Maren Morris Doesn’t Understand the ‘Profound Hatred’ Directed Toward Meghan Markle After Netflix Doc Drops: ‘It’s Unfathomable’

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Here for the history — but not the hate. As Maren Morris got ready to watch Prince Harry and Meghan Markle‘s Netflix docuseries, she voiced her perspective on the couple’s rocky royal experience.“I do have some questions,” the country singer, 32, began in a TikTok video shared on Friday, December 9, one day after Harry & Meghan premiered. “This profound hatred and annoyance at Meghan Markle specifically — mostly coming from women, I have to say — it’s unfathomable to me.

People are saying, ‘Oh, a woman should never take a man away from his family. That’s all that this is.’ Um, have you seen this family?”Morris captioned the post, “The monarchy fascination continues,” and took her followers all the way back to the abdication of King Edward VIII in the 1930s. “[He] left the family because they would not allow him to marry the woman he loved because she had been divorced,” the songwriter explained, referring to Wallis Simpson. “When they didn’t allow Princess Margaret to marry Peter Townsend, she did not leave the family, but I kind of wish she had.”The “My Church” artist said she thought Margaret had “one of the saddest” experiences within the British royal family, apart from Princess Diana. “When we talk about Princess Di, she didn’t leave her children, but she left the family,” Morris said, confessing that she is also a big fan of The Crown.Morris’ “fascination” with the British royals led her to question why Meghan, 41, was treated so negatively in the U.K.

press before she and Harry, 38, stepped down from their senior roles in 2020. “I just don’t [understand it]. I never have,” she continued. “But people have been annoyed by royals or a particular person in the royal family for centuries.”In the end, the “Detour”