As I watched Harry & Meghan: An African Journey, I got sort of mad about how their words were being framed by Prince William and Kensington Palace’s gaslighting campaign. It’s clear that Harry and Meghan said what they wanted to say and framed their issue the way they wanted to frame it. They were careful and mature and measured. This wasn’t a rash lashing-out. They weren’t “fragile” as William’s people said. They were raw and tired and they were also executing a new strategy. But… you know, smears are gonna smear and the royal commentators are f–king desperate to reframe the Sussexes’ words to slam them in any way possible. So here you do:
Prince Harry and Meghan Markle are ‘miserable and unhappy’ as he battles a new ‘wave of agony’ after retracing his mother’s steps in Africa, according to royal biographer. Speaking on Sky News, Angela Levin said: “Yes I think one can’t do anything but praise Harry for coming out when they opened up the Heads Together campaign, with William and Kate. He was very honest about all the panic attacks he felt and he got very aggressive. I thought it was incredibly brave. It seems unfortunate now, from things I recognised from the time, he is having another wave of agony over his mother, Princess Diana. The trip was going to be very difficult as he was retracing his mother’s steps. But I think there is more to it than that. I think he feels and looks incredibly miserable and unhappy. Meghan is unhappy too and it seems incredibly sad that they can’t seem to help each other at the moment.”
Levin is the author of Harry: A Biography of a Prince, which I vaguely remember as being full of utter bulls–t, but whatever. I love how all these old biddies are just INSISTENT on telling us what to see in the documentary. Considering all of the hype around the clips, I thought the full doc would be Harry curled up in the fetal position, wailing, as Meghan gave tearful speeches. It was none of that. Harry spoke honestly as an adult man who has struggled for years with his mental health, and someone who has the tools and self-awareness to both manage his health and discuss it openly. Meghan was close to tears during an interview, but she ended it by saying that she has her husband and her baby and that’s all that matters. The Sussexes are NOT “miserable and unhappy” in general, or with each other. They are unhappy at very specific things and very specific people.
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Cannot wait to see Harry, Megs and baby Archie stateside. These UK media fools are so tired with their bull shit.
These RRs just need to shut up.
What I saw in the doc was two people happy with each other and happy with their new baby. I hope they continue to take joy and comfort in that and let the haters hate. The real unhappy people are the ones who continue to try to undermine them and their relationship.
Angela Levin, has been bashing Meghan for over a year now. She couches her hate passive aggressively. She has never liked Meghan, but Dr Shola, who appeared with her on Sky news, wiped the floor with her.
British media is transparently racist. I just hope that Meg and Harry stick together and surround themselves with people who support them. The rest of the royal family is messed!
She’s not even a royal reporter claiming she got this from a source—-she is just a commentator commenting on what she believes they think or feel. Which is not even worth mentioning in my opinion.
This women is awful. All week she has been blasting them for their documentary like it is the worst thing to happen to the royal family. She needs to shut up. She doesn’t speak for Harry or anyone. This is how SHE feels.
She is awful, but the RF lets she/them do it so that they can sell papers and so that they can direct “spin” when they feel like they need it.
So now they attacking Harry’s mental health and trying to paint the Sussexes marriage as unhappy and unstable?
I agree that Harry and Meghan aren’t unhappy with each other. They are unhappy with the press. I’m sure the press would love nothing more than to drive them apart.
yeah, I’m sure she has the inside scoop. 🙄 Meghan and Harry will “close ranks” and go it alone–which it seems like they are already doing.
Poor Harry the press is determined to absolute ruin his life and make sure that he is never happy. Ruined his relationships with other girlfriends and now his wife. WTF is wrong with them? Seriously. What the hell is their effing problem? It’s just ridiculous that nothing is too low, nothing is too mean, nothing is off the table as being morally problematic. It’s a bunch of vindictive psychopaths who run these rags.
” WTF is wrong with them?”
The tabloid press is in this fight for one thing only: TO MAKE MONEY!
Watch the British drama show “Press” on PBS Masterpiece Contemporary this Sunday night at 10:00 PM EST. All is explain very well for all sides of the issues.
No, covering the Sussexes is what makes money, period. This is a smear campaign.
Agree about the vindictive psychopaths What… now? and have for some time.
The press response is a masterclass in gaslighting and emotional abuse in general
What a bunch of nonsense. They seem incredibly in love and supportive of one another. They’re upset by certain things, rightfully so, but not each other.
This very much feels to me like they’re trying to give Harry an “out” and extricate him from the source of his pain (which in their eyes is Meghan.)
The problem there is that Meghan isn’t the source of his pain, she’s simply assisted in him removing his rose colored glasses and now he’s calling out horrible people for their bad behavior. Total gaslight.
Levin is starting to sound like one of those women that felt snubbed that Harry didn’t choose them – one of those weird entitled ones that felt they’d be a good match for an actual prince, despite them being awful and classless and genuinely a bit nuts.
Stay mad Angie!
