Meghan Markle , Kate Middleton, Double Standards and the Fierce Arrogance of White Supremacy!

Elwood Watson, Ph.D.
The Polis
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6 min readMar 20, 2024

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I figured it was only a matter of time before segments of the right-wing media, here in America and also in Britain, would decide to reignite their propaganda/outrage machine and target it toward Meghan Markle, better known as the Duchess of Sussex. Those of you who are rabid followers of popular culture may have heard that Meghan has been urged to defend her sister-in-law Princess Kate after she found herself at the center of a royal crisis, thanks to an edited family photograph. Yes, you read that correctly.

Catherine, Princess of Wales, posed for a photograph with her three children for Britain’s Mother’s Day, but fans quickly took to social media to point out numerous issues with the photo. Catherine conceded to altering parts of the photo and apologized for the supposed “confusion.” Kensington Palace was under immediate pressure to explain what parts of the image were changed while numerous royal sources declared the controversy as “exceptionally damaging” to the British royal family.

Given the major public relations disaster the incident has morphed into, British public relations expert Ryan McCormick has called on Meghan to help her sister-in-law, stating, “If I was advising Meghan, I would tell her to speak loud and passionate in defence of Kate. Meghan…

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Elwood Watson, Ph.D.
The Polis

Historian, Syndicated Columnist, Public Speaker, Social-Cultural Critic. Professor of Black Studies and Gender Studies, at East Tennessee State University.