Being an American who has visited England once in the last 50 years, I ignored last Sunday night's much-publicized interview of Prince Harry and Meghan Markle, the former Duke and Duchess of Somewhere, instead watching the final installment of an engrossing Netflix documentary about the Mormon Church. But no matter; the interview with Oprah Winfrey as interrogator has been a staple of the news, including radio, TV and print, since it aired. With so much coverage, you'd think it mattered. It doesn't. Unless you are a member of the royal family, which nobody in this country is.
So what's all the hype about? America's favorite subject: Racism. Seems that Meghan, pregnant with her first child, had to endure the horror of "someone in the royal family" asking her "how dark his skin might be when he's born." No doubt the question was prompted by the fact that Meghan is biracial although she looks white.
I'm trying to imagine just how much that hurt her. She said she was suicidal during her time in the royal family. Was that one of the reasons? Hmmmm, let's take stock.
Meghan is very beautiful, fabulously rich, lives in a gorgeous home in an exclusive neighborhood (Oprah is her neighbor), and is now so famous she can command acting roles that would otherwise be out of reach due to her mediocre talent. She gave birth to a healthy baby with all his parts in working order. He is not missing his upper lip, or attached to a ventilator in order to take a breath, or suffering from autism. He is not retarded due to the umbilical cord cutting off the blood supply to his brain. Not sure about his skin color, but for sure he's not a leper.
Instead of whining loudly and in public about how much the royal family stifled her, Meghan needs to get down on her knees every day and thank God for the riches he has rained down upon her. or else, who knows...maybe suicide is her best option, since life doesn't;t get much better than hers right now.
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