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How the coverage framed it

Coverage of this story was largely uniform, with most outlets adopting neutral, factual framing centered on attribution and chronology — phrases like "says police told of allegations" (Times of London) and "told of 'disturbing allegations'" (Sky News) kept the reporting straightforward and non-committal. The modest spread that does exist comes almost entirely from one Daily Mail headline, which adopted Meghan's own language directly — "'I had to protect my children'" — placing her justification for the estrangement at the center of the story and framing her as a protective mother responding to a "disturbing probe." That same outlet also ran a more neutral headline focusing on the Met Police's response, demonstrating internal variation. The difference is less about ideological framing than about editorial choices around perspective: whether to foreground Meghan's stated motivations or stick to institutional facts about what police did or did not do.