Whereas serving to Prince Harry mourn the demise of his grandmother, Queen Elizabeth II, Meghan Markle is dropping a number of high-profile alternatives that had been supposed to spice up her profession as a worldwide media famous person.
The most recent alternative that Meghan has misplaced or had delayed is an honor from Selection journal, to grace the quilt of its upcoming Energy of Girls concern. Following the queen’s demise final week, the journal introduced that Meghan’s cowl was being delayed “out of respect for the current passing of Queen Elizabeth II.”
The journal additionally introduced that the Duchess of Sussex wouldn't be becoming a member of the opposite honorees — Hillary and Chelsea Clinton, Oprah Winfrey, Ava DuVernay, Malala and Elizabeth Olsen — at its Energy of Girls occasion in Los Angeles on Sept. 28.
Meghan, The Duchess of Sussex, was chosen as one in all one in all this yr’s stellar honorees. The Duchess’ cowl will likely be postponed to a later date, out of respect for the current passing of Queen Elizabeth II.https://t.co/tMeOgru12hpic.twitter.com/Pqiolo2W2a
— Selection (@Selection) September 14, 2022
Meghan, who has lived in California since her and Harry’s acrimonious departure from royal life in 2020, is anticipated to remain within the U.Okay. with Harry at the very least by means of queen’s funeral on Sept. 19. She and Harry had been in London for a charity occasion when phrase got here that the 96-year-old queen’s well being had taken a sudden flip for the more severe on Sept. 8 and he or she died hours later.
The delay of the Selection cowl is the most recent blow to what was purported to be Meghan’s triumphant media blitz to introduce the world to her new life in America. The blitz started with the launch of the previous TV actress’ long-awaited podcast for Spotify, “Archetypes,” and continued with a prolonged profile in The Lower journal.
A few of Meghan’s statements on “Archetypes” episodes and in her interview with The Lower have been controversial, largely as a result of she lobbed criticisms in opposition to her husband’s household and veiled threats to dish extra dust on royal life. Her criticisms added to some individuals’s view that she and Harry can solely make cash with their varied media ventures by positioning themselves in opposition to the royal household.
With the demise of the globally in style queen, Meghan’s promotional efforts got here to a right away halt. The Telegraph and different shops reported that the discharge of the subsequent episode of Meghan’s podcast had been placed on maintain, probably for weeks, “as a mark of respect.”
Web page Six additionally reported that duchess had postponed an upcoming look on Jimmy Fallon’s present. The duchess was booked for NBC’s “The Tonight Present with Jimmy Fallon” on Sept. 20, whereas she and Prince Harry had been in New York Metropolis to attend the 77th session of the U.N. Normal Meeting, Web page Six reported.
With the queen’s state funeral scheduled for Sept. 19, after a 10-day interval of nationwide mourning within the U.Okay., Meghan canceled her Fallon look.
“Meghan was due on Fallon,” a supply instructed Web page Six. “I don’t even know what she was going to speak about, however that’s clearly canceled now.”
It was additionally reported Wednesday that Harry’s memoir could be delayed till 2023. The official cause is that Harry needed to respect a mourning interval following the queen’s demise, however publishing trade sources mentioned he may additionally use the time to rethink how he has written about his household and whether or not he nonetheless desires to detonate any “reality bombs.”
The Telegraph and Web page Six each cited insider sources who mentioned the memoir, very a lot dreaded by the royal household, wouldn't be launched over the vacations this yr. The Telegraph additionally mentioned that the queen’s demise has thrown the plans for its publication and publicity “into turmoil.”