Oooh, I feel like the biggest stalker in the world sometimes, but I just totally obsessively watched Meghan Markle’s video-interview with Good Housekeeping. Apparently, this interview and video originated in the American issue of Good Housekeeping last fall, but the UK edition republished it this month and everyone is running it like it’s new. I hadn’t seen it, so it was new to me. Since I don’t watch Suits, I had never really seen Meghan in motion, nor had I heard her speak for any length of time. She’s got a pretty flat American accent but I can hear the California-girl in her accent too. She comes across as very confident yet she doesn’t seem self-satisfied, which is an art. She’s very pretty in motion and she is clearly comfortable in front of a camera. Get your creep on and watch this:
I enjoyed this too much probably. Because the entire time I was watching, I was thinking, “This is what Prince Harry saw, he saw her confidence and her sparkly eyes and her nice smile.” She must have been like a breath of fresh air for him. As for what she actually discussed with Good Housekeeping, this was obviously done last year, because she talks about The Tig, which she shut down less than a month ago. Here are some highlights:
What is The Tig? “I see The Tig as a conversation between girlfriends. I love connecting with the fan base and sharing my experiences. There’s so much snarky stuff on the Internet these days, so I’ve tried to create a space that’s really positive and hopefully inspires you to do something that’s uplifting and empowering.”
Whether she loves a power suit: “My wardrobe for Suits isn’t like Working Girl — dressing for work doesn’t have to be so on-the-nose these days. The key is to have your own point of view attached to it. Personally, I love cropped pants in vegan leather, a great fitted blazer and a button-down.”
Hidden talents: “I used to be a calligrapher for weddings and events — that was my side job while I was auditioning. I think handwritten notes are a lost art form. When I booked my first pilot, my dad wrote me a letter that I still have. The idea of someone taking the time to put pen to paper is really special.”
Roasted chicken: “There is nothing as delicious (or as impressive) as a perfectly roasted chicken. If you have an Ina Garten–level roasted-chicken recipe, it’s a game changer. I bring that to dinner parties and make a lot of friends.”
What five items are always in her fridge: “Hummus, carrots—because I love them and so does my dog, Bogart, strangely—a green juice, almond milk, for sure, and a chia seed pudding I make every single week. So easy, so good. I really love to cook.”
I too love a good roast chicken but I have never tried roasting a whole chicken before (obviously, I’ve roasted chicken breasts, but never a whole chicken). I would be interested in tasting Meghan’s roast chicken. I also love hummus, but it’s better with tomatoes and pita bread. And I cannot wait for Meghan to start rolling up to royal events in cropped vegan leather pants. I CANNOT WAIT. I’m actually giddy with excitement at the prospect.
Photos courtesy of WENN.
That red dress. I need it. Looking like her wouldn’t be bad, either, but for now I’ll settle for the dress.
Yes, that dress is gorgeous.
She looks a little bit like Stacey Dash sometimes.
I find her to be incredibly beautiful.
Oh, and I adore that dress too.
It’s fabulous, and she looks amazing in it. I’d look like crap in it because I don’t have the colouring.
I can’t watch this while at work but … can they get engaged now? Come on. The distraction is much-needed. W&K will look like dried-out prunes next to them. Oh my god do it, do it now.
Question. Are there ever any dudes on the cover of GH?
ETA: Just googled. I mean … rarely?
there seems to be a whole lotta MM love on CB especially for what she says in this interview but IMO she’s about as deep as a fishbowl and comes across almost vain in how she is so affected in her mannerisms with the swishy hair thing etc (maybe just something actresses do in interviews when they’re hot on the press?, I dunno) ….guess I have unreasonably high standards for royal spouses considering the millions she will be getting to be a paid spokesperson for the RF. But yeah, i like me a roast chicken any day of the week, girlfriend, keep on sellin it, looks like it may work out for ya…
it’s a fashion shoot, those r talking points, they gave her that she’s responding to. Did you expect her to quote ghandi? If you want thoughtful, articulate, brilliant Meghan may I point you to YouTube and many of her interviews and speeches,and even this”shallow ” interview is way better than anything the current duchess Kate have done.
