I'm not a royalist. I'm not actually necessarily a fan of the Duke and Duchess of Sussex. But one thing I can see is clearly inconsistent treatment of Meghan for identical behaviour as Kate. Which raises the question as to the reason for the difference. A thread...

Exhibit 12: #DannyBakerChimpGate This is the picture and caption tweeted by Danny Baker when Meghan and Harry's baby was born.

If you want an in depth analysis of Danny Baker's tweet, in case you need to understand how it is offensive and how his explanations and apologies at the time were meaningless, here's a thread: https://twitter.com/snigskitchen/status/1126553958997213191

Exhibit 13: #CrossedLegsGate Meghan is castigated in the Sun.... for crossing her legs. Imagine the outrage!

Exhibit 14: #FashionGate Both women are beautiful and stylish. But when one dresses fashionably, it is applauded by Sarah Vine. When the other does so, Sarah is quick to to criticise.

Exhibit 15: #FamilyBackgroundGate Her ancestors were slaves and maids! She's almost Straight Outta Compton. How dare this woman marry outside of her birth and class? And what has the US Civil War got to do with her relationship with Harry?

Exhibit 16: #PocketGate
Check out this fab picture of the Queen, rocking her pockets. Dresses need pockets. Putting hands in your pockets is awesome. But hang on! When Meghan puts her hands in her pockets it's "a step too far".

Exhibit 17: #MakeUpGate.
Defined brows?
Brown eyeshadow?
Contouring?
Nude lip colour?
So why is one make up job "sophisticated", and "grown up", and the other "Hollywood" and "high voltage"?

Exhibit 3A: #BumpGateReloaded The Sun is conflicted about whether a pregnant woman should touch her baby bump.
Clue: why don't you mind you own business, you complete sawdust brains?

Exhibit 18: #TerrorGate Meghan puts together a charity cookbook for the people who survived the Grenfell Tower fire. Camilla Tominey in the Telegraph, David Vance, and, of course, the Daily Mail, can't praise this. They insinuate she's linked to Islamic terrorists. Really?

Exhibit 19: #NigglingDoubtGate
The Daily Mail's Sarah Vine, when discussing the marriage of a mixed race woman, with black heritage, uses the word "niggling".
Other words "persistent", "troubling", "nagging", "small". Sarah Vine deals in words. Why choose "niggling"?

Exhibit 20: #TaintedSeedGate
Since people like Piers Morgan and Phillip Schofield need "examples", how about these abhorrent racist remarks by Jo Marney? Even the Daily Mail describes these to be racist.

Exhibit 21: #TrouserGate
It is suggested that the Queen objects to women royals wearing trousers and that Meghan has broken royal protocol or upset the Queen by wearing them... but is that really true? Her Majesty looks smart in her slacks, and so does Kate.

Exhibit 22: #TooWokeGate
O'Neill criticises Meghan for being "woke". Diana challenged prejudice against HIV in the 1980s. Charles campaigned about the environment since the 1980s [40 years ahead of his time]. Wills, Kate and Harry destigmatise mental illness. All fab, all woke!

Exhibit 23: #TrailerTrashComedyGate
BBC comedy spoof. The fake head has somewhat darker skin than Meghan's, is bad tempered, shouty, sweary, jealous and possessive. Her character is described by The Telegraph as "trailer trash": an allusion to her heritage and class background.

Taking a break from the exhibits, we need to ask ourselves, what's the effect of this racially charged reporting? The dog whistle racism works. So much so that hundreds of racist tweets were posted straight after the #Megxit announcement: https://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/entry/exclusive-hundreds-of-racist-and-sexist-tweets-posted-about-meghan-markle-following-announcement-to-quit-royal-family_uk_5e1f3372c5b63211760c766b

Exhibit 24: #NegativeHeadlineGate
Analysis shows that Meghan gets *twice* as many negative headlines as positive, despite her charity work, campaigning and public duties. https://www.theguardian.com/global/2020/jan/18/meghan-gets-more-than-twice-as-many-negative-headlines-as-positive?CMP=share_btn_tw

Exhibit 25: #ScentedCandleGate
Everyone wants their wedding to be perfect, yes? Right down to the smell. Kate's choice of Jo Malone scented candles is lauded. Yet Meghan is "kicking up a stink" with her "dictatorial" ways. Both wanted a memorable wedding, understandably.

