Some personalities were overwhelmed by the revelations of Meghan Markle and Harry during their exclusive interview aired on CBS on Sunday, March 7. Two Ex-First Ladies also made a point of sending a message of support to the Duchess of Sussex.
These are confidences that no one expected. This Sunday March 7 on CBS, Meghan Markle and Harry wanted to break the silence in front of Oprah Winfrey. The couple spoke about the British Royal Family in an exclusive interview. An opportunity for the former actress to evoke her former suicidal thoughts, her dispute with Kate Middleton, the persistence of the tabloids or her son Archie, victim of racism. Revelations that may rekindle tensions within the clan of Elizabeth II, but which forces the admiration of Hillary Clinton. This is why the former First Lady has made a point of expressing her support for Meghan Markle.
Hillary Clinton decided to take sides, and sided with Meghan Markle. Invited by the Washington Post during a live broadcast on Periscope on Monday, March 8, the politician talked about the “cruelty” of the British press towards “a young woman who was just trying to live her life”. “I found it so heartbreaking to watch,” said Hillary Clinton, “You know, it’s 2021 and she was just trying to live her life. She wanted to be fully engaged and had every right to expect that.
Congratulations to her: Valérie Trierweiler first Meghan Markle fan
Following the shock interview with Oprah Winfrey’s Sussex, Valérie Trierweiler once again expressed her admiration for Meghan Markle.
Brave and slender, like her. Years after years of media vindictiveness and criticism at the Palais de l’Elysée, Valérie Trierweiler found some of her story in the testimony of Meghan Markle, author of shock confessions for Oprah Winfrey. A particularly strong statement on the relentlessness of the tabloids, or the racism suffered at Buckingham Palace, which aroused the admiration of the former First Lady.
“If I had to choose sides, mine would definitely be Meghan’s,” she writes on Instagram. Free and so what? Divorced, so what? Rotarian, so what? Métis and so what? American and so what? Unsubmissive and so what? It takes courage to stand up against such an institution as this monarchy from another age. Who can imagine the weight of this firm? The violence of the attacks? She decided not to be robbed of her life. Bravo to her”, greeted the woman who received many letters reproaching her for not being married to François Hollande at the time of her passage to the Elysée Palace.
This is not the first time that Valérie Trierweiler salutes the courage of Meghan Markle. In 2019, on RTL Info, François Hollande’s ex-boyfriend – now in a relationship with the former rugby player Romain Magellan – was “very touched” by a subject broadcast by Belgian radio on Prince Harry. The latter had then filed a complaint against the mother company of the Daily Mail, which he accused of harassing his wife.
I was attacked by the media
“He defended her,” he had greeted the woman who had been unable to meet Elizabeth II in 2012, during a trip by Francis Holland – since she was not married – before drawing a parallel with his own story. It is true that I was very much attacked by the media. I am therefore very touched by what Meghan is going through,” she confided, obviously regretting not having found the same support from François Hollande at the time.
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