The interview was on”GP” US last July (so she probably did the interview in May or April 2016) and “GP” UK choosed to release it this year in May(because she is Prince Harry girlfriend…)
And it’s an interview for “GP”,what kind of “deep” things do you want her to talk about here?…
She had written essays about “how periods affect little girls in India”,colorism ,her work for Worl Vision Canada and others subjects….so… and Harry is not an academic so…yes,you just don’t like her…
Huh? I just want some entertainment, I’m not a UK taxpayer so I don’t care about the money. She’s pretty and will wear pretty things next to her pretty husband (if it comes to that). I’m not asking for Wonder Woman. Although I don’t know why you dislike her so much, she has done more charity work voluntarily that that Duchess.
Roast chicken is really easy and somehow really impressive, plus you can do some veg at the same time. Totally recommend. And if you don’t like the long cook time, spatch cock it by splitting it down the spine and opening it up flat.
Anyone have any favourite flavor combos for roast chicken? I tend to do lemon rosemary and garlic. I also really like piri piri, but haven’t braved making the sauce from scratch.
Also, this is how you do relatable, Will and Kate, not the nonsense about no help.
Not a huge fan of poultry but Mr Sixer does a good roast chicken. Stuffs it with apple/sausagemeat/sage/breadcrumbs. Bacon over the breast, but take it off at the end to crisp the skin on the breast.
This sounds HEAVENLY.
Sixer, stop, you are making me hungry!
Oof, that sounds heavenly. I haven’t tried a stuff roast chicken, but this is making me feel like I should, and apple, sausage and sage is a divine combo.
Good on the Mr, crispy skin is an absolute must.
I slip some good butter between the breast and the skin.
“Mr. Sixer”. LOL. Plus it is good to have a good man. Even better to have a good man who cooks! Best wishes, Sixers.
He would never get chicken if he didn’t cook it himself! I like red meat!
Totally right. Roast chicken is so easy yet it is also impressive. Megan is right that Ina has the top roast chicken game. She makes it every week for her husband Jeffrey.
I also co-sign that flavour combo. I put the lemon in the chicken cavity after putting holes in the lemon with a fork.
I also like thyme, butter, salt, pepper, garlic together with stuffing thyme under the chicken skin.
I also will either brine a whole chicken for variety or make a compound butter with herbs that I will put under the chicken skin.
I think the secret to excellent roast chicken is to cook it at a high heat. Most people roast at too low a temp.
Sounds awesome – how long do you roast?
Just co-signing your post because it is exactly what I was going to write. the thyme is a more subtle flavor than rosemary and I prefer it sometimes. Also a bit of tarragon. Ina Garten’s recipe appear in her original cookbook and is so, so easy. Bake at 450 for 2.5 hours. I also assemble loads of potatoes, onions, carrots and assorted root veg around it. Delicious!!!
yup- between 2-2.5 hours is what I usually do. Then slice to see if the juices run clear.
Sounds like you cook your birds pretty much the same as I do. Try cooking it on a grill with indirect heat, preferably charcoal. Brine it, fill the cavity with veggies or lemons garlic and rosemary. I need to take a 17 lb free range turkey out to do the same thing. My mouth is watering.
Oooh, brining makes the chicken so tender, and you are ao right, thyme is a really nice addition or sub for rosemary. I actually use it more often because we have it around more, and often company doesn’t love rosemary.
@ Sunny, That sounds VERY impressive. Perhaps I will have to put aside my semi-homemade soup and beer bread to take up the craft of roasting chicken.
P.S. to all : Beer bread : 3 cups Mrs. Brodie’s self-raising flour, 3 tablespoons sugar and 10 ounces of beer. Mix and put into a greased loaf pan. Bake at 350 degrees for 45-60 minutes. Serve after it has cooled off a bit but still warm. Everyone thinks you are Martha -F**king-Stewart!
If you do Costco, they started carrying a piri piri sauce (at least at mine in Ontario). There are always ground dry piri piri mixtures.
Oh really? I am in Ontario, but usually I buy nando’s.
I usually rub it under the skin with butter and parsley and stuff a couple of cut-up lemons into the cavity.
Do you find rubbing butter under the skin increases the crispiness? I used to do this, but I kind of slacked off because raw chicken skin is gross and I wasn’t sure it added anything. Mostly the gross part.
I make roast chicken all the time and it was the first thing I ever learned to cook (when I got married I baked cookies, only, and opened cans).
