WEBVTT - FREE SUBS TASTER: The 'Normal Girlfriend' Dating Dilemma

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<v Speaker 1>You're listening to I'm Ama mea podcast. You're not meant

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<v Speaker 1>to be prescriptive or have opinions when you're a royal.

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<v Speaker 1>Is that true?

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<v Speaker 2>It is true, although I think it's shifting because what's

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<v Speaker 2>really interesting to me here, right, is that Meghan and

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<v Speaker 2>Harry are positioning themselves as the kind of royal celebrity

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<v Speaker 2>hybrids that they want to be. So Harry's writing opinion

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<v Speaker 2>pieces for The New Statesman and he's going to the

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<v Speaker 2>Ukraine and whatever. And they're also monetizing. So Megan is

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<v Speaker 2>giving speeches at the World Health Organization, but she's also

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<v Speaker 2>selling her clothes and she's also got a Jam line. Now,

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<v Speaker 2>this again is classic modern diversification, which is, you know,

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<v Speaker 2>we've got to have fingers in lots of pies. It

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<v Speaker 2>used to be, and certainly for royals, you're either this

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<v Speaker 2>or you're that. Choose and they're like, we will not choose.

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<v Speaker 2>But it's very interesting because her critics, who are trying

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<v Speaker 2>to find bad things to say about it, are saying, well,

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<v Speaker 2>you can't be that and a jam saleswoman, And I

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<v Speaker 2>kind of argue that. In twenty twenty six.

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<v Speaker 1>She ca yeah, I agree. The other criticism I've heard

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<v Speaker 1>which makes me roll my eyes is the day before

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<v Speaker 1>this trip, and the day before she gave this speech,

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<v Speaker 1>she posted a photo to her own Instagram of her

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<v Speaker 1>It was a mirror selfie and in front of her

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<v Speaker 1>was a little about her daughter with the back to

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<v Speaker 1>the camera so you couldn't see her face, and the

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<v Speaker 1>caption was Mama's little helper, and it was in her

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<v Speaker 1>glamorous closet with all and whatever, like she's a celebrity

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<v Speaker 1>and she's rich, like, let her have it. But the

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<v Speaker 1>idea that it's somehow hypocritical to post pictures of your

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<v Speaker 1>children on your own social media and she's only ever

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<v Speaker 1>done that, not identifying their faces in various ways, as

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<v Speaker 1>a lot of people choose to somehow say that is hypocritical.

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<v Speaker 1>When she's criticizing the social media companies for allowing kids

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<v Speaker 1>that are too young and to be using them and

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<v Speaker 1>to be exposed to awful messages. I don't think that's hypocritical.

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<v Speaker 1>I think that And the same way that they're like

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<v Speaker 1>they wanted to leave the royal family, and people say, well,

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<v Speaker 1>if they wanted a private life, why are they now

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<v Speaker 1>on Instagram and giving speeches what they wanted was control,

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<v Speaker 1>and when you post a picture of your child on

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<v Speaker 1>your own social media you have full control over what image,

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<v Speaker 1>what angle, how often what the caption is, whether you

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<v Speaker 1>have comments on That is very different to allowing that

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<v Speaker 1>child to have their own social media account, or being

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<v Speaker 1>photographed by paparazzi or being forced to participate in official

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<v Speaker 1>royal