May 13, 2025
Confessions of a Female Founder Episode 6 recap - Meghan Markle is the first one there with a mop
In the newest epsidoe of her underwhelmingly successful podcast, Meghan tells us what it really takes to build something from scratch. “It can get messy, and the best founders are not afraid to get their hands dirty,” she said. “And I don’t mean play dirty. I mean, when it’s ‘clean-up on aisle five’ time, you are the first person there with a mop.”
In other news, Kate was out being fabulous and Thomas Markle Jr. is writing a tell-all book!
The regular Tuesday epsiode of Palace Intrigue went oout earlier today.
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Calorogus Shark Media. Hello and welcome through a special bonus
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episode of Palace Intrigue. I am your host Mark Francis. Well.
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Meghan dropped the new episode of the Number sixty business
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podcast on Tuesday morning. According to the Apple Charts. In
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the latest installment of Confessions of a Female Founder, the
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Duchess of Sussex welcomed Heather Hassen, co founder of the
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medical apparel brand Figs, for a wide ranging discussion on entrepreneurship,
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creative thinking, and the often umglamorous details of launching a business.
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Megan began by reflecting on what it really takes to
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build something from scratch. It can get messy, and the
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best founders are not afraid to get their hands dirty,
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she said. And I don't mean play dirty. I mean
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when it's clean up on asle five time, you are
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the first person there with a mop. The Duchess stressed
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the importance of recognizing simple yet effective solutions. The whole
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point for me is when you see something that is
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an easy solve in the every day, that's not complicated,
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that's not fussy, how to get your hands involved and
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change the way of thinking surrounding it. So it doesn't
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feel daunting. Her own example, I see vegetables and I
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see takeout because I don't have time to cook every day,
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and I go, all right, but how do I still
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make this flattering and beautiful and present well and something
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that people find appetizing. Hassen, whose company has made waves
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for turning unflattering medical scrubs into stylish functional apparel, agreed,
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I think when you take something so simple everyday life,
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and you elevate it and you make it elegant, I
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think that's what makes it so special. Megan went on
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to discuss how her academic background played a foundational role
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in her business journey. I was a theater major, and
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part of the program was that you couldn't just do
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the acting, she explained. You had to do soup to nuts,
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every part of what a production would entail, which I
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actually think is incredible training for when you're running a team,
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because you appreciate what the sound person does and what
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the lighting person does. Wardrobe department and sewing we're part
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of it too, so I am comfortable with a sewing machine.
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Touching on a current venture lifestyle brand, as ever, Megan
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revealed just how hands on she's been as I've been
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building as ever. Oh, let me tell you, it's just
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a constant state of recalibration. There's joy in that. But
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we are always in motion. We're moving at work speed,
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problem solving, filling gaps in real time, scratching a million
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tiny tiny things off your to do list, but not
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in that fun way like a lotto ticket. For me,
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I don't know how to not have love in the details.
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The Duchess also drew parallels between her own focus on
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food and presentation with Hassan's vision for stylelish workwear. You go,
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hold on, this is something that you're doing every day.
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You're wearing this uniform every day, you're eating every day.
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How do we elevate that in a way that you
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feel really good about what you're doing, and you feel
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proud about what you're wearing, and you're able to have
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some functionality with it. In some ways, they're actually a
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different version of the same thing. More In just a
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moment in the Daily Mail, Liz Jones recapped Harry and
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Meghan's big Beyonce date. Liz writes, here were the ecstatic
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couple in raptures. Here was Harry leaning in for a
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quick peck on the cheek, Beyonce in a flying car,
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Harry and Meghan both wearing cowboy hats, as if to
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reinforce they are Team USA. Now you can take your
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fancy fascinators and top hats and stick them where the
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sun don't shine. But my goodness, the stream of snaps
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was so much more than just another date night. If
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a picture is worth a thousand words, one in particular
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and immaculate, pink, polished hand on his chest. He and turned,
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beaming down at his wife with a look of sheer adoration,
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spoke just two very important ones, We're happy and oh
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a couple more words, this time from Megan. We know
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how liquacious she is. I've won. She's had a torrid
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few weeks of negative podcast reviews and ridicule for taking
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several hours to do the school run, even though she
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has ann for example, that Meghan can emerge shimmering, almost
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covered in silver droplets from the ocean of online trolling,
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to appear care free, undimmed, smiling, takes real guts. California
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looks more fun than Kensington. This snapshot tells anyone being
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abused to rise above. Meanwhile, Meghan's Mother's day Instagram post
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has been criticized. The image features a detail that some
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feel underscores the distance between royal life and everyday reality
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of most parents. Eagle Line followers noted that Archie's pajamas,
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white with navy piping, were from the New York label Leligne.
