Meghan Markle's Onscreen Dad Has a Message For Her Real One: "Just Love Your Daughter"

Since becoming a member of the royal family, Meghan Markle has been subject to far more attention, scrutiny, and criticism than she ever was as a Hollywood actress — and unfortunately, a lot of the negativity has been coming from her own family members. Meghan's father, 74-year-old former lighting director Thomas Markle, has been unable to stop himself from speaking out about Meghan and her royal in-laws to the press, most recently likening the monarchy to "Scientologists or the Stepford family." And along with myself, Chrissy Teigen, and probably the entire royal family, Meghan's former onscreen dad Wendell Pierce is over his comments.

The actor portrayed Robert Zane, the father of Meghan's Suits character Rachel Zane, and opened up about her recent family drama in an interview with The Telegraph this week. Wendell had a rather pointed message for Thomas, saying, "If you care about Meghan, the Duchess of Sussex, then that should be first and foremost in your mind before you say anything. If you love your daughter, just love your daughter. It's not for public consumption."

The former The Wire star also shared a sweet behind-the-scenes story from his time filming Meghan's climactic wedding scene on Suits, which marked her exit from the USA series in April. "We had a moment I cherish," he said. "I was sitting with Meghan in her wedding dress, as we waited for a set-up. We were alone. I said to her, 'Your life is going to change. It's going to be amazing and I'm very happy for you but I want you to know that I'm your friend, and no matter where you are or what's going on — if the fishbowl that you're in ever starts getting to you — you can call me.'" He continued to say that even though Meghan and Harry weren't engaged at the time, he "figured something might happen" due to the "increased security" he saw around her on the set.

Simple Ways To Effectively Save Money At Work

Given that most of us spend the biggest chunk of our days in office, it's also the place that witnesses some of our unhealthiest and most wasteful spending habits

Given that most of us spend the biggest chunk of our days in office, it's also the place that witnesses some of our unhealthiest and most wasteful spending habits

Most of us tend to have this terrible habit of uploading investment proofs for accounting purposes, which invariably ends in paying thousands in taxes that could have been easily avoided. If you must, take a day off a fortnight before the deadline for submitting investment proofs to your office just to get your paperwork in order with your CA and investment manager.

It's tedious to go through the monthly cycle of filing medical, travel, conveyance, telephone bills, we know. But it's important, because over months, it can amount to tens of thousands of rupees. If you don't do it before the end of the financial year, you end up paying a LOT of tax on it, and you may even have to forfeit some reimbursements altogether.

Even if you're not ordering in every day, and your office provides you lunch at a subsidised cost, it's still worth your while to spend time cooking your own meals and bringing them to work. For one, cooking can be a great destressing activity.

Buying roasted channa might be more expensive than a 100-rupee packet of chips, but it's an investment in your health and is cheaper in the long run. Also, it's definitely a whole lot cheaper than the cheese burger we all end up succumbing to when there's no food in sight while working late.

The Positive Effects Of Time Management

You see, time management works by reducing stress, and when you reduce the stress that you have in your life you get more time to think. That means you have more time to allow creative solutions to everyday problems, which is very important whether you are a mom or a business person. Allowing creative solutions to everyday problems is the number one key to having a balanced life. So, the first thing you can expect from effective time management is to get more time to think which allows you to solve everyday problems easily.

Time management helps you accomplish things faster than you think possible. This allows you to spend your discretionary time with people you love. When you have more free time you get to spend time with people you love and help them achieve what they want. And isn't life all about helping people you love and being there for them? Time management allows you to do that.

Well, who doesn't want to get the days work done faster and leave the office as soon as possible. Or maybe you're a business owner who is looking at getting a project finished so you can get started on the next one. Well, whatever your goal is time management will help you get things done faster if you apply it correctly.


Now, the important thing that I need to mention is that please do not expect all these effects to surface in the first day of learning how to manage your time It takes some time and the ability to change things if you find something is not working for you.