Had to zoom in a bit but I was at The Mall yesterday to be part of the procession.
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Amazing that you were able to be there in person.
It was really good. So pleased we went. Very busy but worth it. The service was broadcast to the crowds over speakers so we really felt part of it all. The 2 mins silence was especially surreal and lots of people made for a very rousing National Anthem.
i saw a reporter talking to someone and she said the same thing - you would have been able to hear a pin drop it was so quiet and still even with thousands of people around.
Yeah the difference between the silence and then the anthem was brilliant. I’m surprised they couldn’t hear us in the Abbey.
Omg now that is cool!!! What an incredible thing to witness history first-hand. Even though its a somber time I really enjoy all the ceremonial aspects of UK tradition. We don't get much, if any, of the formal pomp in the states except for maybe our Presidential inauguration.
It was amazing. I did have to watch a lot of it through my phone as everybody around me was taller but it was amazing just to be there.
Here's one Vogue editor's perspective on why there's such Meghan negativity. I'm not agreeing or disagreeing, just presenting her opinion.
Let’s Call the Endless Meghan Markle Scrutiny What It Is
Nothing quite signals the end of summer like a daylong televised state funeral. As the U.K.’s monarch was laid to rest on Monday, there wasn’t much to do but quietly observe: Proceedings felt poised and proper, the surviving royals managing their perfected stiff upper lips as they publicly grieved.
Of course, everyone on the internet was talking about Meghan Markle, which appears to be Twitter’s resting state despite Markle’s withdrawal from public British life after she and Prince Harry relinquished their senior royal duties. Meghan participated in funereal procedures pitch-perfectly, objectively fulfilling the ambient obligations of any attendee—wearing black, being respectful, not causing a scene. Yet somehow the duchess is once again being slated for acting inappropriately. Let me count the ways.
The initial feeling of familial unity as the Waleses and the Sussexes stepped out to greet streetside mourners was palpable: a message of post-traumatic harmony between allegedly (allegedly, allegedly) feuding brothers and wives, of family patching up differences in a time of loss. Yet this sense of calm quickly descended into online commotion when Meghan carried her own flowers. With an unreadable, almost blank face at the procession, Meghan was accused of disrespectfully smirking. Both Sussexes were criticized for holding hands as they walked into Westminster Hall. Meghan’s also been criticized for acting, as if royal public engagements are not at their hearts performative.
I’m cataloging these gripes to showcase how absurd, and frankly minor, they are in the scheme of burying a monarch. They feel like nothings, mere drips in the ocean of national mourning. Hating on a woman for holding her husband’s hand at his grandmother’s funeral is utterly unhinged. Today’s headlines are calling Meghan a manipulative bully.
It’s difficult not to see the racism or to explain away the vitriol for Markle—the droning, relentless persecution—as anything but racial prejudice. Meghan’s behavior is in line with the Firm’s expectations for her. There was the fuss about wedding tights, and she wore tights this whole trip. Not to be too glib in the face of what’s shaping up to be a campaign of rampant discrimination, but after vocal concern about the coloring of her kids, she bore two light-skinned offspring. What more do these people want? It’s impossible to watch (white) Sophie Wessex hold her (white) husband’s hand at the same event with zero criticism lobbed at them. For the record, I think Sophie is great—I just can’t stand the double standard, the extra expectations on the biracial couple. Let’s not sugarcoat the idea that a Black woman’s display of affection and intimacy makes people more uncomfortable. Black actions are seen differently. They are scrutinized.
I wish there was a less clunky way of making this point; I wish the racism was elevated and sly and hidden and insidious, but it’s parading in plain sight and alarming in its boldness. Any non-white U.K. residents felt that all-too-familiar twinge of hostility as #MeghanMarkleGoHome trended.
