Meghan and Harry’s Master Class in How Not to Treat Family

They want endless praise for abandoning their duties.

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Britain’s Prince Harry and Meghan Markle appear onstage at the 2021 Global Citizen Live concert at Central Park in New York City, September 25, 2021.

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Nothing gets you in the Christmas spirit quite like a highly public family feud. I know, I know — you don’t care about the royals. But the latest episodes in Prince Harry and Meghan Markle’s Netflix series exemplify the modern trend of abandoning family pieties.

Most of us have a strong sense of duty when it comes to our families. Harry and Meghan claim to have this, too, only they insist that to protect their immediate family — their marriage and children — it is necessary to attack other family members.

Madeleine Kearns

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Madeleine Kearns

Madeleine Kearns is a former staff writer at National Review.

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