence. They'll sweep the dirt under the rug and hope nobody notices or whiffs it. This reminds me about stories my higher class and well-educated parents talked about the British Raj in undivided India. The Brits treated the Parsis, Anglo-Indians, fairer and higher-class Indians much better than the rest. It seems eight decades later, nothing has changed.
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M. Saeed Mar 09, 2021 01:40am
@Akil Akhtar, bystanders can hardly feel the pain being endured by the person being racially harmed.
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Vijay Mar 09, 2021 03:20am
@Akil Akhtar why just because she is black?
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Vijay Mar 09, 2021 03:21am
@Hamed she was murdered by the Royal family.
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Jag Mar 09, 2021 04:04am
When Princess Diana (Harry’s Mom) died, there was a lot of controversy in whether she died accidentally or was killed in a staged accident. Whatever the case, the Royal Family, shows it will protect its interests, no matter what the cost.
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Dr.Sadaf Mar 09, 2021 06:07am
Thus proven that our desi woman is much more stronger mentally and physically, considering the fact that she struggles with remarks targeted at her physical looks and skin color throughout her married and unmarried life but she doesn’t have access to such star studded forums to speak about her mental health status.
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Dr.Sadaf Mar 09, 2021 06:08am
@Akil Akhtar , both of them are looking like attention seeking cry babies.
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Give her a chance Mar 09, 2021 06:37am
@Zubair Or you just can’t handle the truth
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Nomanland Mar 10, 2021 05:01pm
@Ahsan Gul pure publicity stunt. She thought she will be like a queen but she was made to fall in her feet. See Kate is Lso a commoner but how well she has been welcomed. But Meghan even though has brushed her shoulder with famous could not adjust to the royal etiqueties
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Ali Mehdi Mar 13, 2021 08:37pm
Meghan has been able to break the royal family. She’s been successful in snatching the prince away from his loved ones. You get the feeling you’re reading a classic novel where the negative role acts all innocent and continue with his or her low tricks. In the end the villain all comes to light and condemned to leave the loving family. The family reunited and they all lived together happily ever after. Meghan stand to loose everything. If she’s really clever she will mend her ways.
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