Meghan Markle podcast - live: Duchess credits Archie’s nanny for saving him from nursery fire

The tennis star took to Instagram to post a picture of herself and her four-year-old daughter Olympia, alongside Meghan.

“I loved talking about so many important topics with my dear friend Meghan as her first guest on #archetypes for @spotify! It’s out now and worth the listen, especially if you’re ambitious,” she wrote in the caption.

ICYMI: Meghan Markle has revealed that her son Archie’s bedroom caught fire while she and her husband Prince Harry were on tour in South Africa.

In the premiere episode of her Archetypes podcast, the Duchess of Sussex was joined by her friend, tennis star Serena Williams.

“We finish the engagement, we get in the car and they say: there's been a fire at the residence,” Meghan said.

Nicole Vassell has the full story here.

ICYMI: A black and white image of the Duchess of Sussex has been used as the cover art for the new Archetypes podcast.

In the image, Meghan is seen wearing a sleeveless white top, her hair down and looking directly at the camera.

It is Meghan’s first podcast for the platform after she and the Duke of Sussex reportedly signed an exclusive deal with Spotify in December 2020.

ICYMI: The Duchess of Sussex was “under a lot of stress” during her pregnancies, her friend Serena Williams has revealed.

During the episode, Williams – who recently announced her retirement from tennis – reflected on how she “loved” being pregnant.

“I love being a woman and I loved being pregnant. I was one of those,” Williams said.

Meghan replied: “You made pregnancy look so sexy, I just waddled around [laughs]. I was just tired, I was tired. Oh my god.”

“I was the annoying one,” Williams said, adding: “You were the one under a lot of stress.”

Laura Hampson has the full report here.

ICYMI: The Duchess of Sussex has joked that the media once confused her with tennis star Serena Williams, with regards to false claims that she was from Compton, California.

Meghan spoke about the reports, which circulated when she got engaged to Prince Harry in 2017, on the first episode of her new podcast, Archetypes, on which she interviewed Williams (who is from Compton).

The duo were discussing misleading media reports when Meghan said: “This morning, I was saying to Harry: ‘Do you remember when they said, ‘Harry’s girl is straight outta Compton?’ I was like, are they talking about Serena?

“I’m like, I’m not from Compton, I’ve never lived in Compton, my mum’s never lived in Compton but by the way what’s wrong with Compton? My girl Serena’s from there.”

You can read Olivia Petter’s full story here.

Meghan Markle has identified Archie’s nanny for the first time in public and credited her for saving her son in the South Africa nursery fire.

During a conversation with Serena Williams on the first episode of her Spotify podcast Archetypes, the duchess of Sussex recalled how her son, who is now three years old, narrowly escaped a fire in his bedroom during one of the royal tours to South Africa in 2019.

Markle said Archie’s nanny, identified only as Lauren, was preparing to put him to bed for a nap, before suddenly deciding to take him with her to get a snack at the last minute.

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Serena Williams has shared a photograph with her daughter Olympia and Meghan Markle following the release of the duchess’s new podcast Archetypes.

“I loved talking about so many important topics with my dear friend Meghan as her first guest on Archetypes for @spotify!” Williams captioned her post. “It’s out now and worth the listen, especially if you’re ambitious.”

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ICYMI: Speaking to Meghan Markle, who is a longtime friend, Williams said that as a woman she wasn’t afforded the luxury of time her male peers had when it came to starting a family.

“I really want to expand my family, and you know I’ve been putting it off for so long, and as a woman there’s only so long you can put that off and other people out there, other men out there, can continue to play,” Williams said.

“I will never retire from something I absolutely love,” Williams added.

“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. Obviously, I’ve retired professionally but it’s also an evolution.”

Saman Javed has the full report here.

ICYMI: Everything we learnt from the first episode of Meghan Markle’s podcast, Archetypes

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 longtime friends spoke about motherhood, pregnancies, and the double standard women face when they are labelled “ambitious”. The pair also discussed the ripple effect these labels have had on the rest of their lives.

From false media reports to son Archie’s nursery catching on fire, there were many revelations from the first episode of the Meghan’s new podcast, Archetypes.

Here is a roundup of all the best moments from the first podcast episode, titled “The Misconception of Ambition”.

You can read Meredith Clark’s full story here.

ICYMI: Meghan Markle says she ‘didn’t know ambition was a negative word’ until she started dating Prince Harry

During the first episode of her podcast series Archetypes, the Duchess of Sussex explained how meeting her husband, Prince Harry, affected her understanding of ambition.

“I don’t remember ever personally feeling the negative connotation behind the word ambitious until I started dating my now husband,” she said.

“And um, apparently ambition is, uh… a terrible, terrible thing, for a woman that is – according to some.”

Markle continued: “So, since I’ve felt the negativity behind it, it’s really hard to un-feel it. I can’t unsee it, either, in the millions of girls and women who make themselves smaller – so much smaller – on a regular basis.”

Olivia Petter has the full story here.