American Riviera Orchard and Meghan Markle

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Anonymous wrote:Dumb name. Sounds like one of those fake "upscale" brands they sell at Walmart or Target, and that's not her target demographic.

Sounds like the brand of housewares in the “Aldi Finds” aisle.

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Anonymous wrote:That should have happened a long time ago, both for them and Andrew. Maybe the launch of ARO was a catalyst for that change.

Andrew will never be pushed out for what he’s done.

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Anonymous wrote:That should have happened a long time ago, both for them and Andrew. Maybe the launch of ARO was a catalyst for that change.

Andrew will never be pushed out for what he’s done.

No one said anything about him, or the Sussexes, being pushed out. They have just been downgraded on the BRF website.

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Anonymous wrote:Her star may rise if RFK Jr. gets traction in his bid for the presidency.

Correction: RFK Jr. is NOT a fan of H&M. In fact, he and his brother objected to them receiving the RFK (Sr.) Ripple of Hope award in 2022.

"In comments to the Daily Mail, Kennedy Jr. said he was “bewildered” and “baffled” by the choice to give the Sussexes the same honor that previously was bestowed upon people with long and distinguished careers in public service or the arts, including Barack Obama, Joe Bidden, Hillary Clinton, Desmond Tutu and Robert De Niro."

https://www.mercurynews.com/2022/11/15/harry-and-meghan-alec-baldwin-and-anti-vax-robert-f-kennedy-jr-feature-in-humanitarian-award-drama/amp/

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Seems to be a trend towards giving awards to the markedly undeserving. Apparently Elon Musk, Rupert Murdoch and Martha Stewart are nominees for the Ruth Bader Ginsberg award.

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Anonymous wrote:Below is Meghan's biography from her own website. She seems to have more than enough acclaim and career background to parlay into anything she wants. I actually wasn't aware of all of this stuff she's done. It's quite impressive. Even if ARO doesn't pan out, she will be fine!

Meghan The Duchess of Sussex

Meghan, The Duchess of Sussex is a feminist and champion of human rights and gender equity. Her lifelong advocacy for women and girls remains a constant thread in her humanitarian and business ventures. She has been named one of the most influential women in the world in rankings including TIME Magazine’s Most Influential People, The Financial Times’ 25 Most Influential Women, Variety Power of Women, and British Vogue’s Vogue 25.

Her advocacy work on resilience, equality, and compassion through action has been recognized – alongside that of her husband, Prince Harry – with the NAACP President’s Award as well as the Robert F. Kennedy Ripple of Hope Award.

Born and raised in Southern California, Meghan attended Los Angeles based all-girls Catholic School, Immaculate Heart, which she continues to support as an alumna, before moving to Chicago to attend Northwestern University. While there, she double majored in Theater and International Relations, and went on to intern at the US Embassy in Buenos Aires, Argentina, as well as to study abroad in Madrid, Spain.

After graduation, Meghan turned her focus to the entertainment industry, later securing a lead role on the hit series, ‘Suits’ which she starred in for seven seasons. Between filming, Meghan travelled to Rwanda, India, and other countries to support humanitarian missions. She served in key roles such as: UN Women’s Advocate for Women’s Political Participation and Leadership, a World Vision Global Ambassador, and a leading Counsellor to One Young World. Meghan also travelled to support the military community on a USO Tour, visiting six military bases in seven days including Bagram, Afghanistan.

In 2018, Meghan married Prince Harry, becoming The Duchess of Sussex.

She has written for a number of publications and created the lifestyle website, ‘The Tig’. The Duchess of Sussex guest edited British Vogue in July 2019, which was the fastest selling copy in the magazine’s history.

She and Prince Harry founded The Archewell Foundation in 2020 to support communities in need, in both moments of crisis as well as for long term aid. At The Archewell Foundation, they are committed to their mission: Show Up, Do Good. They hold the value that charitable work should not simply be ‘a handout, but rather a hand held’, a phrase Meghan first adopted in supporting UK charity Smart Works, of which she is patron, that supports women to enter the workforce. Meghan and her husband also founded and oversee the production company, Archewell Productions.

In 2022, Meghan launched ‘Archetypes’, a record-breaking podcast exploring the labels that hold women back. ‘Archetypes’ debuted at Number 1 in The US, UK, Australia, Ireland, and New Zealand, and topped the charts as the Number 1 podcast in 47 countries. After its first season, Archetypes was awarded The People’s Choice Award in the podcast category, as well as The Gracie Award for Best Podcast.

