J.K. Rowling shuts down article calling Meghan Markle 'unsuitable' with 1 hashtag
If you've been anywhere the internet/television/radio today, or spoken to pretty much anyone at all, chances are you'll have caught the news about Prince Harry and Meghan Markle's engagement.
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It's been pretty much everywhere, right?
Some people are excited, some people are indifferent — and a few people, like Melanie McDonagh writing for The Spectator, seemed less pleased.
Meghan Markle is unsuitable as Prince Harry's wife for the same reason that Wallis Simpson was unsuitable: she’s divorced and Harry’s grandmother is supreme governor of the CofE
https://t.co/CnEasK1T67— The Spectator (@spectator) November 27, 2017
At the time of writing that tweet has 145 retweets, and a whopping 1,600 comments.
The spectator is now just the daily mail for people that watch university challenge
— TechnicallyRon (@TechnicallyRon) November 27, 2017
Many replies followed a similar theme.
Someone better tell Prince Charles. Camilla's a divorcee too.
— Billy Bragg (@billybragg) November 27, 2017
The Church of England was founded so a king could divorce... https://t.co/TmsuqJPQs7
— Tim Shipman (@ShippersUnbound) November 27, 2017
Wasn't the CoE founded as a pro-divorce institution? pic.twitter.com/iImznNOMyv
— Joel Furze (@JoelFurze) November 27, 2017
Then J.K. Rowling waded in. And rather than talking about other royals who have been divorced, she opted for a simple hashtag.
#TeamDivorcéehttps://t.co/p1sVmRsw9i
— J.K. Rowling (@jk_rowling) November 27, 2017
The Queen of Twitter has spoken.
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