Sept. 12, 2024

Prince Harry at 40: What does Harry do all day?

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What does Harry do all day? Is he happy away from his friends?

Is Meghan throwing a ridiculous celebrity party?

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A calorogus shark media.

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Hello and welcome through palace intrigue. I am your host,

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Mark Francis. In The Daily Meal, columnist Jan Moyer asked

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how does Harry fit in? What does he do all

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day amid the sunshine and the palm trees? Does Harry

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ever wonder if he has escaped one prison only to

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end up trapped in another. Down among the eucalyptus trees

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and bougainvillia draped lanes of Montecito, the Duchess of Sussex

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is often seen lunching with friends or visiting the farmer's

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market to sample honey and buy flowers. The Duke, on

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the other hand, keeps eight much lower profile, moving through

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the coveted nine three one o eight postcode like a

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ghost or someone in a witness protection program, which, in

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its odd way, is almost true. Moyer also gave readers

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a clear look at Harry's Montecito life. And it may

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not be the beach house you think it is, she writes, Well,

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it isn't. It isn't from their home. The beach is

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three miles away and on the other side of the

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six lane one oh one Freeway, the main route between

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Los Angeles and San Francisco. The couple live in a

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gated home inside a gated estate called Riven Rock, which

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itself is surrounded by tall hedges and hand crafted stone walls.

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Moyer asks Prince Hery's reward for this treachery is living

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the American dream, right down to the five car garage,

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the azure swimming pool, and the orange and lemon trees

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in his own citrus grove. Yet there must be moments

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when even he wonders if the juice was worth the squeeze.

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Royal photographer Arthur Edwards commented on Harry to the Son.

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Arthur said, I think he's bigger than he actually is.

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I also think Megan doesn't want to come here anymore.

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He comes back, but she never comes with him. They

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should be in the UK enjoying the life of the

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royal family. Instead of that, they're stuck in their house

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in Montecito and they're just celebrities in the town full

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of celebrities. He's the loser, big time. Royal expert Richard

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Eden said, since we learned that Harry had made his

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unannounced visit, been speaking to people about it. The chances

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of a reconciliation between the brothers, but everyone really has

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made the scene points that it won't happen until Harry

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and Meghan really apologize for everything they've said. They need

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to apologize at least privately. But also how can there

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be that reconciliation when William and Catherine just don't know

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what will later appear in a TV program or in

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a book. Genuinely, once you've lost that trust, you've kind

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of lost it forever. Can you imagine what they were

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thinking about? Because in Harry's memoirs he had just revealed

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those intimate conversations that they never in a million years

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thought would have been published. So they really won't be

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any welcome back Prince Harry's fortieth birth. They could turn

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into a test of friendships this weekend, especially if he

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and Meghan are reunited with David and Victoria Beckham. The

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Beckhams are reportedly among the VIP invitees to a star

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studded party Meghan is hosting up their fifteen million dollar

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Montecito mansion, which is three miles away from the beach

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and on the other side of the sixth lane one

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oh one Freeway. Other guests include notable names like Oprah Winfrey, Quinneth,

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Paul true Ellen, Degeneros, Katy Perry, Ariana Grande and with

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Polo pal Naja Figeris. However, the focus will be on

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whether the Beckhams will attend, given the rumoured falling out

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between the two couples. A source close to one of

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the invitees said, all eyes will be on the Beckhams

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if they come, and how they interact with the Duke

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and Duchess of Sussex following a lot of stories about

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their big falling out. David is very much treated like

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sporting royalty here in America, so it will be fascinating

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to see if both sides can bury the hatchet in

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a potential peace making move. Meghan was recently seen wearing

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a seven hundred and eighty dollars shirt designed by Victoria,

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which some believe was a gesture to rebuild Bridges. Brand

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expert Nick Ead remarked for Meghan to wear VB when

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all the world was watching her on a tour as

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a smart move. We're going to wager a pound that

