HILARY ROSE
Harry and Meghan’s (imagined) year — royal snubs and tantrums
It is almost 12 months since they starred in their own Netflix documentary. So how has 2023 been for the first couple of Montecito? Harry’s diary (as imagined by Hilary Rose) reveals all
The Duke and Duchess of Sussex at the Invictus Games, Düsseldorf, September 2023
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The Times
Winter 2022. We’ve been reflecting quietly for a few months on how awesome we are, and yet how cruelly misunderstood. “We’re humanitarians!” I yelled at the chickens only this morning. “It is in the very DNA of our foundation, because Archewell is from the Greek word for… arches? Wellness?” The chickens only look at me and cluck.
“They are chickens,” says the gardener, who is wise, “and they cluck.”
“You are wise,” I tell him, and he nods and passes me the spliff. Later, a call comes through from the PR guy.
“Great news,” he says. “You’ve been nominated for an award. It’s for being awesome but misunderstood.”
“Really?” I say.
“No,” he says. “You’re being honoured for addressing injustices.”
“Wonderful,” I say. “Have we?”
