Meghan Markle interrupted her acting career when she married Prince Harry, but the Suits star clearly never abandoned her dreams of show business.
I can reveal that the Duchess of Sussex, who currently lives with Harry in a £ 15 million Los Angeles mansion owned by entertainment tycoon Tyler Perry, has explained her plans to return to the screen.
This week, Harry and Meghan applied for the trademark of the name of their planned foundation, Archewell, for ‘television shows’ and ‘motion pictures.’
Meghan Markle (pictured), who cut short her successful acting career to marry Prince Harry, announced plans to return to the screen.
The couple has listed a wide range of potential companies in their application to the London Intellectual Property Office, from ‘digital entertainment content’ to ‘providing a website with information in the field of physical fitness’ and a site’ with information in the field of nutrition, general health and mental health ‘.
A source close to the Sussexs tells me: ‘Archewell is going to be huge. Harry and Meghan will use it to support many causes they are passionate about.
It will be a global organization with international ambitions.
The name Archewell originates from the Greek word arche, which means sources of action, which inspired the name of her 14-month-old son, Archie Mountbatten-Windsor.
The couple had established a similar ‘non-profit’ organization, Sussex Royal, but were prohibited from using the word ‘royal’ when they relinquished their official duties in January.
Harry and Meghan (both pictured) requested the name of their planned foundation, Archewell, for ‘television shows’ and ‘motion pictures.’
They stated that they planned to become ‘financially independent’ from the Royal Family.
Hopefully they didn’t make a mistake on their paperwork.
When they submitted documents to mark the name in the United States last month, authorities said the plans were “too vague” and sent them back.
In another mistake, the application form to the United States Patent and Trademark Office had not even been signed.
The Sussex have delayed the launch of Archewell until at least next year as they focus their efforts on the Black Lives Matter movement and fighting the coronavirus.
They said, “We hope to launch Archewell when the time is right.”
Guinness is good for Hollywood star Bette Midler, whose actress daughter Sophie von Haselberg has just married Harry Guinness of the beer dynasty.
“It was a very small pandemic wedding,” reveals Midler.
Sophie von Haselberg, the daughter of Hollywood star Bette Midler (main photo) has just married Harry Guinness of the beer dynasty.
“ Her fiancé had not had her hair cut in three months, so she searched online for how to cut it. ”
Sophie says of the New York ceremony: “I couldn’t recommend getting married at Covid enough, because it means you don’t have to invite anyone you don’t want to invite.”
New romantic flowers for former Edo Dara
Princess Beatrice succeeded glamorous architect Dara Huang in the affection of property developer Edoardo Mapelli Mozzi, but now Dara has found a new man.
I can reveal that Dara, 37, who was engaged to Edo until the year she started courting the Queen’s granddaughter, fell in love with a London-based financier, Filippos Kodellas de la Morena, 37.
Investment fund manager, he is the son of a Greek diplomat and a well-connected Spanish mother.
Architect Dara Huang (pictured) has found a new romance, London-based financier Filippos Kodellas de la Morena after an engagement with property developer Edoardo Mapelli Mozzi, who is now married to Princess Beatrice.
“Dara is very happy,” reveals a source. ‘She met Filippos through mutual friends. He is as handsome and successful as Edo.
Miss Huang has a three-year-old son, Christopher, with Edo. The boy would become the youngest best man at a royal wedding.
But Edo and Bea’s nuptials in May were suspended due to coronavirus restrictions.
Filippos should be able to keep Dara in lavish fliers: He is director of the expensive lingerie firm La Perla.
Crumbs … Racy Lady Lola’s Triple Birthday Celebrations
It’s ‘Super Saturday’, but the energetic socialite Lady Lola Bute couldn’t wait to get the party started.
Socialite Lady Lola Bute (pictured by the pool at her family’s home) celebrated her 21st birthday this week
The Marquis de Bute’s daughter enjoyed three birthday celebrations that included a party with her friends (pictured)
The daughter of the Marquis de Bute, former racing driver Johnny Dumfries, organized not one, not two, but three celebrations to celebrate his 21st birthday.
