The Telegraph’s Victoria Ward did a very strange and obsessive article called “Why Meghan and Harry’s fightback starts now.” Fightback? Now? The crux of Ward’s argument is that three-and-a-half years after the Sussexit, Harry and Meghan are fine, they have built a life for themselves in California, and they’re heading to the Invictus Games where they will be widely photographed. The Windsors are already seething in advance of the Sussexes’ Invictus appearance, which is also part of this story, but Ward seemingly spoke to some people on Team Sussex too, so there are also some nicer quotes in this piece as well. Some highlights:
The Sussex reboot: “They are done with their former lives,” one source close to them insisted. “They’re not talking about family. There’s no expectation that the family’s going to show up or acknowledge it or that anybody wants to see him. It’s over.”
The importance of Invictus: One friend tried to encapsulate the complex emotions that it stirs. “Invictus is so important to him and is very much a part of his former life,” they said. “It shows there could have been a world in which a hybrid model could have worked. But it also shows that in his new world, and in his new life, he’s still capable of accomplishing the things that are so very important to him.” The Games is considered Harry’s “baby”, a project on which he has long thrived and in which he takes immense pride. “It will enable him to remind people who he is, but also show them who he plans to be,” another friend says. “He’s nervous, because he’s an empath. It’s also a huge undertaking. He’s also so excited and enthused.”
The “persistent (yet totally unfounded) rumours of trouble in their marriage”: “They are just fine,” one exasperated aide says with an almost audible eye-roll. “They are in a good place and living as normal a life as they have ever done.”
Separate projects: Both have completely separate projects in the pipeline, which sources are again at pains to point out does not mean they are separating. Instead, The Telegraph is told, they will reflect their differing professional interests and talents and are the result of significant thought about their future direction and careers. “If you introduce a couple together and the world knows them together, and then they find themselves in a situation where they need to find their own projects and their own identity, there is going to be a lot of speculation,” one source acknowledges. “But on top of being a couple, they are both working on their own things. They are fully supportive of each other’s concepts and ideas, but they are different from one another, they have different meanings. Everybody understands that they’re not just going to stand still.”
Meghan’s new project: Meghan is preparing to launch a major new commercial venture. There has been much speculation that it will be a version of Goop, Gwyneth Paltrow’s multimillion-dollar lifestyle business, which few could deny would be right up her street. It’s not Goop – but it is something that is “genuine to who she is”. Her imminent return to Instagram is surely connected. Having amassed more than 110,000 followers (including Mandana Dayani, former president of Archewell, and Kadi Lee, her hair colourist) without making a single post, she has already proved her pulling power. Sources close to Meghan insisted that she had no plans to revive The Tig, the successful lifestyle blog that she shut down after meeting Harry. She is not even thought to be aware of applications to renew the patent, which aides say are merely a formality to keep control of the brand.
Their Netflix deal is fine: Their Netflix projects rumble along in the background, albeit largely stalled due to the Hollywood writers’ strike. Although concerns have been raised that their multimillion-dollar deal is teetering on the brink, industry sources insist that is not the case. Much has been made of the fact that the streaming giant has stumped up a reputed £3 million for the film rights to Carley Fortune’s Meet Me at the Lake, a romantic novel that will be produced by the Sussexes’ Archewell Productions. As part of the next phase of the deal, Harry is also hoping to return to Africa for a new documentary, although proposals are in their early stages.Harry comments in Heart of Invictus: Fuelled by years of therapy, the Duke had hoped that by laying his cards on the table he would provoke a reaction, laying the foundations for reconciliation. Those phone calls, that apology, never came and it is now time to move on. The Sussexes have long generated talk of new chapters. Now though, almost four years after they announced they were leaving the UK, they are finally settling into something resembling stability. The Games will mark the beginning of a new era as they move away from the royal bashing to focus on their soon-to-be-unveiled future careers.
