Is Meghan Markle's new podcast already doomed?

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Hello and welcome to Palas Intrigue.
I am your host, Mark Francis.

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Megan Michael's latest podcast venture could face
significant challenges unless crucial changes are made

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to its format. WARN's celebrity pr
specialist Kaylee Cornelius. Following the end of

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an exclusive Spotify deal with Prince Harry
and Archwell Productions in mid twenty twenty three,

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which reportedly paid the Sussex's twenty five
million dollars, Megan security partnership with

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Lemonada Media. Under this new arrangement, Lemonada will distribute the first season of

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Megan's Archetypes series across all audio platforms, followed by a new original podcast series

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yet to be named. However,
Cornelius believes that replicating the previous format without

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innovation could lead to failure. Speaking
exclusively to Express Code or uk on behalf

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of Betfred, Cornelius pointed out that
Megan's previous podcast, Archetypes struggled with maintaining

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listener engagement due to a lack of
solid marketing strategy and consistent content delivery.

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Cornelius emphasized that the success of Megan's
new podcast hinges on several factors, including

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effective marketing, compelling guest appearances,
and engaging topics. She stressed the importance

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of a fresh approach and deeper audience
connection, suggesting that simply rebranding the format

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under a new name might not suffice
in the competitive podcast industry. To enhance

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the podcast's appeal, Cornelius proposed the
involvement of an experienced co host or structured

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format that adds personality and structured to
the show. She noted that while the

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podcast industry is thriving, audience retention
often depends on a strong host to listener

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connection. Cornelius pointed out while Meghan's
contact list may not have completely diminished,

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she will certainly have a smaller pool
to rely on Initially, we might expect

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her to call in favors from her
remaining friends and work through their networks.

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For instance, long term friend pre
Janka Chopra, who do not feature on

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Archetypes, could be among the first
names Megan considers. Other potential guests include

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friends from her suit stays, such
as Abigail Spencer and Wendell Pearce, who

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likely remain accessible points of contact for
Meghan. An industry insider tells Palace intrigue.

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Don't worry. The Minada will call
in the favors from Julia Leuis Dreyfuss

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and David Decovney, and Apple will
promote it, but this will just be

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a repeat of what happened last time. Nobody cares. But sure, if

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you're looking to eventually sell the company, Meghan is a nice face to have

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on your website. Go nuts.
Meghan is facing criticism from publicist Sarah Fruman,

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who suggests the Duchess should reconsider her
focus on profit and consider a different

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approach. In an interview with Express
UK, Freuman pointed out concerns regarding Meghan

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Markel's luxury fashion brand and offering of
dog biscuits. Fruman said there are plenty

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of strategies she can use to get
publicity. The most impactful would be to

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get creative and authentic, neither of
which Megan seems to be doing. Graham

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Norton weighed in on Harry and Meghan, telling Andy Cohen, well, it's

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difficult. I think in the press
it's very anti dam and it has been

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sort of a gift of William and
k because now they are like deified and

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can do no wrong. But do
regular people care that much? I don't

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think they do. I think they
just think let them live their lives.

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Princess Eugenie recently shared an empowering message
on Instagram expressing pride in her scoliosis scar.

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Diagnosed with scoliosis as a child,
the Princess used her platform to raise

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awareness about the condition. In a
post, she credited her mother, Sarah

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Ferguson, for the support and confidence
she provided. Eugenie praised Fergie for dispelling

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the stigma surrounding scoliosis, stating,
my mom caught my scoliosis early and I

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was lucky enough to get the help
I needed at twelve years old. I

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thank her so much for that,
and also thank her for the confidence to

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be proud of my scar. She
removed all the stigma around having scoliosis for

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me by confidently showing people what I'd
been through, and it took all the

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fear and anxiety out of being different
at such a young age. I am

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forever grateful and wish everyone to be
proud of their scars. Princess Eugenie underwent

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major surgery on her back in two
thousand and two to treat scoliosis, a

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condition where the spine twists curves to
the side. According to the NHS,

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scoliosis can affect people of any age, though at most often stancing children aged

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ten to fifteen. Many individuals with
a condition do not require treatment, with

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only a small number needing surgery.
In twenty eighteen, Eugenie chose to wear

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a wedding dress that revealed her surgery, so hoping to inspire confidence in others.

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Her openness and bravery were praised by
many, with one Instagram user commenting,

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your mom is a wonderful lady and
she must be very proud of her

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two lovely daughters. Your openness about
your scoliosis and beatrices about her dyslexia will

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have helped a lot of young people
with the same conditions. I loved your

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wedding dress and how you didn't try
to hide the scar from your surgery.

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Another commenter added, I salute your
wonderful, brave mother and you as well

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for sharing such information to show all
affected like you that there is a way

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to overcome this problem and to encourage
awareness that help is at hand. Looks

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like the royal world of Bridgeton could
have a meta moment in the near future.

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That is, if Sarah Ferguson gets
her way. The Duchess of York

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revealed she's a huge fan of the
Netflix show and is desperate to make an

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appearance. She even went so far
as to ask her agent about getting cast.

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Sarah told Platinum Magazine, I've asked
my agent to give me on Bridgeton.

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The set designs are incredible. I
could be a long lost friend for

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Penelope. I just have to be
on Bridgeton. I've been asked to go

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on I'm a celebrit get me out
of ye hundreds of times and the answer

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is always no. I'm sure it's
lovely for lots of people, but not

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for me. As a reminder,
she played herself on Friends back in the

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nineties. In the book I'll Be
There for You, the one about Friends.

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Writer Kelsey Miller explains that Sarah was
actually coaxed into the appearance by her

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daughters, and it did wonders for
her reputation. She wasn't the most popular

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at the time, as Miller puts
it, at a time when fergie bashing

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had become a national pastime, Friends
was a welcome relief Pallas injury Right Back.

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Reader's Digest took a look at royal
code names. Royal code names are

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used for security reasons, explains Laura
Windsor, a London based expert on the

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British royal family. The late Queen
famously used the nickname Lillabert, then private

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with her family, while her code
name was Sharon. According to an unnamed

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royal expert, Prince William used the
code name Danny, but details on code

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names for other royals like Harry,
remained private for security reasons. In keeping

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with tradition, the expert shared the
Prince William used the nickname Danny when referring

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to himself in conversation. Windsor mentions
another royal code name connected to Charles when

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he was touring the United States in
nineteen seventy one, the Secret Service dubbed

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him Unicorn, a nod to Scotland's
national animal. On George the Six,

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code name Windsor explains, before George
the Six there were no phones somebody could

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hack, so code names were not
needed, explains Windsor. And they have

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