Talk about a poorly managed series of PR blunders
...huge fanfare last week when Meghan's PR announces that Meghan will address the WHO in Geneva
...interesting that Meghan wangled herself an invitation for a charity that she and Harry publicly dumped last December when they closed the Archewell Foundation at short notice...
...she likely imagined it would be like Harry's Ukraine speeches - dressed in her Amani power suit, up on the stage and being applauded by an auditorium full of smiling UN delegates
...but it turned out that she was not appearing at the WHO Assembly but was to appear on a subsidiary event, on a traffic island outside the WHO , to make some introductory remarks at the opening of a temporary art installation that hoped to lobby delegates as they drove past to the main event.
...the organizers had set out some well spaced chairs (perhaps 40) and placed "crowd control" barriers
...Meghan arrived looking polished in her Amani suit - but also looking tense as the miniscule size of this event began to dawn... the chairs weren't filled
...she made her speech while bemused tourists, locals and traffic passed her by - a few randoms stopped briefly although some seemed to be literally waiting for a bus as Meghan was speaking next to a bus stop.
...many of the photos released to the press had the background blurred - to obscure the location? - so literally blurring the installation she was there to promote!
...the following day she got a chance to wear the Princess Diaries outfit and was presented with ... a T-shirt!
...later she managed to attend a reception where she managed to pose for photos with a Far Right politician infamous for sexual harassment and racist abuse
The whole thing seems very poorly executed - almost like she heard the words UN and Geneva and didn't bother to find out more.