Meghan Markle was urged to take a “leaf out of Princess Kate‘s book” when it comes to “handling grief with dignity” following the latest backlash that sparked after her and Prince Harry‘s visit to a food bank in Los Angeles.
The Duke and Duchess of Sussex were spotted in LA last week as they paid a visit to Pasadena in California to support victims of the devastating wildfires that have erupted in the area.
Harry and Meghan also met with met the city’s mayor, Victor Gordo, and emergency workers. Their appearance was filmed by local news outlet Fox 11 and snapped by several photo agencies.
But their visit sparked backlash, with Hollywood actress Justine Bateman publicly attacking them by naming them “disaster tourists” and accusing them of a “repulsive LA fires photo-op”.
Now, the Daily Mail‘s Amanda Platell, who often comments on the Royal Family, suggested that the couple should take a more private approach when it comes to dealing with people’s grief.
She wrote: “It could all have been so different. If only the smug, bit-part actress Meghan – who thought she knew it all – had taken a leaf out of Kate’s book in handling grief with dignity.”
The columnist recalled Princess Kate’s appearance in Southport last year to meet the bereaved parents of victims of the stabbing rampage in Southport.
Last October, the Princess of Wales joined her husband, Prince William, on a trip to Southport to privately meet families of Bebe King, six, Elsie Dot Stancombe, seven, and Alice da Silva Aguiar, nine, who were all killed in the knife rampage that took place on July 29, as the children attended a Taylor Swift-themed dance workshop.
They also met with their dance teacher Leanne Lucas, 35, who was critically wounded and emergency responders involved in the attack. It was Princess Kate’s first official engagement since announcing the completion of cancer treatment.
Ms Platell noted how the royal visit was marked with “no fanfare and without a film crew in tow”.
She wrote: “No media was tipped off about the visits. No cameras were allowed to witness their harrowing meetings. [They] were completely covert and not announced publicly until Kate and William had left.
“A small media contingency was allowed to briefly film their visit to the first responders and others affected by the tragedy – and that was it. The future King and Queen left quietly, without fanfare, and without a Netflix film crew in tow.”
She added that dignity and privacy are “two concepts Meghan will never understand” and accused the duchess that “no good deed is worth doing” for her unless there is a “camera crew around”.
She concluded by asking: “Did Meghan ever consider, as she tearfully hugged the victims of the LA fires, that the last thing they needed was a publicity-seeking, celebrity duchess sobbing on their shoulder?”
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