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The brand's limited edition in font bon nuitt set reportedly
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retailed for sixty one pounds and is no longer available
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for purchase. Though beloved by some for its elegance, the
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price tag has spark fresh discussion about the extent to
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which the Duchess's brand of relatable motherhood resonates with ordinary families.
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While Meghan was being criticized for the price of his
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son's pajamas, the Daily Mail was reminding us just how
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wonderful Kate is. After all, Kate can do no wrong,
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we are told. The Princess of Wales reaffirmed her standing
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as a modern style icon today, donning a sharply Tale
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of Victoria Beckham ensemble as she presented the Queen Elizabeth
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the second Award for British Design at an event celebrating
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the UK's vibrant fashion industry. Catherine attended the British Fashion
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Council ceremony at one eighty Studios, where she met with
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emerging talons and leaders in sustainable design. For the occasion,
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that Princess chose a khaki green suit from Beckham's collection,
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comprising the eight hundred and fifty pound patch pocket jacket
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and four hundred and ninety pound Elena trousers in the
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shade yellow, which is sort of relatably every day ware
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that resonates with ordinary families. Kane completed the look with
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a crisp white ruffled blouse and brown leather heels, her
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hairstyle in soft waves, and makeup featuring smoky eyes in
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a dusty pink lip. The choice of designer raised some
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eyebrows in fashion and royal circles, as Beckham is currently
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facing reported family tension involving her eldest son Brooklyn and
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his wife Nicola Peltz. There are absence from David Beckham's
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recent fifth tieth birthday celebration had spirred the comparisons to
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the Duke and Duchess of Sussex very public royal departure.
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Yet Catherine's selection of the Victoria Beckham look seen by
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some as a graceful show of support for the embattled
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designer and a further example of her continued a commitment
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to British fashion. A source note that the princess was
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keen to pay tribute to the late Queen's legacy, adding
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she has long championed British fashion and designers and looks
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forward to continuing to do so in the years ahead.
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Thomas Michael Junior, half brother to the Duchess of Sussextons,
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announced he is penning a memoir chronicling his memoirs of
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Megan's early life, with hopes that it may one day
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lead to a documentary adaptation. Speaking from the Philippines, where
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he now lives in a high rise apartment alongside their father,
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eighty year old Thomas Mikel Senior, the fifty eight year
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old said the book is well underway. When my book
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is finished, oh it'll be swooped up real quick because
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it's getting there. I'm working on it. It's coming out,
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he said in a recent video message. It's going to
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be good. I really want to maybe spin off the book.
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Then when the book gets read, the documentary will follow on.
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I'm not a greedy person. It's not about the money,
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it's about the principle, of course, it would be nice
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to have a little cushion from selling a book. Sure
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remains unclear how Megan offered that matter Harry feel about
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a family member writing a gossipy book about the family.
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The regular episode of Palace Intrigue dropped earlier today. In
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case you missed it, you'll find it in the feed.
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We'll be back in the morning. And by the way,
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we have another new show out from calla Rougashark Media
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called Did He Do It. It's following the trial of
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Sean Diddy Combs in New York and it's a daily show.
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You can get that wherever you get your podcasts. Did
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He Do It? And my Francis my thanks to you,
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John McDermott. This is Palace Intrigue and good terms.
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