I know that Meghan negativity sells or engages higher— that hate perpetuates hate and the ongoing smear campaign (which has no clear author) won’t burn itself out. I’m sure that becoming a duchess wasn’t Meghan’s first introduction to racism, that she’s suffered more intimate and personal discriminations. My biggest worry is that this column about her racist treatment continues the cycle when I could just be praising her round-the-clock decorum, her grace under fire, trying to balance out the hatred. I wonder if high-profile cases like hers help us to talk more openly about racism and how it grouts our institutions and works its way into the cracks of our lives. I wonder if we’re able to call out a particular negativity toward people more freely. I sincerely hope we are.
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Let’s Call the Endless Meghan Markle Scrutiny What It Is
Nothing quite signals the end of summer like a daylong televised state funeral. As the U.K.’s monarch was laid to rest on Monday, there wasn’t much to do but quietly observe: Proceedings felt poised and proper, the surviving royals managing their perfected stiff upper lips as they publicly grieved.
Of course, everyone on the internet was talking about Meghan Markle, which appears to be Twitter’s resting state despite Markle’s withdrawal from public British life after she and Prince Harry relinquished their senior royal duties. Meghan participated in funereal procedures pitch-perfectly, objectively fulfilling the ambient obligations of any attendee—wearing black, being respectful, not causing a scene. Yet somehow the duchess is once again being slated for acting inappropriately. Let me count the ways.
The initial feeling of familial unity as the Waleses and the Sussexes stepped out to greet streetside mourners was palpable: a message of post-traumatic harmony between allegedly (allegedly, allegedly) feuding brothers and wives, of family patching up differences in a time of loss. Yet this sense of calm quickly descended into online commotion when Meghan carried her own flowers. With an unreadable, almost blank face at the procession, Meghan was accused of disrespectfully smirking. Both Sussexes were criticized for holding hands as they walked into Westminster Hall. Meghan’s also been criticized for acting, as if royal public engagements are not at their hearts performative.
I’m cataloging these gripes to showcase how absurd, and frankly minor, they are in the scheme of burying a monarch. They feel like nothings, mere drips in the ocean of national mourning. Hating on a woman for holding her husband’s hand at his grandmother’s funeral is utterly unhinged. Today’s headlines are calling Meghan a manipulative bully.
It’s difficult not to see the racism or to explain away the vitriol for Markle—the droning, relentless persecution—as anything but racial prejudice. Meghan’s behavior is in line with the Firm’s expectations for her. There was the fuss about wedding tights, and she wore tights this whole trip. Not to be too glib in the face of what’s shaping up to be a campaign of rampant discrimination, but after vocal concern about the coloring of her kids, she bore two light-skinned offspring. What more do these people want? It’s impossible to watch (white) Sophie Wessex hold her (white) husband’s hand at the same event with zero criticism lobbed at them. For the record, I think Sophie is great—I just can’t stand the double standard, the extra expectations on the biracial couple. Let’s not sugarcoat the idea that a Black woman’s display of affection and intimacy makes people more uncomfortable. Black actions are seen differently. They are scrutinized.
I wish there was a less clunky way of making this point; I wish the racism was elevated and sly and hidden and insidious, but it’s parading in plain sight and alarming in its boldness. Any non-white U.K. residents felt that all-too-familiar twinge of hostility as #MeghanMarkleGoHome trended.
I know that Meghan negativity sells or engages higher— that hate perpetuates hate and the ongoing smear campaign (which has no clear author) won’t burn itself out. I’m sure that becoming a duchess wasn’t Meghan’s first introduction to racism, that she’s suffered more intimate and personal discriminations. My biggest worry is that this column about her racist treatment continues the cycle when I could just be praising her round-the-clock decorum, her grace under fire, trying to balance out the hatred. I wonder if high-profile cases like hers help us to talk more openly about racism and how it grouts our institutions and works its way into the cracks of our lives. I wonder if we’re able to call out a particular negativity toward people more freely. I sincerely hope we are.
Let’s Call the Endless Meghan Markle Scrutiny What It Is — Vogue
Nothing quite signals the end of summer like a daylong televised state funeral. As the U.K.’s monarch was laid to rest on Monday, there wasn’t much to do but quietly observe: Proceedings felt poised and proper, the surviving royals managing their perfected stiff upper lips as they publicly grieved.
