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The "Where's Meghan" Question Has Been Definitively Answered ...

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MrsMaxDeWinter · 30/01/2023 11:50

She's been busy!

I hope that those who expressed concern will be happy to know that she has been working with the Archewell team on their just released Impact Report.

Meghan and Harry are polarising figures but there is no doubt that they have galvanising power to get projects, both little and big, off the ground.

Harry, with William and Kate, was a co-founder of the Royal Foundation in 2011. They had a start-up fund of just under 5 million pounds, of which 1.3 million pounds was given away in grants.

10 yrs later, Harry and Meghan set up Archewell, with start up funds of 13 million dollars, and give away three million dollars in grants.

As with both foundations, the reserve is carried over.

The range of their projects is interesting, from working with the Vaccine Alliance to raise private sector contributions to distribute vaccines, endowing academic fellowships, working with partners in resettling refugees from Ukraine and Afghanistan, working with World Central Kitchens, to smaller projects like the Uvalde community playground and park and a really cute project to a small charity that gives free hair braiding to young black girls in Texas.

archewell.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/The-Archewell-Foundation-Impact-Report-2020-2022.pdf

I am so pleased for them, their advisors and staff as this is a dream start for any start up. I have long been sceptical that they may have spread themselves too thinly, so I am glad to see they are now focusing on just three areas, as they find their groove.

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Ohnonevermind · 31/01/2023 09:23

@Puzzledandpissedoff

Her uncle (who sounded lovely) worked in the embassy as part of the diplomatic corps but wasn’t the ambassador. He tried to help her and got her an internship.

Joseph Kennedy was an ambassador (they’re often picked by the US President himself) - there is a huge amount of status attached to the role

ItsCurtainstothat · 31/01/2023 09:25

ThroughTheSnow · 31/01/2023 08:47

People dislike the Sussexes and their 'foundation' and their public bitch fest because their behaviour is so hypocritical.

They want to be seen as a benevolent, flawless, charitable royal power couple but they speak and act as if they are pissed off guests on the Jeremy Kyle show.

They have high ambitions but do not possess the required self control and confidence to achieve their goals.

It's not the most thought out strategy to try and position yourself as a calm, serene and moral brand while publicly stabbing your father and brother in the back and gleefully trying to destroy their reputation. In terms of current trends, intergenerational empathy and affection takes precedence over the narrative of Boomer/Zoomer/Millennial generational conflict. The Sussexes are not tapping into the current Zeitgeist, they are always out of step. They are choosing enmity over empathy but can't see it. Charles with his public messages of loving H&M and wanting them at the coronation is more in line with this trend than H&M attempts to discredit Papa and Willy.

In terms of change, authentic behaviour and empathy are the cultural trends at the moment and the Sussexes are acting inauthentically with their performative vulnerability. Audiences are embracing real, impromptu sharing but the Sussexes are using highly polished and controlled global media platforms that are the polar opposite of authentic, unscripted, bottom up content creation. It's inauthentic and faux.

Nepo Babies have come under fire and Prince Harry is the ultimate neon baby 😀.

The Sussexes are using nepo power and influence but trend analysts know nepo currency is rejected by today's public. Celebrities who are open, honest and self aware regarding their advantages are more popular than those claiming their family connections make things more challenging.

So, the Sussexes aren't 'change' or current, they are getting it spectacularly wrong. They are infamous rather than admired and their popularity ranking has dropped.

On a slightly different note, I don't think Darwin's theory of evolution is quite what you think it is @Socrateswasrightaboutvoting 😉.

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Very well said!

ThighMistress · 31/01/2023 09:28

I agree @queenofarles - it’s completely confusing how those who trumpet “I’m a republican” have adopted M&H as their flag-bearers.

It’s one thing to be pleased that H&M may be bringing down the rf, and are just useful idiots, but no. Their every move is applauded and admired .

I think plenty on these threads are here for a mischievous bunfight, but there appears to be a small cohort of truly obsessed fans and, I am beginning to realise, at least one PR person.

onemorecupofcoffeefortheroad · 31/01/2023 09:32

Ryder68 · 30/01/2023 13:57

"Charity vaunteth not itself. It is not puffed up". Or something like that, from the bible. Those two do an awful lot of vaunting and puffing though.

