Meghan Markle, Duchess of Sussex vs Associated Newspapers

[otto]

May I ask what your "verified expert" expertise is?

I'm not a lawyer.

 

[oviedo]

There is no such thing as bad press for an actor. She wants to continue to be in the news and be relevant at any cost. She's a middle aged ACTRESS trying to be seen as a victim. She found the perfect role. MOO

I’ve wondered if this whole lawsuit had a very specific design but can hardly reconcile that PH would have wanted this IMO

 

[ZsaZsa]

She owns the content of the letter, she is the victim of a lot of bullying and she left to have a better family life in the US.
I know it is hard for the English to understand that.
Also almost no one expects she has a chance
MOO have no expectations of justice from English court on the matter.

So not only are the majority of British newspapers involved in a malicious media conspiracy against her to make her look bad, now the British Judiciary is biased against her too? Really?
She is responsible for the great majority of her negative press, which btw seems just as negative in US publications.

 

[Boxer]

So not only are the majority of British newspapers involved in a malicious media conspiracy against her to make her look bad, now the British Judiciary is biased against her too? Really?
She is responsible for the great majority of her negative press, which btw seems just as negative in US publications.

Maybe.
IMO there is a customer base that can't get enough royal shockers and papers that can't resist the money to be made in them.

I am researching Judge Warby's previous rulings. I don't think his ruling is predictable, which is a good thing.

 

[Boxer]

Photographer slams Meghan Markle for rude 'diva' behaviour | Daily Mail Online

This the paper she is suing.

 

[Boxer]

Obviously I am in a minority opinion but I have looked up links here and followed up on various allegations and things said to try and understand the negativity.
One thing I can't find detail about is why Meghan yelled at a DC staff member. I would like to know more about that situation. Is anyone willing to share a link, other than the ubiquitous article by the DM's Tom Quinn?

 

[Boxer]

So not only are the majority of British newspapers involved in a malicious media conspiracy against her to make her look bad, now the British Judiciary is biased against her too? Really?
She is responsible for the great majority of her negative press, which btw seems just as negative in US publications.

Same conglomerates.

 

[rosemadderlake]

Prince Harry and Meghan Markle’s much-anticipated biography Finding Freedom reaches top 10 of Amazon's 24-hour bestseller list as it's made available for pre-order ahead of August release

Harry and Meghan's biography reaches the bestseller list in 24 hours | Daily Mail Online

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I think part of the problem is H&M are very contradictory. Harry’s need for privacy is offset by a constant public presence of their choices. People in the public get reported on.

This book will no doubt get trashed for the hypocrisy.

They were offered a Royal life that didn’t include duties, but chose to do it, tried to remake it in their own image, and when that didn’t work out, blamed the RF on film and quit their very privileged life. This perceived hardship doesn’t really square with most of the world. They were never locked up.

Meghan’s issues were laid bare in the press by her family, sister, brother, and father. So, the DM like other papers reported it. It’s what they do. The most negative sentiments came from her own family. And if one is going to ghost their family maybe the lawsuits should have been more directed in that direction.

I know it’s so obvious her father has issues and felt wounded. She never set up an introduction of her dad and Harry and yet just expected him to show up at her wedding.

Her letter and Harry’s texts to her dad reads more like a get it all out therapy session, and a tween girl’s tweets. There’s a lack of maturity, here. Imo.

The book will sell mostly out of a continuing schadenfreude curiosity. And the press will be all over it. Others will be interviewed, some will sell out their camaraderie. It’s all very predictable. At the end of the day they chose it along with the victim narrative.

Neither has the charm of Diana. Neither are particularly likable. And trying to recreate the very issues Diana dealt with for a rinse and repeat money making plans will fall flat.

Harry isn’t the only son of Diana’s. And the way both brothers have dealt with their very real tragedy couldn’t be more stark.
Jmo

 

[otto]

I hope it isn't a fairytale about two unfortunate motherless orphans, with villainous fathers, who raised themselves into selfless generous heroes with the sole goal to tell others how to live.

Markle can spill whatever she wants about her family, but Harry has agreed that he will do nothing that may damage the Royal Family.

I'm expect the book is another letter, albeit long letter, from Megan to the world explaining victimhood. Presumably, it will contain another concerted effort to "set the record straight" regarding her first letter and her father. I'll take a pass.

 

[otto]

Obviously I am in a minority opinion but I have looked up links here and followed up on various allegations and things said to try and understand the negativity.
One thing I can't find detail about is why Meghan yelled at a DC staff member. I would like to know more about that situation. Is anyone willing to share a link, other than the ubiquitous article by the DM's Tom Quinn?