They say you have to truss the bird, but I don’t do that.
Preheat oven to 375 f or 190 c.
1 6-7 lb roaster, removed of giblets.
Rinsed with cold water and patted dry.
Set bird in roasting pan, on oiled wire rack.
Place a whole head of garlic and one half onion instead bird’s cavity.
(Maintain proper hygiene by washing hands every time you handle the bird.)
Flip bird breast side down and slather with olive or grapeseed oil, mild hotsauce (I like Franks, Cholula, or Crystal’s), and encrust with herbes de provence (or your favorite blend of herbs and spices) — plus salt and pepper.
Flip bird breast side up, and repeat with seasoning.
Set in oven and roast for an hour and a half.
Don’t baste, but check for doneness. (165 f or 74 c is considered safe for poultry.)
If not done, cook for another 15 minutes to half hour until juices run clear when you cut down into a drumstick joint.
When done, take out of oven, remove onion and garlic from cavity (don’t eat these), and let bird cool slightly for fifteen minutes. Resting reabsorbs moisture, so that the juices don’t run out onto your board when you carve.
There are videos online that show the proper way to carve poultry.
At this time you can take two table spoons of pan drippings and make a roux, a gravy, or white wine reduction – if desired.
You can also serve the chicken with a vinaigrette of your choice.
You can bake potatoes on a top rack, or roast vegetables along with the chicken.
When bird is carved and plated, serve with lemon halves to sprinkle on the delicious savory-salty-crispy skin.
This roaster makes a lovely chicken salad, too.
Take cold, diced, leftover, and skin-free, white meat, and add mayo or veganaise, then add in fine dice onion, carrot, celery, cilantro (or dill), a dash of dijon mustard, Worcestershire and soy sauce sauce, to taste, and S&P, and finally sprinkle on some lime juice. Sometimes I add in kosher dill pickles, minced, or smoked paprika to the top, or I’ll add chopped roasted green chiles in season, or sweet red peppers, or minced jalapenos. Serve on French bread with romaine lettuce spears and a dash of balsamic vinegar and olive oil on the salad greens.
Enjoy.
Oh my goodness. Pierce two whole lemons with a fork, push them inside the bird and bake until done. Done.
Any good roast chicken recipes? I like the fact that she likes food. I love anyone who loves a good meal and can cook it!
I love Tyler Florence’s ultimate roast chicken
http://www.foodnetwork.com/recipes/tyler-florence/the-ultimate-roast-chicken-recipe
And Thomas Keller’s truly classic recipe
https://www.buzzfeed.com/christinebyrne/roast-chicken-rules?utm_term=.wmnDAM2LYm#.tcqDlbq90d
those are good links. thank you for posting.
That Thomas Keller recipe is freakin fantastic, we cook a ton and it’s the best roast chicken I’ve ever tasted. Add a pat of butter on each piece before serving, you never knew a simple chicken could be so good!
Ina Garten’s is consistently good
http://www.foodnetwork.com/recipes/ina-garten/perfect-roast-chicken
She’s sweet. Leo confidence is attractive.
she certainly preens like a Leo! not a fan myself of MM, she seems phoney even in this interview that so many other posters find endearing…but hey, gotta give it to her for working hard and following her dreams even if the UK ends up subsidizing her soon to be high society princess lifestyle a la Kate Middleton…
The UK would get their money’s worth with her, she has ingrained work ethic as a evidenced by her resume, that’s more than I can say even for the current crop of young royals, including her bf
Kaiser, I am so with you on this. When you watch this woman on video, it’s impossible not to see what Harry sees in her. She is radiant. That’s why I was so bummed when she posted all that ridiculous banana spooning nonsense and really seemed too childish for the position we all hoped she would be taking on. Fortunately she seems to have gotten in gear and I have to say I’ve found myself really warming to her.
Also, Kaiser, I’m editing my comment to say that Chris Pine has a video on DM where he and Kate McKinnon are messing around in the SNL prop department AND HE LOOKS SO DAMN HOT. I know you’re a fan:)
Hahaha. Engagement chicken! That’s all I can think about with this article. Especially since Ina’s roast chicken recipe is basically engagement chicken – the dinner that tells your man you’re a good cook so propose already? (I never understood engagement chicken’s purpose lol)
A whole roasted chicken isn’t that hard, and usually comes out more moist because it hasn’t been butchered apart. You should try it. Usually less is more when cooking it, but for some reason it’s still super impressive even though you prep for 5 minutes and the oven does the rest.
