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Sussex Inc: The money-making ‘Royal Tour’ cashes in · The Front

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  Speaker 1: From the Australian. Here's what's on the front. I'm Claire Harvey.
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  Speaker 1: It's Thursday, April sixteen, twenty twenty six. Australia's production of
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  Speaker 1: crude oil has dropped by ninety percent in sixteen years,
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  Speaker 1: and our refineries are increasingly reliant on foreign oil. That
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  Speaker 1: s as the government seeks to shore up our supplies
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  Speaker 1: from Southeast Asian neighbors. That storys live right now at
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  Speaker 1: the Australian dot com dot au. When Megan Markele and
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  Speaker 1: Prince Harry wanted to quit the Royal family, they pitched
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  Speaker 1: a balance of official duty and money making private ventures.
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  Speaker 1: The Queen said affirm no, and the world wondered what
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  Speaker 1: would that look like anyway? Well now we know it
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  Speaker 1: looks like paid appearances on Mastershif yoga retreats, charity visits
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  Speaker 1: and speeches about leading with vulnerability whatever that means. Sussex
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  Speaker 1: Ink is here and in a moment, so is our
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  Speaker 1: associate editor Jenna Clark. Harry and Meghan have touched down
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  Speaker 1: kickstarting their four day visit to Australian.
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  Speaker 2: Anything decided the Australian public.
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  Speaker 3: In a world first.
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  Speaker 4: Meghan, Duchess of Sussex has joined Master Chef Australia as
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  Speaker 4: a guest judge.
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  Speaker 1: We've had Master Chef Royalty in the kitchen before the
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  Speaker 1: Duchess of.
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  Speaker 3: Sussex, Megan.
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  Speaker 1: Jenna Clark is an associate editor with The Australian and
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  Speaker 1: we're talking about the Royal tour of Harry and Meghan
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  Speaker 1: because it really does, to me, Jenna, look like a
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  Speaker 1: royal tour. They're doing it anyway.
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  Speaker 4: If it walks psychedelc at quack psycheduc, it's a Royal
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  Speaker 4: tour for sure. Like this is just it's just sort
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  Speaker 4: of bizarre because I've covered every one of Harry's solo
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  Speaker 4: tours and you know, his tour with Megan in twenty eighteen,
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  Speaker 4: and it's all very similar. There's still the same amounts
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  Speaker 4: of pomp and ceremony, there's still you know, the operational
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  Speaker 4: notes which are being sent out by spokespeople. So it's
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  Speaker 4: just very bizarre that now they're sort of splicing up
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  Speaker 4: this little trip with some little side hustles to make
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  Speaker 4: some serious cash on the side.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah, it looks to me as though they've just completely
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  Speaker 1: disobeyed what the Queen said to them back when they
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  Speaker 1: pitched leaving the royal family and saying we want to
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  Speaker 1: half in, half out model. We want to be working
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  Speaker 1: royals representing the crown, but we also want to have
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  Speaker 1: the opportunity to earn some money. The Queens said, absolutely not.
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  Speaker 1: You can't do it like that. Having a royal title
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  Speaker 1: is not a money making venture.
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  Speaker 2: A deal has been agreed on the future of the
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  Speaker 2: Duke and Duchess of Sussex, who are to step down
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  Speaker 2: as working royals in the spring. Buckingham Palace confirmed the
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  Speaker 2: Prince Harry and his wife Meghan will no longer receive
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  Speaker 2: public funds. They won't use their royal titles either.
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  Speaker 1: But here they are. They are actually now doing it
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  Speaker 1: kind of for the first time here in Australia, aren't they.
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  Speaker 4: Yeah, for their time, And Meghan is probably the one
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  Speaker 4: spearhading this because she has copyrighted some of her brands
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  Speaker 4: down under, flogging things like jam and I think she's
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  Speaker 4: doing clothing edit as well.
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  Speaker 3: So it's very interesting that Harry.
