Why Meghan Markle is set to disrupt the monarchy

Meghan and Harry’s love story matters because it causes tension and forces a royal conversation. Prince Harry and Meghan Markle’s wedding epitomises something inherently different: a shift and a change to what royalty and the British establishment means. Their relationship matters because millions of people consume the actions of the royal family as a cultural practice. As Allison Maplesden states, the royals’ actions “contribute to the discourses which function collectively to construct a sense of nation” consequently shaping public opinions of complex issues of race, gender, class and so forth. In this article, I talk about how this relationship will disrupt the monarchy as we know it.