Harry & Meghan: Meghan Markle is the best thing to ever happen to the royal family
The IndependentThe best of Voices delivered to your inbox every week - from controversial columns to expert analysis Sign up for our free weekly Voices newsletter for expert opinion and columns Sign up to our free weekly Voices newsletter SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Even the new Netflix documentary – three new episodes of Harry & Meghan dropped today, if you’ve been living under a rock – did nothing to dissuade me. This is the first woman that’s entered royal life and dared to suggest that the family’s archaic protocols might not be entirely necessary – and certainly not of interest to the wider world. Enter Meghan, and suddenly we’ve got style; genuinely-in-love photo calls; plans for supporting excellent causes; shimmering snaps taken under umbrellas! It’s not the best metaphor ever crafted, but it was remarkable to me that this staffer’s choice of words had Meghan as something being absorbed, perhaps even eaten, by the royal machine in order to propel it forward.