American Vogue declares war on ‘niggling’

In the wake of Harry and Meghan’s Oprah interview, much American comment has been focused on the beastly British tabloid press. Reader’s Digest was typical in claiming that the UK press is ‘notoriously aggressive, some may say to the point of violating laws or the most primitive of standards’. Others focused on the headlines about Meghan Markle shown in the Oprah interview – despite a third of these actually coming from foreign or American gossip magazines.

Now though American Vogue appears to have topped the lot. In an article published on Wednesday titled ‘A Brit in America Makes Sense of the Meghan Markle Oprah interview’, the journalist Hamish Bowles detailed his criticisms of Fleet Street’s coverage of the Sussexes. Bowles, who is white, appeared to ignore the adoring coverage of the couple’s engagement and wedding and claimed that ‘from the beginning the viciousness of the British press, tabloid and otherwise, was astounding to me.’