Duchess Meghan: Sharp criticism from Nelson Mandela’s grandson

Duchess Meghan, 41, adorns the current cover of “The Cut”, a supplement of the “New York” magazine, and has revealed all sorts of private and explosive details to the journalist Allison P. Davis. Prince Harry’s wife, 37, is planning an Instagram comeback, among other things. She also criticizes the British press and again emphasizes the dark side of royal life. Above all, her memory of how she was once compared to Nelson Mandela, † 95, is now sour – especially with his descendants.

Duchess Meghan has been compared to Nelson Mandela

While Duchess Meghan avoids reading articles about herself, she knows her entry into the British monarchy was a sign of progress for people of color. During the interview, Meghan remembers a drastic experience in this context. At the premiere of “The Lion King” in London in 2019, an actor from the musical took her aside. “He looked at me and he was like a light. He said, ‘I just want you to know that when you married into this family, we cheered in the street the same way we did when Mandela got out of prison .’ “

The 41-year-old knows that she is not like Mandela, but with this anecdote, Meghan placed a picture of herself as a “symbol of all that is good and charitable,” Allison P. Davis explains. The grandson of the deceased freedom fighter and former South African president is now bothered by the indirect comparison.

Nelson Mandela’s grandson hands out against Duchess Meghan

Zwelivelile “Mandla” Mandela, 48, makes it clear to the “Daily Mail” how “surprised” he was by this statement and that there were no jubilant scenes in his home country because of the royal wedding. “Overcoming 60 years of apartheid is not the same as marrying a white prince,” he says. His grandfather spent 27 years in prison before being released, reuniting his opponents and moving on with his country. He fought against oppression and social injustice, received the Nobel Peace Prize and was considered a role model worldwide.

Nelson Mandela’s “celebration was based on overcoming 350 years of colonialism with 60 years of a brutal apartheid regime in South Africa. So it can’t [einer Hochzeit] equated,” stresses Mandla, adding with regard to Meghan: “Every day there are people who want to be Nelson Mandela, who either want to compare themselves to him or emulate him. But before you can think of yourself as Nelson Mandela, you should come to grips with his work and be able to support and defend the work that he himself advocated.”

The British royal family has close ties to Mandela’s family

Prince Charles, 73, and Princess Diana, † 36, were close to Nelson Mandela. Diana met him in Cape Town in March 1997 while visiting her brother Earl Spencer, 58, in South Africa. The Sussexes have also developed a close relationship with the Mandela family in recent years, following in Harry’s parents’ footsteps. It was not until July 18, 2022 that the 37-year-old gave a speech to the UN General Assembly on Nelson Mandela Day in New York.

Harry and Meghan also met Mandela’s widow Graca Machel, 76, on the last day of their 2019 trip to Africa, whom Harry met when he visited South Africa in 2015. Have the Sussexes messed with the Mandela family?

Sources used: thecut.com, dailymail.co.uk

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