Maybe brownie points if you make a sauce from the jus which adds an extra 5-10 minutes but you can do it while the chicken rests.
She comes across really great in this. Warm, friendly, interesting… like someone you could easily picture yourself being friends with. Now I feel a little bummed that I missed out on her website (never heard of it until the post here announcing she was shutting it down)… I would have loved to peek at the recipes, at least!
Speaking of which… Felíz Cinco de Mayo everyone! I am going to a casual dinner later to celebrate, and am in need of a light dish or dessert to make and take. Anyone have favorites/ideas? 🙂
She does seem very relatable, and seems like she has a lot of charisma! Very charming and down to earth.
I noticed she seems to have the opposite body of Kate and Pippa – a short waist. I do, too, and I like how she dresses her body. She also seems curvier than I thought she was, and I hope she doesn’t do a Middleton and diet her beauty away.
I was laughing cause I loved that nautical outfit on her, and I know how Kate just LOVES her blue stripes!! Uh-oh!!!! Watch out, Kate!! Someone else might be wearing the blue stripes, too!!!
(Hated that pink, green blue outfit. Ugh.)
This is what I’m making for a party I am going to tonight. It is amazing and super easy. http://www.topsecretrecipes.com/Chevys-Sweet-Corn-Tomalito-Copcat-Recipe.html
America’s Test Kitchen/Cook’s Country has a good salad that is jicama, mango, orange with a lime and red pepper flake dressing. Not too sweet, a little bit of heat from the pepper. Jicama gives it a good crunch.
Fruit salad if you have a little time to chop
Throw in some mango and/or coconut, and you’re good to go.
Flan takes longer.
Brownies with cinnamon, or whipped cream with cinnamon on brownies.
She seems like a breath of fresh air after all these years of following the Duchess of Dull.
But hey remember, KM sets a low standard–anyone who can string a cohesive sentence together will surpass her any day of the week~~
I hope she sticks to her own accent and doesn’t try to FakePosh it like Duchess Dimwit.
If Meghan and Harry get married UK’s racism will be on full display for the world to see just like when the Obama’s were inaugurated. I’m sure Republicanism will be out in full force and talk of slimming down the monarchy to just the heirs will become very popular.
Much as our miserable levels of awful xenophobia have been on full display since Brexit, I think you’re entirely wrong about this.
We can continue a wait-and-see approach but typically the royal family endears more to the suburbs and rural areas and those areas tend to be nationalistic (i.e. more white). I don’t believe she’ll be embraced like Catherine who is a white English woman; subtle race-based comments will become more normal until it’s outright racist.
You can rush to judgement all you like but I actually live here.
Racism and xenophobia are alive and well in Britain. But if you think the population is going to go full Obama-style hate-paranoia or march on Buck House with pitchforks demanding a republic because a ginger prince marries a biracial American actor, you don’t understand the dynamics of the UK one tiny little bit.
It may not be as dramatic as pitch-forks demanding a republic but I bet they’ll be a lot more think pieces on ‘if monarchies belong in the 21st century’ and race-based slights by the media. It’ll be subtle and slow at first before it all goes quickly downhill.
They’ll question her being on the payroll no matter who she is or where she comes from. That’s a given. Whomever he marries, they’re going to need to make sure their kids are out of the limelight and are prepared for life outside the fishbowl (ie. like Lady Sarah).
Stop talking absolute cobblers.
Sixer,can you explain me how is racism in the U.K? Because I’m french bi-racial,and I used to think that U.K. was more “open” about diversity than US until that “Meghan” happened and “les Unes” du Daily Mail,Sun and others were so shocking…I was so horrified….
It’s pretty much the same as it is anywhere! Shitty and much too prevalent!
But what I am saying here is that aside from the troglodyte Daily Fail journalists and commenters, NOBODY WILL CARE. The idea that Harry marrying a biracial woman would lead to an uptick in republicanism is utter nonsense. Barely anybody here would consider the BRF undermined by a non-white member or do any of that stuff that Obama had to put up with as a black president. If Markle shows up and cuts ribbons, people by and large will like her. Simple as that.