The obsession with Harry and Meghan continues to be off the charts in Britain’s media, despite that media’s claims that H&M are unimportant or marginalized figures on the fringe of society. The thing which caught my eye was Ward’s documentation of two adults who are married and thriving yet work on separate projects. Like… why is that some kind of indicator of marriage trouble? Why is it noteworthy in the least? “Meghan is working on something separate from her husband, call the divorce lawyers!” This is also kind of interesting: “It shows there could have been a world in which a hybrid model could have worked.” There’s a bittersweet truth to that, and much of the media and royal rancor towards the Sussexes is rooted in that very truth: that Harry and Meghan offered them a solution which would have worked well for everyone, but the Windsors were too stupid, petty, vindictive and sadistic to realize it.
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- LONDON, ENGLAND – NOVEMBER 21: Meghan, Duchess of Sussex cradles her bump as she visits the Hubb Community Kitchen to see how funds raised by the ‘Together: Our Community’ Cookbook are making a difference at Al Manaar, North Kensington on November 21, 2018 in London, England.
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- LONDON, ENGLAND – NOVEMBER 21: Meghan, Duchess of Sussex cradles her bump as she visits the Hubb Community Kitchen to see how funds raised by the ‘Together: Our Community’ Cookbook are making a difference at Al Manaar, North Kensington on November 21, 2018 in London, England.
Doing things separately? Having separate interests? Sounds healthy to me. Joint ventures like Archwell round out the strategy. It’s almost like…they’re like any other couple, royal included. Except for those where one spouse’s whole identity is completely wrapped up in the other’s, and said spouse has no independent ideas, thoughts, or ambitions. And that’s a recipe for disaster.
ITA with all this. And this article sources are ALL in Ward’s head, there are absofckuinglutely no one close to the Sussexes that is talking to any of the BM, none. This woman gave her game away when she wrote “one exasperated aide says with an almost audible eye-roll”. Royal “aides” haven’t spoken on Sussexes’ behalf in 3.5 years so no, this woman is, has been and continues to be a liar.
Yeah I noticed that too. And while I don’t think that anyone from the Sussex camp is speaking to them, that little slip is just more evidence of the BM’s larger issue. They don’t get that the Sussexes aren’t working royals. They don’t have”aides” who brief the press, there’s no court circular for their projects to be listed in, there’s no diaries for them to coordinate. This is why they’re always caught on the back foot with them. They fundamentally do not know how to report on working professionals that’s not centered around the ” working” royal scam, so it’s always breathless speculation over what’s normal adult behavior and professional standards.
I suspect Ward talked to Bryony Gordon and aide is probably somebody who used to work for Harry.
@Taytanish says:
“….. this article sources are ALL in Ward’s head, there are absofckuinglutely no one close to the Sussexes that is talking to any of the BM, none.”
OMYF*CKINGOD! THANK! YOU! @Taytanish.
Couldnt have said this better myself.
PS: I really hate how the britshidtmedia have fouled the field of journalism.
There is not one single, solitary media house in the UK that can truly be said to “practice journalism” when previously respected names like The Times, The Daily Telegraph, The Guardian and The Independent are now held in no better regard than: toilet paper.
In fact, toilet paper is of much greater value.
I read the Financial Times every day and the Economist every week. Both British publications and there is very rarely anything about the BRF in them. The whole UK media is not the same.
My husband and I definitely have separate interests, but, he supports me in mine, as I support him in his. We’ve been married for 27 years, so no, having separate interests is not the red flag that the derangers want it to be. SMH
The truth that a hybrid model could’ve worked is for sure bittersweet for the BM. But for William Charles Kate and Camilla? No. They couldn’t have handled a hybrid model. Their jealousy is too much. And thank god really. I’m so glad Megan and Harry are fully out of that system.
Sure, it could have worked. But the Sussexes dodged a bullet when the proposal was rejected by the institution. I think they realize that now and are sighing in relief.
