Prince Harry And Meghan Markle Take Manhattan

September 23, 2021 / Posted by:

Well, not literally. We’re not being colonized by The Crown again (fingers crossed!) People reports that Prince Harry and Megan Markle have taken their first trip together since their daughter Lilibet Diana was born. The pair traveled to New York to attend a Global Citizen Live from Central Park event on Saturday and got in a little sightseeing in the meantime. I have not yet visited One World Observatory at The World Trade Center, and now after seeing Harry and Meghan’s visit, I’m not sure if I ever will. Did you know you have to meet the mayor, his wife, AND the governor, and stand around and have a million pictures taken of you when you go there? No thanks!

After escaping the pomp and circumstance of royal life in England, Megan and Harry seem to be finding it hard to break the habit. But at least in America, Meghan can wear slacks, so that’s something. People reports:

Meghan Markle and Prince Harry are taking a bite out of the Big Apple!

The couple kicked off their cross-country trip to New York City on Thursday with a visit to One World Observatory at the World Trade Center with Mayor Bill de Blasio, the mayor’s wife Chirlane McCray, their son Dante de Blasio and Governor Kathy Hochel.

They both dressed in black for the occasion: Meghan sported a black turtleneck with matches trousers under a jacket with her hair pulled back into her signature low bun, while Harry sported a classic suit and tie.

While posing for a group photo, Meghan was asked about her return to New York.

“It’s wonderful to be back, thank you,” she replied.

People totally buried the lede here because what was really said was “Madame Duchess, are you enjoying your visit to New York.” MADAME DUCHESS?! I’ve visited New York many times and nobody asked me if I was enjoying it, much less addressed me using my proper title which is M’Lady Madame Viscountess of Berkeley. I bought and paid for those titles off of Craigslist fair and square. And here they are, just willy-nilly throwing any old made-up title at Meghan.

Here’s Mayor de Blasio telling Meghan and Harry to give it a rest. I mean “take a break.” He was probably all “you know, you don’t have to do all this, you could just throw a ball cap and a Knicks jersey on the redhead and enjoy the city in peace.” Lord knows there are plenty of streets in NYC where somebody will happily shout titles at you. I’ve been called Lady, Fuck Off plenty of times!

People reports that Meghan last visited New York in February of 2019 for her baby shower when she was pregnant with Archie, which was attended by her friend Serena Williams, and again in September to watch Serena compere in the US Open final. And if Harry and Meghan play their cards right, they might get to compete against the best in the US Pap Stroll Invitational. Jennifer Lopez will be in town to perform at the Global Citizen event.

Meghan, 40, and Prince Harry, 37, announced earlier this week that they were heading to New York for Saturday’s Global Citizen Live from Central Park “to continue their urgent work with world leaders in the pursuit of global vaccine equity to end the COVID-19 pandemic for everyone, everywhere,” according to Global Citizen.

The duo previously served as Campaign Chairs of Global Citizen’s VAX Live: The Concert to Reunite the World, where Prince Harry gave an impassioned speech about the importance of vaccine equity.

The New York event — which will feature performances from Coldplay, Jennifer Lopez, Lizzo and more from Central Park’s Great Lawn — joins a 24-hour broadcast from cities around the world calling on G7 countries and the European Union to share at least 1 billion COVID-19 vaccine doses with those most in need and support calls for a waiver on COVID-19 vaccine intellectual property rights. The campaign is also calling on vaccine providers to share mRNA technology with the new World Health Organization-backed transfer hub based in South Africa.

I fear the internet really might implode if Harry and Meghan wind up going to dinner with JLo and Ben Affleck while they’re in town. The flashbulbs alone would probably generate enough energy to raise the temperature of the planet by several degrees. Here are a few more shots of Madame Duchess and Harry’s visit to the WTC.

Pic: Wenn.com

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