On the Thursday evening before Good Friday many of us were knocking off work early so as to extend our Easter weekend as much as possible. As is my norm,  I was keeping one eye on the Twitter feeds about all things Meghan and Harry when a story popped up on the My Royalty Account  https://mobile.twitter.com/BurnerRoyalty a post by The UK Sun newspaper reporting that Meghan and Harry had been to visit with the Queen. Tweeter went ballistic when shortly thereafter a spokesperson for Meghan and...

At a time when we are constantly bombarded with hateful and polarized media and social media commentary and when it is becoming increasingly difficulty to sort out the real news from the fake, Meghan and Harry have issued a couple of new charitable grants, re-committing themselves "to convening, bridging, and accelerating leaders, ideas, and solutions for an online community rooted in equity, safety, participation, and belonging." In the statement released on their Archewell website Meghan...

The countdown is on to the start of the Invictus Games that are taking place this year at The Hague in the Netherlands.  The opening ceremony and a few sporting events take place on Easter Saturday, continuing thereafter up to the closing ceremony on Friday April 22nd, 2022.  The Invictus Games, founded by Prince Harry and based on the US Warrior Games,  are designed for wounded, injured and sick servicemen and women, both serving and veterans. The idea is to use the power of sport to inspire...

Concurrently with a new report from the US National Women’s Law Centre (NWLC) about the impact of the pandemic on women and mothers, Meghan and Harry through their Archewell Foundation have started a new campaign,  a call to action,  asking us alongside themselves to take actions to support women in our communities. The NWLC report https://nwlc.org/resource/resilient-but-not-recovered-after-two-years-of-the-covid-19-crisis-women-are-still-struggling/  authored by  Jasmine Tucker and Julie...

The question that I am posing for you all this week is  "Should Prince Harry have travelled to the UK to attend the memorial service for his late grandfather, Prince Phillip? " Although Harry had let everyone know in advance that he was not going to come, this did not stopped everyone from: (a)           Speculating as to why Harry chose not to attend, or  (b)          Taking an opinion  over whether this was the right decision or not. Prince Harry was at Prince Phillip's carefully planned...

In a week when Samantha and Thomas Markle made the news for not so good reasons, Meghan and Harry took the high road, announcing that they had made donations to several organizations that are working on the ground to support the people of Ukraine. Ukrainians continue to suffer the effects of Russia’s unwarranted invasion of their country.  In a post to their Archewell website,  Meghan and Harry announced donations to a couple organizations that they had not worked with before,  as well as...

Patrick Hill of the UK Daily Mirror newspaper reported in what he termed an Exclusive Interview with Meghan Markle's dad Thomas Markle, writing that Thomas was vowing to tell 'his truth' as he launched his YouTube channel, promising that the chats will be "no holds barred."  Co-host of the channel and 'close pal'  to Thomas LA based photographer Karl Larsen told the Daily Mirror that he and Thomas were inspired by people such as the royal commentator Lady Colin Campbell and also podcaster...

For those of us who have long since given up hope that Samantha Markle would find inner peace and leave Meghan and Harry alone, it was not much of a shock to hear that Samantha has decided that she is not yet done messing around in her half sister’s life, and what better way to garner some more press attention (and maybe get some more paid  TV work) than to sue Meghan for defamation.  This podcasts is all about the ins and outs of Samantha's lawsuit. Please keep listening for future podcasts...

In America the month of March is National Women’s History Month which also encompasses International Women’s Day (IWD) that in 2022 will be celebrated on March 8th. National Women's History Month has been observed annually in the United States and other countries, including the United Kingdom and Australia, every March since 1987. The month is observed in October in Canada.  The National Women's History Alliance is known nationally (in the US) as the only clearinghouse providing information...

As anticipated,  Meghan & Harry received the NAACP President’s Award during the 53rd annual NAACP Image Awards. Meghan and Harry looked absolutely fabulous. They turned up in person for the event and they gave a short speech,  taking it in turns to say some lines. But like all speeches you must not take what they said at face value. Here is a light-hearted take on what Meghan and Harry said,  and what they might have meant by their words? Apologies upfront that it is me doing this skit –...

Within hours of Russia invading Ukraine and on the same day that Meghan and Harry issued a statement to say that they and their Archewell team Stand with the People of Ukraine,  we heard some good news for Meghan and Harry. The couple are to be awarded the NAACP President’s Award during the 53rd annual Image Awards that will be televised on the BET channel on Saturday February 26th 2022. The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) is a civil rights organization in...

Prince Harry reconnected with his Welsh friend Gareth Thomas to support 2022 National HIV Testing Week in England.  National HIV Testing Week is the campaign to promote regular testing, particularly among the most affected population groups in England, thereby helping to reduce the number of people living with undiagnosed HIV.  For listeners living outside of the UK or for those who don't  follow the sport of Rugby Union, Gareth Thomas is a former rugby player and was also the captain of the...

In his first public event of 2022,  Prince Harry took part in the very first InnerWork Day event by on-line coaching company BetterUp,  https://www.betterup.com/   the organization where for the last year Prince Harry has worked as the Chief Impact Officer. To give you an idea of the reach of BetterUp,  people from every continent around the world attended. I listened in for most of the 5-hour conference. In this podcast I talk about my key take-aways from the event,  as well as chat about...

