Kind thoughts for Meghan Markle

OK so Lili was not made a peer of the realm but in a story  that was broken by People Magazine  we learned that at Lilibet's March 3rd 2023 christening,  the 21 month year-old second child of Harry and Meghan was officially baptised Princess Lilibet Diana - and it is the Princess part that is making world headlines. True to Harry and Meghan's usual method of releasing stories whenever they can,  we learned of the baptism of Lili 5 days after the happy event.  We are told that the religious ceremony was held at the family home in Montecito, with the bishop in the Episcopal Diocese of Los Angeles, the Rev John Taylor officiating and with Tyler Perry confirmed as Lili's Godfather - something he had revealed during the December 2022 airing of Meghan and Harry's Netflix series.  The name of Lili's Godmother has not yet been revealed and may not be. A statement for Rev. John Taylor on the  Episcopal Diocese of Los Angles website  reads as follows: " On behalf of Pres

Responding to a report in the UK Sunday Times newspaper that an invite had been sent to Prince Harry and Meghan asking them to attend Prince Charles III Coronation, a spokesperson for the couple issued a statement saying that Harry recently received an email from the King's office regarding the coronation.  Harry and Meghan's spokesperson added that an immediate decision will not be disclosed by them at this time as to whether they will attend.  Cryptic for sure. Their statement could mean many things (a) Meghan and Harry are deciding whether or not to attend and they will let us know in due course or (b) Meghan and Harry are not going to tell a news outlet of their decision or (c) Meghan and Harry won't make a decision until they have more details about the invitation and how involved they are going to be (possibly being careful not to repeat the fiasco at the Queen's funeral when they were sidelined by the rest of the family and when Harry was not allowed to wear his

Listen to my latest podcast   to hear my overview of the conversation between Prince Harry and Dr. Gabor Mate.   I attended the live virtual event and what I got to here was an hour and a half’s worth of discussion, with a few pre-selected questions from attendees at the end, on the topic of all things trauma and mental health. The conversation between the pair included a section where Dr. Mate provides Harry, based on what Mate read in Harry's memoir Spare, a clinical diagnosis of Harry’s mental health.  Not a light and fluffy conversation – but informative and interesting none the less.

Click to listen to my latest free / ad free podcast  and hear about the latest bombshell from Buckingham Palace - the news that King Charles is evicting his son (Prince Harry) his daughter-in-law (Meghan Markle) and his grandchildren Archie and Lili from their UK residence! King Charles is not going to be winning Parent / Grandparent of the Year Awards any time soon!

Weeks after Prince Harry's interview by Stephen Colbert on The Late Show when Harry was promoting his memoir "Spare" we have been treated to an additional video in which we see Colbert take Harry through the #ColbertQuestionert! Q & A session.  Harry is at times fun at other times sentimental and of course shows his romantic side when speaking about his wife Meghan. Harry is his usual down to earth self.   Click here to The Late Show twitter link.

In a  press release posted to the NAACP website,  it was officially confirmed that lawyer and media executive Nabiha Syed is the recipient of the NAACP & Archewell Foundation 2023 Digital Civil Rights Award. Meghan and Harry created this award in 2022 when they were themselves honoured by the NAACP.  Per the press release, the aim of the Digital Civil Rights award is to recognize contributors to the digital rights space. The winner is awarded $100,000 to be used to advance new work, expand leadership and expertise, and / or continue their impact in the field of digital equity. Nabiha Syed is the current CEO of  The Markup   which amongst other things, investigates how powerful institutions use technology to reshape society. Past investigations they have conducted have included data analysis showing how there is hidden racial bias in mortgage approval algorithms.  In the press release Meghan and Harry state "When we founded this award with the NAACP we wanted to highlight and u

Random House, Barnes & Noble, Waterstones, and Indigo Books & Music are presenting "Spare: Prince Harry, The Duke of Sussex in conversation with Dr. Gabor Maté" on Saturday, March 4, 2023, at 12 p.m. ET / 5 p.m. GMT. The event is a live virtual event (no recordings are allowed or will be shared).The price for attending is $45.38 (Canadian) and this fee includes shipping us a copy of Harry's book. We are told that the event will feature an introduction by Barnes & Noble / Waterstones CEO James Daunt and, following their conversation, an audience Q&A with Prince Harry and Dr. Maté. When you purchase your ticket you are given the opportunity to submit a question which may be answered live at the event.    Gabor Maté is a Hungarian-Canadian physician and author. Per Wikipedia, he has a background in family practice and a special interest in childhood development, trauma and potential lifelong impacts on physical and mental health including autoimmune disease,

Meghan and Harry's Archewell Foundation announced this week that it is a founding partner of a newly created   Responsible Technology Youth Power Fund . The RT Youth Power Fund is described as "the first of its kind to invite youth and intergenerationally-led organizations to shape the future of the technology movement."   Per the web site the RTYPF say that young people are a powerful force in the pursuit of a more inclusive and equitable technology ecosystem. However, cultural, social, and infrastructural barriers often prevent youth-led organizations and intergenerational partnerships from accessing funding and realizing their full power and potential in shaping responsible technology.  As such, 11 initial partner organizations, including Archewell, have raised $1.5 million and are now accepting applications from 501(c)3 eligible public charities with award amounts ranging from $25,000 to $200,000, based on the stage of the organization and its funding need.  The res

