{"id":19149,"date":"2021-03-09T17:04:46","date_gmt":"2021-03-09T17:04:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/theoklahomaeagle.net\/?p=19149"},"modified":"2021-03-09T17:04:46","modified_gmt":"2021-03-09T17:04:46","slug":"the-buckingham-palace-is-gaslighting-meghan-markle-and-we-dont-like-it","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.willoughbyavenue.com\/eagle\/2021\/03\/09\/the-buckingham-palace-is-gaslighting-meghan-markle-and-we-dont-like-it\/","title":{"rendered":"The Buckingham Palace Is Gaslighting Meghan Markle And We Don\u2019t Like It"},"content":{"rendered":"

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\nBy Steph Sengwe<\/a>
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\nIt\u2019s been a year since\u00a0Meghan Markle and Prince Harry<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0were practically chased out of the UK, and for the most part, the head honchos at Buckingham Palace have been quiet. They were quiet when Markle was being bullied by the British press while pregnant with her first child, and they were quiet when the young couple filed several suits against said press. But now that Markle has found her freedom, taken the time to gather herself and fortify her voice, and is ready to speak about what she endured as a member of that royal family, all of a sudden, the palace wants to pipe up and conduct an investigation into her\u00a0alleged bullying of staff members<\/a>.
\nThe British royal family has been notoriously unwelcoming of outsiders. And by outsiders, I mean anyone who dares show a modicum of human emotion or compassion for the rest of the world. Princess Diana went into great detail about her experiences\u2014how she was neglected and maltreated because she suffered from morning sickness while pregnant and her long battle with bulimia. So, when one of her sons decades later decided to marry a Black woman, I can\u2019t imagine it was an easy situation to walk into. Let\u2019s never forget that time\u00a0Princess Michael of Kent wore a blackamoor brooch\u00a0to the Queen\u2019s Christmas luncheon knowing damn well Markle would be present. It wasn\u2019t cute.
\nWhat\u2019s interesting to me is that the Duke and Duchess of Sussex haven\u2019t shied away from the public. They have participated in several interviews since stepping down from the royal family and Markle even detailed\u00a0her heartbreaking miscarriage\u00a0in a poignant\u00a0New York Times<\/em>\u00a0article. So, I have to wonder what is it about the Oprah interview that has Buckingham Palace so bothered? Why are they so intent on painting her as this raging bully who, as\u00a0The Times of London<\/em>\u00a0reportedly claims, \u201cdrove two personal assistants out of the household and was undermining the confidence of a third staff member\u201d all of a sudden? She\u2019s okay to talk about basically anything else, but when it comes to her experiences as a royal, she has to be maligned before the interview even airs. Why?
\nThe idea of keeping the monarchy shrouded in mystery has allowed them to control the narrative for so long and it seems they haven\u2019t gotten the heads up that it\u2019s 2021 now, and in this new day and age, we advocate for open communication. We do our best to see and hear others and even if we don\u2019t agree with what they have to say, we at least give them the opportunity to express themselves. Their\u00a0alleged teaming up with the British press<\/a>\u00a0to destroy Markle\u2019s reputation and character in a space of two weeks is peak gaslighting, it\u2019s bullying, and clearly retaliation. It\u2019s emotional abuse at its height and it\u2019s unfair to do to any person, let alone a pregnant woman.
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\nAnd if I\u2019m playing devil\u2019s advocate for a second and believing that the palace cares about the well-being of people and that\u2019s why they\u2019ve been so serious about this investigation, then when is their inquiry into Prince Andrew\u2019s friendship with Jeffrey Epstein coming out? The man was literally photographed with one of Epstein\u2019s accusers along with his partner in crime, Ghislaine Maxwell, and yet, they haven\u2019t looked into the extent of his involvement with the sex offender. He stepped back from royal duties on his own in 2019 after an\u00a0unfavorable interview with the BBC<\/a>.
\nI have to make the argument here that maybe the palace\u2019s newfound zest for justice is not about preserving or defending its employees. It\u2019s about looking out for themselves and an attempt to discredit anything the Duke and Duchess of Sussex have to say about their experiences with the royal family over the course of their tenure as senior royals. Granted, Markle might have been a bully to her employees. I\u2019m not saying that\u2019s not possible. We wouldn\u2019t know. But if they\u2019re going to hold one royal\u2019s foot to the fire, then they have to do the same for all of them. The palace cannot launch an investigation into Markle\u2019s \u201cbad behavior\u201d and not do the same for Prince Andrew. Not when there is clearly more damning evidence for the latter situation.
\nPeople always ask victims of different abuses why it takes them so long to step up and advocate for themselves. This case is exactly why. This is now the second pregnancy this woman has gone through where she\u2019s having to fight for her good name. And if the powers that be over at Buckingham Palace are not ashamed to malign her so publicly, then I have to wonder what her life was like behind closed doors.
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\nThis article was originally posted on\u00a0<\/em>MadameNoire.com<\/em><\/a>
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