Angie Levin, is around mid sixties or 70, too old for Harry, but she belongs to the ‘don’t complain don’t explain generation, and thinks, Harry should have married someone White
Ahh, so she’s in the Old Racist camp instead of the It Should Have Be Me one.
Still insane.
The press response is garbage but expected. I still can’t get over William, supposed champion of mental health issues, basically gaslighting his brother for talking about about his mental health and calling him fragile. That is so offensive. What the hell has he been doing at the Heads Together events because he sure as hell hasn’t been listening to anything that was actually said. His words stigmatized Harry because he called him weak. WTF.
I will give Kate credit because at least she was smart enough to make it known that she was directly supporting her brother with his issues regarding depression. Maybe that’s due to Carole, I don’t know, but the difference in response is astounding and idiotic on William’s part.
You’re right. How disgusting of William.
It’s still interesting to me that the Sussexes largely let William off the hook with their friend/aide “fragile” rebuttals and put the blame on the BP palace staff/aides for blowing it up into something huge. Truthfully, given how much press the rift got and the emotional attachment people have to the idea of “Diana’s boys,” Harry probably should have steered clear of the topic entirely to avoid it taking over again. It’s an unfortunate topic for Meghan, too, because it reminds people the boys appeared to get along until she came into the picture. That alone is a reason I think they didn’t listen to a PR person or advisor about doing the doc, but I respect him for answering honestly.
The negative spin around the doc seems to be picking up, and, as expected, it‘s focused on the fact that they’re two privileged people. I don’t like that removal of their humanity, but I do understand the voices chiming in to say that it probably wasn’t the right time or place to be… not complaining, because I don’t think they were, but more lamenting, I guess, what had happened to them. It was such a hard contrast between their lives and the lives of the people around them, and I think the real PR win would have been showing more behind the scenes work (we know they do a lot!) or prep-work for the tour and keeping the focus on their travels and the people they were meeting. I’m sure the Firm knew they were filming this documentary, but a cynical take might be to wonder if they weren’t told about this aspect of it until the teasers were released.
FWIW, I did think Harry sounded (understandably) a little fragile talking about his mother’s death and the cameras. The thing I wonder about is how bad it got for him behind the scenes when he was first—and apparently repeatedly—encouraged to seek treatment by William (which Harry himself admitted to) when Harry was in the back half of his 20s, and if William recognized something familiar in the way he was talking about everything in the doc. William benefited from Harry taking the heat off his own misdeeds, yes, but I think there’s a more complicated story about what happened to them in recent years than jealousy and their wives not getting along.
If there is any “negative spin” on the doc it is from the same @ssholes in the press and palace. Which I don’t believe. One minute William is said to have compassion and the next he is said to be furious. Which is it? Also as far as Harry should not have said anything about his brother, I think he was more than generous and diplomatic and actually sought to put the “rift” talk to rest. If he said “No comment” then that would have only increased the speculation. And I think you missed the entire point of the doc. The doc showed people who are more than concerned about others and really trying to engage in something they believe in. Harry’s scenes were really powerful. And yet they are getting all of this petty sh!t from the media about things that are irrelevant. BTW Harry’s statements about the impact of the press and what happened to Diana on his mental state was about 2 minutes of the whole doc, yet people act like it was an episode of Dr. Phil with 45 minutes of complaining.
I hope they move before shit hits the fan’
I find it interesting that Dull Bill took it upon himself to spin the spin – putting out blind items that he is “worried” about his brother. I have no doubt that he loves his brother, but let’s just get a couple of things on the table.
For starters, William is about as charismatic as a cactus in Norway. He has neither his mother’s global charm, nor his father’s sense of humor. I mean, for all his faults, Prince Charles is quite funny and seems to have a genuine curiosity and an intellectual streak. He seems like a reader and is a keen painter. Like, he’s someone that you could have dinner with and have a really interesting conversation.
In contrast, William, second in line to the throne with a very long wait until he ascends, seems to be the most ruthless of them all. Bitter, distant and drilled with duty, you don’t get the sense that he has anything to *say* really. No hobbies, no favorite authors, no nothing. Just a bland, aggrieved hardass, marching toward his obligations every day like a man on death row. But most of all, he increasingly comes across as a modern Lord Fauntleroy who has already proven that he will cozy up to the British tabs when it serves his purposes.
And here we return to Harry. Bruised, battered and disillusioned by the treatment of his wife, he is confronted with very few choices. Stay in the toxic climate of Britain, or set off for distant shores with his wife and children – which would probably mean that he would no longer be a paid member of the monarchy. What then? Speaking engagements? Books? The head of a foundation?
He and Meghan are both millionaires, but anywhere they would move would most likely mean they don’t have the resources required for security, etc. I mean, pretty much anywhere in California (say Malibu) is waaaayyy out of their price range. And even then, if Harry were to disengage from the BRF, what would that look like in the long run for him? Could he truly disconnect from the Mothership and not feel some sense of loss? After all, Meghan gave up literally *every. thing.* to be with him. Could he do the same?
