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  • ‘I still can’t believe she knows who I am’ – Meghan Markle reacts to Beyoncé’s text after the Oprah Winfrey interview

    “I still can’t believe she knows who I am,” the Duchess of Sussex said after Beyoncé surprised her with a text.

    Beyoncé was there for Meghan Markle.

     

    In volume two of Harry & Meghan, which hit Netflix Thursday, the Duchess of Sussex, 41, was touched when the music superstar, 41, reached out to her the day after her and Prince Harry’s interview with Oprah Winfrey aired in March 2021.

    In episode six, the Duke and Duchess of Sussex worked side by side in their sunny home office in Montecito, California, when Meghan said, “Beyoncé just texted” as Prince Harry, 38, theatrically gasped.

    “Just checking in,” Meghan said with a smile of the message. “I still can’t believe she knows who I am!”

    “Go and call her,” Harry suggested. “No, it’s okay,” his wife replied. “She said she wants me to feel safe and protected. She admires and respects my bravery and vulnerability and thinks I was selected to break generational curses that need to be healed.”

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    “That’s well said,” Prince Harry replied, as the camera panned away.

    During the wide-ranging conversation with Oprah, which aired on CBS, the California couple talked about losing police protection, escalating strain with the rest of the royal family, and the sex of their baby on the way (daughter Lilibet would be born that June). In perhaps the most shocking moments of the interview, Meghan revealed that she experienced suicidal thoughts and that within the royal family, there were “concerns and conversations about how dark [their child’s] skin might be when he’s born.”

    Almost immediately after Oprah with Meghan and Harry: A CBS Primetime Special aired, the 28-time Grammy winner posted a tribute to the Duchess of Sussex on her website.

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    “Thank you Meghan for your courage and leadership,” Beyoncé wrote alongside a photo of the pair at the U.K. premiere for The Lion King almost two years before. “We are all strengthened and inspired by you.”

    Meghan and Beyoncé seemed to hit it off when they met in July 2019 at the London movie premiere for the live-action revamp of The Lion King, in which the “Single Ladies” singer voiced Nala. “My princess,” Beyoncé was spotted saying, as she leaned in for a hug with Meghan.

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    Prince Harry, Meghan Markle and Beyonce. NIKLAS HALLE’N/AFP/GETTY

    Observers said that there was a “familiarity” between the two women, so much that many had a hard time believing this was their first time meeting. Their husbands Prince Harry and JAY-Z soon joined the conversation, where the talk quickly turned to their children.

    “The best advice I can give you, always find some time for yourself,” JAY-Z, 53, told the Sussexes, who had recently welcomed son Archie Harrison, now 3 ½.

    Volumes one and two Harry & Meghan are now streaming on Netflix.

    Source: People.com 

  • Prince Harry describes Meghan Markle’s compassion as that Princess Diana’s

    Prince Harry compares Meghan Markle’s “compassion” and “warmth” to his late mother Princess Diana in their new Netflix documentary “Harry & Meghan.”

    “So much of what Meghan is and how she is, is so similar to my mom,” Harry said in the first episode of the highly anticipated docuseries. “She has the same compassion, she has the same empathy, she has the same confidence. She has this warmth about her.”

    During the episode, in which Harry repeatedly slams the press for “harassing” him his entire life, he expressed his deep concerns that Markle was going to suffer the same fate as Diana, who died in a car accident while being chased by paparazzi in 1997.

    “I was terrified of her being driven away by the media,” Harry admitted.

    It’s not the first time that Harry has brought up the parallels between his mother — who died in a car accident while being chased by paparazzi in 1997 — and Markle.

    “My biggest regret is not making more of a stance earlier on in my relationship with my wife and calling out the racism when I did,” he said on the AppleTV+ series, “The Me You Can’t See.”

    “History was repeating itself. My mother was chased to her death while she was in a relationship with someone that wasn’t white, and now look what’s happened.

    He added, “You want to talk about history repeating itself — they’re not going to stop until [Meghan] dies. It’s incredibly triggering to potentially lose another woman in my life, but the list is growing. And it all comes back to the same people, the same business model, the same industry.”

    The “Spare” author, 38, reportedly believes Markle, 41, is also similar to Diana in other ways too.

     

  • Meghan Markle is spotted wearing Princess Diana’s ring at Ripple of Hope Award Gala 2022

    Prior to the debut of their Netflix docuseries, “Harry & Meghan,” on Thursday, the Duchess of Sussex and Prince Harry walked on the red carpet for the Ripple of Hope Award Gala 2022 together.

    Markle, 41, harkened back to the couple’s 2018 nuptials by wearing Princess Diana’s aquamarine ring, which she last wore as her “something blue” at the reception.

    The ring is notable, as Diana is rumored to have commissioned it in 1996 as a replacement for her engagement ring following her divorce from King Charles III. While Markle’s engagement ring is made from diamonds once owned by Diana, Kate Middleton wears the late royal’s original sapphire-and-diamond sparkler.

    Even Markle’s white Louis Vuitton dress conjured memories of the Sussexes’ wedding with its sharp tailoring and off-the-shoulder neckline, which was reminiscent of the bateau style by then-Givenchy designer Clare Waight Keller she wore to walk down the aisle.

    Markle accessorized with black pumps, a matching clutch and dangling Carolina Herrera earrings ($190), with her hair pulled back in a neat bun.

    As for Harry, he looked dapper in a navy blue suit, matching the event’s blue carpet.

    The Sussexes arrived in NYC on Monday and will be honored by the non-partisan, non-profit organization Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights with an award “in recognition of their work on racial justice, mental health, and other social impact initiatives through their Archewell Foundation.”

    Also being honored alongside the Sussexes are President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky and the late NBA star Bill Russell.

    The award comes as in-laws Prince William and Kate Middleton made appearances alongside Caroline Kennedy, the daughter of President John F. Kennedy, during their royal tour of Boston, which culminated in the Earthshot Prize Awards.

    Middleton, 40, similarly wore some of the late Princess Diana’s jewels for the occasion, pairing her rented green Solace London gown with her late mother-in-law’s emerald choker for the sustainability-focused event.