Speaking to The Mirror, Judi said: “We shouldn’t underestimate the effort Meghan is putting in to look poised and confident here, but despite that I think she still ends up looking tense.”
She stated: “Director chairs are notoriously difficult to sit in, with just a small foot ledge that only works if you’re either very tall or wearing flat casual boots but Meghan is neither, meaning her elegantly folded legs and the way her feet are positioned in her heeled shoes would have required some thought and effort.”
Judi also commented on Meghan’s outfit choice.
“Her brown outfit looks deliberately low-key and her overall pose is an unusual one for Meghan when she appears on any stage.
“Her brown outfit looks deliberately low-key and her overall pose is an unusual one for Meghan when she appears on any stage,” she explained. “Meghan is such a keen and talented speaker she is normally showing the look of a coiled spring, waiting to speak.”
But Judi noticed Meghan seems different in this snap. “Here though she is purely in quiet listening mode, with not just her legs crossed in a barrier but her hands folded on her lap, too. Her face looks thoughtful, maybe even a bit sad,” she observed.
Judi wrapped up saying: “When she does unfold her hands it’s the gesture they form that really suggests some inner tension. Her fingertips touch each other point-on here, which is a polite-looking precision ritual without any trace of feelings of relaxation.”
Omid’s latest book made waves after a Dutch version named two royals as the ones who supposedly had “concerns” about how dark Meghan and Prince Harry’s baby’s skin might be. This bombshell was first dropped by the Sussexes in their tell-all chat with Oprah Winfrey.
Omid recently admitted that he did mention the supposed “royal racists” in an early draft of his book.
He explained last week that “uncleared text” was given to a Dutch publisher with the intention that a translation “would be updated to reflect the final version of the book”.
Dutch publisher Xander Uitgevers admitted an “error” had occurred which led to the naming. Despite this, Omid consistently denied ever naming the royals.
He told the BBC: “The book I wrote, the book I edited, the book I signed off on, did not have names in it.” However, writing for the i online, he said: “The only publisher I worked directly with was the one covering the US and UK.”
“Without my knowledge at the time, early and uncleared text was provided to the Dutch publisher for them to start on translation, with the understanding their translation would be updated to reflect the final version of the book I officially submitted.”
He stated that versions in other countries “perfectly replicated” the finished work, adding: “The finished book I submitted was not the version published in the Netherlands.”
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