+1 @brassyrebel. The hybrid model would have been great for the monarchy but not for H&M. They offered to help those bozos and were turned down. They are truly free now.
@Jais, ITA. It wouldn’t have worked for W&K for sure. They constantly would have been trying to sabotage the Sussexes and their work in an attempt to not be “outshone.” Plus, they likely still would have had *just* enough BTS access to keep leaking whatever they knew about H&M.
It would have been a shitshow and Harry and Meghan are so much better off with the way things are now and 100% freedom to do whatever they want.
Yes they could have had a great charismatic couple representing but they thew them away. Now you have the lazy leftovers who try and can’t compete with what Harry has built. I’m so glad he has moved on and is doing so very well. Harry will always be the best thing that ever came from that horrible family.
The Wales don’t even really try though.
They actually don’t do anything aside from some hand waving or talking or announcing things, and then standing back waiting to be lauded like they DID actually DO something important.
Someone I think made the connection here last week that they are like all the other animals in The Little Red hen. H & M are enjoying their hard work and success and the Wales want some success too, just because, without any work at all.
@Susan Collins: Harry is the best from that family thanks to Diana.
@Brassy Rebel. 💯 agreee!!
I’m so glad Harry and Meghan didn’t do the half in/half out thing. It would have been very beneficial for the monarchy and british press, but it would have been terrible for H&M
Indeed
Personally I think it could have worked if they concentrated on the Commonwealth – they were already invested in this and Meghan seemed to love her role with the Commonwealth University… come to the UK purely for major events, of which there will now be very few. Would include things like going to the WWC final in Sydney, travelling to many of the smaller countries within the Commonwealth leaving Canada, Australia and NZ primarily to the King and Willi. The Commonwealth games used to be very special… obviously not the Olympics or Worlds, but special. Two cities have now pulled out , and Birmingham City Council who hosted last time have just gone into bancruptcy – not wholly to do with the CG but won’t have helped.
It wouldn’t have worked because the Windsors would not have let it work. H&M would’ve ended up doing a complete break away anyway. The half-in/out would have depended on both parties operating in good faith and the windsors already showed that that was never gonna happen. I’m glad H&M made the offer though, it was shot down and they can say they tried to make it work.
That’s a very good analysis of the situation. I mean, when you have the BRF interfering with Meghan’s job even before she married Harry (which could have gotten her fired & what if they’d broken up before the wedding?). And even after the Sussexes left England, the royal family was still trying to interfere with Harry’s work in the US by commissioning stories that they had not received copies of his book before the release, or that Oprah Winfrey’s production company had not provided them with a copy of her interview before everyone else. I also recall an early story from the BM stating that the BRF should have had an opportunity to review the Netflix contract before it was signed by the Sussexes. You said it correctly and, even though other members of the family are effectively living the half-in/half-out model without interference, the BRF would never have allowed H & M to live their lives that way because they would not want the competition.
@S808 ITA with all of this.
Yes, the buyers remorse from the media is real. I mean you had Kinsey Schofield basically say that it’s good they’re moving on but they shouldn’t have danced to Beyoncé after the anniversary of Diana’s death and the recent death of Mohammed Al Fayed. That’s how stupid she sounded because it let them know that this is over. You can tell the palace kept reassuring the media that Harry and Meghan would come back with their tails tucked, ready to kiss the ring and accept their position. It didn’t happen and now we see sections of the press angry. Now you have all these calls for reconciliation because they have no stories, leaks and the others are boring and the monarchy is losing steam. It’s interesting that people are pushing for Charles and Harry to reconcile. They know William is the problem and I think it’s ticking his media bosses off because they care for their bottom dollar, not his feelings. They’ll protect him in some cases but once you get in the way of their money, it’s a wrap. It seems to be getting to that point albeit slowly.
i think a hybrid model would have worked…in any other institution than the british royal family. the whole institution only works when the king and maybe the next in line are the star. they cannot cope with anyone outshining them. the whole establishment is built on smoke and mirrors of making one person the “head” and having harry/meghan going out there and becoming more successful/popular is a non-starter. harry is naive in thinking his family would let him keep the benefits of the monarchy, do passion projects that would make them more popular than any other family member, and start this model that a lot of other members of the family will want.
