LOS ANGELES, United States — Meghan Markle,
the wife of Britain’s
Prince Harry, launched her long-awaited podcast Tuesday,
with tennis megastar Serena Williams as the first guest.
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The Duchess of Sussex said the 12-part series,
called “Archetypes,” — a play on the name of the couple’s oldest child, Archie
— would explore the female experience.
“We’re going to live inside and rip apart the boxes
women have been placed into for generations,” Markle said.
“I want to get to the bottom of where they come
from, why they’ve stuck around for so long, and — importantly — how we can move
past them.”
During the hour-long episode, Markle and Williams,
who make much of their friendship and their shared Los Angeles roots, discuss
the notion of being “ambitious” and how it is applied differently to men and to
women.
“I don’t ever remember personally feeling the
negative connotation behind the word ambitious, until I started dating my
now-husband,” the host says, referring to Harry, who makes a brief cameo early
in the show.
“And apparently ambition is a terrible, terrible
thing — for a woman, that is, according to some.”
Williams, 40, recently indicated she is planning to
retire after this month’s US Open, lowering the curtain on a glittering tennis
career that saw her win 23 Grand Slam titles.
I want to get to the bottom of where they come from, why they’ve stuck around for so long, and — importantly — how we can move past them.
Harry and his wife spectacularly quit British royal
life in 2020. They moved to California where they now live in a
celebrity-spotted enclave with their two children.
Last year the couple told
Oprah Winfrey that life
inside “The Firm” had been miserable, and that they had experienced racism,
including speculative comments from an unnamed royal on the skin color of their
then-unborn child.
Markle is mixed race. The royal family has denied
racism.
Much ink has been spilled on the souring of a
once-strong friendship between Harry and brother William, who is one day set to
inherit the British throne.
In July, the internet was set alight with
speculation about Prince William’s private proclivities, with fans of the
Sussexes claiming earlier negative stories about the couple had been planted to
distract from the lurid claims.
Markle’s podcast series, which is being carried on
Spotify, is part of a lucrative suite of deals the couple have signed that also
include television, publishing, and motivational speaking.
Harry is due to publish his memoirs later this year,
with Buckingham Palace braced for further turbulence.
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