Meghan Markle

The premiere episode of the Duchess of Sussex's highly anticipated podcast, Archetypes debuted today and in it the duchess revealed a truly terrifying moment.

"We came back, and of course, as a mother... Go out and give another official engagement." And what did we have to do? He was supposed to be sleeping in there. The revelation was made in the first episode of the Archetypes Spotify podcast, which launched on Tuesday August 23 and features a candid chat between Meghan and the tennis icon. She recalled: "We finished the engagement, we get in the car and they say: there's been a residence."

In the conversation with longtime friend, tennis legend Serena Williams, Meghan expressed fears about having to prioritise royal family optics above the safety ...

They have since relocated to California, where they are raising their children, Archie and Lili. "And of course as a mother, everyone's in tears, everyone's shaken. 'There's been a fire in the baby's room.' What?" He was going to get ready to go down for his nap," Meghan says on the podcast. And I said, 'This doesn't make any sense,'" she told Williams. Certainly not in the past few years, where everything is through the lens of the media.”

Meghan Markle deconstructs the history of societal stereotypes about women in “Archetypes,” her first show for Spotify, which premiered Tuesday.

“Archetypes” will delve into “how we talk about women: the words that raise our girls, and how the media reflects women back to us,” Markle says in the trailer for the series. The Duchess of Sussex’s weekly podcast is available exclusively on Spotify worldwide. Laura Cray, a professor at UC Berkeley and an expert on gender in the workplace.

In the first episode of her new Spotify podcast, Meghan, the Duchess of Sussex, explored feminism and the double standards faced by women, and she recounted ...

The couple also signed a [multiyear deal with Netflix](https://www.nytimes.com/2020/09/02/business/media/harry-meghan-netflix.html) and announced their first project, “Heart of Invictus,” in April 2021. “She was on my watch, and I was just basically devastated,” Ms. (The French Tennis Federation [later banned](https://www.npr.org/2018/08/24/641549735/one-must-respect-the-game-french-open-bans-serena-williams-catsuit#:~:text='One%20Must%20Respect%20The%20Game,Open%20Bans%20Serena%20Williams'%20Catsuit&text=via%20Getty%20Images-,Serena%20Williams%20at%20the%202018%20French%20Open%20in%20Paris%20in,the%20catsuit%20she%20wears%20here.&text=Serena%20Williams%20caused%20a%20sensation,this%20year's%20French%20Open%20tournament.) such outfits.) Williams, 40, also shared a shocking experience she had the night before a match at the French Open in 2018, when her daughter, Olympia, fell out of her high chair and broke her wrist. “The heater in the nursery caught on fire,” she said. Meghan recalled a scary incident that happened while she and Harry were on a tour of South Africa with their son, Archie, who was 4½ months old at the time. Williams spent most of the night awake, rocking her to sleep, she recalled. “And apparently ambition is a terrible, terrible thing — for a woman, that is, according to some.” “These human moments behind the scenes, the ones under the surface, they’re everything,” Meghan said. “Over the course of the next dozen episodes,” she said, “we’re going to live inside and rip apart the boxes women have been placed into for generations: boxes like ‘diva,’ ‘crazy,’ ‘the b-word,’ ‘slut.’” “That the future is something we get to write together.” Stories like this are possible because of our deep commitment to original reporting, produced by a global staff of over 1,700 journalists who have all dedicated themselves to helping you understand the world.

The Duchess of Sussex dropped the first episode of her new podcast series on Tuesday (23 August). In the premiere episode, titled “The Misconception of Ambition ...