The structures of racism are pretty much the same from country to country but I do think the cultural expressions are different. And they are hard to explain because cultural codes are just understood by insiders and missed by outsiders, aren’t they? That British racism would manifest itself by all the racists suddenly going republican because of a prince’s marriage is a non-starter. It’ll manifest in plenty of other ways, for sure, just not this one.
@FrenchB – you have to remember that the rags you’re referencing are permanent click-bait homes for a very small minority of international bigots, racists and all-round losers in the human race.
The ‘agenda’ of these rags and the accompanying comments are really not a reflection of the feelings of UK Joe or Joanna public.
@Sixer I hear you but I still think people are underestimating white rage and racism. A lot of times racism can be ‘dormant’ in people until something like this happens. Most of the racist comments came from Prince Harry fans. If they were to be engaged I bet the articles about how much the wedding will cost, her security, vacations, etc. will be an everyday occurrence with a likely hood of this arousing dormant white supremacists.
Jessica – literally everything you are saying misunderstands how racism manifests in the UK and how it would ever interact with attitudes towards the BRF. You are putting all the wrong cultural expressions on it. The Fail will write a few race bait and misogynist articles as it always does about everything and the bottom feeders who comment there will say racist and misogynist things as they always do about everything.
NOBODY ELSE WILL CARE.
UK racists and xenophobes and Islamophobes will insist that the immigrants are taking all the social housing and welfare benefits when they aren’t, and that the brown men are trying to steal all the white girls who should rightfully belong to the white men when they aren’t, just as they always have.
BUT NOBODY WILL CARE ABOUT HARRY AND MEGHAN.
@Sixer
LOL!….I wondered where the ‘it couldn’t possibly happen’ brigade would go next after a relationship was confirmed without doubt. It’s always interesting to see the goal post move and shift as each ‘it couldn’t’ possibly happen’ then happens.
It now seems that full blown racism is going to take over every corner of Britain. Oh sorry! England. We really ought to brace ourselves…
Thank you Sixer and Skylar for explanations….I was just wondering how a fifth to the trône marrying a bi-racial(and who will-if she marries Harry- having white children like Paula Patton and Robin Thicke son who is white,blond with green eyes…) can led to british reclaiming Republic?I mean he won’t probably never be a king….but maybe I am underestimating White supremacists….
Thinking that the immigrants are stealing jobs,welfare and that the country is being”beige”(like myself….)….is everywhere (la pensée dominante)in Europe now (France,Germany,Italy,Netherlands,UK…US….)…
I hope for her if she works harder as Sophie (if she marries Harry…),that her “color” will be forgotten….
I haven’t lived in the U.K. in 20+ years, but I don’t recall the BRF being part of people’s daily lives. More like a long running reality TV show that occasionally throws a big parade. If Meghan shows up for work, wears nice clothes, and let’s people get an occasional glimpse of her pretty babies, she will do just fine.
That’s what I think too, Sixer. No matter who he marries, there will be complaints about the cost of the wedding and her being on the royal dole. But who she is, where she comes from, her nationality, her background – nobody is going to care about that. It won’t bring on the revolution.
BritAfrica: me too. It’s interesting to watch the pretzel logic that justifies the moved goal posts of ‘it’ll never happen …….’
LAK, Brit – but what is it based on? The narrow subsection of international plonkers who post in the Fail comment sections, plus the narrow subsection of obsessives who post in the tumblr fandom, most of whom aren’t British either?
Because, as Megan points out, I can honestly say that in my Real British Life Wot I Live Every Day, I have never met a Harry fan or a William fan or a Kate fan, or, for that matter, a Harry hater, a William hater or Kate hater.
If I went to the village pub and started wanking on about Meghan Markle and whether or not Prince Harry should marry her cos y’know, shock horror, biracial, everyone would think I’d had some kind of breakdown.
Very well said Skylark.
The diehard racists and extreme Brexiteers will for sure make their nasty comments and continue to wail over the fact that they had banked on Harry to marry a long haired blue eyed blonde. But I believe the majority of people will welcome Meghan as the breath of fresh air that she is. I sincerely hope to continues with her present dress style and doesn’t go all dowdy like most members of the RF.
