Meghan Markle

Well, if you're stuck at work right now, and you're growing antsy with the vague feeling that today should be a national holiday, we have some information that may help to explain your frustration:

It's Meghan Markle's 39th birthday!

2020 has not been particularly kind to Meghan Markle.

Granted, it hasn't been an easy year for any of us, and quarantining is probably a bit easier when you're doing it in a sprawling mansion owned by Tyler Perry, but still -- the Duchess of Sussex has been suffering one setback after another in recent months.

Alleged insiders have had a lot to say about Meghan Markle and Prince Harry, and some have even written books about them.

But few critics are as outspoken as Meghan's awful dad, Thomas, who says that the ex-royals have no right to complain.

Back in April, Prince Harry and Meghan Markle officially stepped down from their roles as senior members of the royal family, and no one really knew what to expect.

After all, it had been nearly a century since a member of the royal family became a private citizen, and King Edward VIII wasn't forced to contend with paparazzi and social media scrutiny when he abdicated the throne.

When Meghan Markle and Prince Harry stepped down from their roles as senior members of the royal family they did so largely in the hope that they could escape the prying eyes of the infamous British tabloid press.

When Harry and Meghan moved to America earlier this year, they did it with the expectation of a better and more private life for themselves and their son.

If the coronavirus pandemic has taught us anything, it's that you can sometimes learn a lot about someone's mental state just by looking at their hair.

In the same way that you can spot a struggling friend by their unkempt mane, you can occasionally recognize that someone is thriving just by glancing at their lustrous locks.

It's been over three months since Meghan Markle and Prince Harry stepped down from their roles as senior members of the royal family and moved to North America.

And in the UK, many royal experts are still wondering what went wrong.

When Meghan Markle and Prince Harry stepped down from their roles as senior members of the royal family, they did so in the hope that they could escape the sky-high expectations of Harry's family and the constant scrutiny of the British tabloid press.

Sadly, that hasn't been the case.

Back in June, as the nation erupted in protests in response to the police murder of George Floyd, Meghan Markle's best friend became embroiled in a race-related controversy that cast her in a very unflattering light.

We have heard no end about Meghan Markle's alleged "diva" behavior and various anonymous staffers couldn't stand to work for her.

But there are some things that no one, not even a Duchess, should dare to do -- especially at a wedding.

It's been almost four months since Meghan Markle and Prince Harry moved to Los Angeles from their temporary home on Vancouver Island.

At the time, the couple was widely ridiculed for traveling via private jet from one coastal mansion to another in the middle of a global pandemic.

Now that Prince Harry and Meghan Markle have stepped down from their roles as senior members of the royal family and put a little distance (about 5,500 miles) between themselves and Buckingham Palace, you might think that the feud between Meg and her in-laws would begin to die down.

A new royal tell-all hit stores this week, and while the claims made within the pages of such books should always be take with a grain of salt, the revelations found in Royals at War are attracting a considerable amount of attention for good reason.

Three months ago, Meghan Markle and Prince Harry stepped down from their roles as senior members of the royal family and fled to a different continent in hopes of escaping the harassment and persecution that had marred their marriage form day one.

You'd be hard pressed to find any public figures who have gone to such great lengths to break free from the talons of the tabloid press ...

Back in March, Prince Harry and Meghan Markle moved to Los Angeles from the Vancouver Island mansion that had served as their home for several weeks prior.

The Duke and Duchess of Sussex took some flak for moving in the middle of a pandemic, when they could have stayed put in Canada for as long as they would have liked.

When Prince Harry and Meghan Markle stepped down from their roles as senior members of the royal family, insiders expressed concerns about how these two would support themselves as private citizens.

It may sound like an absurd question to ask about one of the world's most famous couples, but notoriety does not always translate to wealth.

It may seem absurd that three months after Meghan Markle and Prince Harry stepped down as senior members of the royal family, the cause of the couple's decision is still such a widely-debated topic.

Of course, it's worth remembering that their move was almost unprecedented, and the royals will likely be feeling the ramifications for years to come.

Duchess Meghan Markle recently spoke about the horrific murder of George Floyd, and has been facing and discussing racism for years.

The current state of the world has spurred Meghan to greater ambitions, including a run for political office.

In the three months since Prince Harry and Meghan Markle stepped down from their roles as senior members of the royal family, the British tabloid press has been trying itself in knots trying to come up with new reasons why the couple might have made such a monumental decision.

This is ridiculous, of course, because the reasons are obvious, and they're staring us right in the face.

Earlier this month, Meghan Markle's longtime best friend Jessica Mulroney was fired from her role on a Canadian reality wedding show after it was revealed that she had engaged in some seriously problematic interactions with a prominent influencer.

Sasha Exeter called Jessica out after Mulroney bizarrely “took offense” to a “generic call to action” amid the recent Black Lives Matter protests. 

Now that they live more than 5,000 miles apart, you might think the feud between Meghan Markle and Kate Middleton would subside -- or at least that it would stop making tabloid headlines.

It's been over two months since Prince Harry and Meghan Markle officially stepped down from their roles as senior members of the royal family.

And at this point, we thought we'd heard just about every possible theory on what exactly went wrong between Meghan and her regal in-laws.

Last week, fans of Meghan Markle's were stunned by the news that her best friend Jessica Mulroney had been fired from her role on a Canadian reality show amid reports of racially insensitive behavior.

The allegations were particularly shocking, as Meghan has devoted much of her life to combatting racial injustice, and many now feel that she's had a bigot in her midst for several years.