Following their trend of publishing 'breaking'  news stories about Meghan and Harry late on Saturday night, the UK Mail on Sunday and their Mail Online counter part printed the following headline:   “Give me back my bodyguards: Prince Harry threatens legal action against the government and demands return of police protection when he is in the UK because it is not safe for the Sussexes to return to visit.” Having got wind that this story was going to break, Prince Harry issued his own...

Firstly, a happy 2022 to you all. You will have noticed the new intro music to my podcast, aptly called “New Beginnings” as we pull down the holiday decorations, enter a new year, and hope for good things in the year ahead. We haven’t seen much of any of the Royals over recent weeks as they all take their extended holiday breaks. That said, we have had a steady trickle of news coming out about Meghan and Harry. 1.   We heard more details on Meghan’s financial settlement from her court win...

On Christmas Day at  about 6.00 p.m. Eastern Standard Time in North America which is 11.00 p.m. in the UK,  the Boxing Day editions of the UK Sunday Newspapers came out and there was a good surprise. At the foot of the front page of the UK Mail on Sunday was the following statement:  “The Duchess of Sussex wins her legal case for copyright infringement against Associated Newspapers for articles published in the Mail on Sunday and posted on the Mail Online website." On page 3 of the newspaper...

I am sure by now you will have all seen or heard about the Christmas Card that Harry and Meghan gave this year,  that has delighted us all in many ways not least of which was the inclusion of the adorable Archie and our first glimpse of the lovely Lili.  The card did wonders in cheering us all up and in giving us all something to talk about -  other than COVID. A truly lovely photo, with Harry and the kids all bare footed,  and credit to photographer Alexi Lubomirski who also took Meghan and...

This is the second podcast about the UK BBC 2 television documentary Princes and the Press. Podcast #117 of mine covered Part one of this two-part series.  As I said in my earlier podcast,  nothing  that came out in part 1 of the TV program was really new.  We had confirmed from UK newspaper reporters themselves, what we already suspected,  that members of the UK Royal Family work in silos, are highly competitive over the amount of positive press coverage that they receive, and that they...

This week Prince Harry had an interview the result of which being Harry has (a) been accused of speaking about an issue he knows nothing about and / or (b) has once again been misquoted on what he actually did say. Harry’s comments came about as a result of a short written questions and answers interview with the American business magazine Fast Company.  The interview was mainly about Harry’s work as Chief Impact Officer for the coaching company BetterUp, with Harry promoting BetterUp’s...

In a Court case that continues to grab worldwide attention, the three judge panel of the UK Court of Appeal handed down their judgment today, unanimously dismissing the appeal brought by Associated Newspapers,  the owners of the UK Mail and The Sunday Mail, and upholding the lower court judge's decision that the newspaper did breach Meghan’s rights to privacy and breach of copyright. I will recap with you what the Court case is all about, then take you through a summary of the judgment of the...

On what is World AIDS Day 2021,  in his role as the Founding Patron of the African non-profit Sentebale,  https://sentebale.org/ Prince Harry wrote to the Secretary-General of the United Nations and to the Executive Director of UNAIDS program, firstly to thank the scientific community for their tireless work in the treatment of AIDS and secondly,  urging for fair and equitable access to COVID-19 vaccines and treatments. In his letter, Prince Harry wrote that 40 years on his mother would have...

Royal Family followers cannot have failed to miss the controversy about a UK documentary titled 'The Princes and the Press.'  The first of this two-part miniseries aired this week on the publicly funded U.K. BBC 2 T.V. channel.  I don’t think the show was causing much of a stir in public until a day or two before the first program was due to air. At that time it was reported by the U.K. Daily Mail newspaper  that senior royals such as Prince William, the Queen and Prince Charles,  had united...

As some parts of the world are opening up,  and for the first time in two-years we might be thinking about going on a trip or travelling once again, we have news from Prince Harry’s Travalyst organization that will help us to make eco-friendly choices on our travels. Per their website, led by Prince Harry and in partnership with Booking.com, Google, Skyscanner, Trip.com Group, Tripadvisor, and Visa, Travalyst is a non-profit organisation "working to identify – and help bring about – the...

Meghan’s and Harry’s supporters are hard core. If you don’t believe me, take a look at some of their on-line social media accounts, Twitter in particular, where followers congregate to talk all things Meghan and Harry. Pussy cats they are not. More like lions and lionesses, protecting Meghan and Harry like they would their cubs. So, it comes as no surprise that supporters of Meghan and Harry get right behind the causes that are important to Meghan and Harry,  with followers putting their...

Covered in this podcast are the following 3 topics:   Prince Harry's participation in the WIRED – RE: WIRED conference,  when he was part of a panel discussion about the dangers of misinformation and hate speech in the media, whether printed or on-line. What are superspreaders?Harry's and Meghan's appearance at the Salute to Freedom Gala in New York City, when Harry had the honour of being asked to present the inaugural Intrepid Valor Awards, and the  heartfelt speech Harry gave in support of...