Meghan Markle 'never really came to terms with what was expected of the royal family,' source claims - Fox News

There are some things Meghan Markle may not miss about life across the pond.

A palace insider who has worked with the Duke and Duchess of Sussex told UK media commentator Neil Sean there were certain aspects of royal life that the former American actress was eager to ditch.

On Jan. 8, the 38-year-old and her husband Prince Harry announced they were taking “a step back” as senior members of the royal family and instead work independently, splitting their time between the United Kingdom and Canada.

“She never really came to terms with what was expected of the royal family and the need to publicly suppress opinion,” the source told Sean. “She did not get that you can’t be political and have those thoughts discussed in public despite saying so to Harry at the start… [Kensington Palace] was just beyond anything she had known before.”

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Meghan Markle and Prince Harry are stepping back from royal duties. (AP)

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Sean told Fox News that Markle yearned for simple freedoms she once enjoyed in Hollywood.

“Meghan loved to drive herself around and felt hemmed in with bodyguards and such,” Sean explained. “She told this contact, ‘It’s the freedom of just jumping in a car and zooming off into the world.’ That was demonstrated when she closed her own car door on a visit and this then became headline news.”

Etiquette expert William Hanson previously told Radio 1 Newsbeat that closing your own car door as a royal did not constitute a breach of protocol, as reported by PopSugar. However, Hanson noted, “Usually, if you are a member of the royal family or a dignitary, you have a member of staff to open and close a car door for you.” Hanson added that this is specifically for security reasons.

“There is a security element as to why doors are left open so that should anything occur the royals can be bundled into a car and driven off,” said Sean.

Sean also claimed the former “Suits” star was stunned that despite being family, one allegedly cannot casually reach out to another royal.

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Meghan Markle and Prince Harry met through a mutual friend in Toronto in 2016. The American actress went on to become Britain's Duchess of Sussex. (Getty)

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“Meghan never really got used to royal protocol and how you simply could not just ring up or go see other members of the family without an appointment,” the source told Sean. “It just baffled her. While Prince Harry was sympathetic, he too couldn’t make her understand this is how things ran and would run.”

Even something as simple as a marriage proposal requires permission if you’re a royal. According to the Royal Marriages Act of 1772, royal descendants must seek the reigning monarch’s approval before popping the question. Queen Elizabeth II approved all the unions of her children and grandchildren, including Harry’s.

But royal historian and blogger Marlene Koenig pointed out there is a way to get past the formalities when it comes to daily communication with other royals — to a certain extent.

"There is a sense of informality among the younger royals with a WhatsApp chatroom," she clarified. "But for official business, one has one's private secretary or another high-level staffer contact the queen's private secretary to make an appointment. One cannot just drop in on the queen."

Royal fashion was also allegedly difficult for Markle to get used to.

“She hated wearing nude tights and simply in the end, refused,” the source told Sean. “That is why we saw her wearing trousers more and slowly returning to her own wardrobe that she felt more comfortable in.”

While it’s not mandatory for members of the royal family to wear tights, it is seen as a sign of respect while in the presence of senior royals, especially the queen.

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Meghan Markle and Prince Harry showed off their royal baby, known as Baby Sussex, two days after his birth. Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip (Getty)

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British hosiery brand Heist got in touch with the duchess in 2019 after she was spotted wearing too pale nude tights at Buckingham Palace three days after her wedding, People magazine reported. A rep for the brand told the outlet they got in touch with Markle to offer a selection of their nude tights that better complemented her skin tone.

People shared the brand initially tried to gift a box of products to the new royal, but were returned as members of “The Firm” are unable to accept gifts. However, a selection of tights was purchased by the palace and later worn by Markle. She went on to be photographed wearing the brand at several royal engagements.

But Sean claimed that one thing Markle missed more than going bare was sharing her voice online.

“The thing she really missed was her own website, The Tig,” said Sean. “[She told the source], ‘It was my outlet. I put so much effort and love into [it] and then bam — it was out and gone. I missed that connection so much and yet there was nothing I could do.’

“She [also] loved the power and positive side of social media,” Sean continued. “For a while, she admitted that it was best she was off it. But… she used it so much during her time as an actress to promote her brand. She soon found it frustrating that she could not express any opinion in public in any form.”