She is a NY Times Best Selling author, publishing the acclaimed children’s book, ‘The Bench’, and ‘Together: Our Community Kitchen’ a collaborative publication with the women of the Hubb Community Kitchen in the UK, who were displaced after the tragic Grenfell Fire. The book debuted as number one on the UK’s Sunday Times Booklist, with proceeds going to The Hubb Kitchen.

Meghan is a major advocate for mental health, family care, and gender equity. The Duchess hopes to be a cultural catalyst for positive change, reflecting her core belief that representation matters, and that communities can be enhanced through learning, healing, and inspirational support.

Meghan lives in California with her husband and their children Prince Archie and Princess Lilibet.

A true Jack (or Jill) of all trades. And master of none.

"a cultural catalyst for positive change". That's a mouthful!

There is nothing to her. Nothing. People with massive insecurities or actual reading comp issues read her haphazardly constructed statements and have a positive reaction. It is telling and embarrassing to be snowed by such a cut-rate bullshitter.

+1 I do admire her confidence though. She delivers these word salads with such ease and she has a nice voice.

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Anonymous wrote:I have to think that Meghan knows she was extremely mediocre at acting and that is why she has not returned to it.

Suits is having a new life on Netflix and there is undoubtably renewed interest in her as an actor. Whether she is considered a great actor by the Suits fans is irrelevant.

Then you have to wonder why she’s not participating in what seems like a guaranteed role on the reboot, at least. I think she comes off like she’s too good to go back to acting which is another reason she’s not too liked.

I don't think she ever had a passion for acting did she?

Good question. Has she talked about that?

I think it was something she enjoyed doing from a young age, but she doesn't speak about like other actors do. More like a hobby she could profit from. That's the gist from a quick Google search. I think blogging was actually pretty passionate about but idk how you could translate to $$ now.

I am confused by this line of conversation. She was a professional actor for 15 years. She has a degree in drama from Northwestern. I think she also did theater in high school? How does that add up to "a hobby she could profit from"? Is my legal career a hobby I just thought I could profit from? All I did was get a law degree and then practice for 15 years. Nothing serious.

If you took an extended leave wold you go back to law or reinvent yourself with a totally different career?

This is hilarious because I did in fact take an extended leave when I had kids and now I run a consulting company and no longer practice law, and have desire to do so. But my legal career was not a "hobby" and many of the skills I honed in that career are now central to my current job (in fact some of my clients are even the same).

It's actually very normal for an accomplished professional to make a career pivot in her 40s after having kids. Makes sense to me.

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^have NO desire to do so, meant to write

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I consider myself a worthwhile human being and I'm not as accomplished as Meghan Markle. I would love to see some of these people criticizing her set their resumes up next to hers.

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Anonymous wrote:I have to think that Meghan knows she was extremely mediocre at acting and that is why she has not returned to it.

Suits is having a new life on Netflix and there is undoubtably renewed interest in her as an actor. Whether she is considered a great actor by the Suits fans is irrelevant.

Then you have to wonder why she’s not participating in what seems like a guaranteed role on the reboot, at least. I think she comes off like she’s too good to go back to acting which is another reason she’s not too liked.

I don't think she ever had a passion for acting did she?

Good question. Has she talked about that?

I think it was something she enjoyed doing from a young age, but she doesn't speak about like other actors do. More like a hobby she could profit from. That's the gist from a quick Google search. I think blogging was actually pretty passionate about but idk how you could translate to $$ now.

I am confused by this line of conversation. She was a professional actor for 15 years. She has a degree in drama from Northwestern. I think she also did theater in high school? How does that add up to "a hobby she could profit from"? Is my legal career a hobby I just thought I could profit from? All I did was get a law degree and then practice for 15 years. Nothing serious.

If you took an extended leave wold you go back to law or reinvent yourself with a totally different career?

This is hilarious because I did in fact take an extended leave when I had kids and now I run a consulting company and no longer practice law, and have desire to do so. But my legal career was not a "hobby" and many of the skills I honed in that career are now central to my current job (in fact some of my clients are even the same).

It's actually very normal for an accomplished professional to make a career pivot in her 40s after having kids. Makes sense to me.

Accomplished professional? Surely you jest.

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Anonymous wrote:Below is Meghan's biography from her own website. She seems to have more than enough acclaim and career background to parlay into anything she wants. I actually wasn't aware of all of this stuff she's done. It's quite impressive. Even if ARO doesn't pan out, she will be fine!

Meghan The Duchess of Sussex

Meghan, The Duchess of Sussex is a feminist and champion of human rights and gender equity. Her lifelong advocacy for women and girls remains a constant thread in her humanitarian and business ventures. She has been named one of the most influential women in the world in rankings including TIME Magazine’s Most Influential People, The Financial Times’ 25 Most Influential Women, Variety Power of Women, and British Vogue’s Vogue 25.