The endless double standards make everything so crystal clear, 100% agreed.Here's one Vogue editors perspective on why there's such Meghan negativity.
Let’s Call the Endless Meghan Markle Scrutiny What It Is
Nothing quite signals the end of summer like a daylong televised state funeral. As the U.K.’s monarch was laid to rest on Monday, there wasn’t much to do but quietly observe: Proceedings felt poised and proper, the surviving royals managing their perfected stiff upper lips as they publicly grieved.
Of course, everyone on the internet was talking about Meghan Markle, which appears to be Twitter’s resting state despite Markle’s withdrawal from public British life after she and Prince Harry relinquished their senior royal duties. Meghan participated in funereal procedures pitch-perfectly, objectively fulfilling the ambient obligations of any attendee—wearing black, being respectful, not causing a scene. Yet somehow the duchess is once again being slated for acting inappropriately. Let me count the ways.
The initial feeling of familial unity as the Waleses and the Sussexes stepped out to greet streetside mourners was palpable: a message of post-traumatic harmony between allegedly (allegedly, allegedly) feuding brothers and wives, of family patching up differences in a time of loss. Yet this sense of calm quickly descended into online commotion when Meghan carried her own flowers. With an unreadable, almost blank face at the procession, Meghan was accused of disrespectfully smirking. Both Sussexes were criticized for holding hands as they walked into Westminster Hall. Meghan’s also been criticized for acting, as if royal public engagements are not at their hearts performative.
I’m cataloging these gripes to showcase how absurd, and frankly minor, they are in the scheme of burying a monarch. They feel like nothings, mere drips in the ocean of national mourning. Hating on a woman for holding her husband’s hand at his grandmother’s funeral is utterly unhinged. Today’s headlines are calling Meghan a manipulative bully.
It’s difficult not to see the racism or to explain away the vitriol for Markle—the droning, relentless persecution—as anything but racial prejudice. Meghan’s behavior is in line with the Firm’s expectations for her. There was the fuss about wedding tights, and she wore tights this whole trip. Not to be too glib in the face of what’s shaping up to be a campaign of rampant discrimination, but after vocal concern about the coloring of her kids, she bore two light-skinned offspring. What more do these people want? It’s impossible to watch (white) Sophie Wessex hold her (white) husband’s hand at the same event with zero criticism lobbed at them. For the record, I think Sophie is great—I just can’t stand the double standard, the extra expectations on the biracial couple. Let’s not sugarcoat the idea that a Black woman’s display of affection and intimacy makes people more uncomfortable. Black actions are seen differently. They are scrutinized.
I wish there was a less clunky way of making this point; I wish the racism was elevated and sly and hidden and insidious, but it’s parading in plain sight and alarming in its boldness. Any non-white U.K. residents felt that all-too-familiar twinge of hostility as #MeghanMarkleGoHome trended.
I know that Meghan negativity sells or engages higher— that hate perpetuates hate and the ongoing smear campaign (which has no clear author) won’t burn itself out. I’m sure that becoming a duchess wasn’t Meghan’s first introduction to racism, that she’s suffered more intimate and personal discriminations. My biggest worry is that this column about her racist treatment continues the cycle when I could just be praising her round-the-clock decorum, her grace under fire, trying to balance out the hatred. I wonder if high-profile cases like hers help us to talk more openly about racism and how it grouts our institutions and works its way into the cracks of our lives. I wonder if we’re able to call out a particular negativity toward people more freely. I sincerely hope we are.
Let’s Call the Endless Meghan Markle Scrutiny What It Is — Vogue
Nothing quite signals the end of summer like a daylong televised state funeral. As the U.K.’s monarch was laid to rest on Monday, there wasn’t much to do but quietly observe: Proceedings felt poised and proper, the surviving royals managing their perfected stiff upper lips as they publicly grieved.
Here's one Vogue editor's perspective on why there's such Meghan negativity. I'm not agreeing or disagreeing, just presenting her opinion.