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Meghan Markle's alleged request for privacy has sparked a fiery debate on social media. (AP)

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Before marrying the prince, Markle had carved out a successful career not just as an actress, but also as a lifestyle influencer with The Tig, the now-defunct popular blog. It was an outlet where Markle also candidly discussed her humanitarian efforts before becoming a royal. The site shuttered in April 2017 after her relationship with Harry became more serious.

But shortly after the Duke and Duchess announced they were stepping back as senior royals, they launched a comprehensive website outlining their plans for the future. The couple turned to Toronto-based firm Article to help them with the site’s design, Town & Country reported. The outlet shared that Markle previously worked with Article on The Tig.

The Duke and Duchess of Sussex previously announced their decision to “step back” came “after many months of reflection and internal discussions.”

"We have chosen to make a transition this year in starting to carve out a progressive new role within this institution," the couple said on Instagram. “We intend to step back as ‘senior’ members of the Royal Family and work to become financially independent while continuing to fully support Her Majesty The Queen. It is with your encouragement, particularly over the last few years, that we feel prepared to make this adjustment.

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Actress-turned-royal Meghan Markle captivated the world when she married Prince Harry. However, the star endured harsh criticism from British tabloids while she attempted to navigate her new life as a royal. (AP)

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"We now plan to balance our time between the United Kingdom and North America, continuing to honor our duty to The Queen, the Commonwealth, and our patronages," they continued. "This geographic balance will enable us to raise our son with an appreciation for the royal tradition into which he was born, while also providing our family with the space to focus on the next chapter, including the launch of our new charitable entity."

The couple added they will continue to work with the reigning monarch, 93, as well as Harry’s father Prince Charles, and the 35-year-old’s older brother, Prince William.

"We look forward to sharing the full details of this exciting next step in due course, as we continue to collaborate with Her Majesty The Queen, The Prince of Wales, The Duke of Cambridge and all relevant parties. Until then, please accept our deepest thanks for your continued support."

They will keep their royal titles.

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Watch: BTS Performs “Black Swan” For The 1st Time On “The Late Late Show With James Corden” - soompi

BTS appeared on “The Late Late Show with James Corden” to talk about the Grammy Awards, their upcoming album, and perform their pre-release single “Black Swan” for the first time!

BTS sat down with James Corden to talk about their collaborative stage with Lil Nas X for his “Old Town Road All Star” special performance, and they talked about how amazing the night was. The members also revealed what they do when they forget a dance move while performing, and shared their excitement for their upcoming album and tour.

James Corden also mentioned the amazing support they receive from ARMYs [BTS’s official fan club name] whenever the members are on the show, and the members took a moment to share a sweet message with their fans.

Check out the interview below!

BTS also performed their newest song “Black Swan” for the first time ever, taking over the stage and putting on a stunning barefoot performance. Watch the performance below!

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Rage Against the Machine to Perform at Boston Calling 2020 - Pitchfork

As rumored, Rage Against the Machine will headline this year’s Boston Calling Music Festival. Their set will occur on Saturday, May 23. Rage join previously announced headliners Foo Fighters and Red Hot Chili Peppers. Check out the Boston Calling 2020 poster below. The festival takes place at Harvard Athletic Complex in Allston, Massachusetts from May 22–24.

Prior to Boston Calling, Rage Against the Machine will play reunion shows in the Southwest in March, followed by two headlining Coachella sets in April. The band last played together live in July 2011.

Read Pitchfork’s Sunday Review of Rage Against the Machine.

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Kobe Bryant's Teammate Lamar Odom Says It's "Like a Long-Lasting Nightmare" | Good Morning Britain - Good Morning Britain

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Neil Young says the MacBook Pro has ‘Fisher-Price’ audio quality - The Verge

Musician Neil Young and tech executive Phil Baker have been trying to push the tech industry to make it easier for consumers to listen to high-quality audio for almost a decade now. The duo’s hi-res music player Pono aimed to fix problems they said plagued MP3 players like the iPod and music software like iTunes — including compressed, lossy, and low-fidelity audio files that were not similar enough to their original recordings.

But five years after the Pono was released, Young believes the tech industry has still not advanced enough for consumers to easily listen to high-resolution audio. Their new book, To Feel the Music: A Songwriter’s Mission To Save High-Quality Audio, details the hurdles they had to overcome to create the Pono as well as what the tech industry should do in order to get consumers to realize what they’re missing with streaming and “CD-quality” music.

In an interview with The Vergecast, Young tells Verge editor-in-chief Nilay Patel that even though Grammy-winning artists are able to make music almost anywhere they go on their laptop or mobile devices, they’re still sacrificing on audio fidelity.