Her advocacy work on resilience, equality, and compassion through action has been recognized – alongside that of her husband, Prince Harry – with the NAACP President’s Award as well as the Robert F. Kennedy Ripple of Hope Award.

Born and raised in Southern California, Meghan attended Los Angeles based all-girls Catholic School, Immaculate Heart, which she continues to support as an alumna, before moving to Chicago to attend Northwestern University. While there, she double majored in Theater and International Relations, and went on to intern at the US Embassy in Buenos Aires, Argentina, as well as to study abroad in Madrid, Spain.

After graduation, Meghan turned her focus to the entertainment industry, later securing a lead role on the hit series, ‘Suits’ which she starred in for seven seasons. Between filming, Meghan travelled to Rwanda, India, and other countries to support humanitarian missions. She served in key roles such as: UN Women’s Advocate for Women’s Political Participation and Leadership, a World Vision Global Ambassador, and a leading Counsellor to One Young World. Meghan also travelled to support the military community on a USO Tour, visiting six military bases in seven days including Bagram, Afghanistan.

In 2018, Meghan married Prince Harry, becoming The Duchess of Sussex.

She has written for a number of publications and created the lifestyle website, ‘The Tig’. The Duchess of Sussex guest edited British Vogue in July 2019, which was the fastest selling copy in the magazine’s history.

She and Prince Harry founded The Archewell Foundation in 2020 to support communities in need, in both moments of crisis as well as for long term aid. At The Archewell Foundation, they are committed to their mission: Show Up, Do Good. They hold the value that charitable work should not simply be ‘a handout, but rather a hand held’, a phrase Meghan first adopted in supporting UK charity Smart Works, of which she is patron, that supports women to enter the workforce. Meghan and her husband also founded and oversee the production company, Archewell Productions.

In 2022, Meghan launched ‘Archetypes’, a record-breaking podcast exploring the labels that hold women back. ‘Archetypes’ debuted at Number 1 in The US, UK, Australia, Ireland, and New Zealand, and topped the charts as the Number 1 podcast in 47 countries. After its first season, Archetypes was awarded The People’s Choice Award in the podcast category, as well as The Gracie Award for Best Podcast.

She is a NY Times Best Selling author, publishing the acclaimed children’s book, ‘The Bench’, and ‘Together: Our Community Kitchen’ a collaborative publication with the women of the Hubb Community Kitchen in the UK, who were displaced after the tragic Grenfell Fire. The book debuted as number one on the UK’s Sunday Times Booklist, with proceeds going to The Hubb Kitchen.

Meghan is a major advocate for mental health, family care, and gender equity. The Duchess hopes to be a cultural catalyst for positive change, reflecting her core belief that representation matters, and that communities can be enhanced through learning, healing, and inspirational support.

Meghan lives in California with her husband and their children Prince Archie and Princess Lilibet.

A true Jack (or Jill) of all trades. And master of none.

"a cultural catalyst for positive change". That's a mouthful!

There is nothing to her. Nothing. People with massive insecurities or actual reading comp issues read her haphazardly constructed statements and have a positive reaction. It is telling and embarrassing to be snowed by such a cut-rate bullshitter.

+1 I do admire her confidence though. She delivers these word salads with such ease and she has a nice voice.

DP

She really does. I did a ton of public speaking classes in college and I am still not that good at it.

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"Meghan is a major advocate for mental health, family care, and gender equity. The Duchess hopes to be a cultural catalyst for positive change, reflecting her core belief that representation matters, and that communities can be enhanced through learning, healing, and inspirational support."

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Anonymous wrote:I consider myself a worthwhile human being and I'm not as accomplished as Meghan Markle. I would love to see some of these people criticizing her set their resumes up next to hers.

I'm sure you do but what does that have to do with Meghan Markle?

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Anonymous wrote:Below is Meghan's biography from her own website. She seems to have more than enough acclaim and career background to parlay into anything she wants. I actually wasn't aware of all of this stuff she's done. It's quite impressive. Even if ARO doesn't pan out, she will be fine!

Meghan The Duchess of Sussex

Meghan, The Duchess of Sussex is a feminist and champion of human rights and gender equity. Her lifelong advocacy for women and girls remains a constant thread in her humanitarian and business ventures. She has been named one of the most influential women in the world in rankings including TIME Magazine’s Most Influential People, The Financial Times’ 25 Most Influential Women, Variety Power of Women, and British Vogue’s Vogue 25.

Her advocacy work on resilience, equality, and compassion through action has been recognized – alongside that of her husband, Prince Harry – with the NAACP President’s Award as well as the Robert F. Kennedy Ripple of Hope Award.

