Meghan Markle, the eternal target of the British press, even during the mourning of Elizabeth II

Elizabeth II died and a small piece of British history died with her. But if a wind of change blows in British society, which will then see its currency and her anthem change, some things unfortunately do not change.

While the royal family went to Balmoral Castle last week and felt the imminence of Her Majesty’s death, the tabloids obviously didn’t miss a beat … even if it meant keeping their worst habits, more precisely those relating to Meghan Markle.

Kate, the good mother held by her children, against Meghan, the one who was “unwelcome”

While her husband Harry went to Balmoral, the Duchess of Sussex stayed on the sidelines, or rather, as various media have titled her, She “avoided”, “skipped”to go to Balmoral.

It’s hard not to see this as an attempt by the British popular press to once again attack Meghan Markle, her longtime favorite target, with the consequences we know about her mental health.

However, Meghan Markle was not the only one not to go to Scotland: Kate Middleton was also absent from the bedside of the queen. But as if she had a far more valid reason, the tabloid headlines were far less uncompromising. The Duchess of Cambridge no “skipped” Balmoraland above all several articles do not fail to specify the reasons for his absence: he had to deal with the imminent return of his three children, George, Charlotte and Louis.

On the contrary, the British media have widely insisted that Meghan Markle would not be ” Welcome “ say goodbye to the queen.

What to add a little more in the alleged opposition between the two women, already skilfully orchestrated mediated in the past, and in their alleged rivalry.

Meghan Markle, spied on every move

But obviously the press did not stop there, to look at the slightest signs of contempt for Meghan Markle who went to meet the bystanders who flocked to pay homage to the queen in front of Windsor Castle.

While the interaction could have remained rather anecdotal and is far from spectacular, the media has echoed it on multiple occasions of which several women would have refused to greet the former actressas if to underline a form of humiliation towards him.

Whatever she does, Meghan Markle is being spied on from all sides and her actions scrutinized. A video of her has even gone viral, showing her responding to an assistant who can hold a bouquet of flowers to place it herself later at the Windsor gates. A “awkward exchange” for more media.

We cannot forgive Meghan Markleeven less his ignorance of the protocol, but above all let us dwell on things that are so to speak quite insignificant.

In fact, the other members of the royal family who are given flowers by the English who have come to pay their respects to the queen, do not keep them with them for long, but more or less quickly deliver them to the helpers behind them.

The Meghan Markle case reveals persistent racism

Even briefly back in the UK, and even in a context of mourning, Meghan Markle remains a scapegoat for the tabloid press British who remains alert, ready to turn the hostility of some British towards him into a spectacle.

In a Vox column published in January 2020, following the announcement by Prince Harry and Meghan Markle to distance themselves from the royal family and take their independence – the famous Megxit -, the researcher Maya Goodfellow denounced this denial of the British society on the racism that permeates it (and that has also permeated the Windsors):

“Much of the reaction to Markle and the couple’s decision can be read as the belief that she should be grateful for what she has. That women of color, and especially black women, should know what they belong to.

Because really, so many comments about the Harry and Meghan saga are ultimately not about them. It is a question of how little racism is understood and how even the beginning of a reflection on it is not a priority and ignored. “

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