Instead he used his profile to call out the horrendous treatment meted out to his friend Meghan Markle, Duchess of Sussex. Chris Jackson/GETTY IMAGES Meghan has been called everything from 'the new Yoko' to a social climber to a bad daughter. "Prince Harry's wedding to the glamorous and thoroughly modern actress Meghan Markle ... symbolised the monarchy's evolution into a contemporary institution – at ease with itself, outward looking and fit for the 21st century." Some tabloids are "looking for a story that Kate Middleton is the perfect princess and Meghan Markle is inappropriate, the evil step-sister is a very old narrative". It took a lot longer for the tide to turn against Princess Diana than it has for Meghan Markle.

Source: Stuff February 16, 2019 21:11 UTC