“harry is naive in thinking his family would let him keep the benefits of the monarchy, do passion projects that would make them more popular than any other family member, and start this model that a lot of other members of the family will want.”
Just to note, there are already family members who are doing just that. They represent the Queen/King when called upon and still financially independent from the institution. They also use their HRH titles when writing books or doing their own thing. The problem letting the spare do what everyone does is that in their view, the spare should be depended on the heir, so s/he can be controlled. It is basically an abusive structure, that the heir benefits from.
I think the problem is that Harry casts too large a shadow on William. Harry’s capabilities, his successes just put into too sharp a contrast how useless William is.
Tinfoil tiara time, but remember all that talk by House Middleton of “skipping Charles”? Who’s to say there wasn’t a faction, once upon a time, hoping to push for Harry to be king instead?
It’s not hard to cast a shadow on a someone who does nothing but lay around lounging.
@Anna, there is definitely a “jealous Will” part of this story. But, in previous generations, the structure was the same. Spares never did their thing, they were always controlled by institution financially. I don’t know much about Elizabeth’s father as spare, but both Elizabeth’s and Charles’s spare grew up to serve the institution. Maybe, they weren’t successful enough to break free, but I think there is a thought process in their upbringing that cripples them to go their own way. If there was no Meghan, I don’t think Harry could do it either even if he wanted to or was clearly able to.
I agree, Sevenblue. The spare is not supposed to outshine the heir in a positive way. They can be an absolute train wreck which is what everyone was pushing Harry to be. The BRF didn’t expect someone like Meghan to come along though. They also didn’t understand the connection to his mom which shows through his work with Invictus.
I think the scariest part of this is for the people who really believe that the monarchy is driven by God. To see a spare who seems like he would be a better monarch than the heir further chips away at that whole myth (whatever is left of it after Charles and company’s scandals).
The problem with letting Harry do what others already do is that Harry is too competent. Everyone else is scrounging around with their little side hustles while everything Harry touches goes global. He’s too kingly.
@Sevenblue, I don’t think that’s really a fair comparison because while yes, there are other members of the BRF out there using their titles and making ££ — none are as well-known or as popular as Harry is. No one cares about Princess Michael’s book or whatever; it doesn’t garner tons of positive press coverage worldwide that makes their golden boy heir William look lazy and useless. Apples and oranges.
“Now though, almost four years after they announced they were leaving the UK, they are finally settling into something resembling stability.” I would say this statement is true of the whole world, not just the Sussexes. Look at this idiot Telegraph writer pretending like we haven’t gone through a pandemic, lock down, death, a major war breaking out and in the US an attempted coup. My head is still spinning and I didn’t have to relocate to a new continent and figure out my whole life at the same time. Keep paying the UK media dust Meghan and Harry, they’re hopeless.
While also going through two pregnancies and a miscarriage and being hounded and attacked daily by buckets of hate and lies.
I’m so happy they were too stupid, jealous, racist and petty that they turned that half in half out deal down. That worked out great for Harry and Meghan and now they are free from made up royal protocol.
It really was the best thing that could happen to them- that racist, petty, stupid, trash family couldn’t compromise and it ended up freeing them. Now they have so much more control over their lives and their future.
You know what stands out to me about H&M? How excited governments are for them to be there. The excitement coming from Dusseldorf about these games (obviously its about IG and not just the Sussexes, but you can’t separate Harry from Invictus) is almost tangible. Remember how freaking excited the UK ambassador to Morocco was when they went there? When W&K are going somewhere the host country is just like “gee yay, they’re coming.” but if its HARRY and MEGHAN??? The excitement is off the charts!
