The tabloids are targeting Meghan – when will the toxic tittle-tattle stop?

First the feud. Now the frostiness. A pregnant woman is facing more hostile royal press coverage, without any evidence of her failings

Last year, the new evil dark princess was said to be upsetting the queen of vanilla. Remember the “feud” said to exist between Meghan Markle and Kate Middleton? It was all reported using anonymous sources, of course. Otherwise known as professional, made-up bitching. Anyway, it was clear that Meghan’s moment in the sun was over. Now she is in the Sun and other newspapers every other day.

There she was at her wedding, all pretty and new; a sign, apparently, of our incredible “tolerance” – because somebody non-white had been allowed to join this dysfunctional family. That narrative lasted a matter of weeks, for tabloid law states that if there is more than one attractive woman in any story, they must hate each other. The evidence for any feud was flimsy at best, and her pregnancy distracted us from it.

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