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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]They gain nothing by competing with each other.[b] Kate is clearly the higher status[/b], per the heredity structure of the monarchy. There is NOTHING Meghan can do to change that. Meghan obviously faced higher hurdles to attain her place than Kate - she's biracial, from a middle class background, didn't attend the "right" schools, and is American.

Kate has the grace, Meghan has the hustle. I vote: formidable alliance to protect their families and husbands.[/quote]

This is clearly drivel. I'm not trying to be a Meghan super-fan because I think both women are excellent matches for their respective mates will serve different functions within the monarchy.

But there isn't anything in their backgrounds that is remarkably different: both of them come from middle class families. Kate's parents were flight attendants before they started their party planning business, so aren't clearly more educated or further up the food chain than Meghan, whose father was lighting director/director of photography in Hollywood - probably a skilled position. Her mother is a counselor. I guess Kate is English and white, so there is that but the royal family isn't particular about nationality, see i.e., Prince Phillip plus all their German blood.

Plus, this idea that somehow Kate has had an easier time is strange - she changed her enrollment from Edinburgh to St. Andrews in the sheer hope of catching William's eye. She waited for 10 years waiting for him without developing her own career or foothold. She hustled for him. So did Meghan but before that she graduated from Northwestern, nothing to sneeze at, became a series regular on a long-running cable t.v. show and then got involved in advocacy and charitable work well before she met Harry.

They both have hustle. I agree Kate has grace. Meghan has charisma.[/quote]

PP here:
My comment had nothing to do with their backgrounds, ethnicity, or demeanor. My comment was purely factual - Kate is the wife to the man 2nd in line to the throne and mother to the children 3rd and 4th in line. She maintains a higher status within the Royal Family structure, along with her children, than Prince Harry and soon-to-be Duchess Meghan.

In fact, Meghan will be required to "present" herself to George and Charlotte at her wedding. Why? Because they are her seniors.[/quote]

Higher status within royal family structure doesn't automatically translate into higher status period. Sure if you are on margins your status is low but this is a different sitaution. Meghan's husband is hotter than Kate's and she is just overall more attractive and more successful. After all she was a celeb way before she met Harry (unlike Kate). [/quote]

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