The Princess Royal seems to be sympathetic to her cousin’s descendants in the fact that she thinks it is “more difficult” for young royals today. Anne was interviewed for the ITV documentary ‘Anne: The Princess Royal at 70’ and she thought about how society has changed since she was young, especially with the rise of social media. She said that although it has always been “less” for the younger royalty, there is now even more pressure due to social media.
Anne told the documentary: “The pressure on younger family members is always less, because that’s what the media is interested in, and that’s sometimes difficult to deal with.
“But there was no social media on my day, that probably made it more difficult.”
These remarks seem to imply that Anne is sympathetic to Meghan and Harry because they have to go through difficulties she never had.
Anne was often criticized in the mainstream media when she was young because she was perceived as grumpy and ill-tempered.
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Princess Anne said it is (Image: GETTY)
Kate and William also have to deal with the issue of social media (Image: GETTY)
She had a bad relationship with the press, and shamefully told one cameraman to ‘fall off’.
However, she acknowledged that she should never tolerate abuse of social media or indeed much input from the general public.
In contrast, young royals today often experience torrents of abuse on social media, with Meghan being specifically targeted.
The Duchess of Sussex has been clumsily married in recent years, with Harry claiming that much of the abuse shows “direct sexism and racism”.
Princess Anne was made grinning and grim when she was young (Image: GETTY)
She has even been accused of her pregnancy, including bizarre conspiracies, and is threatened with violence.
All of this is likely to take a toll on her mental health, as it should for Prince Harry and other young royals such as Kate Middleton and Prince William.
A statement from Buckingham Palace last year encouraged those who use their online channels to show “courtesy and respect”.
The rules stated on the Royal Family’s website state that comments should not be “defamatory, offensive, abusive, offensive, threatening, abusive, hateful, inflammatory or sexually explicit, promote violence or discrimination. “.
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Kensington Palace officials said they spend several hours a week moderating and deleting abusive remarks by Meghan and Kate.
A source told The Sun: “It was pretty hurtful for a while.
“There are automated tools that can help pass on the very unusual comments as well as manual moderation – but there are often thousands of comments.
“It only takes a few people to strike up a really annoying conversation with people who are very aggressive.”
An investigation found that Meghan was hit with just 5,200 hate and racist tweets in just two months and the majority of abuse came from just 20 accounts, according to CNN.
What’s more, young royals should also be aware that most people now have smartphones, which means that if they are occasionally concerned about royal engagements, there could be hundreds of people taking pictures and even making videos of them.
This piles up on the pressure to never make a mistake, and to plead that smile.
Emily Nash, Royal Correspondent for Hello! Magazine, told the 2017 ITV documentary ‘Kate: The Making of a Modern Queen’ ‘how the Duchess of Cambridge finds this a challenge.
She said: “[Kate’s] in a difficult situation because I think she is not always able to be completely sptonetsnous for the cameras.
‘And you have to remember that she’s perhaps one of the most controlled royals ever, because of the rise of smartphones and social media – every little slip or mistake could go viral within seconds.
“And she has to be really aware of that and it has to be a challenge.”
