Meghan Markle and Prince Harry arrive in Atlanta in October 2023.Photo:BACKGRID
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Meghan MarkleandPrince Harry’s trip to the East Coast included a quiet Caribbean getaway.
The Duke and Duchess of Sussex were seen arriving at an Atlanta airport on Sunday after they spent time on vacation in the Caribbean. On the tarmac, the California-based couple was dressed casually for their plane ride, with Prince Harry sporting a baseball cap while Meghan held a hat and woreBleusalt’s long-sleevedcrew dress.
Meghan, 42, and Prince Harry, 39, made their most recent public appearance last week in New York City to mark World Mental Health Day. In their Archewell Foundation’s first in-person event, they joined apanel of parentsthat highlighted their own roles as mom and dad to sonPrince Archie, 4, and daughterPrincess Lilibet, 2. The summit, called “The Archewell Foundation Parents’ Summit: Mental Wellness in a Digital Age,” featured parents who have experienced tragic loss connected to their child’s social media use. Meghan and Harry have been working with the parents involved in the event behind the scenes.
“I can’t start without thanking all the parents, the mothers and fathers for being with us physically today, but also being on this journey with us for the last year, creating this community of shared experience,” Harry said during the panel.
“We know it’s not easy for you guys to be here, so thank you very much,” he continued.
Meghan Markle and Prince Harry in New York City on Oct. 10, 2023.Bryan Bedder/Getty
Bryan Bedder/Getty
The Duke and Duchess of Sussex both touched on how becoming parents inspired them to make the digital world a better place.
“I think for us, for myself and my wife, with kids growing up in a digital age, the priority here is to again turn pain into purpose and provide as much support as well as a spotlight and a platform for these parents to come together, to heal, to grieve and to also collectively focus on solutions so that no other family anywhere has to go through what they’ve been through," Prince Harry said during the discussion.
Meghan added, “Being a mom is the most important thing in my entire life — outside, of course, being a wife to this one,” gesturing to Harry. “But I will say I feel fortunate that our children are at an age, again quite young, so this isn’t in our immediate future, but I also feel frightened at how it’s continuing to change and this will be in front of us.”
Also on Tuesday, Meghan and Harrymade a surprise visitto The Marcy Lab School in Brooklyn. There, the Duchess of Sussex wasphotographed sharing hugswith students during their tour of the school and roundtable with alumni.
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It’s possible that Harry and Meghan spent time with the Duke’s cousinPrincess Eugenie, who lives in Portugal part-time. It was announced last year that Eugenie’s husband,Jack Brooksbank, landed a new job that will see the family (the couple are parents to two sons:August, 2, andErnest, 4 months)splitting their timebetween the U.K. and Portugal.
Despite Prince Harry and Meghan’s move to the U.S., the Duke of Sussex remains close to cousinsPrincess Beatriceand Princess Eugenie.
A family insidertold PEOPLEearlier this year, “They’re still the best of friends and talk constantly.”
source: people.com
