Ingrid Seward is an old-school royal watcher/commentator and biographer. Seward has access to Charles and Camilla on a regular basis, and she used to go back and forth on William and Kate. Like, she was perfectly capable of launching scathing criticisms at them years ago, but ever since Meghan came on the scene, suddenly Seward is all about embiggening Kate. Seward was the same commentator who made “Meghan’s American table manners” a thing, remember that? My point is that Seward is… a commentator with complicated loyalties, and I’m not sure what to make of her comments in the new issue of People Magazine. It’s about how Meghan is doing her delivery differently than Kate and how that’s perfectly fine. Or something.
Meghan Markle is choosing what’s right for her — and her baby. While many expected the Duchess of Sussex to follow in the footsteps of Kate Middleton and Princess Diana when it came to welcoming her child — by delivering the baby at the Lindo Wing of St. Mary’s Hospital and introducing the newborn to the world with a photo call outside — Meghan and Prince Harry recently announced that they’ll be keeping the exact plans private.
“People are delighted that Meghan is doing things differently,” royal author Ingrid Seward tells PEOPLE in this week’s issue. “She was under no pressure to do things the same.”
Instead of posing outside the hospital with their new son or daughter as Kate and Princess Diana did, Meghan and Harry announced that they will take part in a photo op with their new baby on the grounds of Windsor Castle, where they recently moved into their new home of Frogmore Cottage, in the days following the birth. Where Meghan gives birth will not be publicly shared, but it’s highly unlikely that she will chose St. Mary’s Hospital.
“It is completely understandable,” royal author Ingrid Seward tells PEOPLE in this week’s issue. “The Lindo Wing has become too much of a circus.”
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It’s true that the Lindo Wing has become “too much of a circus.” Kate’s answer to that was to just to lean in and really create a tight schedule of bringing out the baby, posing happily and then being whisked away. I always thought that Kate’s first delivery – George – was rough and she felt like hell, but for Charlotte and Louis, she seemed so happy and pleased with how quickly everything happened. But yes, it’s still a circus and I don’t blame Meghan for not wanting to participate in it at all. I’m surprised that Ingrid Seward is also not bashing Meg for it. It really feels like the British papers would have people convinced that it’s Meghan’s DUTY to trot out her newborn as soon as he or she pops out.
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