Podcast 103 – Meghan Markle & Prince Harry are “ICONS” in the 2021 TIME Magazine 100 Most Influential People List.

It was announced on what was Prince Harry’s 37th birthday that Meghan and Harry are included in the 2021 TIME 100 Most Influential People List,  in the ICONS category.

Meghan and Harry are introduced in the TIME 100 Most Influential People magazine article, by their charitable partner and friend Chef Jose Andres who is the co-founder of World Central Kitchen. Chef Andres speaks of Meghan and Harry's sense of urgency that drives Meghan and Harry as humanitarians and activists. 

Chef Andres points our that springing into action is not the easy choice for Meghan and Harry who although blessed through birth and talent, have been burned by fame. He says,   it would be much safer to enjoy their good fortune and stay silent. But instead Meghan and Harry turn compassion into boots on the ground through their Archewell Foundation,  and they give voice to the voiceless through media production.  

Chef Andres concludes that in a world where everyone has an opinion about people they don’t know, Meghan and Harry have compassion for the people they don’t know. They don’t just opine. They run toward the struggle.

In the same Magazine article Meghan and Harry wrote an article to congratulate another TIME 100 honouree, praising Dr. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala the Director-General of the World Trade Organization, the first woman and the first African to assume the position.  

So how did the tabloids react to the Meghan and Harry’s inclusion in the TIMES 100 list?

To be fair most did simple report the fact that Meghan and Harry were included in the TIME 100 list without much fanfare.  However, The UK’s Daily Mail, Sun, and Daily Mirror as well as the New York Post’s Page SIX spent more time reporting on the styling of Meghan and Harry in the three Photos in the Magazine. 

Maybe the press would have been happier to see Meghan and Harry in head to toe black and with balaclava’s covering their faces a.k.a. Kim Kardashian’s body suit at this week’s Met Gala. 

Keeping the newspaper theme going,  in case you missed my posts this week, the UK Daily Express printed a very brief apology to Meghan and Harry for a reporting error in an earlier news story.

The Daily Express published a correction which went as follows

WE recently reported that the Duke and Duchess of Sussex had criticized the Queen's handling of their allegations of racism. The allegation of criticism reported in the book "Finding Freedom" did not come from the Duke and Duchess. The authors of "Finding Freedom" do not speak on behalf of the Duke and Duchess. We are happy to set out the correct position and we apologise to the Duke and Duchess.

The link to the original copy of the apology is on my blog and my twitter account https://twitter.com/JeanetteSongolo

Please keep listening for future podcasts on all things Meghan, Harry, Archie and Lili. You can reach out to me through my blog at https://www.kindthoughtsformeghanmarkle.com/

Show written and produced by Jeanette Songolo.

Please keep listening for future podcasts on all things Meghan, Harry, Archie and Lili and in the meantime watch out for other posts on all things Sussex on my blog at https://www.kindthoughtsformeghanmarkle.com/