Intense media scrutiny of Meghan Markle91裸聊视频檚 extended family has left a sour taste for many Canadian tourists and expats observing wall-to-wall coverage of the impending royal wedding.
The voracious appetite for tidbits on the upcoming nuptials came as a shock to British Columbia tourists Karen and Bill Chandler, who say they were blindsided by reporters during a tour of Windsor Castle on Wednesday.
Rather than recounting the grand splendour of the historic home to more than 900 years of royals, the couple91裸聊视频檚 biggest memory was of journalists and camera crews preparing to cover Saturday91裸聊视频檚 nuptials.
91裸聊视频淚t91裸聊视频檚 crazy up there, it91裸聊视频檚 just crazy,91裸聊视频� Bill Chandler exclaimed Thursday after visiting the historic town where Prince Harry will wed Markle, about an hour and a half from London by car.
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The retirees didn91裸聊视频檛 expect their weeklong whirlwind through London to include a glimpse into the media circus surrounding the much-hyped union of Prince Harry and his California fiancee, but it91裸聊视频檚 a unique memory they will take back with them to Victoria on Sunday.
It91裸聊视频檚 certainly given Karen Chandler a much more sombre view of what could be in store for Markle once she officially joins the royal family.
91裸聊视频淛ust wandering through the castle I was thinking about how the press had affected Diana91裸聊视频檚 life 91裸聊视频� they ruined it,91裸聊视频� she says.
91裸聊视频淛ust the hounding. (But) I believe she probably is better equipped than Diana was, much better equipped.91裸聊视频�
A palpable backlash against unflattering stories about Markle91裸聊视频檚 family history 91裸聊视频� and in particular her 73-year-old father Thomas Markle 91裸聊视频� appeared to take root Thursday as the bride announced he will not walk her down the aisle as planned.
91裸聊视频淚 have always cared for my father and hope he can be given the space he needs to focus on his health,91裸聊视频� Markle said in a statement released by Kensington Palace.
The elder Markle is said to be recovering from an operation to clear blocked arteries after suffering a heart attack last week.
It was the latest turn in a gossip-fuelled saga that turned sadly dark in recent days. Of late, Thomas Markle has been mired in scandal over photographs of wedding preparations that were reportedly staged.
At least one outlet appeared to step back from mining estranged family members for dirt Thursday, with 91裸聊视频淕ood Morning Britain91裸聊视频� reportedly dropping Markle91裸聊视频檚 sister-in-law Tracy Dooley from their wedding coverage.
The morning TV show was widely reported to have hired Dooley and her kids as TV correspondents for its rolling coverage of the ceremony, despite the fact they were not invited and were believed to have had little contact, if at all, with Markle.
And on Tuesday, the same TV show featured a blistering attack on half-sister Samantha Markle, when Piers Morgan accused Markle91裸聊视频檚 half-sister of being a media 91裸聊视频渧ulture.91裸聊视频�
History student Clarissa Fehr of Leamington, Ont., says she91裸聊视频檚 been turned off by relentless gossip coverage of the 91裸聊视频淪uits91裸聊视频� actress 91裸聊视频� a successful biracial, divorced American who is challenging royal traditions on many levels.
91裸聊视频淎 lot of it just terrorizes her character,91裸聊视频� the 22-year-old exchange student says of the coverage she91裸聊视频檚 observed.
91裸聊视频淚t91裸聊视频檚 all about her history and what she did to be successful, but then in reality it91裸聊视频檚 kind of what everyone has to do to be successful.91裸聊视频�91裸聊视频�
Fellow exchange student Lauren Johnston agreed, also invoking the tragic death of the late Princess of Wales, who died in a Paris car crash in August 1997.
91裸聊视频淚 feel like the Meghan situation can turn into a Diana situation,91裸聊视频� says the 19-year-old Johnston, studying media and communications on an exchange with her school in Abbotsford, B.C.
91裸聊视频淲e saw what Princess Diana had to go through back when she got married and all the health problems that she had, which is unfortunate.91裸聊视频�
Canadian-born academic Susan Rudy points to a seeming preoccupation with socio-economic class in the British media, detecting an underlying narrative in which Markle is cast as a woman escaping a dark history.
91裸聊视频淚t91裸聊视频檚 a sad story and she91裸聊视频檚 91裸聊视频榚scaped91裸聊视频� that, that91裸聊视频檚 part of the class story 91裸聊视频� that if you escape that, that91裸聊视频檚 to be applauded, instead of: What would you lose if you lose contact with a particular group like a class-based group?91裸聊视频� says the London, Ont.-born Rudy, who moved to London in 2011.
However, not all British media is like that, she91裸聊视频檚 quick to add.
91裸聊视频淭he thing I like about Britain is that there91裸聊视频檚 an educated press here 91裸聊视频� the Guardian, particularly, a person can count on for actual information and facts,91裸聊视频� says Rudy, a senior research fellow in the English department at Queen Mary University of London
Still, there appears to be ravenous demand for salacious stories, notes Johnston, an aspiring journalist.
91裸聊视频淚91裸聊视频檝e looked online at job opportunities here versus Vancouver 91裸聊视频� and print journalism and newspapers here are really prominent, which I think differs from Canada, as well,91裸聊视频� she says.
91裸聊视频淭hey91裸聊视频檙e printing newspapers every day so they just need content constantly.91裸聊视频�
Cassandra Szklarski, The Canadian Press