I think people call her sparkle markle and princess sparkle as a insult, but I mean the woman really does sparkle – she just crackles with confidence and good energy and warmth in that video. Can’t blame Harry for being about that action!
My friends and i call her Princess Sparkle for fun rather than hatred or disapproval. Plus it rhymes with Markle. A potential future princess. In a world of fairytales. It’s fun and cute.
I didn’t realise that others were calling her Princess Sparkle as a perjorative.
I don’t know, she seems comftable on camera but so don’t see anything more than that and these kind of videos and type of people are usual form kind of lifestyle actresses so this is what I expected to see. It’s not bad but I don’t know why people seem impressed.
This one looks like Pippa….Kate’s sister. They obviously have similar taste in women.
Are you a pippa friend? Or pippa? Sober up, pippa is nothing like Meghan Markel.
I can see a resemblance to Pippa. It’s not a bad thing or a good thing, just something I notice.
I think she looks like Pippa too. I dont know either one personally so cant say whether or not they are alike other than appearance.
I think they definitely resemble each other, although less in this video, in motion, than they do in still photos. I can’t see how people don’t see that. Meghan is much prettier than Pippa, though.
Yup. When I saw the Pippa article, I said “oh, a Megan post.”
I didn’t really have an opinion of her either way other than thinking she was extremely pretty, but her confidence and warmth in this video totally won me over. It’s what I hoped Kate would be early on (waaay early on).
Please God let them get engaged soon. A royal wedding is everything I need right now.
Her comment about flying with movies and wine being like a little vacation won me over. I get that!! It is like a moment of stolen time, flying, in between your life. She seems thoughtful.
And I pray the BRF doesn’t do to her what it has done to Diana, Fergie and Kate. Cause it sucked the confidence out of all of them.
Weeeeellll, there’s always that whole becoming a republic thingy, might just do the trick
I think the only people who will care if they marry are those on the DM site he’s not in line for the throne so I honestly don’t think they RF will mind. I watched Suits for 2 episodes so the voice is the same. I love love roast chicken any kind of chicken to be honest.
Love that black and white ensemble she is wearing. She has natural elegance and poise.
Make sure you roast the whole chicken in a bed of chicken stock. Also halfway through the Roasting time, flip the whole chicken on the other side. And I also brush in in egg yolk on the top, rights before taking it out of the oven/baking time finishes, so that it has a glaze.
I like to throw a little dry white wine over it.
I clicked on this post only because I was hungry. I watched the embedded video, so I can say: it’s so rehearsed, there is a script and she is an actress. So PR.
I would die inside if I were to make new friends because of a chicken roast I prepared. I mean, really?
As many as you want! Save the trouble and buy them at Whole Paycheck!
It’s not a script, why would u need a script to talk about ur life and roast chicken. geez,
Yes u make friends with a dish, you discuss the ingredients and method of cooking, then move on to your kids if you have any,then clothes and make-up and. before u know it, you’re making plans to have lunch with a new friend. That is the mark of a good dinner party, and it all start with the food. Also, Ms Markle was paid for a photo shoot and an interview, its a job assignment, not a pr stunt.
Cooking is an art. I would have no problem meeting someone over a dish of food. Food is a universal language, everybody can relate. If I met and made friends with someone over a dish I cooked, I’d be chuffed*.
I found a 3 ingredient recipe for York Peppermint Patties: Mix 4C of icing sugar with a can of condensed milk, and 1.5 tsp mint extract. Beat for 5 minutes, roll in 1″ balls, flatten slightly, dry 1 hour on parchment papered tray, flip and dry 1 more hour. Stick them in the freezer for 15 minutes while you melt the chocolate, and dip away. I got 33 patties. Keep cold. Identical to the real thing, honest.
(*I’m learning English)
Meghan has a lot more pizazz and personality than Kate, that’s for sure. It’s a shame that Kate either is too restraint to show us her personality or maybe she just doesn’t have one.
Me too! Is there a prince for me? (Prince Andrew-ooops, the Duke of York-is about my age. No thank you!)
I think Meghan comes across as polished, warm, approachable and vivacious. She’s going to be a great asset to the BRF.
That red dress…divine! She has good taste.
+1-love it, and what a gorgeous color on her!