Yes and also don't think they've ever heard "let virtue be its own reward" (although think that was Socrates not the bible).
I applaud their good works but still it will never wash away their vindictiveness & nastiness about their own families. What's that other expression "charity begins at home".

ThighMistress · 31/01/2023 09:38

Actually I think they have heard of “charity begins at home” $$$$ Grin

On the thread about Archewell there are some illuminating figures…

Rosesareblu · 31/01/2023 09:40

“Nepo Babies have come under fire and Prince Harry is the ultimate neon baby”

aren’t the RF the ultimate nepo babies?

purpledalmation · 31/01/2023 10:31

ThighMistress · 31/01/2023 09:28

I agree @queenofarles - it’s completely confusing how those who trumpet “I’m a republican” have adopted M&H as their flag-bearers.

It’s one thing to be pleased that H&M may be bringing down the rf, and are just useful idiots, but no. Their every move is applauded and admired .

I think plenty on these threads are here for a mischievous bunfight, but there appears to be a small cohort of truly obsessed fans and, I am beginning to realise, at least one PR person.

Don't get this either. The Republicans don't get the irony of M&H refusing to give up their titles. 🤣🤣

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MrsMaxDeWinter · 31/01/2023 10:53

The Queen was a "nepo baby". As is her son the King, And his heir William, And his heir George. Primogeniture in the monarchy and the whole notion of inherited entitlement and privilege, you could argue, is the very example of what it means to be a "Nepo Babies" especially as there is no qualification to it, and it is based on birth not merit.

But no, it is only Harry out of the whole bunch who is the "nepo baby".😂

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Neowulf · 31/01/2023 10:53

‘I think plenty on these threads are here for a mischievous bunfight, but there appears to be a small cohort of truly obsessed fans and, I am beginning to realise, at least one PR person.’

totally agree - the obsession and incessant applauding over anything is truly bizarre

Neowulf · 31/01/2023 10:57

They’re all nepo babies. No one is saying otherwise. Including Meghan. Her dad worked in the industry, took her on set, worked his contacts for her. Think there was an article about nepo babies recently, she was, quite rightly, included on the list.

They’re all privileged and owe their positions to inherited wealth (blood money) and royal connections. This includes Harry and Meghan as well as the rest of the royals.

Puzzledandpissedoff · 31/01/2023 10:59

Ah, thanks Ohnonevermind - I was aware a real Ambassador's high status, but honestly thought that's exactly what the uncle was

Then again I once did a house swap to Paris with a "Diplomat" within the EU ... turned out he was in admin Grin

hoooops · 31/01/2023 11:02

But no, it is only Harry out of the whole bunch who is the "nepo baby".

I think the point is he is the only one of the royals complaining about how tough his uber privileged nepo life is, whilst also having a pop at the institution without which he would be a nobody.

Neowulf · 31/01/2023 11:05

Oh yeah her uncle hooked her up with a position didn’t he. How very fitting for Meghan the nepo baby.

Neowulf · 31/01/2023 11:06

aren’t the RF the ultimate nepo babies?

Yup and Harry and Meghan are just as much part of the royal family as William and Kate. So the nepo thing extends to them too.

feellikeanalien · 31/01/2023 11:16

You could argue that anyone who gets a helping hand from their family is a "nepo baby" e.g the plumber who takes his son into the business. This is not a new phenomenon and it seems to me is just part of the current fad for everyone having to have a label. People have always used family connections throughout history to try to get where they want.

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MrsMaxDeWinter · 31/01/2023 11:28

Neowulf · 31/01/2023 11:05

Oh yeah her uncle hooked her up with a position didn’t he. How very fitting for Meghan the nepo baby.

A five week internship in a filed she never pursued?

I guess all of Meghan's success is due to that!!! What a nepo baby!

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ThroughTheSnow · 31/01/2023 11:30

MrsMaxDeWinter · 31/01/2023 10:53

The Queen was a "nepo baby". As is her son the King, And his heir William, And his heir George. Primogeniture in the monarchy and the whole notion of inherited entitlement and privilege, you could argue, is the very example of what it means to be a "Nepo Babies" especially as there is no qualification to it, and it is based on birth not merit.

But no, it is only Harry out of the whole bunch who is the "nepo baby".😂

Ahem, of course they are.