We don’t know. But we do know that this whole situation is effed up. And Dull Bill is only “worried” insofar as this affects *him.*
Prediction: Harry bolts from Britain, becomes an even larger global influence than his sourpuss brother.
No anyplace in CA is not “way out of their price range”. They are worth about $40 million which is more than a lot of celebrities are worth. A lot of “celebrities” are mortgaged up to their eyeballs and are cash poor. That is why they are working non-stop. And it does not have to be in CA either. Maybe they would live in DC or really anyplace they chose. H&M can afford someplace nice. And I have no concern about them earning an income. But the question is why should they have to leave? Harry has as much of a birthrite in the RF as anyone else. If Pedo Andy can go riding around with the queen and nobody is suggesting he leave, then neither should H&M.
All very good points.
And I may have to borrow this, thanks: “as charismatic as a cactus in Norway.”
While everyone is talking about this garbage, Prince Andrew the pedo is getting off scot free- or is he? How about William boning the neighbor’s wife? I can’t figure out why Megan Markle got involved with this idiot anyway. Isn’t Harry the guy who dressed up as a brown shirt on one Halloween? Megan Markle is no dummy- I’m sure she sees the writing on the wall- hopes she takes the kid and runs. These assholes are feeding her to the wolves.
You are right. But that’s what they are doing. Rose’s affair was quickly silenced, with William’s threat and a massive blow of trolls to discredit it; Andrew, is having the wounds tended by the RF (Queen herself), the press and the staff of BP. H&M are alone. Against them, the senior staff of BP, the heir to the throne, the press, the trolls, you name it. Why MM got involved with Harry? Take a look on some pictures she’s looking at him. She can’t be that good actress or else she could win the next ten years of Oscar. It’s love, pure love. The most irrational force in the univers.
Harry and Megan, Great job, You don’t need anyone to tell you how you feel. This is a control thing. Your dad and brother, Thing of you as less important then they are. Will and Kate, your both only thinking of,yourselves. Kate wants another baby so mom and dad and nanny can raise them. No it’s because Kate likes the conttol of , if she has another baby, That will push Harry out more. Harry keep a very close e
Like I said before. They are moving heaven and earth to get rid of H&M. Who are they? Alliens? No. William and his minions, aka, royal staff. The RF knows very well what is being done, and they are doing their share to contribute. It’s obvious, even for the most naive, that in Andrew’s case they are working hard to push it under the carpet, the tabloids, or whatever there is to cover it: photo ops, Fergies’ lacrimonious interviews about the wonderful man she divorced, etc. H&M are on the wrong side of the bed: not going on the pilgrimage to Balmoral, with endless articles about (of course), the continuous chorus on how narcissist she is, the unbalanced Harry, and on and on More: at least two or three articles (just this week) about H&M moving to USA, Africa, Mars or Pluto. As far from William as possible. I agree: Harry is manifesting an unexpected maturity and responsability with his part of being a member of the RF. Nobody thought he would be so …. grown up. That worked as a trigger to deflagrate William’s attention and… why not? Wrath. He wasn’t prepared to have someone playing the second fiddle so well. He knows he doesn’t have the natural empathy of his brother and he was not prepared to cultivate it. Too much work and trouble, he’s the One. Two possibilities: one, H&M are going to be send away to not trouble the king’s picture; second: H&M will divorce because of the pressure (too much sad to be considered, but possible). They love each other, it’s all over their faces, but the stress is harmful for a couple, poor or royal.
There is also a third possibility: that H&M tell them all to get stuffed and continue on the way they are going. Sooner or later this will die down or even more likely, things will heat up even more with Pedo or William will caught with his pants down again. Another possibility is Bea’s wedding will get moved up or Eugenie will announce a pregnancy. H&M should not go anywhere, they should stand their ground.
I pray you are right, I mean, the Andrew’s “problem” will heat up (Billy getting caught I don’t know) and divert the attention from the couple. But I’ve been expecting this since the news about Andrew’s friend appeared. And the clean up was Huge! Of course, MM&H should put their feet down and let the blow pass by. But God help them, it’s very difficult to do it.
I’ve just seen in Twitter that social media accounts that support the sussexs are being shut down left, right and centre. Seriously Kensington Palace really are covering all corners. I’m guessing William saw that #weloveyoumeghan was trending and decided to do something about it. It’s not just the British media they have under control, it’s those blind item sites, blogs and now they are trying to take social media. I bet all the Cambridge’s fan site are still thriving though.
Are you kidding? Is it serious? So they finally lost it and are meaning business?
How would they be able to shut down social media sites?
um, proof?
I’ve seen comments on Twitter about a couple of fan pages on twitter and Instagram that have been shut down. I don’t know how many have been closed because it’s other people noticing them, but it looks like there could be some sort of cull coming regarding Sussex fans on Twitter and instagram. And @jenner I don’t have proof it’s just comments I’ve seen on socials.
Did this Levin person call him up and ask him? Her quote is pretty incoherent and every other word is miserable and unhappy. What a dolt. Every time these two sneeze, someone crawls out of the woodwork to cash in and get their names in the papers. Dismissed,Angela.