Denée Benton Says Meghan Markle Was “Set up for an Incredible Amount of Abuse”

Actress Denée Benton is not holding back on what she thinks about the British royal family’s treatment of Meghan Markle. In a new interview in Tatler, the Gilded Age star shared, “Being the first and only [person of colour], you’re really set up for an incredible amount of abuse – the system isn’t set up to support you. And I think that [because of] the lineage of the really profoundly devastating effects of colonisation as it relates to the monarchy, you can’t necessarily just pop a black person in.” Benton continued, “It requires a lot of reckoning. Unless you’re ready… Read Full Article