Meghan Markle defends new Sussex.com web site after critics declare she and Prince Harry ‘cashing in’ on royal hyperlinks

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The Duchess of Sussex has defended the rebranding of her and Prince Harry’s web site as sussex.com after critics claimed the couple have been cashing in on their royal hyperlinks regardless of having give up as working royals.

The revamped website declares itself “The Workplace of Prince Harry and Meghan, The Duke and Duchess of Sussex”, and it additionally hyperlinks to their former sussexroyal.com web site – though they agreed to cease utilizing the “Sussex Royal” title in 2020 after they stepped down.

Some mentioned the brand new sussex.com website and the sooner sussexroyal.com domains have been makes an attempt to capitalise on their former royal standing.

After they give up as working members of the royal household, the couple have been informed to drop use of HRH, and their use of the title Sussex was debated at Buckingham Palace.

They modified their sussexroyal.com website to Archewell, and used it to showcase their business and charitable work.

Royal insiders have criticised the brand new web site, saying it created a “blurred line between the previous and the current” after the couple have been informed to drop their Sussex titles, MailOnline reported. Different critics have gone so far as to say that the web site would have “infuriated the Queen”.

However now the duchess has praised the “consideration to element” and “creativity and care” of the designers of the rebranded website.

She mentioned: “They’re not simply designers; they’re collaborators who elevate your concepts into visible identities. They’re a really particular firm. Plus they’re Canadian, so I’m a fan.”

The “about” part of the web site says the couple’s workplace is “shaping the long run by way of enterprise and philanthropy”.

In the meantime, King Charles returned to Sandringham in Norfolk from London, the place he spent simply over 24 hours for his newest bout of most cancers therapy following the announcement of his prognosis final week.

Royal biographer Ingrid Seward mentioned she was sure Charles would reveal the kind of most cancers he has been identified with after his therapy.

In the meantime the Duke and Duchess flew into Vancouver, Canada, from Santa Barbara on Tuesday to debate subsequent 12 months’s Invictus Video games – the Paralympic-style sporting competitors that the duke based in 2014 for injured and sick army personnel and veterans.

Over the following three days the couple will be part of opponents coaching for the worldwide sporting occasion.

On the video games subsequent 12 months, round 550 opponents from as much as 25 nations will compete in indoor occasions equivalent to sitting volleyball, swimming and wheelchair basketball.

The duchess has signed a brand new deal to launch a podcast; the couple’s $20m (£16m) settlement with Spotify was ended final 12 months.

Her Archetypes podcast about feminine stereotypes ran for only one sequence because it reportedly didn’t produce sufficient content material.

The brand new deal is with Lemonada Media, an American audio firm, which may even distribute all 12 episodes of her earlier sequence.

The duchess mentioned in an announcement: “With the ability to help a feminine based firm with a roster of thought upsetting and extremely entertaining podcasts is a improbable strategy to kick off 2024.”

Harry and Meghan are reportedly additionally engaged on new Netflix tasks together with a movie and two different tasks after signing a $100m (£80m) five-year settlement with the streaming big in 2020.