Let’s Call the Endless Meghan Markle Scrutiny What It Is
Nothing quite signals the end of summer like a daylong televised state funeral. As the U.K.’s monarch was laid to rest on Monday, there wasn’t much to do but quietly observe: Proceedings felt poised and proper, the surviving royals managing their perfected stiff upper lips as they publicly grieved.
Of course, everyone on the internet was talking about Meghan Markle, which appears to be Twitter’s resting state despite Markle’s withdrawal from public British life after she and Prince Harry relinquished their senior royal duties. Meghan participated in funereal procedures pitch-perfectly, objectively fulfilling the ambient obligations of any attendee—wearing black, being respectful, not causing a scene. Yet somehow the duchess is once again being slated for acting inappropriately. Let me count the ways.
The initial feeling of familial unity as the Waleses and the Sussexes stepped out to greet streetside mourners was palpable: a message of post-traumatic harmony between allegedly (allegedly, allegedly) feuding brothers and wives, of family patching up differences in a time of loss. Yet this sense of calm quickly descended into online commotion when Meghan carried her own flowers. With an unreadable, almost blank face at the procession, Meghan was accused of disrespectfully smirking. Both Sussexes were criticized for holding hands as they walked into Westminster Hall. Meghan’s also been criticized for acting, as if royal public engagements are not at their hearts performative.
I’m cataloging these gripes to showcase how absurd, and frankly minor, they are in the scheme of burying a monarch. They feel like nothings, mere drips in the ocean of national mourning. Hating on a woman for holding her husband’s hand at his grandmother’s funeral is utterly unhinged. Today’s headlines are calling Meghan a manipulative bully.
It’s difficult not to see the racism or to explain away the vitriol for Markle—the droning, relentless persecution—as anything but racial prejudice. Meghan’s behavior is in line with the Firm’s expectations for her. There was the fuss about wedding tights, and she wore tights this whole trip. Not to be too glib in the face of what’s shaping up to be a campaign of rampant discrimination, but after vocal concern about the coloring of her kids, she bore two light-skinned offspring. What more do these people want? It’s impossible to watch (white) Sophie Wessex hold her (white) husband’s hand at the same event with zero criticism lobbed at them. For the record, I think Sophie is great—I just can’t stand the double standard, the extra expectations on the biracial couple. Let’s not sugarcoat the idea that a Black woman’s display of affection and intimacy makes people more uncomfortable. Black actions are seen differently. They are scrutinized.
I wish there was a less clunky way of making this point; I wish the racism was elevated and sly and hidden and insidious, but it’s parading in plain sight and alarming in its boldness. Any non-white U.K. residents felt that all-too-familiar twinge of hostility as #MeghanMarkleGoHome trended.
I know that Meghan negativity sells or engages higher— that hate perpetuates hate and the ongoing smear campaign (which has no clear author) won’t burn itself out. I’m sure that becoming a duchess wasn’t Meghan’s first introduction to racism, that she’s suffered more intimate and personal discriminations. My biggest worry is that this column about her racist treatment continues the cycle when I could just be praising her round-the-clock decorum, her grace under fire, trying to balance out the hatred. I wonder if high-profile cases like hers help us to talk more openly about racism and how it grouts our institutions and works its way into the cracks of our lives. I wonder if we’re able to call out a particular negativity toward people more freely. I sincerely hope we are.
Let’s Call the Endless Meghan Markle Scrutiny What It Is — Vogue
Nothing quite signals the end of summer like a daylong televised state funeral. As the U.K.’s monarch was laid to rest on Monday, there wasn’t much to do but quietly observe: Proceedings felt poised and proper, the surviving royals managing their perfected stiff upper lips as they publicly grieved.
that point right there - says it all. they don't even try to hide their hate for her and it is so obvious why! i know i posted about the stupid complaints about her and harry holding hands when others like sophie were doing the same thing without any complaints. even the reporter pointed that out!
