Each of their appearances is scrutinized, analyzed, denounced. As the UK gets used to its new King Charles III, who has a warmer but less phlegmatic style than Elizabeth II, Queen Consort Camilla and Meghan Markle are coming under violent attack online, particularly on TikTok, points the Guardian.
Users of the social network thus feast on the missteps and disappointments, real or supposed, of the former actress, who has participated with Harry in tributes to Queen Elizabeth, since her death on September 8.
Montage, retouched photos…
On TikTok, some have unearthed images of Harry and Meghan’s wedding, and mixed them with images of the queen, whose stern face seems reproachful. “The Queen looks angry, Harry looks unhappy. Meghan?” the caption for the stream reads, “liked” 1.8 million times.
Other accounts mock her supposed desire to look like Princess Diana at all costs. “Everyone at the Queen’s funeral,” he captioned the video. “And Meghan dressing up as Diana,” the user continued, with one photo taken completely out of context.
Another parody video shows a man jumping from one coffin to strangle another, and is titled “The Queen when Meghan comes to pay her respects.” A photomontage of Meghan Markle also circulates on Twitter, in which we see the duchess wearing a shirt with the image of the Smiths album. the queen is dead. This is an old photo retouched with Photoshop, according to AFP.
Arriving in the country and the life of the royal family with a high popularity rating, the Duchess has become very unpopular there according to the “megxit”, and the interviews she has given in the United States, very critical of respect for the royal family . The tabloids, which the couple regularly take to court, are also especially virulent with him.
Camila compared to Diana
Users of the popular social network millennials They are not nicer to Camila, the new queen consort. Here, again, the parallel with Diana often emerges. Several TikTok users thus compare the physique of Camilla and Diana.
“The new queen,” she captioned a slideshow of photos of the queen consort. “The true queen”, Diana caption. A post “liked” more than 140,000 times.
Most of the attacks against Camila revolve around this cruel comparison and refer to the long extramarital relationship between Carlos and Camila. “The woman he cheated on,” Princess Diana, young and beautiful, is thus opposed to the one he cheated on her with, Camilla.
The image of the royal family chipped?
These attacks, which have a strong echo on social networks, could contribute to undermining the image of the royal family in the minds of young social network users, it points out in the Guardian, Laura Clancy, Professor of Media at Lancaster University.
“Even if much (of this content) is not explicitly anti-monarchist, it certainly creates a discourse around the monarchy in a way that is not defined by the official narrative,” he points out with the British newspaper.
Especially since King Charles III comes to the throne with a much less positive image than his mother, perceived by many Britons as a milestone and a guarantee of stability for the country. And if, according to a Yougov survey, three quarters of Britons have a good impression of his first steps as sovereign, and believe that “he will do a good job”, Charles III will have to prove himself and seduce the younger generations. young people and show that the monarchy is still relevant.
Source: BFM TV
