‘The downside of Duchess of Sussex’s success was her intense jealousy;’ claims royal authorread more
Firstpost has earlier written about how insecure or publicity crazy Meghan Markle has always been. She has often been referred to as a social climber who tried to show that she had a huge friend circle from Hollywood, until Hollywood started ostracising Harry-Meghan and favouring William-Kate.
Why Meghan’s Hollywood career never took off despite her father’s connection?
Despite
Meghan Markle’s prior ties to Hollywood, her and Harry’s contacts in the industry are moving to Kate and William. According to reports published in Daily Mail, like a lot of young girls growing up in Los Angeles,
Meghan Markle yearned for a career in Hollywood. Luckily for the future Duchess her ‘famous’ father – Thomas Markle – worked in the industry as a lighting director and gave her a leg up other aspiring actresses could only dream of. And yet, Meghan’s career in tinsel town was not the dazzling success her fellow LA natives enjoyed – such as Angelina Jolie or Leonardo DiCaprio.
What royal author Tom Bower had t say?
Tom Bower wrote in his book that her ‘intense jealousy, especially if someone else got the lead part’ left a negative legacy on her career. He said, “One downside of Meghan’s success was her intense jealousy, especially if someone else got the lead part. Meghan became particularly irritated after one girl at her school was employed by a Hollywood studio as an actress.”
This showed the level of
Meghan’s jealousy. And we all are aware of how she carried this venomous trait even when she got married to Prince Harry. She always needed attention.
The Daily Mail story says, it was a character trait that her father noticed while she was still in school. Telling Mr Bower that his daughter ‘wants to be the star of the stage’ and ’the star in life’.
How Meghan’s father helped her in fulfilling her dreams
How Meghan’s father helped her in fulfilling her dreams?
Meghan ever since her childhood days used to throw fits, if her father didn’t give in to each of her demands. Her father once said when he didn’t get invited for Meghan’s wedding to prince Harry, that I not given in to her demands and wishes ever since her childhood days, Meghan wouldn’t have been Duchess of Sussex today.
And rightly so, as per the Daily Mail report, the father obeyed all of Meghan’s wishes in her pursuit of becoming an actress. This included paying a professional photographer to take a headshot of Meghan which Thomas then ‘dutifully’ circulated to producers though they received no reply. At 17, Meghan got a taste of the red carpet when she joined her father at the Emmy awards where he was nominated for best lighting director.
Author Brown also wrote in his book
Meghan loved the glamour of celebrityhood. And like a dotting father, Thomas Markle always did her best and gave in to her wishes. In fact, what we understand from Brown’s writing is that, Meghan was always a problematic and self-centred child.
But Thomas and Meghan eventually found themselves at loggerheads when he finally refused to bow to his daughter’s every whim.
How Meghan maligned his father’s reputation
The meanest way to secure what you want in life, is to put down the person who helped you in this journey of success and limelight because that person knows how exactly you have achieved it. That was the case with Meghan Markle, she knew very well deep within herself that had her father not helped and supported her, she wouldn’t have achieved even little of what she has in life.
Meghan completely cut-off from his father
Thomas told Mail online, “I’ve had a good life and I am proud of what I’ve accomplished, but everything has been overshadowed by what has happened in the last six years.”
Thomas also had two major heart attacks just before Meghan’s wedding ceremony, preventing him from walking his daughter down the aisle. Since then, Meghan and Harry have not communicated with Thomas, and he has never had the opportunity to meet his son-in-law – or grandchildren Prince Archie, six, and Princess Lilibet, four.
(With inputs from Daily Mail and agencies)