Meghan Markle Gets Backlash After Staff Ban People From Taking Her Photo in Public
Meghan Markle is facing backlash after staff allegedly banned public from taking pics of her at Wimbledon.
Reminder: Meghan was at the event in a private capacity.
Today in royal news that is sure to make Twitter an even more petty place, the Daily Telegraph reports that Meghan Markle’s staff is asking people not to take her photo in public. Which...seems like a reasonable (if hard to enforce) request?
According to someone seated next to Meghan and her friends during her recent Wimbledon appearance, the duchess’s protection officer asked people nearby to respect her privacy and *not* take pics. And some of said people weren’t thrilled.
A woman named Sally Jones tells the Daily Telegraph (via The Express) that a royal protection officer requested she not take any pictures of Meghan because she was at the event “in a private capacity.” And apparently, Ms. Jones wasn’t here for the request, saying it’s another example of “silly control freakery.” She also said that “this royal protection officer was quite embarrassed” and “he appeared a bit mystified as to why he was being asked to make such a request.”
That said, a palace source tells the Daily Telegraph that “it’s not unusual for people accompanying Members of the Royal Family at private, or public, events to ask members of the public not to take photographs. It is to enable Members of the Royal Family to engage with people and events.”
Naturally, this news is causing some negative backlash, even among royal reporters:
The issue of a PPO trying to stop people from taking pictures is a well worn one. As long as they have assured themselves the person is not a threat, it shouldn’t be their job. And it’s turned what should be a nice picture caption into a story being discussed worldwide.
- Rebecca English (@RE_DailyMail) July 9, 2019
So what’s the real story here? In these pics by @PA, Meghan, Duchess of Sussex looks like
1) she *is happy to sign autographs or chat to a young fan
2) she had plenty of empty seats reserved around her for security (or other) reasons#wimbledon 🎾 pic.twitter.com/z7FebCdjnS- Chris Ship (@chrisshipitv) July 9, 2019
Meanwhile, Piers Morgan had a full-blown freak-out on air and said, “If you want to be private, go back to America and live privately,” which is obviously so rude and unnecessary.
IMHO, Meghan deserves privacy when she’s at an event in a private capacity, and requesting politely that people respect her space is fully understandable! Agree? Disagree?
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