Since 2019, Meghan  has been Patron of the UK non-profit Smart Works UK,  an organization that assists women to re-enter the work force in providing a dressing and coaching service designed to help clients present themselves - as themselves - in job interviews. Today, Smart Works released the  Smart Works Female Unemployment Index 2022  . This inaugural report examined the challenges women face in trying to move from being unemployed to re-entering the work place. The information in the report is based on the opinions of the clients who have received services from the one of several Smart Works locations throughout England and Scotland.  The findings in the report will act as a bench mark for comparative purposes in future years.  Key findings included: Mothers typically remained unemployed for longer than women without children showing that there remains a prejudice in hiring women with children. The availability of affordable child-care would help more mothers go back to work. Being

At the start of 2023, Meghan and Harry announced some staffing changes for their Archewell organization that included the appointment of Shauna Nep as a Co-Executive Director of Archewell Foundation (AWF). Shauna, a graduate of the University of British Columbia and having a masters degree from New York University, had most recently worked as a Vice-President of Philanthropy at Scooter Braun’s SB Projects.  Getting straight to work Shauna together with the existing Executive Director, James Holt, signed  Archewell Foundation's just published 2020-2022 Impact Statement .  The impact statement provided a great overview of the work completed by Harry and Meghan's Foundation over the past two years and includes a brief section called "Looking Ahead." Looking ahead, Archewell Foundation (AWF) Executor's say that they will maintain "an unwavering commitment to key issues which have an overwhelming ripple effect on our collective well-being.... including working to

Per recent court filings in Samantha Markle's libel and slander case against Meghan Markle, a joint motion was just filed asking the judge to push back scheduling in the case. If this motion is granted any trial in the case would not start until January 2024. According to the motion documents, in early January 2023 counsel for Samantha Markle approached Meghan's counsel regarding the dates of pre-trial depositions and it was agreed that a request be made to the Middle District of Florida Court (Tampa) to delay all steps in the case by 90-days. From Meghan's part, there are still two outstanding motions that were submitted by her counsel on her behalf and which, as of today, have yet to be decided.  The first motion asked to dismiss Samantha's case in its entirety, and the second motion requested a pause / stay on pre-trial discovery pending the outcome of the first motion. The first motion was initially filed with the court back in May of 2022.  If Meghan is successful

In his role as Chief Impact Officer for the coaching organization BetterUp, Prince Harry and a host of other 'names' will attend the company's annual two-day conference to be held at the Fairmont Hotel in San Francisco on March 7th and 8th 2023. You can pay $995.00 to attend in person or attend virtually  FREE of charge to all but the workshops taking place during the event. BetterUp are describing this event as a "confluence of leaders..., committed to the idea that people matter and their transformation is key to building a thriving business today — and tomorrow." BetterUp are offering what they describe as a 2-day summit where CHROs (Chief Human Resources Officers), CxOs (Chief Experience Officers), and other executives can connect with industry icons, renowned researchers, and world-class coaches to share experiences, ideas, and inspiration needed to move their businesses forward. Items on the Agenda will include:  ⚡ Insights from ground-breaking studies

In an interview with Vanity Fair Magazine, Liz Garbus the director of the recent Harry and Meghan Netflix docu-series talks, among other things, about her thoughts on being asked to partner with Harry and Meghan on their six-part series; about each of their objectives from the project; and about what it was like to be part of the intense media attention that surrounds the couple. Garbus revealed that whilst Meghan and Harry saw the aim of this documentary as to tell their love story for the first time from their point of view, Garbus the daughter of a lawyer and a therapist, says that she felt it was crucial for the docuseries to probe deeper. Garbus explained that she felt it was really important for her to connect Meghan and Harry's story to larger historical story lines such as racism, colonialism, and how important white supremacy has been to the British Empire monarchy.  Garbus explained "I don't feel that [questioning] the monarchy is sacrilege - in the way that I do

Per a post on Meghan and Harry's Archewell website, staff from their Archewell Foundation joined the Mission Continues Los Angeles Service Platoon for a day of service in honor of Martin Luther King Junior Day 2023. The group worked at the Compton Avenue located Watts Health Center (part of the non-profit Watts Healthcare) installing new outdoor seating, flowers and landscaping. This continues a tradition seeing Archewell staff participating in community services events on or around each MLK day.  Watts Healthcare  describe their goal as to improve the health of the community they serve by creating easier access to quality clinical, preventative, and specialty healthcare services. Watts Healthcare started as a grassroots clinic in 1967 and has grown into a comprehensive center that provides, via their multiple locations, an array of essential care to the community including a same-day appointment clinic, preventative care, dental and visions care, pediatrics, behavioral health, and

In the on-going fall-out from a vile newspaper column against Meghan Markle written by the UK TV host Jeremy Clarkson and published in the Sun UK newspaper just before Christmas (see my earlier post on this story) Mr. Clarkson took to Instagram on January 16th 2023 to tell his followers he was apologizing again for his 'horrible' comments against Meghan. Clarkson told his Instagram followers that he had emailed Meghan and Harry (on Christmas Day no less!) to express his apologies directly to them. Clarkson said that he was profoundly sorry for his column "from the balls of his feet to the follicles on his head"  and adding that he wrote the offending article in a rush without following his usual editing routine.  Clarkson denied being sexist and said he abhorred violence against women (his column had suggested we carry out acts of violence against Meghan) and Clarkson  pondered why when people apologies these days, such apologies never seem to be enough.  Around the s

Netflix UK has just announced that "Heart of Invictus" a new series from Harry and Meghan's Archewell Productions, which follows a group of competitors from around the globe – all service members who have suffered life-changing injuries or illnesses – on their road to competing at the Invictus Games, will air in the Summer of 2023. The streaming of the series will be timely as it will likely air just ahead of the Invictus Games Dusseldorf (Germany) scheduled to start mid-September 2023.