Hillary Clinton believes racism has something to do with the
way Meghan Markle is being targeted by the British tabloids.
In a new interview for The Sunday Times of London, the
former US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, 71, defended Meghan Markle,
saying her biracial background "certainly" played a role in the harsh
treatment from British tabloids.
Clinton said this in response to a question about Prince
Harry’s latest move to sue three British tabloids.
Clinton said during the interview: "I do want to say
that the way she’s been treated is inexplicable."
Hillary pointed out that race is "certainly part of
it."
"If the explanation is that she’s biracial, then shame
on everybody," Clinton added.
Clinton’s daughter Chelsea was also asked the same question
and she said that the way the British press treats Meghan is likely because she
is super bold and "has a voice."
"She proudly had a career first and has a voice that
she thankfully continues to use," Chelsea said when asked about the Royal
family’s decision to sue multiple tabloids.
"Anyone who has the temerity to break the mold of what
has previously been established and expected often, unfortunately, receives
criticism and bile that I don’t understand," she added.
Prince Harry announced the decision to sue multiple news
outlets at the beginning of October. He also shared a letter condemning the behaviour
of the media.
"Unfortunately, my wife has become one of the latest
victims of a British tabloid press that wages campaigns against individuals
with no thought to the consequences – a ruthless campaign that has escalated
over the past year, throughout her pregnancy and while raising our newborn
son," he wrote in the statement.
He continued: "There is a human cost to this relentless
propaganda, specifically when it is knowingly false and malicious, and though
we have continued to put on a brave face – as so many of you can relate to – I
cannot begin to describe how painful it has been. Because in today’s digital
age, press fabrications are repurposed as truth across the globe. One day’s
coverage is no longer tomorrow’s chip-paper."