Here's one Vogue editor's perspective on why there's such Meghan negativity. I'm not agreeing or disagreeing, just presenting her opinion.
Let’s Call the Endless Meghan Markle Scrutiny What It Is
Nothing quite signals the end of summer like a daylong televised state funeral. As the U.K.’s monarch was laid to rest on Monday, there wasn’t much to do but quietly observe: Proceedings felt poised and proper, the surviving royals managing their perfected stiff upper lips as they publicly grieved.
Of course, everyone on the internet was talking about Meghan Markle, which appears to be Twitter’s resting state despite Markle’s withdrawal from public British life after she and Prince Harry relinquished their senior royal duties. Meghan participated in funereal procedures pitch-perfectly, objectively fulfilling the ambient obligations of any attendee—wearing black, being respectful, not causing a scene. Yet somehow the duchess is once again being slated for acting inappropriately. Let me count the ways.
The initial feeling of familial unity as the Waleses and the Sussexes stepped out to greet streetside mourners was palpable: a message of post-traumatic harmony between allegedly (allegedly, allegedly) feuding brothers and wives, of family patching up differences in a time of loss. Yet this sense of calm quickly descended into online commotion when Meghan carried her own flowers. With an unreadable, almost blank face at the procession, Meghan was accused of disrespectfully smirking. Both Sussexes were criticized for holding hands as they walked into Westminster Hall. Meghan’s also been criticized for acting, as if royal public engagements are not at their hearts performative.
I’m cataloging these gripes to showcase how absurd, and frankly minor, they are in the scheme of burying a monarch. They feel like nothings, mere drips in the ocean of national mourning. Hating on a woman for holding her husband’s hand at his grandmother’s funeral is utterly unhinged. Today’s headlines are calling Meghan a manipulative bully.
It’s difficult not to see the racism or to explain away the vitriol for Markle—the droning, relentless persecution—as anything but racial prejudice. Meghan’s behavior is in line with the Firm’s expectations for her. There was the fuss about wedding tights, and she wore tights this whole trip. Not to be too glib in the face of what’s shaping up to be a campaign of rampant discrimination, but after vocal concern about the coloring of her kids, she bore two light-skinned offspring. What more do these people want? It’s impossible to watch (white) Sophie Wessex hold her (white) husband’s hand at the same event with zero criticism lobbed at them. For the record, I think Sophie is great—I just can’t stand the double standard, the extra expectations on the biracial couple. Let’s not sugarcoat the idea that a Black woman’s display of affection and intimacy makes people more uncomfortable. Black actions are seen differently. They are scrutinized.
I wish there was a less clunky way of making this point; I wish the racism was elevated and sly and hidden and insidious, but it’s parading in plain sight and alarming in its boldness. Any non-white U.K. residents felt that all-too-familiar twinge of hostility as #MeghanMarkleGoHome trended.
I know that Meghan negativity sells or engages higher— that hate perpetuates hate and the ongoing smear campaign (which has no clear author) won’t burn itself out. I’m sure that becoming a duchess wasn’t Meghan’s first introduction to racism, that she’s suffered more intimate and personal discriminations. My biggest worry is that this column about her racist treatment continues the cycle when I could just be praising her round-the-clock decorum, her grace under fire, trying to balance out the hatred. I wonder if high-profile cases like hers help us to talk more openly about racism and how it grouts our institutions and works its way into the cracks of our lives. I wonder if we’re able to call out a particular negativity toward people more freely. I sincerely hope we are.
Let’s Call the Endless Meghan Markle Scrutiny What It Is — Vogue
Nothing quite signals the end of summer like a daylong televised state funeral. As the U.K.’s monarch was laid to rest on Monday, there wasn’t much to do but quietly observe: Proceedings felt poised and proper, the surviving royals managing their perfected stiff upper lips as they publicly grieved.
excellent article. Pretty much exactly aligned with my views.
I agree that the business of hating her sells. It keeps members/posters coming back.
I suspect that’s why a lot of forums let the vitriol go unchecked…
Bingo!!!!!