I suspect that you need to buy the book on May 14 to get more details. This is a quote from the book, and is not from the DailyMail.

"Kate was horrified when Meghan shouted at a member of Kate's staff—that was definitely the beginning of discussions about leaving Kensington Palace," the former servant explained. "Like many people not used to dealing with servants, Meghan overdoes the imperiousness; so on the one hand she wants to be like Diana, a people's princess, and on the other she wants people to stand to attention when she clicks her fingers."​

Meghan Markle Shouted at a Member of Kate Middleton's Staff

Markle's book is probably timed to respond to Tom Quinn's book. Markle will blame her father for all that is wrong in her life, Quinn's book will describe a middle aged woman with bad behaviour who should be well past the days of being mad at daddy.

 

[Boxer]

I suspect that you need to buy the book on May 14 to get more details. This is a quote from the book, and is not from the DailyMail.

"Kate was horrified when Meghan shouted at a member of Kate's staff—that was definitely the beginning of discussions about leaving Kensington Palace," the former servant explained. "Like many people not used to dealing with servants, Meghan overdoes the imperiousness; so on the one hand she wants to be like Diana, a people's princess, and on the other she wants people to stand to attention when she clicks her fingers."​

Meghan Markle Shouted at a Member of Kate Middleton's Staff

Markle's book is probably timed to respond to Tom Quinn's book. Markle will blame her father for all that is wrong in her life, Quinn's book will describe a middle aged woman with bad behaviour who should be well past the days of being mad at daddy.

Tom Quinn is with the DM.

MOO All this is predictable.
This is how the English press and its affiliates work if the target doesn't cooperate.

 

[Herat]

I fail to understand how a "biography" of a couple of little-to-no achievement that has been together fewer than 3 years and have not discovered the cure for cancer, or reached Mars, or have the vaccine for COVID-19 is anything more than a pamphlet.

 

[Boxer]

I fail to understand how a "biography" of a couple of little-to-no achievement that has been together fewer than 3 years and have not discovered the cure for cancer, or reached Mars, or have the vaccine for COVID-19 is anything more than a pamphlet.

MOO enduring massive trolling is an achievement. The more negativity heaped on, the more admirable their efforts are.

 

[Oregonmama]

Tom Quinn is with the DM.

MOO All this is predictable.
This is how the English press and its affiliates work if the target doesn't cooperate.

It's just not the UK press. TMZ in the US is more brutal and they landed there where TMZ is based. The press is not their enemy, the individual person(s) are dealing with personal dysfunction. .MOO

 

[otto]

Tom Quinn is with the DM.

MOO All this is predictable.
This is how the English press and its affiliates work if the target doesn't cooperate.

Quinn's book isn't about Markle. She is merely one of the players. No one is targeting her.

 

[otto]

I fail to understand how a "biography" of a couple of little-to-no achievement that has been together fewer than 3 years and have not discovered the cure for cancer, or reached Mars, or have the vaccine for COVID-19 is anything more than a pamphlet.

Someone described it as a very long brochure. I think everyone knows that it is nothing more than a self-promoting marketing piece. The curiosity comes with how far it is from reality.

 

[Boxer]

It's just not the UK press. TMZ in the US is more brutal and they landed there where TMZ is based. The press is not their enemy, the individual person(s) are dealing with personal dysfunction. .MOO

LA is MMs home town. Harry has had quite the shake out of courtiers. I wish them well.

Meghan Markle's Battle Over Archie's Privacy Influenced Megxit

 

[L White]

Thinking about Archie's privacy but talking to Sachs about his birthday?

Makes sense.

 

[Herat]

It seems like the notice about the book is timed to upstage the VE Day 75th Anniversary celebration by Her Majesty, The Queen

And it also sounds like H & M may be now dependent on shared click-bait income from tabloid press, like TMZ and worse. Just like the Kardashians are permanent front-page news on DM for nothing at all. Click-bait gives DM more page reviews and the Kardashian money machine gets a cut of it all by supplying the photos and story lead.

I was hoping the Markles would not have gone that route, but it seems they've joined the trash infotainment industry.

 

[rosemadderlake]

MOO enduring massive trolling is an achievement. The more negativity heaped on, the more admirable their efforts are.

When I think of enduring massive trolling, Kim Kardashian comes to mind. But she has an effortless way of brushing it off. Like her or not, she is also true to who she is. And has a very strong family.

So, yes, in that context if H&M consent to a tell all biography, and it gets some bad reviews, and the internet explodes, that’s an achievement. I’m just not sure it’s admirable given the self important subject. And I think you can’t fool the public that way. People see through disingenuous motives.
Jmo