The Hashtag About Meghan Being a Liar is Really Unfair
Meghan Duchess of Sussex has been unfairly branded a liar by the press. She has been branded a liar in front of the world, for small inconsistencies in some of her utterances, and it really annoys me. A lot of this has to do with her lawsuit against some media publications in England. Since then, they have been out to get her and with the help of their demon minions on social media, they have set out to assassinate the character of this woman.
Does she put her foot in her own mouth sometimes? Maybe. Does she speak in a way that is not completely accurate from a verbatim standpoint sometimes? Maybe.
The thing is, everyone has their own perception of details and Meghan is no different. The difference between Meghan and the rest of us is that she is on a public stage and some people looking at her are her enemies. So it means she has to be very careful with everything she says. She literally has to cross her "T's" and dot her "I's" in her head before she opens her mouth on every single sentence, or don't speak at all. Honestly, someone in her position is better off if they say next to nothing in public. Amal Clooney is starting to understand that. She silenced herself before it became a problem. This is especially true for women. And women whose fame is somewhat because of who she is married to.
Don't get me wrong. Meghan had a bit of fame and popularity before she married Harry. She was on Suits and people loved her character. But let's be honest. Her marriage to Harry is what propelled her into the public consciousness on an international level. And people like that, women like that, are held to a whole other standard. And they have to be especially careful. For longevity of their marriage, if that is their goal, be seen and heard less rather than more.
But, okay. Meghan is Meghan. She has been outspoken since she was little. She is going to be hard to muzzle. (Is that a word?) And this characteristic will get her into a lot of trouble.
For example, when she said she and Harry got married before their official wedding, this was true but technically it is not true and so she should have worded it differently.
It is like Kourtney Kardashian and her husband Travis Barker. How many times did they "get married"? Only one time. But how many times did she show up in a wedding dress and exchange vows with this man? Two or three times. So technically, she could say they got married three times. But legally there was only one of those events that count as "getting married."
It is clear, for me at least, that something happened between Meghan and Harry that involved the exchange of vows and the Archbishop of Canterbury. She would not have mentioned the Archbishop's name if something had not happened where he was involved. But it was not an official "marriage" in the legal sense of the word. It was only a "marriage" between two lovers who wanted to exchange private vows sort of what Kourtney and Travis did in Vegas without a marriage license.
Nobody has ever told Kourtney and Travis that they did not "get married" in Vegas. But technically, they did not. They only exchanged vows. It is the same of what happened with Meghan and Harry in front of that Archbishop in Canterbury.
He could have not thrown her under the bus by making it seem she was lying because she was not. He did attend an exchange of vows between the two and this exchange of vows was a private marriage in their hearts and minds, and the Archbishop darn well knew that but he flung her under the bus.
It was not nice. This is why for example, I have lost respect for these "men of the cloth." They are just like everybody else, capable of all these emotions that include but are not limited to hate, prejudice and side-taking. He flung Meghan under the bus and he knew that his testimony would really impeach her and he knew damn well what she meant when she said that she and Harry had been "married" by him.
But Meghan does need to understand who she is now. She is no longer just "Meghan from the block." She is Meghan Duchess of Sussex. This is very different and for that reason, she really has to be very careful what the heck she says. Because people are not only listening, they are dissecting.
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