Harry and Meghan Won’t Play the Game
Their decision to “step back” from the royal family reflects their distaste for the British press.
The unofficial motto of the Queen Mother was simple: “Never complain, never explain.” It was an attitude influenced by her aristocratic upbringing—in which a “stiff upper lip” was highly prized—and the sense that the royal family must retain its mystery to survive.
It is a motto that Prince Harry and his wife, Meghan Markle, have comprehensively rejected. The couple’s that they will “step back” as senior members of the royal family is a significant moment in the centuries-old soap opera of the British monarchy. Harry and Meghan have come to symbolize a new type of royal: unashamedly political, emotionally open, socially conscious. As a mixed-race woman and a feminist, Meghan has become (and a hate figure). As an American, she has
