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THINGS MEGHAN CAN’T DO AFTER SHE SAYS ‘I DO’
They say marriage is all about compromises. While some might debate that, fans of the American actor Meghan Markle, engaged to Britain’s Prince Harry, might agree — according to reports, she can’t do a long list of things right after she says ‘I do’ at her May 19 wedding.
As a popular star of the TV show, Suits, Markle, 36, is used to signing autographs, but she can no longer entertain such requests. According to a 2017 report in The Express, the reason is to avoid signature forgery. In January this year, instead of giving an autograph, she wrote, “Hi Kaitlin” for a fan. After the wedding, even that wouldn’t be permitted!
Markle won’t even be able to take selfies! The Queen isn’t a big fan of it. As per a 2014 report by The Telegraph, the Queen finds it “strange” to see a slew of mobile phones, and she misses “eye contact”.
Then, in her biography, Meghan: A Hollywood Princess by Andrew Morton, published in April, the future royal has said how she avoided President of the United States Donald Trump, when he tried to invite her for golf in 2006 — Trump wasn’t in the White House at that time. But as Prince Harry’s wife, she will no longer be able to avoid or express her dislike for the POTUS, as the royals can’t share their political ideologies. “I don’t imagine the Queen will be in a rush to have Meghan at Balmoral [royal family’s vacation house in Scotland] when Trump visits,” said Robert Lacey, a historian and biographer of Queen Elizabeth, as quoted by The Guardian. Neutrality also extends to having no presence on social media.
Among other things that Markle must avoid are: bright nail paint (according to a 2017 report by OK! magazine) as the Queen finds it “vulgar”; the game of Monopoly, as it’s considered rather “vicious” (according to a 2008 report by The Telegraph); and bare legs (as wearing stockings when out in public is considered traditional for British royals).
It looks like Markle is more than okay with the rules, and has already started abiding by some of them. Maybe, it isn’t a compromise for her at all.