Kate Middleton Receives Fewer ‘Attacks’ From Media Because Meghan Markle Is New ‘Target’?

Kate Middleton and Meghan Markle have both received a fair share of criticism from the media when they first joined the royal family. But royal fans noticed how the Duchess of Cambridge has been receiving fewer attacks from the press in recent months.

On the online forum site Quora, one royal fan said that when Middleton first joined the royal family, the press was slammed her for almost everything that she was doing. But once her relationship with Prince William progressed, it seemed as though she got on the media’s good side.

Markle, on the other hand, experienced the exact opposite. When she first joined the royal family, she was seemingly liked by the press. But as her marriage to Prince Harry progressed, the Duchess of Sussex became the target of ruthless attacks.

Chris Hawkes, a supporter of constitutional monarchy, said that he doesn’t think this is what happened. The royal fan noted the fact that Markle wasn’t liked and respected by the media when she started dating Prince Harry. In fact, the Duke of Sussex even released a statement urging the media to stop their racist attacks on his then-girlfriend.

“The leopard does not change his shorts, and the sewer media have not changed their vitriol. I suspect the lessening of attacks on Catherine (they are, of course, still ongoing. After all, none of the sewer media has the grace to call her by her real and chosen first name) is because they have a new target,” he said.

Chris Smith, from Macquarie University, said that Middleton was also criticized by the press for many years while she was married to Prince William. She was slammed for being lazy, and she was also made fun of for the way that she dressed.

“She started to get positive media coverage when Meghan came along … which is typical of the British media. They pitted Diana against Sarah from the moment Sarah come on the scene - one royal wife has to be the ‘good’ wife and the other the ‘bad’ one,” he said.