“And what did we have to do? “We came back, and of course, as a mother... In June 2021, the couple welcomed their second child, daughter Lilibet Diana. [Terms of use,](https://www.independent.co.uk/service/user-policies-a6184151.html) [Cookie policy](https://www.independent.co.uk/service/cookie-policy-a6184186.html) and [Privacy notice.](https://www.independent.co.uk/service/privacy-policy-a6184181.html) The duchess explained that their nanny was preparing to put Archie in bed for his nap when she decided to bring him with her to get a snack at the last minute. After they finished a royal engagement, the two got in the car and learned there had been a fire at their residence. [Privacy policy](https://policies.google.com/privacy?hl=en) and [Terms of service](https://policies.google.com/terms?hl=en) apply. During the premiere episode, Markle revealed that her “I am definitely ready to hear alllll these conversations.” Throughout the episode, the longtime friends discussed motherhood, pregnancies and the stereotypes that try to hold women back. In the premiere episode, titled “The Misconception of Ambition”, Markle was joined by soon-to-be retired tennis champion, “Good job!”

Meghan Markle unveiled the first episode of her new Spotify podcast Archetypes, welcoming debut guest Serena Williams and promising a series "where we ...

Spotify Studio’s Executive Producers are Dawn Ostroff, Julie McNamara and Courtney Reimer. Archewell Audio’s Executive Producers are Rebecca Sananes and Ben Browning. Next week’s episode will feature an interview with Mariah Carey.

On her new podcast Archetypes, the Duchess of Sussex shared how she had to continue her official engagements despite the fact that Archie had been in ...

"He was supposed to be sleeping in there," she says. Let me just go get a snack downstairs.' And Lauren's from Zimbabwe, and we loved that she would always tie him on her, her back with a mud cloth, and her instinct was like, 'Let me just bring him with me before I put him down.' In that amount of time that she went downstairs, the heater in the nursery caught on fire. "We immediately went to an official engagement in this township called Nyanga, and and Meghan says, "Oh my god, I can't believe we haven't talked about this." 'There's been a fire in the baby's room.' What?" "Archie was what, four and a half months old.

In an interview with Serena Williams for her Spotify podcast Archetypes, the duchess explained that there was a fire in the nursery during the first day of ...

I remember holding her the whole night and just like rocking her to sleep and I just didn't let her out of my sight at that point because I was already and I'm hard on myself, and I’m a little bit of a perfectionist.” The tennis star mentioned that her daughter Olympia had fallen out of her high chair and broken her wrist during the French Open in 2018 where Williams was chastised for wearing a catsuit. We went to the hospital and she had a small tear, a break in her wrist, so she had to get a cast and we didn't get back ‘til like four in the morning. “The heater in the nursery caught on fire,” she said. In a bit of huge news, Meghan revealed that the South Africa trip where she and Harry first told journalist Tom Bradby that they were struggling with their royal roles was even more stressful from the inside. Meghan said that they left their son Archie Mountbatten-Windsor, then four-and-a-half months old, with his nanny at the location where they would be staying and went to the pair’s first engagement of the trip at Nyanga Township.

Controversial UK broadcaster Piers Morgan has slammed Meghan Markle's debut episode of her podcast Archetype, which launched on Spotify on Tuesday (local time).

Since she started dating Prince Harry several years ago, she's elicited a certain kind of violent vitriol I'm pretty sure is just thinly veiled racism and ...

