The Role of Her Life

The Role of Her Life

Meghan Markle was never more than a forgettable actress — cast when prettier women declined, applauded only by polite strangers, and paid in promises that never quite materialized. Then came the offer of a lifetime: a marriage presented as a fairy tale, involving a prince desperate for respectability and a kingdom eager for a modern royal story. She memorized her lines, perfected her smile, and played the role better than any she had ever been given.

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What began as an arrangement became a coronation when circumstance, scandal, and remarkable luck placed a crown upon her head. At last, the woman who struggled to convince audiences on stage convinced millions of American and British plebs off it — proving that her greatest performance was the image she created of herself.

Her relationship with her father has been deeply troubled. She has used that strained relationship as a media narrative and leveraged it for financial gain. It seems that her husband, despite presenting himself as a social entrepreneur, has failed to recognize the importance of handling deeply personal experiences with discretion.

The role of her life is that of a "nosy Mary Kay housewife" figure, while her husband is someone who uses charity as a career path to maintain his public image. Prince Harry's inability to fulfill his responsibilities as a Duke has led him to rely on other sources of support, including family resources, while using charitable causes as part of his public narrative and a few docuseries.

Even more concerning, rather than fulfilling his duties as a Duke, he appears to be using vulnerable populations and charitable causes to support his lifestyle.

Prince Harry primarily lives on a combination of a substantial inheritance from his mother, Princess Diana, a trust fund set up by his great-grandmother, the Queen Mother, and his own commercial earnings, following his decision to step back from royal duties and relinquish taxpayer-funded stipends.

These combined income streams and assets afford him and his family the ability to finance their private lifestyle in Montecito, California, and maintain their independent ventures.

But Prince Harry and Meghan Markle's dreams of seeking financial independence and escaping intense media scrutiny seem blurred by Uncle Sam's decision to kick her out of the U.S. and send her back to the U.K. to perform as a prince's "wife," since her skills as an actress playing the role of a Duchess have proven to be completely inadequate for A-list status by American standards.

If she wants to be praised and adored by a few British plebs and those Americans who choose to indulge her, she can go back to the U.K., because there are already enough queens in California. Now in the U.K., she can share her experiences, in a family reunion, with her uncle-in-law Prince Andrew, Duke of York.