Opinion / 8 reasons why Meghan Markle deserves a break, from bullying British press and thoughts of suicide to her return to Hollywood – is it time to show Prince Harry’s wife some love?

May 30 , 2021

Does Meghan, Duchess of Sussex, deserve better, having been blamed by the British media and much of the public for pretty much everything that has gone wrong for the royals in recent times? Photo: Getty Images

The heavily pregnant Duchess of Sussex isn’t solely to blame for Megxit and has remained stoic, despite suicidal thoughts aired in their Oprah Winfrey interview

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Meghan Markle’s transition from Hollywood starlet to bona fide British royal was never going to be easy, but none of us could have predicted just how intense things would get.

The past few months alone, Meghan has been blamed for everything from royal fallouts and Megxit to the Oprah interview and Harry’s hair loss (Google it), turning her into one of the most controversial figures in the world. The public and press backlash has been negative to say the least, and it’s understandably been hard on the heavily pregnant former royal.

Here are eight reasons why Meghan deserves a break from all the haters and trolls.

She shouldn’t be blamed for Megxit

Britain’s The Sun newspaper’s headline in January 2020 places the blame on Meghan Markle for the announcement that the Duke and Duchess of Sussex were to step back as senior royal family members. Photo: EPA-EFE

Conspiracy theorists (your mother and your neighbour) are convinced Meghan has manipulated Harry into the situation they’re in right now.

Let’s be real: Prince Harry is his own man, and should be held responsible for his own actions and decisions. In fact, he’s repeatedly stated that Meghan is by no means to blame for his walkout. In fact, he even recently revealed that he knew he wanted to leave the royal family as early as his 20s.

Prince Harry and Meghan Markle, Duchess of Sussex, receive native flowers from Finley Blue and Dasha Gallagher, left, at Taronga Zoo in Sydney, Australia. Photo: AP

In an episode of Dax Shepard’s The Armchair Expert podcast, Harry said he quickly realised he didn’t want to be a royal when he reached adulthood. He said: “In my early 20s, it was a case of, ‘I don’t want this job, I don’t want to be here, I don’t want to be doing this, look what it did to my mum’.”

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