There are a lot of dumb or obvious stories about the Duke and Duchess of Sussex from the past few days, so I’m just going to make a list, I guess. Very few of them are worth a stand-alone post! Harper’s Bazaar reported this weekend that Harry “has flown back to Canada.” It’s believed that Meghan flew back to Canada shortly after Commonwealth Day, but Harry stayed for a few days longer to work on some Sussexit or charity-related stuff. The end of an era – the next time Harry or Meghan set foot in the UK, they will no longer use “HRH” and they will no longer be full-time working royals. Here are more stories:
Are the Sussexes keeping an office in London? The Sun claims that Harry and Meghan are opening a “new charity office” in a space at the former BBC Television Centre, and that it might be a “co-working space” with Soho Works. I think this is mostly bullsh-t – the only thing which might make it partly true is if Harry was looking for office space for Travalyst or Invictus specifically. But that wouldn’t be “Sussex office space.”
The Sussexes are worried about the Trudeaus. Meghan and Harry know Justin and Sophie Trudeau socially and through their charitable work. Sophie tested positive for the coronavirus and both Sophie and Justin are being quarantined/isolated at the moment. A source said: “Right now Meghan and Harry are just concerned for the health and safety of others. These are scary times and they are more worried about what is happening in the world than what’s next for them.”
They’re eager to work. A source told Page Six: “They can’t sit around, they have to work to pay their bills. They want to work. Both through the paid work and philanthropy, I think they will focus on impact driven projects and hope to bring some good to the world.” And as for those dumb stories about Meghan wanting a role in a Marvel movie, the source said: “Meghan has absolutely no interest in acting again. She’s not going to be a Marvel hero or a Disney princess — none of those things. It’s completely fabricated, and completely at odds with their plans. It’s simply not a conversation that has happened.” The source said that they’re actually close to signing a deal with Netflix to start their own production company.
People Mag swears up and down that Harry & Meghan will go to California. Their sources insist that the Sussexes plan to spend the summer in LA and “create their own life… They love being in Canada, but they are looking at houses in L.A. too. They’ll likely have houses in both places.”
Also: I’ve been wondering if the coronavirus pandemic has made Harry and Meghan hit pause on a lot of their immediate plans. I wonder if they were set to make some big announcements in early April, as soon as they were “free” from the royal family formally. Like, I could see how they would have planned a big Netflix deal announcement and the formation of a new charity or something as their first step, but all of that as been suspended because… you know, everything is crazy right now.
Photos courtesy of WENN, Backgrid.
The only thing here that I give basically complete credence to is that Meghan is not going to act in a Marvel movie. I can also see the Netflix deal happening (or maybe Apple TV, since harry already has that deal with Oprah, right?)
the rest of it feels like the mags are just throwing things at the wall to see what sticks. If you predict a dozen things, then chances are something will turn out to be true.
I share your sentiments.
Why would you spend the fucking winter in Canada only to go to fucking California when it gets fucking nice out?
Signed,
A Canadian in March
LOL. To borrow the above quote, I share your sentiments, Mika. Cheez-n-rice it was cold this morning. It was so freezing cold, it took my house almost 15 minutes to warm up and I have gas heat. I left a tap dripping last night, but my neighbour’s water pipes froze.
ALL these posts are about them going to California. And while I don’t know their plans, I find it insulting that these people being quoted find it so hard to believe that they may have actually settled in B.C.
Because the winters on the south end of Vancouver Island are very mild. We rarely get snow and it rarely gets down to zero. We don’t get the high heat and humidity in the summer either, it’s always around 70 – 75 degrees and sunny.
I hope I don’t get jumped – but I wondered if she and Harry self-isolated or tested before seeing baby Archie upon their return? Seriously being in the UK she and Harry were bound to be exposed and I have my fingers crossed all is okay for their family.
I thought the same time. I hope they were screened like all travelers.
It is essential to screen people more than once as the incubation period appears to be very long for this virus. I’m hope commercial labs can capitalize on this and we can start testing everyone early and often.
I would also like more info on how accurate the tests are. When I did strep tests I remember the doctors told me the tests were often inaccurate.
Seems like so many Meghan stories going around. It’s like a delayed reaction and something to distract from the anxiety. The Atlantic’s Caitlin Flanagan wrote some terrible article comparing Meghan to the Queen and Diana how she shirked her duty while the Queen persevered through the war. It was a bitter mess. Anywhoo, people aren’t letting the Sussexes just self isolate like the rest of us should be doing. They shook a lot of hands, they need to stay put.
Wasn’t that an awful mumble-jumble piece? What was she trying to say anyway? She sympathised with them wanting to leave because of the racism she and her child experienced, and yet at the same time hurled a myriad of veiled insults towards her. I especially loved:
“When Edward VIII abdicated in 1936, he announced it to the government on December 9, and was on his way to Austria three days later. But Edward didn’t want to do voice-overs for Disney.”
And I’m so sick and tired of media *still* using the misogynistic “Meg-xit”.
That’s bonkers…Edward wanted to collaborate with the Third Reich, but she’s upset because the 6th in line and his Wife want to earn an income so they’re not taking taxpayer funding and being vilified for breathing while black . She wrote a terrible piece on the Aziz Ansari bad date that was dragging the woman for exposing a “ good guy” and that she knew what she was getting into. She hates younger feminists, the MeToo movement and women who say no and set boundaries. She’s been dragged by other writers over her BS rants before.
It was a horrible piece. A hit piece if you will. Overly critical, inaccurate, whiney, and seriously lacking nuance and empathy. But that’s Caitlin Flanagan’s brand, I guess.
I had actually sent that in because that piece was seriously bonkers. She was just on Bill Maher and seemed normal. I had to double check it was the same person.
I read that article too, Le4Fremeire —- Caitlin Flanigan was so hostile, I googled her. She is a respected journalist but seems to have real issues with strong, intelligent successful women who are in the public eye. Many have called her for it, but she keeps chugging on.
The easygoing intimacy in that last photo is so sweet.
I hope they’re taking all necessary precautions to keep themselves and baby Archie safe.
You don’t need to be a soothsayer to know they are concerned about Covid-19.
Most sane people are.
They should be concern, they just came back from England! Sophie Trudeau contracted the virus in London, our Mayor who came back from England is in quarantine! Be careful…
I believe their fear about the virus especially when Idris Elba was confirmed who met with both sophie Trudeau and Lewis Hamilton(who went with harry to Silverton experience the day after).