Exhibit 26: #TwitterRacismMisogynyGate
Journalism lecturer Dr John Price, whilst studying the immediate Twitterati response to the Sussex's announcement to step back found the some of the worst racism and misogyny he'd ever seen on this platform. https://amp.lbc.co.uk/radio/presenters/shelagh-fogarty/tweets-of-abuse-against-meghan-markle-are-unreadab

Exhibit 27: #DarkSideGate
Sure, it turns out the actual story is about hair colour. But take a look at the headline. Anyone familiar with Star Wars knows the "dark side" of the Force are the bad guys, they wear black, they are mysterious and other. Dog whistle stuff.

Exhibit 28: #PressAgendaGate
Psychologists have been asked to confirm theories Meghan is manipulating/controlling Harry. *Not* asking for their independent, expert opinion. It's unethical to ask for an assessment of a person you've not meant. *Our* opinion is being manipulated.

Exhibit 29: #ShoeGate Wedges worn with style by both the Duchesses. Kate's are "versatile" and thoroughly approved of. Meghan's are... gasp!... a breach of protocol... [As if a style magazine would be told what the protocol is - the Queen gave them a call? Yeah, right.]

Exhibit 30: #CrossLeggedGateSequel Not the Sun, but the Daily Mail highlighting the unspeakable crime of crossing one's legs. What a shocker. I've never seen ANY royal ladies cross their legs, ever!

Exhibit 31: #GretaThunbergGate
Prince Charles meets Greta Thunberg at Davos 2020, and vocally supports action on climate change/ climate emergency. Reports are positive. But Meghan and Harry were only recently criticised for breaking tradition by a so called royal "expert".

Exhibit 32: #VictoriaMatherGate. British journalist #VictoriaMather describes Meghan as "five clicks up from trailer trash", mocks her acting career. The judgmental remarks about her family are in poor taste. Many families of all races can have relationship difficulties.

Exhibit 32A: #VictoriaMatherGate part 2. On MSNBC, British journalist #VictoriaMather makes a sly knife jibe about Meghan giving a knife as a Christmas gift to Catherine. Many interested in cooking would love a decent knife as a present. But the hint here is to knife crime.

Exhibit 33: #PrimatologistGate
Giles Coren jokes that Meghan didn't see a medical doctor about family planning, but rather the noted primatologist Jane Goodall. Yes, Harry had interviewed her. But why would a human discuss human birth control with a primatologist?

Exhibit 34: #WeedFarmGate
Australian website spins lurid headline that Harry and Meghan are "surrounded" by drugs, but buried in the story you discover cannabis is legal in Canada and the potential farm is "down the road". How far down is not clarified.

Exhibit 9A: #EditorGateReloaded
As Princess Anne guest edits Country Life this week (and why not?), remember the criticism raised about Meghan's issue of Vogue. Contrast the lack of criticism applied to Anne, Kate, and Charles.

Exhibit 35: #VoodooGate
Wills 1st saw Kate looking stunning @ a fashion show at Uni & was instantly attracted (who wouldn't?). Their love is written about respectfully, as opposed to the racially charged "trance"/"spellbound" terms used for Harry. His attraction is involuntary.

Exhibit 36: #PoliticsGate
Piers Morgan is enraged Meghan featured in a video urging people to vote in the US election, forgetting that she has left the Royal Family and she is actually American. Prince Charles wrote political letters for years. And former Kind Edward VIII?

Exhibit 36A: #PoliticsGate
Meghan makes a speech in New Zealand in 2018 about voting rights and women suffrage, below the portrait of her grandmother in-law who she was representing. Very similar to the current video. Oddly, no pushback from Piers Morgan. Why?

Exhibit 36B: #PoliticsGate
Dan Wootton, executive editor of The Sun, attacks Meghan, as she's "campaigning against Trump", actually, she doesn't mention him or any US political party. Not to mention the fact his own paper reported the Queen's support of Brexit with no criticism.

Exhibit 37: #BlackClothingGate
Black conveys smartness and authority. No wonder Meghan and Kate wanted to wear it to functions at a university and a museum. But The Sun says Meghan broke protocol, while The Mail praises "chic" "sleek" blazer worn by Kate. Both look great.

Exhibit 37A: #BlackClothingGate
The Daily Mail's inconsistency of approach on the wearing of black clothing by Meghan and Kate. How about we just let these two women wear what they like? Both have good taste and look fantastic.

Exhibit 38: #LanguageGate
The Telegraph's Michael Deacon appears to be confused. Pretty sure Meghan speaks English, and "Californian" isn't a language. We Brits also speak of being inspired, excited & passionate. Maybe it's just you who is jaded and flat? https://archive.is/jbC89 

Exhibit 39: #PrivacyGate
Any parent in the public eye would understandably want to keep their kids out of the gaze of the paparazzi. Yet look at how differently the two royal couples are treated for it.