Meghan Markle signals Archewell ‘heart’ as future charity plans with Harry are discussed | Royal | News

Meghan revealed she suffered a miscarriage in July in a deeply personal essay she wrote for an American newspaper. The Duchess of Sussex, according to a royal expert, has opened up to the tragic event to help break the taboo surrounding the loss of a baby and make those who lived through it feel less alone.

Royal author Katie Nicholl added that building community and helping others through their international profiles and platforms is Meghan and Harry’s primary focus with their yet-to-launch foundation, Archewell.

Commenting on Meghan’s New York Times article, the expert told BBC Radio 5 Live: ‘I was incredibly moved by this, my first reaction was’ how brave of her to do this’ , for a woman who is in the spotlight and in the headlines, so often not particularly good headlines.

“They’ve had a busy summer, it really hit me that this miscarriage happened in July when they just weren’t out of the papers, there was the launch of Finding Freedom … you just couldn’t get away from Harry and Meghan story.

“Now we know they were going through this complete personal grief, and I think she was very, very brave to write about it.

“She did it to tie into Thanksgiving, but I think she did it to tie it into her new purpose now, which is sanity, caring for each other …” I’m continually told that when Archewell launches the community is going to be so central to it.

“They want to use their profile to help other people – and I’m told that if she thinks it can help other people have a similar experience, that’s why she wrote it, to break that stigma and say you know what “It’s okay to talk about it.”

Meghan and Prince Harry started talking about their new foundation at the end of March, when they stepped down from their old Sussex Royal Instagram account.

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In their last post, they thanked the community created between the account’s launch in April 2019 and March 2020 and added that they would spend a few months working behind the scenes on their new project.

In April, after discovering the trademark applications, they announced in a statement that their new foundation would be called Archewell.

Explaining the meaning of the name, they said, “Before SussexRoyal came the idea of ​​Arche – the Greek word meaning source of action.

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“We connected with this concept for the charity we hoped to someday create, and it became the inspiration for our son’s name.

“Do something meaningful, do something that matters.

“Archewell is a name that combines an ancient word for strength and action, and one that evokes the deep resources on which one must draw.

“We look forward to launching Archewell when the time comes”

Meghan spoke about Archewell in late September, as she attended the virtual summit of Fortune’s Most Powerful Women.

Speaking about social media and the digital landscape, the Duchess said that one of Archewell’s main goals will be to work on creating a nicer, more human online experience.

She said: “Part of our goal with The Archewell Foundation is simply to make sure that we help foster healthy and positive communities – online and offline – for our collective well-being.

“It just includes not contributing or even clicking on disinformation.

“And when you know something’s wrong, point it out, talk about it, make sure the facts come out.

“I think this is a clear, tangible thing that anyone could do.”

On October 21, Meghan and Harry gave the clearest signal, but their foundation was about to be launched as a landing page for Archewell went live.

The web page at the moment only shows the meaning of the foundation name, contacts and the possibility to subscribe to a mailing list.

The title of the website reads “Building a Compassionate Community”.