I’m so excited for— natasha ♡ (@meghansupporter) Perhaps I’m blinded by Markle’s secret manipulation just like Prince Harry is. [Many](https://www.thestreet.com/technology/teslas-elon-musk-wants-to-be-a-beloved-genius) [celebrity men](http://www.bbc.com/culture/article/20140310-why-kanyes-ego-is-a-good-thing) do it all the time and are able to get away with it, so why can’t women who have had publicly successful careers give themselves a bit of credit? [gang violence](https://www.stuff.co.nz/entertainment/film/71542968/inside-straight-outta-compton), and how she’s struggled with the pressure of being labelled as “aggressive” for behaving the same way as her male counterparts in her sport. [scathing review](https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/meghan-markle-duchess-of-sussex-archetypes-podcast-review-7x3b6vk7h) of the podcast, labelling it “almost entirely preposterous” alongside a single star rating out of five. [dragged](https://www.stuff.co.nz/entertainment/celebrities/124604942/piers-morgan-digs-in-heels-in-feud-against-meghan-markle-again) [through](https://www.stuff.co.nz/life-style/life/118811544/sidebyside-headlines-make-it-starkly-clear-the-tabloids-had-it-in-for-meghan) [the](https://www.stuff.co.nz/life-style/112247162/royal-baby-tabloids-outrage-as-prince-harry-meghan-markle-stay-mum) [mud](https://www.stuff.co.nz/life-style/royals/300487410/meghan-markle-could-be-in-for-3-million-payout-after-tabloid-privacy-stoush) by the British press, Markle has a platform where she can now control her own narrative – her Archetypes podcast. [“gossip columnist” from The Spectator](https://www.spectator.co.uk/article/the-problem-with-meghan-s-archetypes-podcast) couldn’t believe the gall of Markle to spend time on her own podcast giving background information on herself, her story reminded me girls learn from a very early age that they’re lesser than their male counterparts. Instead of gloating, which many people seem to think is the reason Markle has often shared this story, I found it moving to think of the 11-year-old Markle who had her anger validated at such a young age and on such a wide scale. Markle began the first episode, which focused on the archetype of “ambition”, by telling the story of being an 11-year-old girl, seeing a sexist commercial, and campaigning to get the advertisement changed (she succeeded). [Meghan Markle and Prince Harry express 'concerns' to Spotify over COVID-19 misinformation](https://www.stuff.co.nz/entertainment/bravo/news/127650961/meghan-markle-and-prince-harry-express-concerns-to-spotify-over-covid19-misinformation?rm=a) [ as polarising as the Duchess of Sussex](https://www.stuff.co.nz/life-style/royals/128874520/hate-towards-meghan-markle-shows-that-if-youre-a-beautiful-successful-woman-you-still-have-to-be-likeable), Meghan Markle. [Meghan Markle's first Spotify podcast, Archetypes, to focus on female stereotypes](https://www.stuff.co.nz/entertainment/celebrities/300559511/meghan-markles-first-spotify-podcast-archetypes-to-focus-on-female-stereotypes?rm=a)

Archie's bedroom caught fire during a royal tour to South Africa in 2019.

[Terms of use,](https://www.independent.co.uk/service/user-policies-a6184151.html) [Cookie policy](https://www.independent.co.uk/service/cookie-policy-a6184186.html) and [Privacy notice.](https://www.independent.co.uk/service/privacy-policy-a6184181.html) “We came back, and of course, as a mother... “In that amount of time that she went downstairs... [Privacy policy](https://policies.google.com/privacy?hl=en) and [Terms of service](https://policies.google.com/terms?hl=en) apply. “There was this moment where I’m standing on a tree stump and I’m giving this speech to women and girls, and we finish the engagement, we get in the car and they say there’s been a fire at the residence,” Markle recalled. Let me just go get a snack downstairs.’” There’s been a fire in the baby’s room. And what did we have to do? “...We get back, our amazing nanny, Lauren... [Meghan Markle](/topic/meghan-markle) has identified [Archie](/topic/archie)’s nanny for the first time in public and credited her for saving her son in the [South Africa](/topic/south-africa) nursery [fire](/topic/fire).

Meghan Markle has released the first episode of her Spotify podcast, 'Archetypes'

Markle continued: “So, since I’ve felt the negativity behind it, it’s really hard to un-feel it. Speaking to Williams, Markle explained how In June 2021, the couple welcomed their second child, daughter Lilibet – 18 months after they stepped down from their royal duties. My girl Serena’s from there.” In the premiere episode of the podcast, Markle was joined by her friend and recently retired tennis star, [Serena Williams](/topic/serena-williams). I was one of those,” Williams said. At the time, the Duke and Duchess of Sussex were still senior members of the royal family. While the tennis pro reflected on how she “loved” being pregnant, Markle admitted that she was I was just tired, I was tired. “We came back, and of course, as a mother... “And what did we have to do? The duchess explained that their nanny was preparing to put Archie in bed for his nap when she decided to bring him with her to get a snack at the last minute.

