What should we think about Harry and Meghan? Let's wish them to be happy, and to dance.

 

 

Their royal interview with Oprah Winfrey seen on March 8th 2021, revealed unhappiness and fear during Harry and Meghan's life in London. Since we know that the British tabloid press (led by the abominable, anti-royalist Rupert Murdoch) hounded Princess Diana to her death, Harry was quite right to remove his wife from their nauseous racist persecution. On March 9th the self-satisfied White ITV broadcaster Piers Morgan was called out on live television by his Brown colleague Alex Beresford for consistently 'trashing' Meghan Markle on television....and Morgan couldn’t take it. He walked out of the studio and out of his job presenting ITV's Good Morning Britain. We are well rid of him. This was a considerable victory for Meghan.

Well done Alex Beresford, who seems a very pleasant man.

Meghan in Britain had to endure day-to-day racism, micro-aggressions, hypocrisy, and double standards screaming at her from the vicious unstoppable internet and from the tabloids. “I thought they would be fair” said Meghan: but the British tabloids are never ‘fair’ in their peddling of prejudice. I am not surprised that she was unhappy.

Meghan is a victim of the shameful racism in British society. Her mental health was put under strain, and Harry took her away from the hatred. It is tragic that the British have lost this beautiful and talented woman. Her departure is Britain’s loss …. And the Brits have lost their popular and interesting Prince Harry as well.

While I am glad Meghan won her court case against the Sunday Mail - and I hope she and Harry will win their other legal cases - law courts are a very American response to the problem. They are not necessarily the best path for the Royal Family to follow. “The Firm” usually sticks with the advice of 19^th century prime minister Benjamin Disraeli about press coverage: “Never complain, Never explain.”

 

When I have been attacked in the press (very rarely), I have followed that rule and it served me well.

While it might seem smart to meet with Oprah Winfrey this week, I fear that the interview will haunt them repeatedly over the next 40 years. Let’s hope they will find peace and happiness. Perhaps their hoped-for success in USA will mean that one day they will be better appreciated by the British. They might then reintegrate British public life. I pray so. In the meantime I wish them every happiness and good luck in California.

My piece of advice to the young couple: Make sure that you DANCE together. Nothing is healthier, or more romantic.

Waltzing in the magnificent Spanish Ballroom .... or waltzing all by yourself

 

This picture shows Waltzing in the magnificent Spanish Ballroom at Glen Echo Park in Maryland, USA ..... happy memories of yesteryear, before the Covid-19 pandemic closed public spaces and blocked our dancing passion. This picture shows the amazing SWALLOWTAIL dance band. 

Wanna hear them?  TRY   https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=duUlgCvjNzE

GOOD NEWS:  you can dance to Waltz music, even if you are alone. Tu peux danser avec toi-même.

Grete Wiesenthal (1885-1970) was an Austrian dancer, actor, choreographer, and dance teacher who found ballet too static, the Court Opera too stiff, too removed from the feel of the music. Using the waltz music of Strauss and Chopin, Grete became a Modern Dance Innovator, transforming the Viennese Waltz of her home city from a ballroom staple into a wildly ecstatic solo dance form. Her dramatic choreography with "swirling, euphoric movement and suspended arches of the body" was described as “ecstatic.” The dancers swirled in a “spherical dance” bent backwards with unbound hair and swinging dresses."  Here is Grete performing her Blue Danube solo spherical dance. Wild Waltzing!

Grete trouvait le ballet trop rigide, négligeant les émotions exprimées par la musique. Elle a donc inventé sa propre choréographie qui transforma le WALTZ en danse solo dramatique provoquant une ‘extase’ avec ses mouvements tournoyants ….. Une danse moderne de son époque.

This choreography made Wiesenthal a leading figure in Austrian dance and when she visited New York in 1912, Americans loved her!   You can read more, and hear my choice of Waltz music, if you read my monthly letter of jokes and stories THE DANCING HIPPO.  

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