Introduction: Minutes 0 to 8:45
We plan to record about once a month for now. I love the show Berlin ER on Apple TV, it’s a lot like The Pitt, which I’m also watching. We were disappointed in the ending of Severence. Chandra is excited for the finale of The White Lotus. You can listen below and on YouTube!
Royals: Minutes 8:45 to 33:00
Meghan released her As Ever collection this Wednesday morning. She had shortbread cookies, jam, tea and flower sprinkles. Everything was sold out within an hour. I bought the jam and some lemon ginger tea and Chandra got two teas and a jam. People were mad about how quickly everything sold out. With Love, Meghan inspired Chandra to eat more hummus and I’m going to visit my local farmer’s market.
Meghan launched a commission-based ShopMy page with clothing, makeup and skincare. She gets about 8 to 15% per sale. You can also shop looks she’s worn on Instagram although most of it has since sold out. I bought the Zara pants she wore on the show. Chandra was surprised that Meghan uses the same lip mask she likes.
A woman named Sophie Chandauka has taken over Prince Harry’s Lesotho-based charity, Sentebale. Both Harry and Prince Seeiso resigned from Sentable, which they founded in 2006. The majority of the board of trustees resigned several days before the announcement.
Chandauka spent over 400,000 pounds on consultants, lost a major sponsor, and demanded a 300,000 salary, which was not granted. She also failed to fundraise for them and alienated the board as she pushed her way to the top.
It was a hostile takeover and was aided by a man named Iain Rawlinson, a former trustee of Prince William’s charity, The Tusk Trust. Chandauka and Rawlinsin did an interview together on Sky News. Chandra wonders when Rawlinson started manipulating Chandauka. He was seen at a Sentebale event in October. In her Sky News interview, Chandauka’s main example of Prince Harry bullying her was when he resigned from Sentebale after she threatened to sue them. Chandauka spouted Windsor talking points against Harry in an interview with the Financial Times. She also was mad that Meghan and Serena Williams showed up at the charity polo match last April. Chandauka blamed Prince Harry for her failure to fundraise for Sentebale despite the fact that he donated 1.5 million from his proceeds from Spare and that the polo match raised over a million.
She’s the woman whom Meghan asked to move during a group photo at that match, giving her a more central place instead of on the side next to Harry. The press made a huge deal out of this at the time and Harry emailed or texted Chandauka asking her to make a statement in defense of Meghan. She refused and now sources are saying that if the email got out it would be damaging to Harry. If so, why don’t they release it? Here’s a link to Dan Wootton’s tweet that Chandra mentioned. The British press’s reaction in early March to Meghan gently telling Mindy Kaling that her last name was Sussex revealed so much.
The British charity commission is investigating what happened at Sentebale. The trustees have spoken on the record about how abrasive Chandauka is.
There’s an ongoing narrative that Prince Harry is lonely, that he never should have left England, that he should come back to England. He’s probably relieved to be away from these toxic people.
We’re excited for the second season of With Love, Meghan and hope she does seasonal episodes. Meghan’s podcast Confessions of a Female Founder comes out April 8th.
Prince William is going to be on Jeremy Clarkson’s reality show, Clarkson’s Farm. You might remember Jeremy Clarkson’s horrible screed against Duchess Meghan. It’s also notable that Will and Kate disappeared this week.
Comments of the Week: Minutes 33:00 to end
Chandra’s comment of the week is from Jais on the post about Meghan’s As Ever product launch.
My comment of the week is from Lightpurple on the story about Cory Booker’s marathon Senate speech.
Thanks for listening bitches!
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We want to know how the jam is.
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Mine came today! it had the ominous warning from Meghan telling me to “enjoy” and everything. I can’t wait to try it! I dont really have any good bread right now though. Hm.
I am filled with jealousy! Everything was sold out by the time I checked As Ever. I hope they are planning on a huge re-stock!
I am patiently waiting for the influencers to start reviewing it. I want to see how the crepes and cookies turn out with the flower sprinkles.
I have to live vicariously through y’all that were able to order.
Speaking as a fan, once is a month is good! Really, whatever fits y’alls schedule!
As a market farmer, I appreciate your plan to shop at your local farmers market. Small farmers, like me and the hubs, work hard throughout the year to bring exceptionally good produce to locals. As regenerative farmers, it’s incredibly hard work, but we love it. Growing food is difficult even when conditions are perfect. There is always something that wants to eat or destroy what your growing. Whether it’s voles, eagles, deer, black bears, coyotes, mink or Mother Nature, it’s a tough but rewarding calling. Most people have no idea how long it’s takes to grow lettuce, carrots, peas, tomatoes or beans because everything is available in a grocery store year round. Support your local farmers or we’ll go out of business.
My neighborhood has a Farmer’s Market every Sunday. I promise to go every Sunday now to shop. They have a lot of organic veggies and yummy things. Just added it to my weekly reminder calender.
We are lucky to have a farm stand at the end of our road, on the way into town. I drove by every week last year while our new house was being built, and would stop in whenever they were open to pick up veggies and fruit (they also offer eggs, butter, and even local meats yeah!) I am so happy to now be pop by during the week! Tomato and cucumber sandwiches all summer!
During the height of the pandemic, in 2020 when the supply chain was struggling and lots of things were closed, local farmers were a God send.
One farm that usually was at the weekly farmers’ markets started doing deliveries. They reached out to other local producers, farms and soon they were offering weekly deliveries / pick ups of local produce, herbs, spices, eggs, dairy products, meats, grains, mushrooms, baked goods, even chocolate and coffee from small batch producers that source cacao and coffee from individual farms in Central and South America. Soon they partnered with fishing boats and offered fresh seafood … whatever was caught that day At one point they even had toilet paper and sanitizer, from local businesses that didn’t need it right then because they were shut down or WFH.
For a couple of months, that was my major source of fresh food. It was a win-win, because the local farms could keep selling, and stay afloat and local consumers still had access to products that supermarkets were struggling to
keep in stock.
And they still are doing it, years later.
I don’t get the weekly deliveries, but i still shop at the farmstand that popped up for pick ups back then, and shop/ order from the local producers.
I’d always been a fan of “buy local”, but 2020-21 really hammered home how important local farms, producers really are, not just culturally, but for stability and survival.