The Duchess of Sussex released the first episode of her long-awaited podcast series on Tuesday, with tennis star Serena Williams as her first guest. The ...

[on the first episode of her new podcast, Archetypes](https://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/royal-family/meghan-markle-podcast-stream-spotify-b2150790.html), on which she interviewed Williams (who is from Compton). [recently announced her retirement from tennis](https://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/serena-williams-retire-tennis-family-b2141532.html?utm_content=Echobox&utm_medium=Social&utm_source=Facebook#Echobox=1660058160) – reflected on how she “loved” being pregnant. I was one of those,” Williams said. I was just tired, I was tired. [Terms of use,](https://www.independent.co.uk/service/user-policies-a6184151.html) [Cookie policy](https://www.independent.co.uk/service/cookie-policy-a6184186.html) and [Privacy notice.](https://www.independent.co.uk/service/privacy-policy-a6184181.html) “It’s out now and worth the listen, especially if you’re ambitious.” My girl Serena’s from there.” The longtime friends spoke about motherhood, pregnancies, and the double standard women face when they are labelled “ambitious”. Meghan replied: “You made pregnancy look so sexy, I just waddled around [laughs]. “I will always have some sort of involvement in it. Maybe not professionally, but I will always want to be involved in some form in tennis. [has released the first episode of her new podcast, Archetypes](https://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/royal-family/meghan-markle-podcast-stream-spotify-b2150790.html).

Meghan Markle's interview with Serena Williams on her "Archetypes" podcast was given one star and labeled "entirely preposterous" by a British newspaper.

lawyer and author, wrote: "In solidarity with [Meghan Markle](https://www.newsweek.com/topic/meghan-markle) as she launches new podcast #Archetypes out today. She discusses powerful women & overcoming barriers, choosing to challenge, the fact that society doesn't often approve of ambitious women with @serenawilliams & other super-dope women!" Meghan's not just got the purr but the contacts and the cast-iron confidence to make it one." Shola Mos-Shogbamimu,](https://twitter.com/SholaMos1/status/1562159222565076992) a prominent U.K. A big FU to her haters, but in a very classy and clever way. There's a humdinger in this podcast that I'll leave it to you to enjoy." "The podcast is an interview with this inspirational sporting figure in name only. Certainly, this week's offering, The Misconception of Ambition, allows for maximum navel-gazing." The podcast is a tastefully sound-tracked parade of banalities, absurdities and self-aggrandizing Californian platitudes. "Maybe the former actress doesn't realize she's doing this. Celia Walden, of U.K. James Marriott, of U.K.

The Duchess of Sussex dropped the first episode of her new podcast series on Tuesday (23 August). In the premiere episode, titled “The Misconception of Ambition ...

“And what did we have to do? “We came back, and of course, as a mother... In June 2021, the couple welcomed their second child, daughter Lilibet Diana. [Terms of use,](https://www.independent.co.uk/service/user-policies-a6184151.html) [Cookie policy](https://www.independent.co.uk/service/cookie-policy-a6184186.html) and [Privacy notice.](https://www.independent.co.uk/service/privacy-policy-a6184181.html) The duchess explained that their nanny was preparing to put Archie in bed for his nap when she decided to bring him with her to get a snack at the last minute. After they finished a royal engagement, the two got in the car and learned there had been a fire at their residence. [Privacy policy](https://policies.google.com/privacy?hl=en) and [Terms of service](https://policies.google.com/terms?hl=en) apply. During the premiere episode, Markle revealed that her “I am definitely ready to hear alllll these conversations.” Throughout the episode, the longtime friends discussed motherhood, pregnancies and the stereotypes that try to hold women back. In the premiere episode, titled “The Misconception of Ambition”, Markle was joined by soon-to-be retired tennis champion, “Good job!”

Meghan Markle recalled how son Archie's nursery caught on fire during premiere episode of Archetypes podcast.