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  Speaker 4: Was out on Wednesday and he's doing his own solo
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  Speaker 4: sort of trips at a mental health awareness for new
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  Speaker 4: fathers with November, which is all very worthy, fantastic causes
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  Speaker 4: and it's great that they're getting the publicity, but it
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  Speaker 4: sort of begs the question like, if you wanted a tour,
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  Speaker 4: why didn't you just stay with the family, stay within
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  Speaker 4: the firm, Because that's another thing. In twenty eighteen when
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  Speaker 4: they came here, we did a yugof poll Ustrolily did
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  Speaker 4: a Yugov pole after they left, and Harry was the
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  Speaker 4: most popular member of the royal family. And now Yugo
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  Speaker 4: us the exact same questions and sixty percent of respondents.
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  Speaker 4: So they have a negative view of the Juke of Sussex.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah, it's a shame for them. I kind of feel
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  Speaker 1: for them in a way because they have an enormous mortgage.
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  Speaker 1: They have a big security bills of Hay. She has
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  Speaker 1: a business which she's launched. It seems as though she
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  Speaker 1: wants that to succeed in Australia.
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  Speaker 3: As you say, of course.
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  Speaker 1: There will be fruit preserves.
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  Speaker 4: I think we're all clear at this point that jam
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  Speaker 4: is my jam, but there's so many more products that
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  Speaker 4: I just love that I use in my home and
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  Speaker 4: now it's time to share it with you.
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  Speaker 1: If you had the opportunity to come here and get
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  Speaker 1: publicity for doing things like going to a hospital, and
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  Speaker 1: speaking at a charitable event, which are very low effort
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  Speaker 1: kind of undertakings. You'd take it, wouldn't you.
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  Speaker 3: Look again, you totally wouldn't.
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  Speaker 4: And I think any other person that has potentially been
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  Speaker 4: in business or been in the philanthropic space before, for sure,
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  Speaker 4: I think the rules are completely different for the Royal
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  Speaker 4: family and I think you're really seeing that with what
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  Speaker 4: William and Kate are trying to instill over in the UK.
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  Speaker 4: They wanted a strip back, headback monarchy where everyone is
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  Speaker 4: working incredibly hard, staying below the radar, not drawing too
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  Speaker 4: much attention to themselves. And we also saw it on
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  Speaker 4: the flip side, not that you can really compare the
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  Speaker 4: Scandinavian houses with the British monarchy, but when Frederick and
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  Speaker 4: Queen Mary were here, everything was very pared back.
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  Speaker 1: You know.
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  Speaker 4: There was no flashy gowns, there was no new outfits
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  Speaker 4: from Queen Mary. Next on the Royal itinery was a
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  Speaker 4: trip down memory lane for the Queen with a visit
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  Speaker 4: to an old hometown Paran.
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  Speaker 1: I lived here for three years and a lot's changed
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  Speaker 1: since they're but there's one thing that's still there and
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  Speaker 1: that's the prime call.
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  Speaker 3: So it's all very much.
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  Speaker 4: It's the optics, the optics of it all, and sure
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  Speaker 4: we had some great optics so far with them, you know,
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  Speaker 4: hugging six children and Meghan wearing only Australian brands and
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  Speaker 4: things like that, which is all fantastic.
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  Speaker 2: It was very exciting and I just love Megan's dresser
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  Speaker 2: was so ready.
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  Speaker 4: Harry, You're heading down to the War Memorial to lean
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  Speaker 4: into his which is a fantastic an issue for his
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  Speaker 4: within Victor's Games and in Victors looking after war veterans.
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  Speaker 4: But it's just all very confusing. And I think what
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  Speaker 4: makes it even more confounding and more confusing for the
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  Speaker 4: Australian putters is who's paying for all the security because
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  Speaker 4: they're in three different jurisdictions Victoria the Act and New
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  Speaker 4: South Wales and New South Wales government have said that
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  Speaker 4: these policing and security operations will be absorbed into everyday policing,
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  Speaker 4: and I think everything's still very raw in Sydney. You know,
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  Speaker 4: we're only not that far out from Bondai, what happened
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  Speaker 4: in Bondai, and so when you're talking about keeping the
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  Speaker 4: public safe, I think it is very jarring when we're
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  Speaker 4: just looking after two of these blowings from Montecito.
