Meghan Markle was not the first actress to join the British royal family. The first performer to join the Windsor family was Sophie Winkleman (London, 45 years old), after her marriage in 2009 to Lady Frederick Windsor, a title acquired when she married Lord Frederick Windsor, son of the late Queen Elizabeth II’s cousin, Michael of Kent. Since then, the actress has starred in series such as Two and a half men OR Sanditon He attended all important family and formal events. This is why he experienced up close what it means to be part of the Windsors, and spoke about it – and not especially in a positive tone – in a recent interview with the newspaper The times.
“The more I get to know the royal family, the more I realize that their lives are total hell and that this level of unwanted fame is a form of torture,” he confesses to the British media. “None of them participated Pop idol (Him reality British musical) or something like that to become famous. Having that kind of blinding spotlight in your face from birth, not knowing who you can trust, not knowing if someone will betray you, with people constantly writing lies about you, is just brutal.
Although due to her acting career she chose to be in the spotlight, her in-laws did not. “I feel very sorry for all of them. I don’t think a life with so much control and pressure is even remotely healthy, but they have no other choice,” he comments in the interview regarding his participation in the new series. wild cherry, Well, despite being part of the royal family, she has not abandoned her acting career.
Sophie Winkleman married Frederick Windsor, who works as a managing director at JP Morgan Chase, on September 12, 2009. A wedding in which the bride herself “didn’t know most of the guests”, she also recalls. “My best friends were there, but it was basically full of faces I had never seen before.”
Interestingly, they met at a party on New Year’s Eve 2007 after he recognized her from appearing on the show. Sneak peek show. “You’re Big Suze (her character), I love you!” he told her. After the wedding, the couple decided to move to Los Angeles – a place also chosen by Henry of England and Meghan Markle after abandoning their royal duties – to pursue an acting career, where they remained for six years. Winkleman remembers that time in the United States as one of his best. They “deeply loved” that no one knew of their royal ties. But they decided to return to the UK with the birth of their first child, Maud, now 12 (they have a second daughter, Isabella, 9).
In the interview with the British media he also talks about the constant criticism his in-laws receive. Prince Michael of Kent was embroiled in controversy in the early 2000s when he received at least €4,000,000 from Russian oligarch Boris Berezovsky. Furthermore, recent controversies such as the fall of former Prince Andrew and Sarah Ferguson have cast a shadow on the prestige of the monarchy. In the conversion with The timesdefends his family, especially his in-laws: “The royals work tirelessly with thousands of charities in Britain and around the world, both behind the scenes and in front of the public. It is undeniable that they bring enormous prestige and influence to any cause they support.” He adds: “The King’s Trust (King Charles III’s charity) is the main driver of social mobility in Britain. Princess Anne attends almost 500 public events a year. The Duchess of Edinburgh has just returned from Sudan, where she met surgeons who operate on young children who are victims of rape; it’s traumatic and very serious work. I honestly think even my communist grandfather would be convinced by my arguments for the royal family.”
Winkleman also works with charities, most notably Jame’s Place, which helps men with suicidal thoughts. The closeness with the organization is due to the fact that last year his brother-in-law Thomas Kingston, husband of Lady Gabriella Kingston (Frederick’s sister), a couple to whom they were very close, took his life. “It was a great tragedy in our lives and we miss him very much. My daughters loved him. It’s terrible. We stay in touch with all his family and feel he is still with us.”
