The Latest on Britain91裸聊视频檚 royal wedding between Prince Harry and Meghan Markle on Saturday:

Meghan Markle91裸聊视频檚 father may have changed his mind and hopes to attend the royal wedding after all.

The website TMZ quotes Thomas Markle as saying he now wants to come to the wedding Saturday in Windsor, if doctors allow it.

The retired television cinematographer had been due to walk his daughter down the aisle at Windsor Castle91裸聊视频檚 St. George91裸聊视频檚 Chapel on Saturday.

On Monday, TMZ reported that the elder Markle has decided to stay away amid criticism over his decision to pose for mocked up wedding-preparation shots taken by a paparazzi agency.

Thomas Markle also said he suffered a heart attack last week.

On Tuesday TMZ quoted him as saying 91裸聊视频淚 hate the idea of missing one of the greatest moments in history and walking my daughter down the aisle.91裸聊视频� But he also reportedly said doctors are still performing tests and he is not sure whether he will be released from the hospital in time for Saturday91裸聊视频檚 wedding.

Samantha Markle told Good Morning Britain on Tuesday that Thomas Markle panicked while driving on the highway because he was being followed by numerous press cars.

Thomas Markle is not the first person to be bruised in the collision between Britain91裸聊视频檚 royal family and the media 91裸聊视频� a relationship that is deep, complex and sometimes toxic.

91裸聊视频淚t is a symbiotic and parasitic relationship which is harmful to both sides,91裸聊视频� said Graham Smith of anti-monarchy group Republic, who is resolutely unaffected by royal wedding fever. 91裸聊视频淐ertainly harmful to the British public in terms of the way in which we are fed this hype and nonsense 91裸聊视频� and clearly harmful to the family.91裸聊视频�

For centuries, Britain91裸聊视频檚 royal dramas played out at a distance from the public, as a deferential media protected the secrets of the monarchy. In the 1930s, the romance between King Edward VIII and divorced American Wallis Simpson was headline news in the U.S. press, but barely mentioned in Britain until the king abdicated, forced to choose between the crown and the woman he loved.

That changed by the time Prince Charles married 20-year-old Lady Diana Spencer in 1981 in a ceremony watched by hundreds of millions of people around the world. The media charted every twist in the saga that followed: the births of sons William and Harry, Diana91裸聊视频檚 glamour and charity work, and her evident and growing unhappiness in the marriage.

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Charles and Diana both used the media as a weapon as their marriage foundered, giving TV interviews to present themselves in a sympathetic light. It was ratings gold, reaching a peak when Diana told an interviewer that 91裸聊视频渢here were three of us91裸聊视频� in the marriage 91裸聊视频� Diana, Charles and his then-paramour Camilla Parker Bowles, who is now Charles91裸聊视频� wife.

91裸聊视频淒iana turned the royal family inside out,91裸聊视频� said Ellis Cashmore, honorary professor of sociology at Aston University and author of books on celebrity culture. 91裸聊视频淎ll the dirty secrets had come into the public domain.91裸聊视频�

Diana became the most famous woman on Earth, trailed by paparazzi wherever she went 91裸聊视频� including to her death. She was killed in a Paris car crash in 1997 while being pursued by photographers.

Diana91裸聊视频檚 death provoked a crisis for the monarchy 91裸聊视频� which was portrayed as remote and cold at a time of national grief 91裸聊视频� and for the media, accused of hounding a vulnerable woman.

In the years that followed, palace and press reached an uneasy truce. The royal family made concessions to popular interests, including carefully staged interviews and photo opportunities with William and Harry as they grew up. That practice has continued with the three young children of William and his wife Kate.

But Diana91裸聊视频檚 sons retain a deeply ingrained mistrust of the media.

91裸聊视频淗arry91裸聊视频檚 attitude towards the press is he doesn91裸聊视频檛 like the press,91裸聊视频� former Sun newspaper royal editor Duncan Larcombe, author of 91裸聊视频淧rince Harry: The Inside Story,91裸聊视频� told Town & Country magazine. 91裸聊视频淚n Harry91裸聊视频檚 mind, it was the press that killed his mother.91裸聊视频�

When Harry and Markle decided to make their relationship public, the prince fired a broadside at the media, saying that the biracial Markle had faced 91裸聊视频渁 wave of abuse and harassment,91裸聊视频� including 91裸聊视频渞acial undertones91裸聊视频� in comment articles.

91裸聊视频淭his is not a game 91裸聊视频� it is her life and his,91裸聊视频� said the statement from Harry91裸聊视频檚 press secretary.

Still, Markle91裸聊视频檚 media experience, gained during her career as an actress, has been evident from the start. At the couple91裸聊视频檚 televised engagement interview she appeared relaxed, confident and happy. It was a far cry from a 1981 interview with shy Diana and awkward Charles, who replied 91裸聊视频渨hatever love means91裸聊视频� when asked if he was in love.

Saturday91裸聊视频檚 wedding is expected to draw more than 5,000 media staff and 79 television networks from around the world to Windsor. American and international TV networks plan hours of live coverage.

91裸聊视频淚 don91裸聊视频檛 think anything can quite prepare her,91裸聊视频� Cashmore said 91裸聊视频� though as 91裸聊视频渁n independent-minded woman, brimming with confidence,91裸聊视频� Markle is well equipped to deal with intense media interest that is unlikely to fade.

91裸聊视频淭he media are the public91裸聊视频檚 proxy,91裸聊视频� Cashmore said. 91裸聊视频淭he reason they go for these stories that are ever more intrusive is that we want it.91裸聊视频�

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