the grievance theory is about women who feel aggrieved by mistreatment of some sort from men – who symbolize the “establishment”. Diana was in this telling the victim of a man Charles and the establishment which rallied around him. So women who also felt “aggrieved” by men (legitimately or not) identified with Diana hence her winning the War of the Wales. She successfully manipulated the pr to paint herself as this victim and found herself supported by a horde of well placed females in US society – Tina Brown as an example or the “fashionistas” like Anna Wintour. Diana the triumphant victim was touted heavily in the pages of Vogue by these women. MM do note has no such support although she courted it.
Charles could not possibly win. Those who sought to support him were largely men. Although he found support in a number of male anti establishment figures such as Christopher Hitchens who happily and I’d suggest accurately railed on about the “cult” of Diana. PC was never a fashionista LOL and he did not court the media figures in NYC. He couldn’t.
This is what MM aspires to. And do note her “sugars” are primarily young women who use social media to aggressively attack anyone even another woman who dare suggest that MM is lacking in any way. Providing a whole new twist to the Diana pr war. Rebecca English gets threatened with an acid attack because she mildly suggest a 56K dress is not appropriate. Emilia Wickstead gets attacked because she makes the obvious observation that the dress did not fit (although a male designer who made the same observation was not attacked). Melanie Bromley who by and large is a sugar and even Emily Andrews the super sugar also get attacked for statements of fact.
This is what the RF faces with Markle – a nightmare I am sure for those in the family who went through the Diana days. Only with now the additional weapon of social media. The grievance now is elitism and race potent weapons in the aggrieved victim sweepstakes.
Harry is irrelevant in many ways to this struggle. My sources say he was trapped by his own foolishness into the marriage and has deep regrets. He is certainly no rebel and will ultimately adhere to what the family requires. The real issue is how does the BRF deal with this nightmarish repeat of grievance politics? It would seem they have decided to allow her to do whatever she wants – to merch and leak and secure pr to her hearts content. To give her royal and family events to demonstrate how accepted she is. So under no circumstances can they be accused of failing to support her. She will of course at divorce carry on about her “grievances” against the establishment stifling her etc. They can only hope the obvious support she has received will result in her complaints looking like ingratitude and nonsense. Most of all they are probably hoping she will lose media support. Without the media she can’t get much traction of whatever grievances she may air.
I always though if Diana had not dyed her mousy ash colored hair into that vibrant glamorous blonde she’d never have become what she became. Poor Markle even with hair dye could never equal Di’s ability to project to the camera that beauty and glamour.
IMHO – I think the media is starting to turn. This is why her failure as a fashion icon is so important. If she is not making money for the media she is of no use to them. And she has failed as a fashion icon. Her move to “youthful” lower cost fashion is a sign of that failure. No money making equals no media support which equals no way to air her grievances. Her social media minions are irrelevant then. This time the RF wins. Maybe.
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