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When the Duke and Duchess of Sussex announced that they would be putting guest speakers center stage on their new podcast, few would have expected to hear their little Archie.
But the 19-month-old son of Prince Harry and Meghan made a surprise cameo at the end of the first episode, released Tuesday, revealing a slight American accent as he wished listeners a happy new year.
Making his first public broadcast in a very modern style, Archie took the microphone to say “Happy” after his father said it, then copied Meghan and said “New” before completing the sentence without asking. “Boom,” Harry said as the three of them burst into giggles.
The young royal appears at the end of an episode of “Holiday Special” from Archewell Audio, Harry and Meghan’s newly formed production company, which has signed an exclusive multi-million pound partnership with Spotify.
The podcast, which Spotify said would produce “programming that uplifts and entertains audiences around the world,” comes after the couple’s multi-million dollar deal with Netflix that will see them produce documentaries and feature films for the streaming service. The settlements are part of the couple’s efforts to become financially independent after leaving royal office in January.
The podcast ends with the couple streaming the gospel song This Little Light of Mine, which was heard at the end of their wedding.
Quoting Martin Luther King, Meghan said that the song was “the music we wanted to play when we started our lives together. Because, as we all know, ‘darkness cannot drive out darkness, only light can do that’.
In a reference to the couple’s tumultuous year, which saw them announce their departure as royalty, move to Canada and then California and take multiple legal actions against various media outlets, Meghan says: “Of us I will say it does not matter. Whatever life throws at you guys, trust us when we tell you, love wins. “Harry added,” Love always wins. “
The couple had asked a number of famous friends, activists and activists to reflect on 2020 for the debut podcast, including Sir Elton John, comedian James Corden, and tennis star Naomi Osaka.
In his audio diary for the podcast, John, 73, said that, as a recovering alcoholic, he had attended weekly Alcoholics Anonymous meetings at Zoom since the pandemic began, and hailed the video platform as a “lifesaver. ”.
He added: “I hope that after this terrible pandemic has passed, and we can get back to some kind of normalcy, that we have become better people, and I hope that we recover.
“It has been a terrible time for people. People have lost loved ones, people have lost their businesses, they have lost their jobs. It has been a terrible time for people, so I hope we can heal in 2021. “