Born and raised in Southern California, Meghan attended Los Angeles based all-girls Catholic School, Immaculate Heart, which she continues to support as an alumna, before moving to Chicago to attend Northwestern University. While there, she double majored in Theater and International Relations, and went on to intern at the US Embassy in Buenos Aires, Argentina, as well as to study abroad in Madrid, Spain.

After graduation, Meghan turned her focus to the entertainment industry, later securing a lead role on the hit series, ‘Suits’ which she starred in for seven seasons. Between filming, Meghan travelled to Rwanda, India, and other countries to support humanitarian missions. She served in key roles such as: UN Women’s Advocate for Women’s Political Participation and Leadership, a World Vision Global Ambassador, and a leading Counsellor to One Young World. Meghan also travelled to support the military community on a USO Tour, visiting six military bases in seven days including Bagram, Afghanistan.

In 2018, Meghan married Prince Harry, becoming The Duchess of Sussex.

She has written for a number of publications and created the lifestyle website, ‘The Tig’. The Duchess of Sussex guest edited British Vogue in July 2019, which was the fastest selling copy in the magazine’s history.

She and Prince Harry founded The Archewell Foundation in 2020 to support communities in need, in both moments of crisis as well as for long term aid. At The Archewell Foundation, they are committed to their mission: Show Up, Do Good. They hold the value that charitable work should not simply be ‘a handout, but rather a hand held’, a phrase Meghan first adopted in supporting UK charity Smart Works, of which she is patron, that supports women to enter the workforce. Meghan and her husband also founded and oversee the production company, Archewell Productions.

In 2022, Meghan launched ‘Archetypes’, a record-breaking podcast exploring the labels that hold women back. ‘Archetypes’ debuted at Number 1 in The US, UK, Australia, Ireland, and New Zealand, and topped the charts as the Number 1 podcast in 47 countries. After its first season, Archetypes was awarded The People’s Choice Award in the podcast category, as well as The Gracie Award for Best Podcast.

She is a NY Times Best Selling author, publishing the acclaimed children’s book, ‘The Bench’, and ‘Together: Our Community Kitchen’ a collaborative publication with the women of the Hubb Community Kitchen in the UK, who were displaced after the tragic Grenfell Fire. The book debuted as number one on the UK’s Sunday Times Booklist, with proceeds going to The Hubb Kitchen.

Meghan is a major advocate for mental health, family care, and gender equity. The Duchess hopes to be a cultural catalyst for positive change, reflecting her core belief that representation matters, and that communities can be enhanced through learning, healing, and inspirational support.

Meghan lives in California with her husband and their children Prince Archie and Princess Lilibet.

A true Jack (or Jill) of all trades. And master of none.

"a cultural catalyst for positive change". That's a mouthful!

There is nothing to her. Nothing. People with massive insecurities or actual reading comp issues read her haphazardly constructed statements and have a positive reaction. It is telling and embarrassing to be snowed by such a cut-rate bullshitter.

+1 I do admire her confidence though. She delivers these word salads with such ease and she has a nice voice.

DP

She really does. I did a ton of public speaking classes in college and I am still not that good at it.

Memorizing dialogue is a job requirement for actors.

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Anonymous wrote:I have to think that Meghan knows she was extremely mediocre at acting and that is why she has not returned to it.

Suits is having a new life on Netflix and there is undoubtably renewed interest in her as an actor. Whether she is considered a great actor by the Suits fans is irrelevant.

Then you have to wonder why she’s not participating in what seems like a guaranteed role on the reboot, at least. I think she comes off like she’s too good to go back to acting which is another reason she’s not too liked.

I don't think she ever had a passion for acting did she?

Good question. Has she talked about that?

I think it was something she enjoyed doing from a young age, but she doesn't speak about like other actors do. More like a hobby she could profit from. That's the gist from a quick Google search. I think blogging was actually pretty passionate about but idk how you could translate to $$ now.

I am confused by this line of conversation. She was a professional actor for 15 years. She has a degree in drama from Northwestern. I think she also did theater in high school? How does that add up to "a hobby she could profit from"? Is my legal career a hobby I just thought I could profit from? All I did was get a law degree and then practice for 15 years. Nothing serious.

If you took an extended leave wold you go back to law or reinvent yourself with a totally different career?

This is hilarious because I did in fact take an extended leave when I had kids and now I run a consulting company and no longer practice law, and have desire to do so. But my legal career was not a "hobby" and many of the skills I honed in that career are now central to my current job (in fact some of my clients are even the same).

It's actually very normal for an accomplished professional to make a career pivot in her 40s after having kids. Makes sense to me.

She did a massive pivot by marrying a Prince of the most famous royal family in the world, although she claimed she didn't know who he was.