All traces of Prince Harry and Meghan Markle have been removed from the Queens Commonwealth Trust website after the organization relaunched the site this week.
The Duke and Duchess of Sussex, who currently live in their $14 million California home, were president and vice president of QCT before stepping down from royal duties two years ago. QCT was created to provide funding, tools and support to young leaders across the Commonwealth to help them transform their communities through agriculture, education, employment and more.
However, the new website does not mention Harry and Meghan’s role for the organization, instead focusing on the Queen’s legacy. It comes after experts on the Netflix series Harry and Meghan described the Commonwealth as ‘Empire 2.0’.
The Duke and Duchess of Sussex, who currently live in their $14 million California home, were president and vice president of QCT before stepping down from royal duties two years ago.
The organization announced the news of the updated site on Twitter: “Our redesigned website is now available. Thanks to the important work of young leaders across the #Commonwealth, we have some amazing stories lined up for you.
Please take a moment to check it out and let us know what you think. There are no entries for the Duke and Duchess of Sussex in the QCT Team section, and no entries for the couple in our Supporters section.
Instead, there is a detailed explanation of what the Commonwealth is and how the organization was created in 2018 to support the Queen’s ‘working life’. The site’s update comes after the Commonwealth received fire for the Netflix series Harry and Meghan.
The Commonwealth was created in December 1931 and now includes 54 countries. According to the family’s website, the mission of the organization is to “promote international cooperation and business relations between people around the world”.
In the third part of the series, writer and publicist Afua Hirsch – the author of the 2018 British memoir – described the Queen’s beloved Commonwealth as “Empire 2.0” before describing Prince Harry as “anti-discrimination race”.
Speaking about apartheid in the UK, Afua said in the newspaper: “Britain agreed to give these countries independence in a way that protects their commercial and capital interests. Therefore, I created this privileged club called Commonwealth. The Commonwealth is still defined as a group of friends who share values. I found this language to be very problematic.
Queens Commonwealth Trust announced the update on Twitter this week
It comes after experts on the Netflix series Harry and Meghan described the Commonwealth as Empire 2.0
It comes after experts on the Netflix series Harry and Meghan described the Commonwealth as Empire 2.0
The Daily Mail reporter, who appeared in an episode of Palace Confidential in December, said the couple were lucky the late royal could not watch their TV show, which hit the stage yesterday.
Speaking about the launch of the series, Richard said: “It’s almost a blessing that Queen Elizabeth wasn’t alive to see this because the Commonwealth is at its core and it brings people together. “It was a voluntary organization where it was dismissed [in the press] as the organization that the British government used to extract money and resources from the rest of the world. It would have given him fear. Meanwhile, Mail on Sunday Editor at Large Charlotte Griffiths has revealed how all filming for the series will end in August 2022 – a few weeks before the Queen’s death at 96.
He said: ‘They were plotting to do all this thinking that the queen would live to see it […] Thank God you didn’t.
The site seems to focus on the legacy of the late queen, on the details of the organization and how it was established.
In addition, Charlotte said that “Meghan’s attitude to the Commonwealth seems to have changed a lot” since her wedding in May 2018, where she wore a veil with different symbols representing each country.
In response to host Jo Elvin, who recalled how Meghan had said she was “excited” about attending the CIS interview, Charlotte said: “So you didn’t do any research before we got married? Is that what you mean? Now is it finished scanning? This contrasts with Megan as a person, who is clearly a good researcher.
I think his whole attitude towards the Commonwealth has changed a lot, and maybe he believes in what Afua is saying. I don’t know but it’s a tough line [to take]”.