Tatiana Maria
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[...] particularly about accusing unnamed media of using the n- word about her child. As best I can tell- this is entirely based on her word, and she’s given no one the ability to substantiate anything because it’s vague.
Articles I am reading today interpret the statement as applying to readers of the RR output, not the RR members themselves.
The accusation seems to be referring to the members of "the Royal Rota" who traditionally publish photographs of royal newborns. (The Duchess specifically refers to being expected to give photographs of her son to them.)
https://www.thecut.com/article/meghan-markle-profile-interview.html
“There’s literally a structure by which if you want to release photos of your child, as a member of the family, you first have to give them to the Royal Rota,” the U.K. media pool, she explains. Usually, the photos would be on media outlets before she could post them herself. That didn’t sit right with Meghan, given her strained relationship with the British tabloids (“Harry’s girl is [almost] straight outta Compton” is how the Daily Mail introduced her to the British public), and especially since she would soon have a child of her own to protect. “Why would I give the very people that are calling my children the N-word a photo of my child before I can share it with the people that love my child?” she asks, still ruffled. “You tell me how that makes sense and then I’ll play that game.”
I may be incorrect in my understanding of this, but it sounds like a serious accusation that blankets everyone with zero way for anyone to even respond to since it’s vague.
It does seem that professional and other considerations typically dissuade members of the media from attempting to defend themselves, but in this case, surely it would be easy to verify if multiple media outlets in the Royal Rota had indeed published articles or photo captions referring to her child by a racial slur.
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