She is definitely self-satisfied and seems kind of girly. I think this is rehearsed as well. But she is beautiful and warm and seems suitable for a life of shaking hands and making speeches. I really like the Duchess as well and think she does a great job considering her husband is controlling and “private”. Harry seems like he would actually want a wife who was out and about so she’ll be able to live up to the role of public servant more easily than Kate.
Interesting point, which made me realize that Kate isn’t really a “girly” woman. Meghan is much more chatty in this video, and giggly and definitely what I would call “feminine.” Kate really isn’t feminine at all. I think she is much more “sporty,” what we in the states would call a “tomboy.”
I also think she would be much better at the job of Duchess than the Duchess is. Again, Kate doesn’t seem to be an extrovert at all. Meghan does.
Warm, confident and lively. I worry for her going into the BRF and the starchiness and grey men and protocol.
Yes I agree OTOH I get the feeling she’s got enough self confidence, and determination etc that no matter what she’ll come out the other side better off.
Yes, but so did Fergie. Fergie was outgoing, warm, approachable, really well liked at first. A few missteps later, the British press made her out to be the spawn of Satan. I am the age Diana would have been if she had lived, so I saw all of this as it happened and I saw how someone loved, like Fergie, ended up being mocked and pilloried.
I don’t think Diana, Fergie or Kate fared well at all in the BRF. I know everyone here loves the Queen and think she is just adorable, but I think the family is cold and judgmental, and the British press brutal.
Maybe if she marries Harry, they will move to Africa and do charity there, out of the bright lights that end up burning these women.
Fergie was 26 six years old, not well-educated, and basically Paddy’s “chalet girl” as others have pointed out. She was the good time girl for the good time prince, but not someone who was self-confident and assured (as she’s spent the last 20 years telling us in books and tv).
Fergie hadn’t been out in the world supporting herself for 15 years and gaining the personal confidence of being successful in a difficult field. I don’t think Meghan Markle would be a problem if she married in to the royal family. If she kept her head down, did the work like Sophie, everything would be fine.
nota, I get that you don’t think the British will give Meghan a hard time, but are you old enough to remember how Fergie was beloved in the beginning, even though she is what you condescendingly call a “chalet girl”? People thought she was a “breath of fresh air,” just like everyone here talks about Meghan now. People thought she would “bring informality and freshness to the Royal Family” and everyone was so excited about her. She was outgoing, she was approachable, she was fun!!! All the things Meghan seem to be.
And she was destroyed.
It’s history. I remember it very clearly as it occurred. The British press and citizens turned on her, quickly and viciously. She was loved until she wasn’t. Tough gig, marrying a Prince. And I don’t think comparing the woman who will marry Harry to Sophie when most people, including myself, can’t even remember who she is married it. Wills and Harry are WAY more high profile than almost anyone but the Queen.
I think part of the problem for Sarah (not all of the problem, but part of it) is that she had to “compete” with Diana, who was so tall, thin, beautiful, and, well, the Princess of Wales. And Diana was better at PR. Diana looked good in everything she wore and she was always in shape. Obviously, that’s a shallow comment to make but the British press seems to value that in a princess. And then there was the charisma that no one, not even Julia Roberts, could compete with. I do think Fergie had some sort of career before she married Andrew, so I don’t think she was without substance when she married him (and I could have sworn people said she did well in school and became a Head Girl?), but if I married into any family, Diana is not the person I’d want to be compared to all the time. I know I’d massively fail (which is why I have no idea why William always wants his wife to be compared to her).
I’m not saying the British press would be friendly at all to Meghan, but Meghan isn’t dealing with Diana as her “competition.” Meghan is just as pretty and thin as Kate, and Kate has no charisma. So there’s that. The only way I could see her being completely destroyed is if the Middletons put out weird rumours about her. And, well, on some level, I kind of wouldn’t put it past them to do that. Meghan also seems PR savvy, which sometimes I don’t think Fergie always is.
Meghan will probably always be compared to Kate, since that’s a thing the press does, but since Kate is so average at everything, I don’t necessarily see Meghan losing herself the way Fergie did….because…eh…we’re talking about Kate here. Then again, Kate might step up game, and then we’d have to listen to stories ad nauseum about how wondrous her charitable achievements are. I think Kate would have wound up lazy even if she hadn’t married a prince.
