There are many things in the world that need to be looked at many years later, and even more so when they are put together many years later.
The three mothers-in-law and daughters-in-law of the British royal family are such a typical example.
The three mothers-in-law refer to the late Princess Diana, and her two daughters-in-law, Kate and Meghan.
01) Megan is greedy
Prince Harry, who was born in 1984, is three years older than Meghan's official age.
Why the emphasis on official age? Because there are some different sayings.
Usually, everyone thinks that Meghan was born in 1981, and she and Prince Harry just form an age difference of "female junior, holding gold bricks".
But Meghan once claimed that her half-sister Samantha was 12 when she was 15 years old in a privacy lawsuit against a British media outlet.
If this is true, then Meghan should have been born in 1977, a full 7 years older than Harry.
In fact, in the face of real feelings, it doesn't matter how old a woman is a man or a few years older.
The reason why the media is skeptical about Meghan's real age is because in the hearts of the British, she is a greedy woman who deceived the stupid Harry for profit.
This suspicion, because Meghan and Harry broke away from the royal family, got more "corroboration".
There is a precedent in British history for important members to leave the royal family.
For example, the late Queen Elizabeth II's uncle Edward VIII, the famous Duke of Windsor, was forced to take off the crown and give way to his younger brother in order to marry his favorite Mrs. Simpson.
For another example, Harry's uncle, Prince Andrew, was "demoted to a concubine" by the Queen Mother because of a sex scandal.
But in both cases, the parties were forced to leave, rather than leaving voluntarily like Prince Harry.
The public generally believes that Harry's initiative comes from Meghan's "instigation", and Meghan's "instigation" comes from her "greed".
Harry is the biggest "golden beetle son-in-law" that Meghan can catch, and marrying into the royal family means "Cinderella turning over", standing at the top of the class food chain from then on, and glory and wealth are rolling in.
But the truth is much more skinny than you think.
After entering the royal family, she realized that although she gained "glory and wealth", she also lost a lot.
There are too many royal rules, she has lost a certain freedom, William as the crown prince, his princess Kate is more concerned and favored than her, and the power and obligations are equal, and she must take on one job after another.
This is not what she originally intended.
As a "black man with a drop of blood", Meghan broke through the resistance, became a third-rate artist in Hollywood, and squeezed into the celebrity-filled charity circle to meet the prince, how much effort did she put in?
Her ultimate goal is not to become a pawn of the royal family, she wants more.
So, after several plans and trade-offs, she chose to leave the royal family with her husband.
After leaving the royal family, Meghan began to exert force.
She was interviewed by Oprah and charged millions of dollars for interviews, she signed a partnership agreement with Netflix and earned millions of dollars, and she helped her husband publish his autobiography "Spare Tire", earning more than $40 million in royalties.
"Spare Tire" is extremely popular in Europe and the United States
In addition, Harry has a huge inheritance left to him by his mother Diana, as well as grants that the royal family continues to provide.
It is estimated that Harry and Meghan's assets have far exceeded 100 million US dollars, and they do not need to bear royal responsibilities, and they do not need to be "left out" behind their brothers and sisters-in-law.
Megan's "greed" is all-round, money, freedom, ease, and self-esteem are all indispensable!
02) Kate Vanity
Many years ago, before Kate officially married William, the British press was mean about her: Waity Kate.
This evaluation stems from Kate's long-term wait for William.
Kate's childhood coincided with the heyday of Princess Diana. According to a long-time friend, Kate envied Diana and imagined that she would be able to shine in the future.
With a goal, there is motivation, and there is a posture of being ready at all times.
After graduating from high school, Kate received an admission letter from the prestigious University of Edinburgh.
But at this time, the media revealed that Prince William planned to enter St. Andrew's University next year. As a result, Kate decisively gave up the University of Edinburgh, took a year off, and was admitted to the University of St. Andrew's the following year, becoming an alumnus of William in the same year.
Kate used action to perfectly interpret what it means to "create opportunities if you don't have opportunities".
At the college orientation party, Kate, who was dressed in a see-through outfit on the catwalk, deeply attracted William's attention, and the two began dating and lived together.