Below is a lightly edited excerpt of that conversation.

So many artists today write their songs on tour in a hotel room on a MacBook. They’re not starting with the big analog studio. They’re not starting with tape. They’re starting digitally. Does that carry through? Is it even worth it to talk about the output format when it’s teenagers in bedrooms writing hits right now?

What’s the problem with teenagers in bedrooms writing hits?

Well, they’re starting on a MacBook, recording straight to MP3.

Yeah, I know. But if that’s what they want to put out as a record, that’s a problem.

Right. But I’m saying... I’m looking at the new 16-inch MacBook Pro. Apple gave me a review unit. They said, “Look at all of the artists who use this thing with GarageBand to start.” But you’re saying that shouldn’t be where the recording starts?

It’s a piece of crap. Are you kidding? That’s Fisher-Price quality. That’s like Captain Kangaroo, your new engineer. A MacBook Pro? What are you talking about? You can’t get anything out of that thing. The only way you can get it out is if you put it in. And if you put it in, you can’t get it out because the DAC is no good in the MacBook Pro. So you have to use an external DAC and do a bunch of stuff to make up for the problems that the MacBook Pro has because they’re not aimed at quality. They’re aimed at consumerism.

That’s what Steve Jobs told me. He told me that exact thing: “We’re making products for consumers, not quality.” So they don’t want audio quality. They don’t want to spend a lot of time on that. Audio quality — for your reference and for anybody else that’s listening — is deeper than visual quality.

You can look at things and think you’re seeing everything with a hi-res whatever you’re looking at in a picture. But true audio dimension is so deep, and there’s so much data there if you want to capture it all — in the echo and the softness and the loudness and the difference as things are decaying and getting smaller and smaller as they go away. That’s part of the beauty of sound, and the beauty of music based on that is that you can hear all of the detail.

Now, when you talk about doing that on a MacBook Pro, it makes me barf. This is where we are.

But I see so many artists... we talk to artists, we interview them. We did a video with a guy who won lots of Grammys, works for lots of people, and he’s like, “I assemble samples in the back of my car using my MacBook Pro. I love it. This is how music is made.”

I’ve never won a Grammy for music, so I wouldn’t know about that quality.

Sure. I’m just saying, we talked to the people who are making the money, and they’re like, “I assemble samples on my MacBook Pro.”

It’s not about money. It’s not about hits. It’s about quality. It’s about sound. It’s about museum quality. It’s about the real thing. The facts. The real sound. What happened when you opened your mouth and sang? What went into the air? That’s what we’re not getting with the new technology.

The older technology used to give you a reflection of it so that you could still feel it. Today, it’s reconstituted. It’s poorly sampled. It’s garbage that has less bits to save people memory, which is not even relevant anymore. We have so much memory we’ve got it coming out of our ears. Yet we’re still saving memory, saving quality, so we can store more crap. It’s just we’ve gone down this bad street, and we’re way down. So if you talk to somebody about quality and they’re using anything from that, they’re not going to hear it. They’re going to hear today’s quality. And they may be great as far as today’s quality goes, but to me, it’s just like it doesn’t matter.

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Questions surround conditions at time of Kobe Bryant's fatal helicopter crash - CBS This Morning

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Kobe Bryant and wife Vanessa had pact to 'never fly on a helicopter together' - New York Post

Kobe Bryant preferred to get around via helicopter — but he and his wife Vanessa promised to never fly together, according to a new report.

“He and Vanessa had a deal that they would never fly on a helicopter together,” a source told People Magazine on Monday.

The report didn’t provide an explanation behind the couple’s unusual deal.

The same source said the Los Angeles Lakers legend would “only” fly in choppers flown by pilot Ara Zobayan, who was behind the controls in the crash Sunday that left him, Bryant and seven others dead Sunday.

In a 2018 interview, Bryant, 41, said he opted to travel via helicopter to avoid sitting in traffic — and maximize family time with his four daughters, Natalia, 17, Gianna, 13, Bianka, 3, and Capri, 7 months.

“Traffic started getting really, really bad,” Bryant said on the Barstool Sports podcast “The Corp.”

“And I was sitting in traffic and I wound up missing like a school play, because I was sitting in traffic. … I had to figure out a way where I could still train and focus on the craft but still not compromise family time.”

Bryant, his daughter Gianna and the others were killed on the way to the teen’s basketball tournament in California.

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