The series was also produced by Archewell Audio, the production company founded by Markle and Prince Harry in conjunction with their organisation, Archewell. [Terms of use,](https://www.independent.co.uk/service/user-policies-a6184151.html) [Cookie policy](https://www.independent.co.uk/service/cookie-policy-a6184186.html) and [Privacy notice.](https://www.independent.co.uk/service/privacy-policy-a6184181.html) “That is not you talking,” he told Langdon. The Duchess of Sussex was joined by friend and tennis star Serena Williams when she opened up about the harrowing story, which took place during a 2019 royal tour of South Africa when Archie was just four months old. [Privacy policy](https://policies.google.com/privacy?hl=en) and [Terms of service](https://policies.google.com/terms?hl=en) apply. Stefanovic scoffed: “So, the baby’s not there when the fire catches, right? [released the first episode of her podcast ](https://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/royal-family/meghan-markle-podcast-stream-spotify-b2150790.html)Archetypes on Tuesday, as part of her multi-million dollar deal with Spotify. [shared the shocking story](https://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/royal-family/meghan-markle-archewell-bedroom-fire-podcast-b2151438.html) during the premiere episode of her Spotify podcast series, Archetypes.

In her new podcast Archetypes, Meghan Markle talks with Serena Williams about being from Compton.

[Yellowstone](https://www.townandcountrymag.com/leisure/arts-and-culture/g35683521/cast-yellowstone-real-life/) ['s Kevin Costner](https://www.townandcountrymag.com/leisure/arts-and-culture/g35683521/cast-yellowstone-real-life/)—being from Compton is something that shouldn't be surprising. [Meghan's stated goal of her podcast](https://www.townandcountrymag.com/society/tradition/a39525846/meghan-markle-archetypes-podcast-spotify/) is to "dissect, explore, and subvert the labels that try to hold women back." As Serena says, "I'm so proud to be from Compton." And I'm so proud to be from Compton, I have to say. [Emily Burack](https://www.emilyburack.com/) (she/her) is the news writer for Town & Country, where she covers entertainment, culture, the royals, and a range of other subjects. "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 in The Me You Can't See. In this, they subtly dismiss the Daily Mail for painting being from Compton as a bad thing. As they chat about how they were both the same age growing up in Los Angeles, Meghan tells Serena, "Although, this morning I was saying to Harry, I said, Do you remember, one of those?" Serena then jokes, "I'm the one for the record that grew up in Compton!" When Prince Harry first started dating Meghan Markle, the Daily Mail published a story that said "Harry’s new girl is (almost) straight outta Compton." And I'm like, I'm not from Compton. My mom doesn't live in Compton.

The 23-time Grand Slam champion joined the Duchess of Sussex's new podcast to talk about being “working moms” as well.

She went on to discuss the “double standard” she often sees in tennis while [announce her retirement from the sport](https://www.si.com/tennis/2022/08/09/serena-williams-announces-plan-to-retire-from-tennis), in which she plans to leave after this year’s U.S. “Over the course of the next dozen episodes, we’re going to live inside and rip apart the boxes women have been placed into for generations. “My podcast’s about the labels and tropes that try to hold women back,” Markle said in the introduction. I remember holding her the whole night and just rocking her to sleep. “So [Olympia] fell, we went to the hospital, and she had a small tear or break in her wrist, so she had to get a cast,” Williams said.

Meghan Markle has opened up about a terrifying incident her family faced whilst on a royal tour to South Africa, when a fire broke out in Archie's nursery ...

"In that amount of time that she went downstairs [...] the heater in the nursery caught on fire. Meghan added that it was Lauren's 'instinct' that saved Archie from being in the bedroom at the time of the fire. "Everyone's in tears, everyone's shaken," she recounts. She continued: "And so we're in the car. She was supposed to put Archie down for his nap and she just said, 'You know what? Thankfully, Meghan explained [on her new podcast, Archetypes](https://www.cosmopolitan.com/uk/body/health/a40974540/meghan-markle-body-pregnant/), their nanny, Lauren, was able to 'save' Archie from coming to any harm as she kept the little one with her whilst making a snack in the kitchen (as the blaze simultaneously broke out).