But that was part of the problem, right?
Anyway, the issue is…..its easy to say “of course the hybrid model would have worked.” But the correct way to word it is “of course the hybrid model SHOULD have worked.” With that toxic and dysfunctional family and institution – what seems like an easy win rarely is.
The only thing that the British royals are good at is the eternal own goal.
I’m not surprised. Harry and Meghan bring positive attention and their initiatives, the rest of the family brings framed photographs of themselves🙄
It’s not just framed pictures of themselves. Don’t forget the white Jeeps W & K felt the need to ride in. What about the unforgettable decision to photograph young children behind chain linked fences. I mean, those children aren’t going to fence themselves in, are they? Let’s not forget all the extra expense which, like Meghan’s wardrobe, the royals apparently can’t afford to pay. No, I think it’s safe to say that the BRF brings a lot to the table for the countries they visit.
Everything would have worked, if they had wanted it to work.
No one will ever know for sure, but my guess is that the Queen *might* genuinely have wanted it to work. But by then she was too far gone, and others were calling the shots regardless of her wishes, so they never even tried it. (Wasn’t there talk of a “trial period” of a year to see how it went, or something like that?)
In any case, in retrospect it worked out so much better for the Sussexes to make a clean break.
Weren’t governments always excited about Harry, even before he teamed up with Meghan? Not disagreeing with your point, just saying, haven’t countries long viewed Harry as being good value for the effort/expense of hosting him? Thinking, for example, of the impressive reception he got when he visited Arlington National Cemetery ten years ago. And, since William back then was even more MIA than now where work was concerned, the UK government was happy to send Harry everywhere, to the point he admits he got burned out. But the upshot was, it helped Harry develop the skills, connections and reputation that have served him well in his current life outside the RF bubble, while lazy Will remains as dull and useless as he ever was, and Harry, now joined by Meghan, is eagerly anticipated wherever he goes.
Harry and Meghan were driven out because they had become superstars and part time superstars would have been just as dangerous to the scared and entitled heirs.
I don’t think a hybrid model would ever have worked. BP and KP would have always had problems with Harry and Meghan’s effortless charisma and genuine warmth. They would have been always attempting to undercut and sabotage. To be clear, the Hybrid model would not have worked because of William and Charles. Narcissists can’t stand other people having success… especially in Royal circles.
The RF didn’t want H&M to perform royal duties without taxpayers’ money and earning their living because it would set precedence and people would begin to question why the rest of them can’t do the same.
The hybrid model would have only worked if the Palace allowed them to do what they wanted. That was never going to happen and Harry and Meghan would have eventually left. Leaving was the best thing they’ve done and all this talk about reconciliation is the press realising what they have lost. The press won’t admit it but Invictus gave the Royal Family a positive sheen and to see Harry continuing Invictus without the Royal Family is why they are angry.
Most of us are aware that the press there has no access to the Sussexes so this is just thoughts in this woman’s head printed for clicks. The Sussexes have moved on and as usual the gutter press brigade in the UK has not. The royals left will always be playing catch up to the Sussexes and their co-conspirators the gutter press will continue writing nonsense and creating sensationalized articles for attention from the Sussexes which they will ignore. Harry’s birth family made their choice and they will live with the consequences as they desperately try to stay connected to the Sussexes through their media generated nonsense. By living their best lives the Sussexes are exacting their revenge on Harry’s birth family. No words needed, just living and loving as a family unit.
A hybrid model could have worked but Harry and Meghan would still have been doing more work than Peg and Waity. And it’s just best that they are away from those rota rats and that good for nothing family of theirs.
Seeing them at that the Beyoncé concert enjoying themselves, Harry at the soccer match and Meghan AGAIN at Renaissance tour the next night on Beyoncé actual birthday helps me see that they are happy and thriving…but we already knew that.
“There’s no expectation that the family’s going to show up or acknowledge it or that anybody wants to see him. It’s over.”