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Kate makes one of her relatable supermarket appearances to counter

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the Sussex press blitz. Harry is set to join Hollywood

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start Matt Damon and Clinton Goeble Initiatives Annual meeting later

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this month. The event, which will be held from September

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twenty third to twenty fourth, brings together a range of political, business,

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and philanthropic figures to tackle issues such as war, economic inequality,

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and food insecurity under the theme What's Working. While the

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exact day of Harry's speech hasn't been confirmed, his focus

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will be on Archwell's new initiative, The Parents Network, a

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project aimed at supporting parents who have lost a child

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due to online harms. Meanwhile, Matt Damon will spotlight his

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work with water dot Org, the organization he co founded,

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which is currently working on a one billion dollar plan

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to improve water and sanitation across Africa, Asia, and Latin America.

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The event will also feature other notable A list celebrities,

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such as US Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen. Harry's appearance in

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New York will coincide with the Earthshot Prize Innovation Summit

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on September twenty fourth, organized by his brother, Prince William.

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Despite this timing, the two brothers are not expected to reunite,

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as William will not be traveling to New York for

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the summit, which is a shame as we were hoping

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for a photo of William with Yellen Pellas Intry will

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be right back. In Harper's Bizarre, Bianca Bettencourt tells us

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what it was like to travel with Harry and Meghan.

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She writes, over the last ten years of my career,

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particularly the last five at Harper's Bizarre, I found myself

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in all sorts of high pressure celebrity scenarios, profiling Bad

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Bunny Yep, covering Beyonce's top secret concert in d Bay

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You Got It, interviewing Oscar winners like Penelope Cruz Check.

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Something I often tell myself once drafts are filed and

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stories go live is well, it can't get much bigger

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than that, but somehow it still always does. Being on

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the ground with Prince Harry and Duchess Meghan and Columbia

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for their tour with Archwell Foundation, however, was easily one

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of the most eye opening moments of my career. Watching

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the warmth and compassion with which they approached meeting hundreds

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of strangers, and then witnessing the way these irl events

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were discussed online made me understand the vertigo that comes

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with simply existing at Harry and Meghan's level of fame.

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Those four days in Columbia weren't about the pomp and

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circumstance of celebrity. However, for the Sussexist, everything they do

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and everywhere they go all the way circles back to

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their mission of showing up and doing good in classrooms

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across Columbia. Prince Harry and Duchess Meghan sat down and listened,

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and I mean really listened to what Colombian youth had

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to say about their evolving relationships with social media and

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how it affects their daily lives. To me, the Sussexes

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saw when working with today's youth, it's an interaction that

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once again brings the late Princess Diana front of mine

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when looking back at her public interactions with youth and

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AIDS patients decades ago. Maybe becoming parents themselves has helped

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Harry and Meghan form a more organic connection with children

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and teens. Whatever it is, their ability to get young

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people to open up about their lives and goals is undeniable.

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Children were ecstatic to see the couple walking the hallways

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of their schools. The Susccesses were quick to pause for

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each and every hug, handhold or selfie request. I needed

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that positivity during my time covering the Sussexes, since any

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sort of association with the couple, even just being a

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pool reporter sharing basic details and facts about their day

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to day events, means opening yourself up to unwarranted critique

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from well the world. Within hours of the announcement I

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would be accompanying them on tour, I was called a grifter,

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a mouthpiece, and a calculator piece of their pr puzzle,

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among other things. And that was before I even got

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sent out to a single pull report. If anything, what

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struck me most as a witness to the Sussex's operation

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was the intentionality they bring to the way they use

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their platform, regardless of public opinion that you can dudgess

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are committed to continuing acts of service. It's not a

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requirement for them, after all, plenty of celebrities don't see

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service as part of their role. Instead, it's a calling

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that acute attention to detail in the way they marshal

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their fame, the way they move about the world, and

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the way they choose whom to collaborate where there's what

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will help them make the most impact in the future.

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