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  Speaker 1: It's a bind, isn't it for cops because you know,
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  Speaker 1: they can't allow these two to get blown up or
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  Speaker 1: stabbed in.
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  Speaker 3: The street or you know, abducted.
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  Speaker 1: They have to keep them safe. Yes, there isn't really
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  Speaker 1: a choice, and especially not if there's not an opportunity
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  Speaker 1: for one of those private arrangements where you can, if
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  Speaker 1: you're running a music festival, you can pay essentially off
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  Speaker 1: duty police to come and police it for you. That
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  Speaker 1: hasn't been the case in this situation that they haven't
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  Speaker 1: come to a user pays agreement, have they.
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  Speaker 4: No, So they're basically doing these public events and even
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  Speaker 4: the our tinery is really confusing because we saw a
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  Speaker 4: couple of hours after they landed, their spokesperson was getting
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  Speaker 4: into email fights with different news outlets.
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  Speaker 3: Basically blaming them for breaking in bargo.
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  Speaker 4: Rules when they're just saying, we just need to know
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  Speaker 4: what time these events are happening so we can be
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  Speaker 4: there to cover them.
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  Speaker 3: So look, we're only a couple.
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  Speaker 4: Of days into this four day tour and private events,
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  Speaker 4: the really exclusive, vixpensive private speaking events that they will
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  Speaker 4: be hosting over the next couple of days is probably
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  Speaker 4: also going to rub a lot of people the wrong
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  Speaker 4: way as well.
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  Speaker 1: Well, Yes, there are two events that we can one
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  Speaker 1: hundred percent say are purely commercial. So that's her Best
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  Speaker 1: Life retreat at the Intercontinental in Kuji in Sydney, and
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  Speaker 1: a kind of mental health talk that Harry seems to
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  Speaker 1: be doing at a conference. You described it beautifully as
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  Speaker 1: a word salad. What is that actually about.
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  Speaker 4: It's a psychosocial leadership summit. So basically it's just making
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  Speaker 4: sure that I'm assuming because I don't have fifteen hundred
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  Speaker 4: dollars to pay for one of these tickets. You are
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  Speaker 4: just sort of safeguarding your workplace or your office to
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  Speaker 4: make sure that your employees and your consultants have a
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  Speaker 4: safe working environment for their mental health. So has we'll
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  Speaker 4: be giving a keynote address on Thursday which speaks about
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  Speaker 4: leading with vulnerability.
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  Speaker 3: But the whole irony of.
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  Speaker 4: It also is they can't stay out of the news
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  Speaker 4: because a staff turnover has been enormous since they have.
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  Speaker 4: Even when they were within the royal family, a lot
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  Speaker 4: of people wanted to quit. There was alleged HR complaints
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  Speaker 4: against both of them, and then also Center BALII, which
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  Speaker 4: was a charity that the Prince launched in Africa to
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  Speaker 4: sort of raise funds for children with AIDS and other diseases.
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  Speaker 3: He's now left, they've all.
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  Speaker 4: All left, but there's allegations and bullying planes that you're
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  Speaker 4: flying around in the media, left, right and center. So
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  Speaker 4: I feel like they just can't get any cut through.
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  Speaker 4: There's so much noise around them, and they.
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  Speaker 3: Can't help but bring the drama. So it's fitting that
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  Speaker 3: they live right near Hollywood.
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  Speaker 1: Well, there's a lot of opportunities to be vulnerable when
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  Speaker 1: you're getting sued and people are walking out and you know,
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  Speaker 1: and now am I going to see you with this
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  Speaker 1: her Best Life retreat at the Intercontinental in Sydney. You're
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  Speaker 1: paying three nearly three and a half grand for a
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  Speaker 1: ticket to that.
