Comment: Royal reality bites


No fairytale ending?: The happy royal newlyweds after their wedding at St George’s Chapel in Windsor Castle just a little over a year ago. — Reuters

I suspected this would happen. Days before Meghan Markle, the American TV actress, and Prince Harry walked into a castle cathedral to marry, creating a magical moment of diversity and good will, I wondered if a royal life would suffocate her.“After Markle opens her 185th community center, she may long for the independence she once had, ” I wrote in an op-ed.

She’s barely done 100 openings, but she already does.

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