It wouldn't surprise me if their newest dog came from Mayhew. Its been stated that Meghan has visited the shelter before. We didn't know that when we got word that they had a new member of the family.
But though tempted to bring Minnie back to Kensington Palace to join her other two rescue pooches, the duchess lamented, “We can’t take another dog before the baby... our hands are too full!”
Did Meghan adopt it?
Doubt it. On top of her comment about having their hands full, Minnie also has to be the only pet in the house.
I feel this provides poor optics because m all of her other engagements so far have been over an hour long. So yes it provides bad optics when she stays there only a mere 35 min on her first official visit. It sends, in my opinion as someone who has been in the world of rescuing and fostering for over 15 years, a message that her patronage with them is not because she has a true interest in their cause. It has the feel of what I call a “vanilla patronage”- something light that would provide good PR for her (as animals charities usually do for royals - I mean who doesn’t like cute dogs and cats?) but which she has little to no real interest in.
It's going to be a really busy week for Meghan.
Last time I looked, engagements on 3 days didn't make "a really busy week "! ?
Compared to people who work 40 hour weeks, 3 work days is not busy. Or even for someone like Charles or Anne that would be a slow week. But for some of the younger royals, three working days in one week is actually a descently busy schedule. Especially first year of marriage and pregnant. Nice to see that they are increasing their visibility.
Where is she on January 29th?? I only see the two days we see her.
I look forward to seeing her next two patronage visits.
3 subsequent days, with several engagements a day - and out of London too. Including first public visits to 2 of her new patronages.
And these are only the engagements we know about.
Why is it so wrong to assert that it looks like she might have a busy week?
Last time I looked, engagements on 3 days didn't make "a really busy week "! ?
It would shock you on busy the royals really are behind the scenes, not just when we officially see them out and about on official engagements. Not everything is officially announced.
Then again, the three engagement days are the ones that are made public. We don't know what their appointment books are like for the rest of the week. The behind the scenes kind of stuff, for the most part, isn't made public.
I could not agree more. Often, there is a fair amount of work that goes on that is not recorded in the CC. Just because there are three public appearances for Meghan next week, it does not make it a particularly busy week.
Someone simply stated that she seems to have a nicely packed week ahead of herself. The horror, I guess?
Last time I looked, engagements on 3 days didn't make "a really busy week "! ?