Does anyone remember watching the wedding of Meghan & Harry?  The look on his face , as he whispered, “I’m so lucky?”  Yes, he is lucky, because he married a woman who is much stronger than he. She’s a  middle class , biracial American girl.   He’s the entitled British prince who  rescued her from an uncertain future.  That’s how it appears on the surface.  But is Meghan a Modern Cinderella?  I don’t think so.

Her parents divorced at an early age, and it appears she came from a dysfunctional step family.  In spite of those disadvantages, she  was a go getter from an early age.    She attended the prestigious Northwestern University and graduated with a double major.  From there, she went on to a successful acting career, culminating in a seven year run in the Canadian television show, Suits.  In 2014, she started a wildly successful lifestyle blog called Tig, which attracted millions of viewers,

Contrast that with Prince Harry.  He was born into privilege.   Safe to say he’s never worried about job interviews.   He hasn’t done anything on his own.  He didn’t graduate from college, but was handed a career in the Royal military.

Unlike Meghan,  he never  had to rely on his talents, or work his way up from nowhere.  If it weren’t for his royal family, he wouldn’t be much of a catch. He’s admitted to some serious  emotional problems due to his mother’s tragic death  at the age of  twelve.  Also, he’s  spent his entire adult life with  people questioning  his paternity.  Think  how upsetting to constantly see pictures of your supposed “real father,” in the tabloids, all the while wondering if you really are a royal.

Marrying Meghan was probably the best thing that ever happened to Harry.. She’s talented, but tough.   He needs her strength to bolster his fragile sense of self.  Emotionally, she appears to be the much stronger of the two.  And far more accomplished.

Meghan has been criticized for leaving the royal family.  Actually, it looks like she rescued Harry from a dreary, stilted life of performing royal duties.   If it weren’t for her, he would have spent the rest of his life in the shadow of his brother, doing what he was told, and watching his p’s and q’s.  Meghan has freed him from all of that and given him a chance to reinvent himself, and chart his own path.

Is Meghan Markle  really a Cinderella who was rescued by Prince Charming?   Or was Harry the prince who was rescued by Wonder Woman?