I know Twitter doesn’t really like nuance - but here goes anyway.
I’ve been increasingly disturbed by the reporting around Meghan & the royal family because I hold 2 views that seem to put me in 2 different utterly ideological warring camps.
I’ve been increasingly disturbed by the reporting around Meghan & the royal family because I hold 2 views that seem to put me in 2 different utterly ideological warring camps.
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First statement:
Meghan has been vilified & treated atrociously by UK press beyond what even Diana had to put up with on all levels racist, sexist and just plain nasty
However...
First statement:
Meghan has been vilified & treated atrociously by UK press beyond what even Diana had to put up with on all levels racist, sexist and just plain nasty
However...
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2nd statement
Altho it’s not fashionable to say it As someone who worked in FCO I can say royal family & queen in particular have been active in anti racism - in some cases at personal cost to herself.
Anyone who knows queens discreet C’Wealth actions knows this to be true.
2nd statement
Altho it’s not fashionable to say it As someone who worked in FCO I can say royal family & queen in particular have been active in anti racism - in some cases at personal cost to herself.
Anyone who knows queens discreet C’Wealth actions knows this to be true.
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Indeed one of reasons the Queen is treated respectfully in parts of Africa has less to do with imperial history and more to do with the Queen’s own diplomacy which ran counter to years of govt support for RSA & then govt neglect of Commonwealth.
Indeed one of reasons the Queen is treated respectfully in parts of Africa has less to do with imperial history and more to do with the Queen’s own diplomacy which ran counter to years of govt support for RSA & then govt neglect of Commonwealth.
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The royal family also insisted on more diversity in employment & ceremonial guards sometimes against internal resistance.
I’m not disputing Meghan’s perspective but I feel uneasy given the fact it’s not even clear who supposedly made the see comments.
The royal family also insisted on more diversity in employment & ceremonial guards sometimes against internal resistance.
I’m not disputing Meghan’s perspective but I feel uneasy given the fact it’s not even clear who supposedly made the see comments.
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Of course given the royal family & upper advisors/staff covers atleast 100 people it wouldn’t surprise me that Meghan came across some troubling attitudes.
But is that reflective of the queen’s immediate family, the institution or an individual (as yet unnamed) person?
Of course given the royal family & upper advisors/staff covers atleast 100 people it wouldn’t surprise me that Meghan came across some troubling attitudes.
But is that reflective of the queen’s immediate family, the institution or an individual (as yet unnamed) person?
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Also worth noting that in almost a century of life the Queen born into privilege has been pro C’wealth from the start..
..while an Oxford educated 50-something Prime Minister has some of the worst racist comments to his name in public life and is a complete empire apologist.
Also worth noting that in almost a century of life the Queen born into privilege has been pro C’wealth from the start..
..while an Oxford educated 50-something Prime Minister has some of the worst racist comments to his name in public life and is a complete empire apologist.
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Again without disputing Meghan’s account if I had to rate racist institutions the RF would be far far behind both tabloid press & current PM.
As part of a multiracial family acros multiple states I’m also aware of how perceptions can be different even inside a small family.
Again without disputing Meghan’s account if I had to rate racist institutions the RF would be far far behind both tabloid press & current PM.
As part of a multiracial family acros multiple states I’m also aware of how perceptions can be different even inside a small family.
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