In the first episode of her podcast, Archetypes, Markle shared a story about her son's nursery catching on fire during a royal engagement in South Africa ...

“He was supposed to be sleeping in there.” The couple, she said, had to ignore the incident and go to their next engagement without their son. “We finish the engagement,” she said, “and they say there’s been a fire at the residence. [Karl Stefanovic](https://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-11140333/Today-host-Karl-Stefanovic-LAUGHS-Meghan-Markles-fire-scare-son-Archie.html) actually laughed through the story on-air and said, “So, just to get this right, the baby is, what, not even there? Meanwhile, commenters on TikTok heard this story about a mother fearing for her child’s safety and immediately accused Meghan of lying. “Everyone’s in tears, everyone’s shaken,” she said. (This happened in 2019, before the couple announced they were [stepping down](https://www.thecut.com/2020/03/meghan-markle-prince-harry-endeavour-awards.html) from their roles in the royal family.)

Meghan Markle's long-awaited Spotify podcast Archetypes is finally here, and she talked tennis, retirement, parenting and feminism with Serena Williams, ...

Meghan Markle recounted a story from the Sussexes' royal tour, when Archie's nursery caught fire, on her new podcast.

By Iris Goldsztajn Iris writes about everything from celebrity news and relationship advice to the pitfalls of diet culture and the joys of exercise. She concluded, "Because we did, we had to leave our baby! She has many opinions on Harry Styles, and can typically be found eating her body weight in cheap chocolate. Can you just tell people what happened?'" she recalled. "And we came back, and of course as a mother you go, 'Oh my God, what just...' Everyone's in tears, everyone's shaken," she said. The duchess continued, "In that amount of time that she went downstairs, the heater in the nursery caught on fire. "We finish the engagement, we get in the car, and they say, 'There's been a fire at the residence.' What? "He was going to get ready to go down for his nap. Markle explained to 'There's been a fire in the baby's room.' What?" There was no smoke detector.

The Duchess of Sussex's new podcast Archetypes is the couple's first under their Archewell Audio deal with Spotify. But considering that Meghan can't say ...

Markle is ultimately still a member of the royal family regardless of her past, and most of the genuine insight she could bring to these topics is sadly off the table. Markle is of course a seasoned professional as a former actor, but the subject matter she is discussing isn’t groundbreaking (and when there are issues like the cost of living affecting women materially and disproportionately, it does feel all feel a bit superfluous), and at the same time, she is restricted in how revealing she is able to be. The problem, however, is that because of her liminal position, and attachment to the private and proper royals, Markle is unsurprisingly unable to speak particularly freely: the podcast makes for a boring listen. Williams speaks about the double standards between Black players and white players in tennis, and mothers and fathers in parenthood (she notes that her husband is not asked questions about balancing work and motherhood), and of course about how her move away from tennis will change her life. In adulthood, Markle is of course no stranger to the ways in which women are categorised and perceived publicly. Now, she says that the experience changed her way of looking at the world: it was “an awakening to the millions of ways big and small our society tries to box women in”.

Meghan Markle has been criticised by royal commentators for statements she made about ambition during the first episode of her Archetypes podcast released ...

My goodness, that is a smack at Harry and a punch to the royal family. "Essentially, however, this is a very negative view of women, we all know they have been breaking the glass ceiling for many years now. "Why is everything so hard for her? She has had a nanny when most could not. "[Markle] would still be a D-list celebrity if she had not married a prince. "Apparently ambition is a terrible, terrible thing.

A year-and-a-half into her Spotify podcast contract, there has been little-to-no production value coming from either of the Windsors of Montecito.