At first, he got into the Victoria sponge with his family by the pool, on the right.
In the second, he enjoyed a floral cake, and in the third for friends, he received a three-tier pink creation.
Queen counts £ 1.5million Balmoral banknote
The Queen is known for her frugality, either storing corn flakes in Tupperware containers, lighting just one bar of her electric fire, or patrolling Buckingham Palace to turn off the lights.
But I can reveal that you may be about to take what might be called the “£ 1.5m holiday” if, as expected now, you are heading to Balmoral later this summer.
Typically, the 50,000-acre estate would have been open to the public since April, and would welcome visitors until the end of July, with Her Majesty arriving shortly thereafter.
At that time, some 70,000 tourists would visit it, generating approximately half of the £ 3 million annual running cost of the private estate.
But the coronavirus pandemic has ended that.
And if Her Majesty, who pays for the maintenance of the estate out of his own pocket, arrives in August, there will be no possibility of recovering some income with a “late opening”.
Thank goodness for the Tupperware.
Highway from dawn to hell
What would the vicar of Dibley say?
Dawn French admitted to being caught speeding twice in her Range Rover on the same stretch of road between London and her home in Cornwall.
The comedian received a double fine in the same section of road works because the crime crossed two counties and each police force sent her a fine.
Dawn French (pictured) admitted to being caught speeding twice in her Range Rover on the same stretch of road that leads between London and her home in Cornwall.
“I’ve had to do a driver safety course,” says Dawn.
“ With roadworks, with no one working on them, I drove 55mph in a 50mph zone and crossed the Somerset-Devon border and ended up in both counties.
That is not fair, is it?
Thursdays the applause of caregivers is over, but publicist and novelist Simon Astaire still applauds the NHS in private.
This week, staff at St Mary’s Hospital in London saved the life of his wife, the owner of the Pilar Ordovas art gallery, after she had her first baby at the age of 46.
“He started to bleed, losing more than 14 pints of blood,” Astaire tells me. “But now he is safe and we have been touched by the outpouring of love.”
Astaire, 58, whose ex-girlfriends include Ulrika Jonsson, had a son with model Saffron Aldridge in 1993.
When she married Pilar, a high-end art world legend, in 2018, Sting was the godfather. They have called their baby Paloma.
The smart set is talking about … Max Magic man’s wedding
When the socialite John Rendall bought a lion from the Harrods pet department in the 1960s and called him a Christian, the big cat became a regular sight in Chelsea as he was taken for a walk on King’s Road.
Now John’s son Maximillian is planning a show of his own.
He is a magician who has just gotten engaged, and plans to conjure up some tricks at his wedding.
Magician Maximillian Rendall (pictured) has just gotten engaged to his fiancé Tallulla Barrow and plans to conjure up some tricks at their wedding.
His fiancée is Talulla Barrow, a genius from private equity, and he tells me: “We are actually meeting with a consultant, who will help us discuss what kind of magic we can do together as bride and groom throughout the ceremony.”
Max adds: “We moved together last year and the lockout could have been a huge divider, but it has brought us closer.”
Talulla says of the wedding: “We are going to do a couple of tricks there, it will be crazy.”
However, Christian the lion will not be there. It was sent to Kenya to be reintroduced into the wild.
(Very) modern manners
Elegance in the coronavirus era is a daunting challenge, so the Queen’s glove makers are happy to help us out.
Cornelia James will launch a range of ‘women’s antiviral gloves designed’ to appeal to the elegant and safety-conscious woman ‘.
The company, which has been making actual appointment gloves since 1978, will launch them next week at £ 90 per pair.
Washable cotton gloves are treated with an antiviral compound that has been shown to reduce the presence of coronavirus in fabric by 99.9 percent.
The daughter of its founder, Genevieve James, tells me: “Our new gloves, which are designed for everyday use, will allow women to wear stylish clothing for the hands and, more importantly, prevent the spread of the coronavirus.”
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