Meghan Markle signals ‘heart’ of Archewell as future charity plans with Harry discussed | Royal | News (Reports)

Meghan revealed she suffered from a miscarriage in July in a deeply personal essay she wrote for a US newspaper. The Duchess of Sussex, according to one royal expert, opened up on this tragic event to help break the taboo surrounding the loss of a baby and make people who have experienced it feel less alone. 

Royal author Katie Nicholl added creating a community and helping others through their international profiles and platforms is Meghan and Harry’s main goal with their yet-to-be-launched foundation, Archewell.

Commenting on Meghan’s article published in the New York Times, the expert told BBC Radio 5 Live: “I was incredibly moved by it, my first reaction was ‘how brave of her to do this’, for a woman who is in the spotlight and in the headlines, so often not particularly nice headlines.

“They had a busy summer, it really struck me that this miscarriage happened in July when they just weren’t out of the papers, there was the launch of Finding Freedom…you just couldn’t get away from the Harry and Meghan narrative.

“Now we know that they were going through this complete personal heartache, and I think she was very very brave to write about it. 

“She has done it to link with Thanksgiving, but I think she has done it to link it with her new raison d’être now, which is mental health, looking after each other…I am continually told that when Archewell launches community is going to be so much at the heart of this.

“They want to use their profile to help other people – and I’m told that if she feels this can help other people going through a similar experience, then that’s why she wrote it, to break down this stigma and to say you know what? It’s okay to talk about this.”

Meghan and Prince Harry started speaking about their new foundation in late March, when they bowed out of their old Instagram account Sussex Royal. 

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In their last message, they thanked the community created between the account’s launch in April 2019 and March 2020 and added they would spend a few months working behind the scenes on their new project.

In April, after trademark applications were found, they announced in a statement their new foundation would be called Archewell.

Explaining the meaning behind this name, they said: “Before SussexRoyal, came the idea of Arche – the Greek word meaning source of action. 

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“We connected to this concept for the charitable organisation we hoped to build one day, and it became the inspiration for our son’s name.

“To do something of meaning, to do something that matters.

“Archewell is a name that combines an ancient word for strength and action, and another that evokes the deep resources we each must draw upon.

“We look forward to launching Archewell when the time is right” 

Meghan spoke about Archewell in late September, as she appeared on the Fortune’s Most Powerful Women virtual summit.

Speaking about social media and the digital landscape, the Duchess said one of the main goals of Archewell it would be to work towards creating a kinder and more humane online experience.

She said: “Part of our focus with the Archewell Foundation is to just ensure that we are helping foster healthy positive communities — online and off — for our collective wellbeing.

“It really just includes not contributing to or even clicking on misinformation. 

“And when you know something is wrong, reporting it, it, talking about it, ensuring that the facts are getting out there.

“I think that is one clear tangible thing that everyone could be doing.”

On October 21, Meghan and Harry gave the clearest signal yet their foundation was about to be launched as a landing page for Archewell went live.

The webpage at the moment only shows the meaning of the foundation’s name, contacts and the possibility to sign up to a mailing list.

The title of the website reads “Building Compassionate Community”.