IMO, it was over when the Queen died. She was the glue that held it all together, and when she died, it all fell apart. Harry loved and respected her immensely, but once she was gone, he really had no reason to have anything to do with that family. And I don’t blame him one bit. They abused H&M. As Tyler Perry said, they did all the things an abuser does: take way your security, take away your home, take away your finances – all in an effort to get them to comply and come crawling back. And then William blamed it all on their Granny’s doing.
Good riddance.
*Harry* thinks so? Where?
I hardly think that Harry, or anyone on Team Sussex actually, is speaking to The Telegraph people. It’s more likely that The Telegraph reporter has been engaging in the BM’s most lucrative pastime, which is thinking and writing about the Sussexes. Specifically, this person was wondering why they had to leave England, no longer work on behalf of the BRF when the BM still writes about them anyway, only now they have far less access. Only, instead of writing a serious story about how the BM messed up by maligning them on a daily basis and how the BRF actively abetted them in the constant criticism, they write the same old story about how they can read into the Sussex mind or have a secret source in their team. Sure. We see you. I’m afraid that this time, as ever, that “one source close to them” is the same voice in the reporter’s head.
I can’t wrap my head around this notion that couples having separate projects and interests is a sign of trouble. My husband golfs and I don’t. I’m into gardening and cats and he’s not. We’re not Royal or the slightest bit famous, but the parallel is still there. We’re a couple but we’re still individuals. And we met and married younger than they did, in our 20s. You just don’t become a single entity when you marry.
Anyway, it is kind of bittersweet to think about what could have been if the Windsors had allowed them to be Half In/Half Out. I don’t think it could have worked just because of their particular family dynamic, but still. Meghan was GOOD at being a Royal! And Harry was the best of the lot.
Oh well. Their loss.
Of course it wouldn’t have worked, because every time Harry and Megan put forward an idea, the incandescent one would have claimed it as his own, just like he has tried and tried again to get his sticky mitts on invictus. Yesterday I had had enough and sent a stinking letter to the DM and the mirror. I know neither of them will publish it but I felt better afterwards. Some highlights for my CB friends.
Sirs, don’t you think it’s about time your reporters concentrated on the failing government, the falling living standards and the failing Royal family. You continue each and every day to talk about a couple that have nothing to do with this toxic country. YOU and your Royal contributors drove them out. They have gone, they have a successful, happy life, so what is your addiction to all things Sussex? Could it be that you have realised the error of your ways, and that the tit bits being cast your way by your Royal contributors, yes I mean Charles, Camilla, William and Kate, are failing to meet your expectations. You have nothing even remotely interesting about them that you can print column inches on. They are bland, boring and lazy. But it was your choice, you took steps to make Harry and Megan’s lives hell and now you are reaping what you have shown. Harry and Megan continue to be popular on the world stage, whilst your Royals can’t even hold the attention of the UK. So please, get over your addiction, because Harry and Megan are not coming back. Deal with it. Signed M. Pester
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The BM may not print your letter (more’s the pity) but I guaranty that they will keep it. If they’re honest, they may even frame it because they know it’s the truth.
YES!!!!!
@petra, JAIS, Debbie, Simbas mom, maybe we should make a concentrated effort and all email them. Then hopefully their mailboxes would be so full, they would have to do something
@Mary Pester that was written perfectly! There’s no way they would publish that unless some anarchist who works there (and doesn’t care about being fired) slipped it in somehow. A girl can dream though…
You nailed it! I wish people in the UK wrote this type of letter to British Media outlets in truckloads.
All truth! Maybe if they were inundated with letters as perfectly phrased as yours they would let up on their dire articles about H&M. But the BM is as stupid as the royals who drove out their most charismatic and empathetic members.
Mary Pester, “whilst your Royals can’t even hold the attention of the UK.” You just scored a bullseye. They’ll hate that.
