Covering a website in digital mourning was a decision in line with royal protocols, but also with public sentiment, even in the coastal towns of southern California where the Duke and Duchess of Sussex have lived since stepping down from official roles them in Windsor. family hierarchy. At Ye Old King’s Head, an English pub and gift shop near the beach in Santa Monica, news of the Queen’s death on Thursday had made the shop a meeting place for British expats and sentimental Americans alike, he said. 65-year-old Dusty Kerr. -old man from Leeds, who has worked in the shop for 23 years. “She misses him a lot,” he said. Greg Donovan lights a candle at a memorial to honor Queen Elizabeth at Ye Olde King’s Head in Santa Monica, California. Photo: Caroline Brehman/EPA As people bought commemorative teapots and tea towels and toasted the Queen’s memory in the pub, there were plenty of questions about what kind of king Charles would be, Kerr said, but she didn’t hear much about California’s most famous Briton. expatriates. “No one has done any negativity today,” he said. “I haven’t heard much about it – it’s all about Elizabeth.” It is unclear whether Elizabeth’s death, aged 96, will do much to change the path Harry and Meghan themselves have begun to chart in California. In his first address to the nation, King Charles III gave their choice his stamp of approval, saying: “I also want to express my love for Harry and Meghan as they continue to build their lives abroad.” Queen Elizabeth, Prince Harry and Meghan pose for a photo at Buckingham Palace in 2018. Photo: Reuters The couple lives in the celebrity enclave of Montecito, in a mansion reportedly purchased for $14.65 million, and launched Archewell, a combination of nonprofit and for-profit ventures that aims to “unleash the power of compassion to drive systemic cultural change ». In a move that echoes Barack and Michelle Obama’s post-White House ambitions, the couple signed a multi-year, $100 million deal with Netflix to produce TV shows, movies and children’s programming. Meghan launched a Spotify podcast Archetypes, which features interviews with American celebrity royalty such as Serena Williams, Mariah Carey and Mindy Kaling. The duo are involved in many charities, including Harry’s Invictus Games, and are often outspoken on public issues. In November 2021, The New York Times announced that the couple had “entered finance” and were trying to make “sustainable investing mainstream”. Meghan called Republican senators on their personal cellphones to back paid family leave and was criticized for introducing herself as the “Duchess of Sussex” and Harry, who had served alongside actual academic experts on an Aspen Institute Committee on the Information Disorder, he said. that he had emailed then-Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey on January 5, 2021 and “warned” him “that his platform allowed for a coup”. The couple’s Archewell website encourages readers to share their own personal stories and warns them to “watch screen time” and not spend too much time online, a reference to their involvement with Silicon’s “Time Well Spent” movement Valley led by the Center for Human Technology. Prince Harry and Meghan arrive at an event for the Invictus Games in Dusseldorf, Germany. Photo: Sascha Schuermann/AFP/Getty Images Throughout, the Sussexes’ mission was facilitated by A-list California friends including Oprah, Tyler Perry and Serena Williams. The president of the NAACP, a major American civil rights group, offered special condolences after Elizabeth’s death, calling them “dear friends and allies in our struggle for a more just future.” Our thoughts and prayers are with the people of England and members of the Queen’s family, especially Prince Harry and Meghan Markle who have become dear friends and allies in our fight for a fairer future. We express our deepest condolences. — Derrick Johnson (@DerrickNAACP) September 8, 2022 More scrutiny of the Windsor family dynamic and the role these two royal feuders may play in the reign of Harry’s 73-year-old father, Charles III, is likely, especially given the expected release of Harry’s memoir, which is expected to delve into Continuity. of Princess Diana’s death and Harry and Meghan’s life in the UK before their departure to California. If the past few days are any indication, the reception of the Sussexes’ efforts may be very different in the UK and their new homeland, where Paris Hilton mourned the Queen’s death with a tweet calling her “the original girl boss”, accompanied by by a broken heart emoji. . In the past few weeks, The Cut published a magazine profile of Meghan to coincide with the launch of her podcast, taking readers inside the family’s life in Montecito. The interview, and Meghan’s chart-topping podcast interviews, drew bitter criticism in the British press and a lot of scrutiny in the US, but didn’t stop Meghan from receiving a “huge ovation” at a subsequent speech in England. Jasmine Guillory, a New York Times bestselling author who has followed Meghan and Harry’s relationship, said that despite the criticism it has drawn, she loved The Cut profile and is excited to see what Meghan does next. “I love that she’s creating her own story,” Guigiori said. “A lot of people want her to back off and be quiet and stay out of the limelight, and that’s not what she wants, and that’s not what Harry wants either.” Much of the recent criticism of Harry and Meghan has focused on the couple’s efforts to make money, “rather than the money they inherited coming to them,” Guillory said. “Megan was always working. He always had a job.” The Duke and Duchess of Sussex look at their son Archie. Photo: Toby Melville/PA Kathryn Fugate, the Los Angeles screenwriter of the 2004 romantic comedy The Prince & Me starring Julia Stiles about an American girl who falls in love with a rogue European prince, said media coverage after the queen’s death revealed a familiar double standard and stations, in which Meghan was criticized for the exact same decisions Kate had made without comment. Like many people around the world, she continued to find the couple “very inspiring”, in part because Prince Harry had become the real-life equivalent of “the prince in my story – choosing to follow love and somewhat ignore the rules written before for a thousand years.” “They choose love, and they know what they’re getting into, and they chose it anyway,” Fugate said. “I see them as brave and there are always people who are afraid of bravery.” Guillory, whose 2019 novel Royal Holiday was inspired by the couple’s story, said she can only hope for some Windsor family reconciliation for Harry and Meghan, perhaps something that happens out of the public eye. “I’m a person who likes to write happy endings,” he said. “I hope so [Harry’s] The relationship with his family is improving.”
