XPost: alt.gossip.celebrities, alt.politics.democrats.d, sac.general   
   XPost: alt.rush-limbaugh   
   From: markle-fake-news@cnn.com   
      
   She's an attention whore who got what she deserved.   
      
   For the first time since her marriage to Britain’s Prince Harry,   
   Meghan, the Duchess of Sussex, feels free. No longer held down   
   by royal obligations or expectations, Meghan can “finally   
   breathe” knowing she’s left the “toxic environment” that is   
   Buckingham Palace, an environment she willingly entered two   
   years ago.   
      
   The Duke and Duchess of Sussex announced last week that they   
   were stepping back from the royal family, to the surprise of   
   just about everyone, including Queen Elizabeth II. But the signs   
   had been there all along. Meghan had long complained about the   
   tabloid gossip and the rumors that pitted her against members of   
   her own family, as well as the royal family into which she had   
   married. And, recently, the Sussexes had put distance between   
   themselves and their responsibilities, foregoing the family’s   
   usual Christmastime excursion and hiding away in Canada for   
   nearly six weeks.   
      
   So, Meghan’s decision to step away from the spotlight isn’t   
   surprising. But she knew full well the implications of marrying   
   into British royalty. She knew what it would require and what it   
   would cost. And if she was not willing to accept the costs along   
   with the benefits, to give of herself and publicly serve, then   
   perhaps she should not have stepped into the spotlight at all.   
      
   Stateside, the British monarchy seems antiquated and pointless.   
   The queen’s power is arbitrary, and, as of late, it seems the   
   royal family’s only job is to provide fodder for the weekly   
   gossip columns. But it does serve a purpose, and an important   
   one. The monarchy anchors British politics to British tradition.   
   It is ceremonial and idealistic, but it is also the glue that   
   holds together Britain’s laws and the ideal that gives them   
   meaning.   
      
   Every member of the royal family carries this responsibility.   
   And it is not easy. Several members have abdicated in the past   
   due to the unrealistic expectations their positions demanded.   
   But it is important that this tradition continue. And that will   
   require sacrifice from the royals who might not want to live   
   under scrutiny or act as public servants.   
      
   Meghan either did not intend to take it seriously or she had   
   hoped to change the system for good. Or perhaps she just really   
   didn’t understand what she was getting herself into. Either way,   
   it’s just as well that she’s gone. Americans have always   
   preferred freedom to ceremony anyway.   
      
   https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/meghan-markle-was-   
   never-cut-out-for-royalty   
       
      
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