Meghan Markle has received criticism for posting an “extraordinary” amount of pictures to her Instagram of the family’s recent trips in Portugal and Britain – including some of her two children. Royal editor Rebecca English has referred to the decision to post the photographs as “hypocritical” given Harry’s repeated complaints about privacy and media intrusion.
Speaking on the recent episode of the Daily Mail‘s Palace Confidential, she said: “We have pictures of Meghan in a swimsuit on a beach with Harry and the children in the water, we have pictures of local restaurants they have eaten at, local shops they’ve used. I find that quite extraordinary given the complaints they have made about their privacy and security issues.
“What was particularly extraordinary about this was the photograph of Harry and Archie with flowers in their hands, clearly walking to the burial place of his mother, Diana, Princess of Wales… But what I find extraordinary about this is that Harry has long complained about the exploitation of his mother’s memory.
“I think to allow those pictures of such a personal moment to be published like that, I personally found it quite hypocritical. I think people would say that in itself is exploitative.”
Although Harry arrived in the UK on his own earlier this month, Meghan and their children joined him in Britain just days later – after their visit to Portugal. The Sussexes then travelled to Highgrove House to meet with King Charles and Queen Camilla on July 10.
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