Meghan Markle’s desire to seemingly hold onto her title for dear life has sparked a wave of questions and even ridicule.
For those still unversed, this is in relation to a newly released Harper’s Bazaar interview that reveals she was introduced as ‘Duchess of Sussex’ even when entering the home of one of her friends in the Upper East Side in New York.
This time around the expert questioning this thought process, (despite Meghan’s own admissions about palace life in things like the Harry & Meghan Netflix docuseries) is Arwa Madhawi from The Guardian.
In her opinion piece she began her piece with a sly quip against the royal when she said, “Meghan may be a resident of Montecito, California, but she is still the Duchess of Sussex, and she won’t let us commoners forget it.”
She didn’t end there, and instead highlighted the use of this title by referencing the piece and added, “The woman so keen on authoring her own next chapter apparently continues to insist on being called by a title she received via marriage from an institution she seems to disdain.”
The piece also saw a personal touch when the writer said, “Before all the Meghan fans come rushing in ready to fight: yes, the duchess was given a terrible time by the royals and the British press. But two things can be true at once: one can acknowledge that Meghan was treated poorly while also noting that she and Harry seem awfully keen to enjoy all the privileges of royalty, without many of the responsibilities.”
What is pertinent to mention is that the reason Meghan was in New York at all was for the Humanitarians of the Year award, for her work in the mental health landscape.
However, in the eyes of Ms Madhawi the Sussexes largely ‘do Not deserve the award when there are “large numbers of underpaid and underappreciated humanitarian workers risking their lives in war zones”, as she claims in her piece.
It even prompted her to brand this one of the reasons people have such a hard time with the Sussexes and said that its because “they seem obsessed with titles and accolades without putting in the grunt work that normally goes along with them.”
She even concluded with a sly dig and said, “I can think of a few words for people like that – and it’s not ‘duchess’ or ‘duke’.”