I don’t think Fergie was dumb at all, but you have to be kind of savvy to maneuver the press, and since Meghan is an actress, she might have that part covered.
Yes, I was here to remember it. Sarah wasn’t supporting herself on her job as an admin assistant in a publishing house. She was Paddy’s girlfriend, which is why she spent so much time hanging out in Switzerland while he paid the bills.
Paddy McN has been in the background for 30 years. He was even providing the house she was going to move into when the girls were young (except the scandal about the Swiss boarding school put a stop to that). He may even have paid for her half of the new Swiss house. How else is multiple-times-bankrupt Sarah Ferguson paying for her life in Switzerland and half of a $20 million chalet?
Sarah wasn’t self-confident, she wasn’t polished or professional. And she was lazy. Sarah had a large part to play in destroying herself. She did fewer engagements than the Queen Mum for goodness sake. She earned the original Duchess Dolittle and Her Royal Idleness names back in 1988.
The press went after her and built up a rivalry between her and Diana, just as they will do with KM and whomever Harry marries. But Meghan Markle is 10 years older than Fergie was. She’s a success in her own right. She appears poised and self-confident, and clearly media saavy. No matter what the press does or doesn’t do to her, she’s far better prepared to handle it than Fergie was.
I love that she is a calligrapher. I took a modern calligraphy class a few weeks ago. I’m not very good at it but I do enjoy the art of a good hand written letter.
No one mentioned the striped sweater/pink skirt outfit but I LOVED IT!! Everything down to the shoes was great. That’s one way to do a dressy casual and still look fun.
Right?! I love that outfit!! I don’t even like pink that much but I would totally wear this!
Queen Elizabeth’s corgis love carrots, too:
“I sometimes help with the corgis but, let me tell you, she can do phenomenal things with those dogs. When she comes in from a ride, they line up for her in the Royal Mews and she feeds them carrots. They actually line up, even though some of them belong to other people – they’re not all hers. I said, ‘Your Majesty, you must be soaking them in bacon grease – dogs don’t eat carrots.’ And she said, ‘Watch this’, and then she names them, Fred, Joe whatever. And they line up, bam, bam, bam, bam, and she says, ‘Now, don’t be rude now. Are you ready?’ Then she feeds them in a line. One day, it might be four or six – one day my wife Pat saw ten.”
And I read an interview with Camilla a few years back where the interviewer asked her what she liked to cook and she said, “I like to make a roast chicken.”
Plus the calligraphy job as a side gig is good, too — it’s not ‘common’ like waiting tables.
My verdict: she’s in.
Camilla (and her chef son) have admitted that roast chicken is pretty much the only thing she knows how to cook.
She’s cute and the roast chicken sounds delicious but I giggled at the “I think handwritten notes are a lost art form”. She reminded me for the second time (first one was the cool girl article) to the novel Gone Girl, when Desy tells Nick: – Amy and I believe in the lost art of letter writing-.
Everything good but why vegan pants when she eats chicken???
Engagement chicken as someone else has said. I am now married to my husband because of roast chicken and a computer crashed (mine). Known him for over 30 years and got together almost 13 years ago. He loves my cooking and still fixes my computer. LOL
She’s gorgeous. Watching this, I realized she would be incredibly good at the job of royaling. I wonder why the royal family never thought to marry actors before? It’s great preparation for the role.
Lord Freddie Windsor is married to Sophie Winkelman of 2 1/2 men. And of course, there’s Monaco.
Roasting a whole chicken is one of my all time favorite things to do on a cloudy rainy day. It is VERY easy. After years and years, I have settled on Ruth Reichl’s recipie she put in her book.
http://www.food.com/recipe/ruth-reichls-roast-chicken-with-potatoes-onions-208020
I dump carrots, whole garlic cloves, potatoes and onions in the chicken pan.
I know I could just Google it, but I love everyone on here — so please tell me who is this chick???? I know she’s dating prince Harry but who is she?
I think she resembles Prince Harry and they look good together.
They have the same nose when you see them in profile.
Photos out today of MM watching Harry play polo with other celebs. And, going to the wedding (one way or another) . . .
Ladies, start your engines!
Vegan leather wedding dress … please let that happen.
Just came on here to say hummus and cucumber is where it’s at.