Harry and Meghan make surprise phone calls to young leaders in the US

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I actually really liked this video, it’s them doing what they have always done best. I want to see more things like this, hope it marks a change in tactics.

It also has a very “royal” feel: e.g. there have been recent reports about a split but they’re not arguing in the gutter they’re rising above it and proving them wrong, they’re using their spotlight to shine onto other people, etc.

Only criticism: why are they filming people on the phone?! Makes me think of The Apprentice 😂 use Zoom!!

https://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/royal-family/harry-meghan-young-leaders-surprise-call-b2386408.html

When the king was still Prince Charles, I happened to be walking near our local foodbank as he arrived for a visit (must have been late 2021)

I thought it was the sort of place the working Royals go to quite often, I've just had a google and the first two hits were other foodbank visits by Charles, plus a BBC report that he donated 800 fridges.

Didn't he donate the money raised in memory of the Queen to foodbanks?

@ajandjjmum I was highlighting the massive hypocrisy on these threads. According to may on here it is absolutely great that W&K flaunted themselves at a baby bank. But when H&M make calls to people being awarded grants to which their company has contributed, it's desperate and cringey.

If you're going to continually slag them off, at least be consistent with your arguments ffs.

Is that supposed to be something special? He couldn't bloody keep it!

But it's W&K's job, their role. The Sussexes are trying to hang on to the coat tails of the rf by trying to copy them when they are just LA celebs. Why not lunch and maybe attend charity events where he can talk about his dm till the cows come home.

This attempt to shine lights on themselves seems fake and forced. Harry's USP.

Okay keep telling yourself it's absolutely normal and not at all hypocritical to claim one is a desperate publicity craving couple - speaking on behalf of the company who contributes to these grants - and the other is attending food banks because it's his role 🙄

Indeed. Harry and Meghan think they are still doing royal tours. They act as though they do and the media feeds into it. Remove the titles and see if there is as much interest.

Yes I will thanks. Because one couple do it to represent their country and it is their job description the others do it for attention.

Harold needs to get an actual job and stop trying to be a vip royal.

They do! Delusions of grandeur. I bet they seethe when they see the actual royals in action nowadays.

I didn't suggest that he could keep it. I said that he gave it to foodbanks which shows his support for them, when there are actually thousands of worthwhile charities this money could have been donated to. So yes, in the sense that they were chosen from thousands - it is something special!

Who decided only the British royal family can do charity work? Plenty of public figures do things like the royals, they are patrons, ambassadors, fundraisers, spokespeople etc At least other people don't expect taxpayer handouts for it. Its ridiculous anyone actually believes the royals have a special role only they can fill. That's what they want us to think, it's a handy way to become a billionaire for sure. But many many other people do very similar things for charities and causes all over the world without needing a title or a sovereign grant for it.

Charity work is mutually beneficial (which is a good thing). I think the question is not which is the stronger motivator, but has the specific charity work actually helped (or at least not done any harm) or is it actively bad for the cause?

W&K going to a food bank - at best great publicity, at worst harmless.

'Who decided only the British royal family can do charity work? '

He was in the rf, he flounced as cba with all the stuffy rules and protocols. To be doing a pound shop version in LA just reeks of desperation. He needs to find something else to do. So ironic that he still seems ro crave the spotlight.

To circle back to the topic I actually thought the video had a very royal vibe

Yes, like I said he's a pound shop version. Sad really that he can't find his own ideas and way forward.

You didn;t actually answer the question. Why is this type of charity work deemed only for British royals? Plenty of other people engage in it, in their own free time. Celebrities do it because it helps the charity, royals aren't much different to celebrities in that role except they get paid by us for it. Why does he need to find something else to do? I think the more people giving their time to worthy causes the better, its insane to complain about someone doing charity work.

It is pretty arrogant to think that the BRF are the only people on the planet who can make appearances and phone calls for charity work.

Lots of Americans do it. Celebs do it. Meghan did it long before she even met Harry.

The difference between the charity work done by the BRF and H&M is that H&M must make the charity work pay them. The RF do not take salaries from their charities, they get money from the sovereign grant and duchy of Cornwall etc. H&M have no choice but to take a salary from their charitable endeavours if they are to succeed in the long run.

The Spotify deal was canned without full payment, Pearl was canned, the Bench proved Meghan doesn't have original ideas (the Boy on the Bench (nifty bit of plagiarism)), Ms Haversham, Elephant, Look to Lead...all look very unconvincing. Spare/the docuseries/Oprah were simply car crash fascination successes, and that cup has run dry.

So they have no option but to start either earning serious money, wait for the windfall inheritance or take salaries from their charities.

Having read a while back the book 'meet me at the lake' (it's forgettable) I can't see it being a great success. I felt like I was back in the 2000s with all the Tig like lifestyle nonsense. No real connection to Harry's loss of his mother, as it's the heroines mum who dies in her adult life. Very Hallmark territory.

Harry and Meghan are not philanthropists. They are not wealthy enough to give away their own money.

'think the more people giving their time to worthy causes the better, its insane to complain about someone doing charity work'

Yes it's of course great to do charity work it's the attention seeking way he does it. Filming himself, shining a light on himself. As I say it's all very grasping he is trying and failing to stay relevant.

The difference between the charity work done by the BRF and H&M is that H&M must make the charity work pay them. The RF do not take salaries from their charities, they get money from the sovereign grant and duchy of Cornwall etc. H&M have no choice but to take a salary from their charitable endeavours if they are to succeed in the long run.

This isn't true- well the part about the royals getting paid by the taxpayer for their whole life to the tune of millions. There is nothing to indicate Harry and Meghan need to do charity work for money. Its just your opinion based on your dislike of them.

He's not doing anything different than the royals and other celebrities though. Their face and presence brings attention to the cause so its actually the whole point of using them.

'He's not doing anything different than the royals'

He isn't a working royal. He loathed everything about it, he allegedly hated the spotlight he hated the scrutiny so why tf does he keep doing these attention seeking stunts. He'd like ro live in Japan 'if they'll have him' he's he's so desperate for attention it's weird.

Your comment doesn't make sense. This is quite a different life to living and working within the institution, as people here keep saying. It's completely different. Again, celebrities giving their faces and time to charity work like this, is a positive for the cause and community. It just doesn't make any sense to criticise him for it, especially as so many other people do it. It's just looking around for anything to criticise IMO.

No one is criticising Harry and Meghan for supporting charities. They are questioning their motives. They have to earn money. Inheritances don't last forever. Even the Netflix money isn't going to last forever if they continue the Hollywood billionaire lifestyle.

There is no better cause than to make the internet safer for our children. Bullying and intimidation online is horrifying and something every parent fears, but the Sussexes have openly supported the so called 'sugars' who are quite rabid in their support of the pair on Twitter and other platforms with especially vicious attacks on their critics.

but the Sussexes have openly supported the so called 'sugars' who are quite rabid in their support of the pair on Twitter and other platforms with especially vicious attacks on their critics.

This claim has been made before with zero evidence. where did they condone any vicious cyber bullying?

They have to earn money.

Yes. So do lots of people. People can earn money and do charity work in t heir spare time. So many celebrities do it. They have a production company and millions in the bank. I do not know why anyone is complaining about them needing to be paid for charity work, this is just a random and baseless thing to say. The constant questioning of how they're going to earn money is frankly bizarre. The royal family definitely do it in order to receive millions from the tax payer. How Harry makes money hasn't got anything to do with us anymore.