With less than half the span of the contract left and a total of one (1) podcast pushed live, we and the British are going to be facing many more hours of “Archetypes.” We do also know, and perhaps Meghan Markle’s first, main point in the early going of this exercise is that it may not matter what she and whatever well-known person she has invited ultimately talk about. The point lies, rather, in the exercise itself: Though Meghan Markle is on a good day, at best, a Grade B or -C celebrity, for Spotify’s purposes she can draw Grade-A celebrities to her modest flame and demonstrate an Oprah-esque intimacy with them. Why she chose to do that for the better part of an hour-long show will remain a mystery that her many producers will be attempting to solve as the series grinds on. As central as that event was to the stated “Archetype” podcast’s mission of looking at issues that “hold women back,” and, specifically, to the stated theme of this podcast, “The Misconception of Ambition,” Meghan Markle chose to ameliorate the very intense on-target value of her first, ideal, A-list guest. The podcast is a tastefully soundtracked parade of banalities, absurdities and self-aggrandising Californian platitudes. Here’s a quick smorgasbord of the reactions to “Archetypes” on Fleet Street. Predictably, the parameters of this conversation were very liberally set, which is to say, first, that it was hardly an interview, and second, that Meghan Markle led the show. They’re going to have to ramp up the velocity of production. Whatever position we might take on the content, which we’ll address below, going in there’s this ineluctable fact: Prince Harry and Meghan Markle have a year and a bit, or less than 50%, of their stated three years left. Shepherd being a married-in (to actress Kristin Bell) sort-of celebrity-bro to Harry in addition to a fraternal Spotify stablemate, there’s actually been little-to-no production value on Spotify coming from either of the Windsors of Montecito, and that in return for a contract reportedly [worth some $15-million-to-$18-million](https://finance.yahoo.com/news/meghan-markle-spotify-podcast-debut-170956159.html?guccounter=1&guce_referrer=aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuZ29vZ2xlLmNvbS8&guce_referrer_sig=AQAAAGSK11r0niysx_7RCDNGOIZRbN2kyLXh8EChFNaaxMZQ1xRg3NXaovjwBsEGBMzk8DEfVoMYNiWKT79X7yo1LMfkKdhpjYTMOqhvoEV_GaZjVezTyJoHM1HQhY6k0jVu-HpoPMNxsAV26UsEfIowFbsyK6OgoSVubAG3K0H-gM-C). [friend and all-media mentor Oprah Winfrey in March 2021](https://www.forbes.com/sites/guymartin/2021/03/07/why-meghan-markle-and-prince-harry-are-taking-the-gloves-off-in-tonights-oprah-winfrey-special/). As of yesterday evening, August 23, we — and the many producers and executives of Spotify who have presumably been dreaming, hard, about what to do with the couple they signed — now have Ms.

There's a new four-legged member of the Sussex family!

[Gus, her rescue beagle](https://www.townandcountrymag.com/society/tradition/a20776169/meghan-markle-dog-frogmore-house-royal-wedding-reception/), who gained start status himself: he was even rumored to have appeared at Meghan and Harry's wedding reception. The dogs were, in turn moved to shelters and rescue groups, including the Beagle Freedom Project in California, where Meghan and Harry ultimately found Mamma Mia. "She calls on my cell with no Caller ID and says, 'Hey Shannon, this is Meghan.' We talked for 30 minutes, and I thought, 'Is this Megan Fox?'"

Over 4000 beagles were rescued from a breeding facility in Virginia in August. Meghan Markle and Prince Harry adopted one of the dogs.

Speaking to the LA Times, Keith divulged that Harry already seemed attuned to Mamma Mia's needs within moments of meeting her. Mia and her puppies first went to Maryland before coming to California, the outlet also reported. She told the LA Times that the duchess simply identified herself as Meghan, so Keith had no idea she was speaking to a member of the royal family throughout their 30-minute call. The facility was set to be shut down after the Department of Justice accused Envigo RMS of animal cruelty in May. The dogs would have become test subjects for US drug experiments, as [Reuters](https://www.reuters.com/world/us/over-4000-beagles-destined-drug-experiments-finding-new-homes-2022-08-09/) reported. Envigo denied the allegations, but its parent company Inotiv Inc ordered it to shut down in June.

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