Kate on the right and Kate in The Crown on the left
But the young prince did not want to settle down, and there were too many girls chasing and intercepting him, and he often deserted from Kate's side and lingered among other beauties.
Kate is not in a hurry or annoyed, she wants to use "complete tolerance" to distinguish herself from other women, so as to become the warmest harbor for the prince.
So, let the prince come and go back and forth, Kate always came and went as soon as he was called, and his ability to tolerate and restrain made William look sideways.
After graduating from college, William went to military service according to royal conventions, and there was no commitment to Kate, who did not work or fall in love, and waited obediently. After retiring, in the face of reporters' pressing, William casually said that "you won't get married until you are at least 28 or 30 years old", making Kate a laughing stock all over the UK.
At this point, she was nicknamed "Waiting Kate" by the British media, criticizing her as like a climbing morning glory and bent on only wanting to marry into the royal family, implying that she was an extremely vain person.
Finally, Kate's wait paid off: in 2011, 10 years after knowing each other, William officially married Kate.
After 13 years of marriage, Kate used her forbearance and restraint to resolve the media's hostility towards her, and turned herself into the most popular princess in the history of the royal family, surpassing her mother-in-law Diana.
But all forbearance and restraint are two-sided, one side can be used to achieve great things, as Goethe said in "Faust", "Those who can restrain can make things." On the one hand, it is like a sharp blade, constantly making his heart bleed and eating away at his health.
Kate's decades of restraint, if this is still "vanity", it can only be said that this "vanity" has been deeply rooted in the bone marrow and has become a responsibility, a responsibility, worthy of admiration.
03) Diana is stupid
For Diana, who died early, I can't bear to call it "stupid".
However, many of Diana's words and deeds during her lifetime are really difficult not to make people "mourn her misfortune and be angry at her stupidity".
In terms of action, in order to blackmail her husband into not going to Camilla, she deliberately rolled down from the second floor despite having Harry in her belly, almost causing Harry to die before he was born.
In order to avenge her husband's cheating, she has found 7 lovers, from equestrian coaches to surgeons, everything is known, and she was also exposed by her lover.
In terms of language, she took the initiative to accept an exclusive interview and broke the famous sentence "The marriage of three people is too crowded", forcing the queen to bear it and kicked her out of the royal family. And only a year after leaving the royal asylum, she was in a car accident during a paparazzi chase and died.
But all this stupidity, in the author's opinion, is not as good as the words she said when she first met Charles.
In "The Crown", Charles is not sure if Diana is right for him, so he makes a temptation: take her to a country estate, let her get up close and personal with the royal family, and see how she reacts.
Diana in The Crown
On that day, Charles, dressed as a hunter and taking Diana in the mud to walk and hunt in the mountains, asked cautiously, "A lady like you must not like my dirty country life." ”
Diana replied categorically: "I'm essentially a country girl." ”
Charles was overjoyed, he didn't expect this very fashionable-looking girl to be like-minded with him.
From then on, Charles began to accept Diana, and the entire royal family opened its arms to her.
We all know by now that Diana told a lie.
She didn't like the countryside at all, she didn't like hunting, she didn't like reading and riding horses. She belongs to the city, loves fashion, loves ballet, loves flowers and applause.
She didn't match Charles at all, except for the titles and honors that Charles gave her, everything else was torture for her.
If she hadn't said "I'm just a country girl" and didn't pretend to be Charles's favorite, maybe she would have lost the title of princess, but wouldn't that be a good thing?
With a true wishful Lang Jun, enjoy the joy of life that complements himself, that is happiness.
Diana's stupidity lies in the fact that she doesn't understand herself, she doesn't understand the royal family, she doesn't understand life.
Now that Si Ren has passed away, I really can't bear to give her such a bad evaluation.
The three mothers-in-law and daughter-in-law each have their own glory and difficulties, as well as their own experiences and lessons, if you have to sum it up in one sentence, it is an ancient Chinese wisdom:
Only by knowing oneself and knowing one's opponent can one not be defeated in a hundred battles!