And if people weren't so obsessively trying to align anything TRH The Sussexes did with what's happening with the BRF at any time, the so-called overshadowing wouldn't even work. Heck, the outrage over the American Riviera Orchard announcement falling at the same time as the Diana Awards have brought more eyes to it than it would have gotten otherwise.
She isn't obligated to check the BRF schedule and yet she does, repeatedly. And this event in particular! It may be "strategically smart to take advantage of the media furor" but it speaks volumes about her intention to cash in on her association with "those people." Because that's all she has. She certainly couldn't cash in on her own.
That's exactly it. These are her well-documented interests from before her marriage to Harry. Meghan had a full life before her marriage and the fact that she's going back to her roots suggests to me she is moving on from that period of her life. Which I agree she should do. Isn't that what people have been asking for?
Why for this event in particular? Her husband also was involved with the award and I doubt she would want to overshadow that for him. Plus this project is at least a year in the making. I think it is far more likely that there was already a schedule set in place for the project to launch and, if anything was moved up, it was because they knew they could get more eyes on the project given the recent media frenzy.
I mean I certainly wouldn't call them close family at this point.
That would be hilarious, and the total opposite of some implied arguments here that the title doesn’t matter because clearly it does and it matters most to Meghan herself. Otherwise she’d use her own last name or the variations of her husband’s. Also if her last name is now The Duchess of Sussex, she’d write it as Meghan The Duchess of Sussex without a comma, and she’d go around being called Mrs. The Duchess of Sussex.
Meghan would make a more credible case for “ standing on her own feet “ if she used Meghan Markle as her professional name. As long as she goes by “ Meghan, The Duchess of Sussex “ ( with. a capital T by the way), she is basically admitting that she needs an association with the Royal Family to draw attention to her business ventures.
I agree, lots of business / professional women continue to use their maiden name , in some cases because their professional degrees etc are in the maiden name but also actors/ musicians do not publicly change their name on marriage. I think you make a good point about recognition, by using Markle it might also have removed some of the toxicity that has risen around the titles.
I don't understand the timing. As far as the Catherine is concerned, the launch probably helped to distract from the ridiculous furor over the photo - but it also distracted from the Diana awards.
Thank you for this insightful comment - I had never put the formal title and the calligraphy together! The name and the vibe come first indeed! Here in the US, people who’ve heard of her call her Meghan Markle. Even though she is obviously entitled to use the Duchess of Sussex “brand,” it is a bit stiff here in the US. Remember, we fought a war to get rid of all that sort of thing.I'm glad Meghan is doing something where she's been known to do well. I hope they're starting small and adjust accordingly, since competition in the celebrity sphere is pretty stiff. There's Gwyneth's line, Kourtney Kardashian's, there's also Chrissy Teigen's cookware and food stuff--seems Gwyneth's is most successful but she started way ahead and had a clear brand from the start.
The thing I find funny though is the look and the name, it feels very 90s. The "By Meghan, Duchess of Sussex" means that at this point, she'll hold on to that title forever and will always be part of her brand. Her penchant for grandiose brand names and elaborate calligraphy has always reminded me of when I was a kid and obsessed with having a company and would scribble what I felt were grand company names and imagine them on nice stationery. It didn't matter what they were about, the name and the vibe came first.
People can have frosty relationships (or no relationships) with close family members. That doesn't make them distant relatives. William and Charles will always be Harry´s brother and father - they will never be his distant relatives.
I thought it was part of the Hallmak channel or QVC ...
Can we stop the sheer hypocrisy for one minute ? It was done on purpose because, let's face it, the Sussexes and the Wales bloody HATE each other. Period.
