{"id":2193176,"date":"2025-12-10T05:11:23","date_gmt":"2025-12-10T05:11:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=2193176"},"modified":"2025-12-10T05:11:23","modified_gmt":"2025-12-10T05:11:23","slug":"meghan-markles-life-is-a-soggy-soap-opera-4-life-lessons-we-can-learn-from-duchess-royal-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/meghan-markles-life-is-a-soggy-soap-opera-4-life-lessons-we-can-learn-from-duchess-royal-news\/","title":{"rendered":"Meghan Markle’s life is a soggy soap opera \u2013 4 life lessons we can learn from Duchess | Royal | News"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Sometimes \u2013 not very often \u2013 life turns out exactly like a Hallmark movie<\/a>. The \u2018ordinary\u2019, down to earth divorced actress\/influencer marries a royal prince<\/a>. She shares giggles and a gig with Queen Elizabeth II.<\/a>\u00a0She\u2019s handed the keys to fairytale, 10-bedroom Frogmore Cottage and spends \u00a32.4million on renovations, turning it into a five-bedroomed pad with two orangeries and a yoga studio.<\/p>\n

She gives birth to a son, spurns the hostile land of her prince\u2019s birth, relocates to marvellous Montecito, pops out a daughter and morphs into a jam-flogger. Cue schmaltzy music and fade to closing credits. Sometimes \u2013 more frequently \u2013 life turns out like a soggy soap opera sub-plot. Our heroine\u2019s 81-year-old estranged father<\/a>, in self-imposed exile in the Philippines, is rushed to hospital and has one leg amputated below the knee.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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It\u2019s not a good look for our non-HRH Duchess.<\/a> She\u2019s just released the Festive version of her \u2018With love\u2019 Netflix<\/a> series focusing on the importance of family. She sends her dad an email and \u2018her people\u2019 helpfully tell the press she has \u2018reached out\u2019. Her father, looking frail, announces he\u2019d love to hear from his daughter before he dies and hasn\u2019t heard a peep.<\/p>\n

It turns out she pressed send on an ancient email address he never looks at. Her people inform the waiting world she took time out from concocting her special recipe<\/a> jam to ring round Philippine hospitals trying \u2013 and failing \u2013 to locate her father.<\/p>\n

Cue dystopian music, close-up of tear stained, but exquisite cheekbones. Fade to closing credits.<\/p>\n

No one gets a prize for spotting the key life lessons here. (1) Don\u2019t wait for a life-threatening medical crisis to attempt a reconciliation with nearest or dearest. Whatever else happens death is inevitable, so avoid the last-minute skin-of-the-teeth scramble and build bridges early to eliminate panic.<\/p>\n

(2) Age is a reliable guide. When the person you are feuding with blows out eighty candles, get your skates on. (3) Keep abreast of the contact numbers. You are going to need them. (4) Stay on-brand. If you are selling sweetness, flower sprinkles and the joys of harmonious relatives tucking into home-baked cookies, don\u2019t dump your dad.<\/p>\n

A word of warning: hasty reconciliations can be desperately disappointing. We\u2019ve all sniffled through films featuring heart-warming hugs, forgiveness and unconditional adoration. Unfortunately, in real life resentment remains. Individuals stay true to type, and olive branches are not always gratefully clasped.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

\u2018 The preceding article may include information circulated by third parties \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n

\u2018 Some details of this article were extracted from the following source www.express.co.uk \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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