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Returning From a Holiday Break, the Sussexes Announce a ‘Step Back’ From the Monarchy
The Duke and Duchess of Sussex—also known as Prince Harry and Meghan Markle—have just concluded several weeks out of the spotlight as they retreated to North America to celebrate the holidays. But their return came with a major announcement, via the Sussex Royal Instagram page: the duo has decided to “step back as ‘senior’ members”…
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Amid Reports of Disappointment from the Royal Family, Meghan Markle Says She Wants to Be Heard, Not Loved
Is it better to be loved or heard? In an interview published Friday by British news outlet the Telegraph, Meghan Markle said she doesn’t want the public’s love; she just wants to use her newfound platform to advance the causes she cares so deeply about, according to journalist and friend Bryony Gordon. “She told me…
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'I Thought It Would Be Fair': Meghan Says She Was Warned the British Tabloids Would Destroy Her Life, but 'Didn’t Get It'
As Harry & Meghan: An African Journey premiered on ITV in the United Kingdom on Sunday, more insight into the challenges facing the Sussexes’ courtship and eventual marriage were revealed. As Meghan disclosed in a clip last week, she’s ‘not really OK’ after enduring years of abuse from the British tabloids—which remained relentless even as…
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'Shame on Everybody': Hillary Clinton Acknowledges That Racism Is 'Certainly Part of' the Treatment of Meghan Markle
Hillary Clinton is the latest public figure to throw her support behind Meghan, Duchess of Sussex, in the midst of the Sussexes’ legal battle against British tabloid the Mail on Sunday. “I do want to say that the way she’s been treated is inexplicable,” the former secretary of state—a self-proclaimed “huge Meghan Markle fan”—told UK…
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A Duke, a Duchess and…a Documentary About the Royal Couple (and Archie!) Is Coming
Lights, camera, action—we’re getting some behind-the-scenes scoop about Prince Harry and Megan Markle’s South Africa tour! According to W Magazine, ITV News anchor Tom Bradby has been inspired to film a documentary about the royal couple’s second official tour (their first being in Australia). “Just finished filming a documentary on Harry and Meghan in Africa,”…
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'There Is a Human Cost': The Sussexes File Suit Against the Daily Mail; Harry Issues a Statement on the 'Ruthless Campaign' Against Meghan
Enough is enough; that’s the stance being taken by Prince Harry and Meghan, Duchess of Sussex against British tabloid the Daily Mail, after the newspaper published a private letter from the duchess to her estranged father, Thomas Markle, that the couple alleges was edited in an “intentionally destructive manner.” Specifically, the paper is accused of…
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It Runs in the Family: While Meghan Skypes Malawi, Mom Doria Ragland Runs a 5K for Charity—and Inspires a Romance Novel
Clearly, Meghan, Duchess of Sussex, gets her humanitarianism from her mama. It’s a fact the royal pointed out in her now-defunct blog The Tig, where she credited her mom, clinical therapist Doria Ragland, with raising her to be “a global citizen, with eyes open to sometimes harsh realities.” That ethos proved true this weekend as…
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On Her 1st Trip to South Africa, Meghan Markle Speaks to Locals 'as a Woman of Color and as Your Sister'
Meghan, Duchess of Sussex, is currently making her first visit to South Africa, as part of a royal tour of Africa with husband Prince Harry and son Archie. But as the duchess acknowledged during a speech at the Justice Desk initiative, which focuses on child protection and female empowerment, her bonds to the continent run…
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For Father’s Day, the Duke and Duchess of Sussex Shared a Rare Glimpse of Baby Archie
We still don’t know if he’s ginger-haired like his father, but royal-watchers were treated to a peek at six-week-old Archie Harrison Mountbatten-Windsor on Sunday, as Prince Harry celebrated his first Father’s Day with a sweet father-son picture posted to the Sussex Royal Instagram account. The post was a rare share by the Duke and Duchess…
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Archie Goes to South Africa? Baby Sussex’s First Trip May Already Be in the Works
He’s not even a month old yet, but Archie Harrison Mountbatten-Windsor’s first intercontinental trip is reportedly already in the planning stages, according to multiple royal reporters. Prior to the birth of the royal progeny fondly known as “Baby Sussex,” CNN, among others, reported that Buckingham Palace was considering temporarily relocating the Sussex family to Africa,…