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A family power struggle born out of the fact that the longest reigning monarch now has 3 heirs in waiting. Prince Harry and Meghan Markle were considered acceptable losses.

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How did the Royal Family get to this place? Well, I think you’ve got a beloved Monarch in her nineties who is now relying very heavily upon her staff, a staff that is trying desperately to appease Prince Charles and Prince William over the likes of Prince Harry…

Prince Harry is unlikely to inherit the Crown. The Queen’s staff members are socially and financially inclined to appease those next in line. They know that their time is limited. At this point, they are unlikely to push back against the offices of Charles or William.


Let’s add to the fact that staff members for Charles and William are competing with each other at this point. Realistically, one of them will be king within the next decade. Charles is in his seventies. William is approaching his forties. Both represent the future of the monarchy.


Now before I go forward, let’s consider how insular royal life is. From birth, royals are closely guarded and praised. This is especially true for direct heirs. They spend more time with staff than they do with friends or even each other.


So, you’ve got an over-dependence upon staff members who financially and socially benefit from their positions. If they play their cards right, they achieve wealth, status, and powerful friends. If they play them wrong, they risk poverty, humiliation, and formidable foes.
In the end, you’ve got royals with skewed egos surrounded by staff members with skewed egos who are trying to benefit socially and financially from the royal family.

This is a recipe for disaster.

(Again, I’m not excusing the behavior. I’m trying to explain it.)

This is not to say that royals aren’t responsible for their own actions (or lack thereof). This is to say that they have a very skewed way of living and seeing the world. If you are raised to believe you are better than others and only staff are safe, your perspective is off.

We know that upon William’s marriage to Kate, there was a shift away from his reliance upon Charles’ staff, and push towards doing things his own way. Jason Knauf comes onboard to represent both William and Harry, who at that time, stood as a united front.

Now, it’s important to understand Jason. He’s a white American raised in the south, and by his mother’s own admission, has always been very ambitious.

To end up working for a future King must be quite the ego stroke. Let’s also compound this with the fact that Prince William likens his closest advisors to friends. Prior to Harry’s marriage to Meghan, it appears that he had a similar relationship with Harry.
But, Meghan changes things, although not initially. Staff members are happy to plan the wedding. They are happy to appease Harry and take part in something so historic. Especially when doing so looks so damned impressive on a resume.

Where things shift is after the wedding..

Meghan and Harry are popular as a couple. A little too powerful for those who are already fighting for power and status amongst themselves. Suddenly and unexpectedly you’ve got Harry and Meghan coming out of nowhere commanding a spotlight…And that spotlight isn’t meant for them. At least not to the men and women who’ve spent their whole lives vying for power and status. To them, this is akin to being next in line at Disney World after waiting two hot hours in the sun, only to have someone directly cut the line.

Royals felt this way toward Harry while the staff felt it toward Meghan.

It’s at this point that everything begins to fall apart….
By October of 2018, you’ve got Jason planting stories in the press.

Do I think he did this because he is racist? No. Do I think he did this because he genuinely thought Meghan was a bully? No. Do I think he did this to ensure his own status and power?
Yes.

Before Meghan, Harry is happy to go with the flow. He’s not interested in the inner workings of office work. He’s happy to leave the ideas and planning to someone else, but Meghan changes this because she’s not a royal. She has had to carve out her own success and path.

And as a person who has risen to soaring heights by meticulously planning, researching, and taking responsibility for herself, she walks into her marriage with that same intention. Except now she angers some staff members, including Jason.Do I think Jason is the devil? No. I think he’s a man who’s ego and finances rely heavily upon Prince William being “best.” Anyone or anything who threatens this must be destroyed. When it became clear that Meghan and Harry had real power and status, the knives came out.
What I think he and the rest of the Firm didn’t consider was how many racists were going to laud this ruthlessness and use it to bolster their own racist behaviors and ideas. Intentionally or not, the attacks on Meghan perpetuate racism across the globe seemingly at their own behest.

If they took their egos out of picture and truly looked at things as they are, they’d see just how catastrophically damaging this is socially, morally, and historically to the Monarchy they have sworn to love and protect.

It is embarrassing. It is heartbreaking.
Nobody deserves the abuse Meghan Markle has endured. It’s not enough for one to say that their intentions aren’t racist, as they directly behave in a way that promotes racism itself. Racism unintentionally perpetuated by action is no less damning than racism overly expressed.
These actions have emboldened racists and are now forever a part of royal legacy.

Like it or not.

Meghan and Harry have moved on, but the stench of racism set forth by bruised egos, royal and non-royal alike, will permeate the Monarchy for decades, if not centuries to come.

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Quotes by Meghan Markle, Duchess of Sussex

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Personally, I don’t fuss about well known people, but there are certain people who draw me into them, for example, I could listen to Meghan Markle talk all day. Not only is she eloquent and extremely poised, but she is also full of wisdom — and let’s be real: she does not say things out of context or extra ordinary things that weren’t said before but whenever I listen to her I feel energized in a way .Who knows you could as well learn a thing or two from her. From crucial life lessons to the importance of fighting for women’s rights, the Duchess of Sussex has been dropping some gems that may inspire you to take that giant leap of faith you’ve been contemplating for so long.

