Only months after Meghan Markle won her lawsuit against its very own publisher, the British publication the Daily Mail is right back at writing articles about Meghan and Prince Harry.
Columnist Dan Wootton recently penned an op-ed about four of the monarchy's most famous faces: Prince William and Kate Middleton, and Prince Harry and Meghan Markle. As the British press is so often wont to do, it seems the columnist couldn't help but compare the couples … again.
The writer begins his column by praising Prince William and Kate's 10-year-long marriage. The pair just celebrated the milestone anniversary on April 29, 2021:
"After ten years of marriage, Prince William and Catherine (as she prefers to be known formally, although I still can't get used to that) clearly represent the Royal Family's best chance of survival."
He continues, "Sure, it hasn't been easy and there have been significant bumps in the road, but I now truly believe they will break the royal marriage curse and stay together for as long as they are both alive."
He then praises the pair for being so happy, which is genuinely a lovely thing to see:
"More incredibly, a decade on from that tense wedding day, they're genuinely so bloody happy.
"Despite the chaos of Megxit, the shame of Prince Andrew and the pain of losing Prince Philip, William and Kate are more confident in their role. They have a plan, they're going to stick to it and by God they're going to have some fun along the way."
But around this point, it seems Dan Wootton just couldn't help himself. While praising William and Kate's behavior at a recent royal family event, he adds, "That was illustrated perfectly by their engagement on a farm in Durham earlier this week, where Wills laughed his head off affectionately when Kate missed the golf ball while taking a swing.
"That's what the modern monarchy needs to be about.
"It's not actually difficult to be a royal, you know. Just show up, be nice and don't make it all about you."
Then Dan Wootton really picks up steam:
"What a contrast they are with the Duke and Duchess of Glum, who decided early on that a life of royal engagements supporting charities up and down the UK was below them.
"I certainly can't imagine Meghan mucking around with golf clubs on a bitter North East day in the cold."
While it's true that Prince William and Prince Harry have always had divergent life paths, it seems less true that the two are constantly at odds with one another … but you'd never know that from this piece:
"William and Kate live their life in stark contrast to Harry and Meghan, who love to talk a lot about happiness and contentment while actually looking and acting miserably most of the time.
"I believe a large part of that has been William's growing acceptance of what it means to be a senior royal. But crucially he also has his own bottom lines which he will not compromise on."
He then adds that he expects the American media will be a "shock" for Meghan and Harry, as Prince William and Kate Middleton have the ability to protect their children in a way Meghan and Harry don't. However, he seems to have forgotten that the reason Meghan and Harry's children won't be protected seems to be down to a decision the palace made.
"What a shock to the system that will be for Harry and Meghan who will have to get a handle on the notoriously ruthless American media, which operates without many of the state-sanctioned controls and self-imposed restraint on the part of the press that royals benefit from in Britain."
Back in March 2021, Meghan explained to Oprah Winfrey that she and Harry weren't offered what Prince William and Kate were:
"In the months when I was pregnant, all around the same time, so we have in tandem the conversation of he won't be given security, he's not going to be given a title, and also concerns and conversations about how dark his skin might be when he's born."
