Meghan's Baby Shower.

I dont think people are giving her a "hard time" I dont think she'll see any of this or care even if she does.Just like the family she married into....out for themselves and to hell with the folk who pay tax to keep them in the manner they like .I'm not jealous of MM ...or any of them..I just think they are a waste of good air .

I agree with you Gonegirl ,Megan doesnt have to change her friends or the fact that she is American surely.The press find her intresting,hence the thousands of photos,hardly her fault. I like her & don't like the undercurrent of racism .

agreed Paddyann

This poor girl can't win. People will find fault, no matter what she does.

If she was any other affluent young woman having a baby, no doubt she'd be spending thousands and having parties and nobody would know or care. But because she married into royalty, suddenly the media ensures that we see everything she does and we know the cost of everything - because the media tells us.

I'm happy to cut her some slack and let her live her life.

I like the red dress.

Baffled how a poster sees an undercurrent of racism .

Americans see the royal as celebrities and Megan hasn’t yet realised she left her celebrity status in the past when she married.

Wealthy peple, whether royal or not, can spend their money as they see fit. I'm not in favour of anyone in particular, but if the tax payer is not footing the bill on a private visit to where ever, then who is anyone to say that they can't do it? We can disapprove of how it's spent but that's a personal thing.

Well, after ploughing through all this, I can honestly say - they don’t bother me, I don’t bother them, better them than a President - and I’ll leave that point there. Spot on Merlotgran - I wouldn’t pick up my pram until my baby girl was safely in my arms in the mid 60s!

We didn’t collect the pram untill after our first baby was born. Gifts for our two babies were given by family and friends when they came to see the new babies.

Kate is just amazing. A good head on her shoulders, no flash anywhere, a class act.

Kate has dignity

I actually read some time ago that Kate did not have any baby showers with any of hers because they could well afford to buy the baby things themselves and it was seen by Queen as none done by royals. I think Meghan would have made a few less critics if she had asked her celebrity friends to donate money to children's charities. Personally I think it is a ridiculous waste of money to spend half a million on a baby shower. Years ago when I had my babies colleagues brought you in a small gift such as a babygro on last day of work and friends got you a small gift after the baby was born when they saw it for the first time. Much more sensible.

I believe on Meghan's jaunt the tax payer had to foot the bill for security. If they paid themselves as they could well afford to do I am sure their would be less outcry.

Wouldn't she still have had the security even if she had the event in a London hotel?

As I said somewhere else, I don't indulge in Royal Family bashing as I would hate to live as they do with every aspect of my life under scrutiny.
In this instance though I think the whole baby shower thing was ill judged and inappropriate for several reasons. Meghan is new to this whole thing and hopefully this was a final fling before their baby arrives.

Wonder if all the security team were on the private jet, they would have to fly out before, book hotel rooms etc