Did you read this? Very well written article.
We Need to Talk About The Sussexes' "Global Brand"
https://madaboutmeghan.blogspot.com/2019/06/we-need-to-talk-about-sussexes-global.html
I think this is a very good, in-depth factual-based summary of the global projects many members of the royal family are involved with. This commentary very effectively disputes the odd and inaccurate notion that what Meghan and Harry are doing and planning philanthropically is some kind of 'celebrity-motivated' departure from royal family protocol.
That claim which has surfaced unfairly in the media is laughable, and yet the inaccurate and negative narrative persists.
... nobody said that the royals don't do anything global (they do; and I, for one, love that Harry and Meghan are focusing on the Commonwealth as that carves a clear direction for their roles): it's that they don't promote themselves as a 'brand' and Harry and Meghan run the risk of doing so. It must be a really hard balance to do just enough and not too much in this area...
Really? Why do you think this (i.e., the underlined), and in what way do you think M&H are running risks of promoting themselves as a brand? It's a fine line when in fact the royal family
is a kind of brand, and members of the royal family are for all intents and purposes similar to celebrities, and at the same time, different with different expectations and requirements asked of them.
IMO, Meghan and Harry understand that having privilege and status places responsibility on their shoulders to use their status and privilege to help others. They are both passionate about making a difference and giving back.
If that's a brand, then so be it. The fact that Meghan formerly had an acting career is an asset, and not the liability many critics like to characterize it as being.
As far as their love story and their amazing chemistry together striking a chord with so many people and being something that's very marketable,
they aren't perpetuating that at all. Meghan and Harry are simply being themselves and being responsible about keeping as much of their private lives as private as they can, while straddling the line between giving the public and the press some information because Harry is an important royal and the public is and has always been interested in every aspect of his life.
As Meghan noted during the engagement interview, she was actually less in the public eye as an actor than she ultimately became after she and Harry began dating. That's because Meghan was a hardworking actor on a successful but somewhat under-the-radar cable television series. She was becoming more well known, particularly in the entertainment, fashion and humanitarian fields, but
she did NOT have a tabloid profile at all. IOW,
she was not a frivolous 'celebrity,' nor was she a high profile star. She concentrated more on her work, on giving back, on entrepreneurial projects, and on enjoying down time/ fun time with friends. Her former Instagram and Tig lifestyle website tell us quite a bit about who she was and what she focused on during her acting career.
But the whole dynamic of being a royal in the age of the battle between shedding too much light on the British royal family vs not enough to satisfy the press and the public, is an ongoing dilemma. The dilemma did not begin when Harry met Meghan either.