The hybrid model would never work for 2 reasons; William and Kate. They both want Harry, and only Harry, all to themselves, all the time, at their beck and call.
I have the feeling that William had his marching orders from the Fail and Murdoch, although at the beginning the media as a collective have differed slightly as to how to control the Sussexes’ (insert a Slim reference).
He delivered, Meghan left but the unexpected happened – Harry left with her.
This article is of the type where one has to draw straws to write, everything about the Sussexes’ have been negative for weeks, and it is as if for a slight moment as a collective, they decide to write a balanced? article pretending to have cooperation from the Sussexes….
There is not an iota of Meghan’s nor Harry’s voice in any of this, thankfully just less transference..
Hybrid never would have worked and they know it. This reminds of that scene in The Crown where Margaret begs Elizabeth for some type of official role and Phillip tells the queen to say “nope!”. Can’t risk the second being more popular than the first. Harry’s role was to either be drunk court jester or wallpaper as he got older. Or the scandal magnet like Andrew. Harry knows that and I think he offered hybrid out of courtesy to his grandmother. But there is only one role for the spare. The nice, popular, hard-working, happily married guy role is reserved for Baldemort.
@Msiam I laughed so hard at your last sentence because you’re right, that’s what the expectation is, and William is the *exact opposite* of every one of those qualities. Yet the press still has to twist themselves into pretzels in an effort to portray him according to the expectations. Sucks for them, lmao.
The hybrid model would mean Harry and Meghan would be doing all the shitty and controversial engagements. Thank goodness I did not witness Meghan in a vehicle with Andrew going to church.
“If you introduce a couple together and the world knows them together, and then they find themselves in a situation where they need to find their own projects and their own identity, there is going to be a lot of speculation,” one source acknowledges.
That quote bothers me, because Meghan was her own person, known to the world, before she met Harry. She had her own projects with the UN and World Vision. She hasn’t *needed* to find her own projects and identity — she’s had them all along.
But that doesn’t compute for the rota, who are accustomed to formless limpets like Waity. And they act like nothing is important unless it has the word “royal” attached to it.
And also it is a lie. Meghan was presenting her own projects without Harry when working for the firm. While working for Vogue issue, Smart Works capsule collection, cookbook she did it herself, not together with Harry. I don’t remember which projects they did together. They have always worked on their own thing and supported each other when needed.
Half in half out would have never worked out for the Sussex’s the Royal Family would have sabotaged every deal william would have leaked everything. To his favorite royal reporters the Royal family and the British tabloids would have done everything they could do to make the Sussex’s lives hell make sure it be spin into see they can’t do anything with the Royal family. The Sussex’s being free from the Royal family is the best thing now the British tabloids have buyer remorse they have to get their Sussex’s news by trying to pay people for footage of Meghan and Harry.
If Charles wanted a slimmed-down monarchy, you would think he would jump at the chance for the part-time suggestion Harry and Meghan made but I think they really didn’t think Harry and Meghan would make it so they rejected it. Come to find out, it’s the palace’s loss because Camilla already said she doesn’t intend to do much work, Charles is only doing half the engagements that Queen E did and Will and Kate… well enough said. But I’m glad they rejected it because Harry and Meghan would have been stuck picking up all the slack with only part-time benefits. The firm meant it for ill, but the rejection of the half in half out was really better for H&M.
Half in and half out would have never ever worked for Harry and Meghan-rank is more important in royal circles-no outshining people above rank than you can be allowed-everything they did would be micromanaged to death-they don’t want Meghan and Harry to think or create something without their approval. Working on different projects is healthy from a creative space-this gives the opportunity to create projects the way they want-Meghan did solo projects in the UK-Vogue cover-cookbook-Harry came and supported her cookbook project-this allows them to lead on certain projects of interest to them individually-remember they had projects before they ever met-some things they work together and some things they will lead on an individual manner-Hot Damn this past weekend was wonderful to see. I will keep the entire Sussex family in my heart and prayers.