There are nepo babies in all walks of public life but it's the ones who whinge about how hard it is for them and who are full of finger-pointing self pity that are unpopular, whereas those who own it and are self reflective and self aware (and grateful!!) are fine, these are the current cultural trends.

Harry moaning about his smaller stately home bedroom and low ceiling NotCot is the most ridiculous and entitled Nepo baby. He doesn't stop and think, does he? Boooohoooooo poor me, Spare Harry, getting a cottage to live in while many of his generation are not able to buy a home or pay the rent for a substandard rental.

Meg and Harry are just not cool and contemporary enough, they are that little bit too old, spoilt and unsophisticated to be able to relate to the younger generation. They are irrelevant apart form providing juicy tabloid gossip. No 'it' factor but cringe factor🙄

Neowulf · 31/01/2023 11:44

Yeah yeah you know you don’t have a genuine counter argument to nepotism when you have to use such reductive dismissive comebacks 😂

ultimate whiney nepo babies boohooing away cos they didn’t get enough attention. It’s ok for them to use their platforms connections and privilege and make use of entrenched institutional inequality when it suits them but then they pretend to call it out cos they think it will make them sound relatable to the the online gen-z’s 😂 they’re just cynically riding any bandwagon that keeps them relevant. They don’t really have a problem with inherited wealth, nepotism, inequality, institutional racism when these things serve them. Even their supposed fans are now suddenly ok with nepotism and inequality 😂 but only when Meghan and Harry do it 😂 could you make it more obvious you lot clearly have an agenda 😂

Neowulf · 31/01/2023 11:47

‘Meg and Harry are just not cool and contemporary enough, they are that little bit too old, spoilt and unsophisticated to be able to relate to the younger generation. They are irrelevant apart form providing juicy tabloid gossip. No 'it' factor but cringe factor’

this is pretty accurate. They thing they’re being relatable to gen z, they haven’t realised how out of touch they are. Guess that’s the downside of being so privileged they live in a bubble. Life is pretty rubbish for lots of people at the mo, they tune into the Sussex drama the same reason people watch other reality celebrities . For the salacious gossip and drama

queenofarles · 31/01/2023 11:50

I guess all of Meghan's success is due to that!!! one example of the roaring vocational success you talk about please! Just one ,
because all I can think of is a supporting role in an unremarkable Canadian tv show .

Neowulf · 31/01/2023 11:55

Did the nepo baby only manage five weeks? Wow to be so privileged that it’s ok to squander an opportunity like that. How the other half live. And couldn’t hack an internship? Guess the exploitative misogynistic institutionally racist film industry was seen as more appealing 😂weird how she was happy to play along for fame and money but then tried calling it out for her new woke image on her podcasts 😂the hypocrisy is strong with that nepo baby. Always happily changing her beliefs, selling out, and jumping on any old band wagon 😂

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MrsMaxDeWinter · 31/01/2023 12:10

queenofarles · 31/01/2023 11:50

I guess all of Meghan's success is due to that!!! one example of the roaring vocational success you talk about please! Just one ,
because all I can think of is a supporting role in an unremarkable Canadian tv show .

A role in a US, not Canadian show, that was filmed in Toronto, as many US shows are, and that earned her at least 5 million dollars, making her the only self-made millionaire to join a Royal Family filled with "nepo babies" who owe their positions to entitlement and inherited wealth. 🙂

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Neowulf · 31/01/2023 12:16

queenofarles
shes also v good at using those less fortunate in society to raise her own profile to ultimately make more money for herself. Profiteering off the poor. This type of exploitative behaviour is typical of nepo babies.

queenofarles · 31/01/2023 12:34

MrsMaxDeWinter

she was 37 when she joined the RF , she appeared regularly in a tv show for 7 years , and was paid for that,
nothing extraordinary , just like millions of working woman the world over , Sophie had a job too,

its really not uncommon for women in their late thirties in other professions to make hundreds of thousands a year .

Serenster · 31/01/2023 12:51

I guess all of Meghan's success is due to that!!! What a nepo baby!

Well no, I’m fairly sure her Emmy-award winning lighting director father and her producer boyfriend/first husband had quite a bit to do with things too.

And yes - Sophie owned her own PR company when she married Edward. I think that’s a considerable achievement.