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  Speaker 4: Well, unfortunately not. There's I have many reasons why I'm
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  Speaker 4: not going to. The number one being no, three thousand dollars.
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  Speaker 4: I did not have a spare three k lying around
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  Speaker 4: in my back pocket. But also there was a story
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  Speaker 4: out recently where a fan of Megan, who happens to
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  Speaker 4: work in the media, specifically in a frontline reporting capacity,
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  Speaker 4: she ended up applying to attend this readA retreat to
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  Speaker 4: engage in some sound healing and some yoga. To me,
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  Speaker 4: it sounds a lot like white Lotus Couldie, but they
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  Speaker 4: discovered that she works in the media, so they refunded
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  Speaker 4: her money and said you're not welcome.
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  Speaker 3: So wow, yeah, so I couldn't go if I wanted to.
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  Speaker 4: And then it's going to be interesting to see how
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  Speaker 4: quickly her comments between her and Gemma O'Neill, who is
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  Speaker 4: the co founder of her Best Life and I think
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  Speaker 4: it's import to.
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  Speaker 3: Know Jackie Oh's manager and best friend.
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  Speaker 4: So it's going to be interesting to see the paparazzi
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  Speaker 4: circus specifically just for Jackie Oh. I think on the
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  Speaker 4: weekend to attend that you have to submit your phone
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  Speaker 4: before the Q and A starts. You'll be walking through
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  Speaker 4: screening like a domestic flight or a flight within Australia.
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  Speaker 4: You'll be screened. Your whole body will be screened. You
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  Speaker 4: have to put your phones away and then they'll be
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  Speaker 4: returned to you, so then you can take a photo
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  Speaker 4: of Meghan and Gemma on stage.
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  Speaker 3: After the fact.
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  Speaker 4: So I've got my stop watch on to see how
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  Speaker 4: quickly some of those remarks lea.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah, I mean, as South Park told us, they are
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  Speaker 1: on a global privacy tour. This is the Australian League.
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  Speaker 2: We want privates, we want private that way what private?
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  Speaker 2: That's how well way what.
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  Speaker 1: I only only wish them well in being vulnerable and
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  Speaker 1: maintaining their privacy. True.
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  Speaker 4: And look, if they're just here to bring the vibes,
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  Speaker 4: sure that's fantastic. Just pop into all those charities, because
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  Speaker 4: I'm sure everyone's reaction at things like the Children's Hospital,
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  Speaker 4: the war Veterans Museum and things like that very genuine.
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  Speaker 4: I just think it's when you're trying to, as you say,
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  Speaker 4: muddy the waters with commercial interests via leveraging.
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  Speaker 3: Your former titles. It's just a bit ick. In twenty
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  Speaker 3: twenty six.
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  Speaker 1: The thing is too when you saw this at the
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  Speaker 1: children's hospital yesterday. You know, sweet little kids in wheelchairs,
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  Speaker 1: you know, handing over flat hours and stuff. Australians really
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  Speaker 1: want to like these two, don't they. And they kind
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  Speaker 1: of don't want to be I don't know this is
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  Speaker 1: this might sound too harsh, but they don't want to
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  Speaker 1: be used. No.
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  Speaker 4: And what also jarred me is this beautiful, sweet, lovely
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  Speaker 4: little human just excited to see you know, royalty.
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  Speaker 3: I guess royalty adjacent.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah, being vulnerable. At least they didn't have to pay
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  Speaker 1: three and a half grand.
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  Speaker 4: Well, I was about to say, I'm actually shocked that
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  Speaker 4: they're not walking around with their own little swipe, tap
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  Speaker 4: and go.
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  Speaker 1: Jenna Clark, thank you very much.
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  Speaker 3: Thanks Claire.
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  Speaker 1: Jenna Clark is an associate editor with The Australian. You
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  Speaker 1: can read all the latest from Harry and Meghan's whirlwind
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  Speaker 1: trip to Australia right now at The Australian dot com
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  Speaker 1: dot a