Harry and Megan

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If nothing else, a Markle / Gates comparison provides an elegant snapshot into how power and privilege operate in contemporary society, if only in relative terms - who has it and who doesn't, who is able to obtain it and who isn't, what benefits it provides etc. One can quibble about whether or not Gates is "genuine" establishment, but the advantages afforded to him by his power and privilege completely dwarf Markle's.

It's not the corridors of power that are the judge in the Harkle debacle, and it's not the corridors of power that ultimately foot the bill, it's more of a social and emotional grifting operation.

Apparently we have to believe Harkle, not because it's fashionable to ignore words contradicting actions even when 3rd parties expose inconsistency, after all Harkle speaks their truth, but because the story comes to us with a series of intermittent pearly white smiles interspersed with the odd tear.

Someone like Gates holds very little privilege or influence in that sphere of this debate, even if Gates offered a rational opinion it is more likely that he would find himself disadvantaged by public perceptions regardless of how bizarre they might be.

I realise now Her Majesty made a massive blunder, she should have responded to Harkle via Conan, a newbie mistake I suppose!