Anyone who follows the non-establishment media about Meghan Markle is probably familiar with Skippy, a Tumbler blogger who was one of the first to write about Meghan.
Skippy, the pen name of a Canadian woman who claims to be in late middle age, pours out dozens of items about Meghan every day.
Her blog is definitely an acquired taste: she mixes cuddly animal photos, inspirational pictures of waterfalls, and Catholic prayers with some vicious invective against the Duchess of Sussex. I'm no Markle fan, but I don't like any human being called "IT" or "Maggot" or "Meg-IT" or the like.
At any rate, Skippy is only relevant here because someone who appears to be Meghan, and whom Skippy believes to be Meghan, regularly sends anonymous messages to Skippy.
Skippy then responds with something juvenile about how wonderful Kate is. It's all a bit silly, but the anon keeps coming back for more.
Here's an example:
Could this be from Duchess Meghan? The anon does refer to "Meg", which is the name Meghan uses for herself and suggests to friends, according to her interview on the Craig Ferguson show when she was just a struggling starlet. (They also call her "Nutmeg", she said at the time.)
And the tone of the message is airy, pretentious, and condescending, which fits Meg's known speaking and writing style to a T.
Here, for example, is her "goodbye" note from her blog The Tig:
Sentence length and structure are similar in both writing samples. And like Meg - "inspiration, support, fun and frivolity" - the anonymous poster to Skippy likes to use thesaurus-length words.
The writer is going for "sounds educated" but ends up somewhere north of "sounds pompous and insecure about her education."
The anon is also prone to California-type expressions about negativity and reality.
Here's one more, where the anon starts out with the expression "Oh, honey."
Either she's been watching old episodes of RuPaul's Drag Race All Stars 3 (shout out to Trixie Mattel) or she's been hanging out with the fabulous types at Soho House in London, or both.
The writing styles match up pretty well, in my opinion. If you'd like to do more research (and have a strong stomach) check out the piece written by Meghan that ran in Elle about the time she was promoting her relationship with Prince Harry.
It's all about her deep commitment to charity (since abandoned) and although it's undoubtedly been through Elle's editing process, the tone still sounds like Meg.
Just included that last paragraph for the shout-out to (since abandoned) Dad. But yeah, the grandiosity, the pomposity, the tone and rhythm sound a lot like Skippy's anon.
My personal opinion: The anon is Meghan Markle.
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Edit February 4
The anon sent Skippy a new note yesterday, February 3.
February 3 was also the day when several other middle-aged lady bloggers, including Skippy's frenemy Jersey Deanne, were "outed" in the Daily Mail, complete with real names and photos.
The anon, whom I assume is Meghan, is on the warpath against working-class Tumblr bloggers.
It ain't fittin', it just ain't fittin', as the great Hattie McDaniel once said.
Comments
It's how she raised herself up from one of 24 bimbos on a game show to international fame.
Now that she's there, however, she doesn't know how to STOP promoting herself.
She can't understand why it doesn't work on the British people, but it doesn't, because it's a culture that values restraint and a sense of wry humor about oneself and one's surroundings.
Pushy celebrities in Britain, the Katie Price types, are seen as buffoons, not someone to respect or emulate.
And yeah, word is out Downstairs that she is behind the rampage. She went against US bloggers because the laws are looser here regarding libel. However, since this whole thing was published in a UK periodical, there might be grounds for suit in the UK, which would mean a big money payout because Meg would have to actually PROVE that the things she says have happened did really happen. She doesn't want to see a royal OB, and she would need a doctor's help to prove any of it.
I liked her. But her shenanaigans are starting to become quite obvious. The fake baby bump? Really??? I would have thought she was better than that.