“Women who had the strength to really stand up for something that they knew needed to be done is the best example of no matter how small you might feel, how low you may feel on the ladder or the totem pole, no matter what color you are, no matter what gender you are, you have a voice and you certainly have the right to speak up for what is right.”

“Reflecting on where I came from helps me to appreciate and balance what I have now. I was born and raised in Los Angeles. My mother was a free-spirited clinical therapist, and I had the most hardworking father, a television lighting director by trade. My mum raised me to be a global citizen, with eyes open to sometimes harsh realities.”

“If there was a wrong, if there is a lack of justice, and there is an inequality, then someone needs to say something. And why not me?”

“In a world that can seem so aggressive, confrontational, and dangerous, you should know that you have the power to change it.”

“Don’t listen to the noise. Focus on knowing what your own moral compass is. The moment that you’re able to be liberated from all these other opinions – of what you know to be true – then I think it’s very easy to live with truth & authenticity.”

“We are not meant to be breaking each other down; we are meant to be building each other up. So use your voice to do just that – build each other up, support each other. Your voices are those of truth. And hope. And your voices can and should be much louder.

“Yes, women’s suffrage is about feminism, but feminism is about fairness.”


“I find that when you strip all the layers away, as people, and especially as women, we can find deep connection with each other, and a shared understanding.”


“Every girl has potential. She has promise. She has the right to learn, the right to be heard, the right to play, and to discover. The right to be exactly who she is.”

“Do the things you enjoy within reason. Know your body and what works for you and you’ll be fine.”


“As you get older, you become more comfortable in your skin and comfortable in saying no to things . . . I’ve also learned that saying no is just as valuable as saying yes. It’s something that, I think, comes with age and really having a sense of your self-worth. And then you make choices based on that.”


“Building a strong team around you and being able to really communicate well with them is part of what’s going to bring you a higher level of success.”


“Take things with a grain of salt, and find balance within your life. On your lunch break, leave to go and get some fresh air. You don’t need to make your life your job. I have to find that balance for myself, as well . . . I think you have to make time for yourself so that work doesn’t become the end-all be-all.”


“It’s not enough to just survive something, right? That’s not the point of life. You’ve got to thrive, you’ve got to feel happy.”

“You need to know that you’re enough — a mantra that has now ingrained itself so deeply within me that not a day goes by without hearing it chime in my head. That five pounds lost won’t make you happier, that more makeup won’t make you prettier, that the now iconic saying from Jerry Maguire, ‘You complete me,’ frankly, isn’t true. You are complete with or without a partner. You are enough just as you are.”


“Don’t give it five minutes if you’re not going to give it five years.”


“We just need to be kinder to ourselves. If we treated ourselves the way we treated our best friend, can you imagine how much better off we would be?”


“You draw your own box. You introduce yourself as who you are. . . . You create the identity you want for yourself.”


“I encourage and empower each of you to really stand in your truth, to stand for what is right — to continue to respect each other.”

Best quotes by Meghan markle, Duchess of Sussex on women

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On being a feminist

You don’t have to play dress up to be a feminist. You are a feminist exactly the way you are. You can be a woman who wants to look good and still stand up for the equality of women. There’s no uniform for feminism; you are a feminist exactly the way you are.”

On gender equality

Your confidence comes in knowing that a woman by your side, not behind you, is actually something you shouldn’t be threatened about but opposed to that, you should feel really empowered in having that additional support that, this is really about us working together.
That’s what gender equality means for me and having men part of that conversation saying there’s nothing threatening about a woman coming up to the same level as them. It’s’s our safety in numbers, this is our power and our strength as a team.

On using their voice

Women make up more than half of the world’s population and potential, so it is neither just nor practical for their voices, for OUR voices, to go unheard at the highest levels of decision-making.

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On the sexism in adverts.

I don’t think it’s right for kids to grow up thinking these things,that just mom does everything, It’s always, ‘mom does this,’ and ‘mom does that.’

On inspiring young women:


With fame comes opportunity, but it also includes responsibility – to advocate and share, to focus less on glass slippers and more on pushing through glass ceilings. And, if I’m lucky enough why not inspire?

On women political participation

Women need a seat at the table, they need an invitation to be seated there, and in some cases, where this is not available, they need to create their own table. We need a global understanding that we cannot implement change effectively without women’s political participation.

On building each other up

We are not meant to be breaking each other down; we are meant to be building each other up. So use your voice to do just that – build each other up, support each other. Your voices are those of truth. And hope. And your voices can and should be much louder.

On finding their voices

Women don’t need to find a voice, they have a voice, and they need to feel empowered to use it, and people need to be encouraged to listen.

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