Is this Meghan's strangest 'moment' yet? Duchess is 'announced' like royalty and discusses the bravery of making jam in gushing Harper's Bazaar interview.
Meghan Markle has given yet another eyebrow-raising interview, in a chat with Harper's Bazaar released today where the interviewer notes how she is announced like royalty to a room with one person in it and discusses her 'brave' decision to make jam.
In one apparently unscripted moment, a waiter at the Beverly Hills Hotel surprises her with a cappuccino with a 'photorealistic image' of her face from a royal tour of South Africa in the foam.
Writer Kaitlyn Greenidge adds that she believes that the decision to meet at the luxury hotel is a 'calculated choice' because they sat at a 'prime' table where diners can see them.
They later met again in New York at the home of one of Meghan's unnamed friends.
'When I enter, the house manager announces, "Meghan, Duchess of Sussex", even though we appear to be the only other two people in the house,' Ms Greenidge reveals with clear bemusement.
Meghan's interview also contains quotes effusively praising her from friends, including Serena Williams, who tells the magazine: 'She’s just so smart'.
The Duchess of Sussex is the new Harper's Bazaar cover star with a 'bareface' portrait and an article where she hails the 'childlike wonder and playfulness' of Prince Harry and his 'bold' love for her.
It came as Meghan shared a glitzy new trailer for her festive Netflix show, featuring her kissing her husband. It was released as the Prince and Princess of Wales turned up to support the Royal Variety Performance at the Royal Albert Hall in London last night.
The Harper's Bazaar feature is entitled 'Meghan’s Moment', with the strapline: 'After years of being subsumed by other people’s narratives, the Duchess of Sussex is ready to author her own next chapter'.
Asked what inspiration she hopes Prince Archie, six, and Princess Lilibet, four, will draw from her working life, Meghan talks about making homemade pots of jam in the kitchen of their $15million Montecito mansion that she would later sell through her lifestyle business, As Ever.
'I hope they see the value of being brave', she says of her children, adding: 'They saw it when the jam was just a pot on the stove, bubbling'.
Its writer reveals how Meghan puts her hand on her heart when she talks about her husband. 'No one in the world loves me more than him, so I know he’s always going to make sure that he has my back,' the Duchess declares.
Ms Greenidge also reveals that during their wide-ranging interview Meghan is brought an 'unsolicited' cappuccino over by a waiter at the Beverly Hills Hotel with her face in the milky foam.
The article says: '“Oh,” she [Meghan] says, smiling down at it. "I recognise this picture. That’s from our trip to South Africa". (Prince Harry and Meghan toured the country in 2019.) It’s a lovely and absurd perk of celebrity, and Meghan is tickled enough to take a photo of it.'
Ms Greenidge adds that the decision meet at the Beverly Hills Hotel is a 'calculated choice'.
Calling the £1,000-a-night establishment the see-and-be-seen spot for Hollywood dealmaking and politicking', the journalist writes: 'We are ushered to a circular table in the corner of the garden, a prime seat where we can see the other diners and they can see the three of us. (The Sussexes’ chief communications officer sits between us.).'
Friends are also called upon for quotes. As well as Serena Williams's praise for her 'smart friend, she adds: 'I feel like no matter what, I can always learn from her'.
Former model Kelly Zajfen says: 'There’s not a day that goes by that she hasn’t checked in or I haven’t checked in.
'Someone can show up in a time of need or grief. And often they don’t stay or they’re only here for a short amount of time. But Meghan just always made herself available to all of us.'
Terry Wood, who exec-produced the infamous Oprah interview, adds: 'Meghan understands her voice better than you, better than any producer could put it out there.'
The executive at Harpo Productions, Oprah Winfrey’s production company, adds: 'She knows how she comes across, and she knows how she wants to connect. She understands that so much has been written about her that when she does something, she wants to break through that noise so people see that she is authentically trying to be herself.'
And amid pressure on her As Ever brand he adds: 'Not everyone who starts a business is under the microscope that she’s under.
'What she is learning to weather and ride out is the judgment that happens as a businesswoman when you are that famous.
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