“I fed Archie, I held Archie” – Ellen visits Meghan and Harry for royal cuddles
Archie news just in via Ellen DeGeneres! Ellen and her wife Portia headed to Frogmore Cottage to visit the Sussexes during their recent August UK trip.
Ellen and Portia’s royal visit
Ellen was there to talk about the conservation work Prince Harry and Duchess Meghan have been focusing on, because Ellen has her own gorilla sanctuary in Rwanda, and apparently they all wanted to work on a project together.
In a promo for an upcoming Ellen episode, the popular TV personality spilled the beans on her royal visit.
“Here’s a sentence I thought I’d never say, but I spent the afternoon with Prince Harry and Meghan,” Ellen reveals, noting that as delightful as the new royal parents are, it was really all about Archie for her.
“I can’t tell you how sweet they are, but the most important thing is I got to hold Archie, little Archie. I fed Archie, I held Archie.”
“He weighs 15 pounds, which is, the exchange rate, is $17 here,” she quipped. “He looks like Harry — and he had more hair than I did at the time.”
Naw cute. From the scant photos we’ve seen, we thought he looked a lot like his daddy too!
It’s such a relief to hear some kind and gentle commentary about this little family. It’s clear that there’s a real push to shift the tone of chatter surrounding Meghan and Harry, in the wake of the constant – and pretty disgusting and racist – criticism the pair are facing.
Invoking Diana
High profile pals of the pair are speaking out in defence of them, and the royal social media accounts are this week sharing images of the princes with their much-loved mum Princess Diana, perhaps in the hopes that ‘invoking Diana’ might shock some sense into the critics and trolls. Or as a reminder of how wrong things can go when the press and critics hound the royals.
It’s clear that all this nastiness is taking a toll. Meghan popped back to the US for a bolstering visit with her friends late last week. She was photographed – and criticised – watching her friend Serena Williams play in the US Open and apparently even managed a yoga session (with the general public).
“How high the underprivileged have soared”
Meanwhile, in the press, things have gone from bad to worse for new mama Meg.
UK magazine Tatler named her as the world’s “Top Social Riser” in what was really a thinly-veiled take-down, which extended to a much-commented on and very nasty Instagram post (now deleted).
“Just cast an eye on today’s Society and you’ll soon see how high the underprivileged have soared,” the snotty jerks at Tatler wrote in a piece which also dubs Jerry Hall and Robbie Williams’ six-year-old daughter social risers.
“The pinnacle of the greasy pole,” Tatler writes in reference to Duchess Meghan. “Not quite a rags to riches tale (she was privately educated and her scapegrace father won an Emmy for lighting direction)” referring to the Duchess as a “tungsten toughie”.
Sigh.
“Down to earth”
Ellen is doing her part to stick up for Harry and Meg, explaining that they are lovely and really don’t deserve the treatment they’re getting. (And actually who would?!)
“I just want to say it was an honour for them to meet me. Seriously, they are so amazing – the cutest couple and so down to earth,” Ellen said recently on Twitter.
“I hate it – I see them get attacked and it’s not fair. They are two of the most down-to-earth compassionate people, they’re doing so much good for the world.”
“Portia and I talked to them about all the conservation they are doing for wildlife,” she continued.
“They are doing all this work in Botswana for elephants and I love that, and they like what I’m doing for the gorillas in Rwanda so we’re gonna all do something together.”
“Imagine being attacked for everything you do, when all you’re trying to do is make the world better …”
Who can blame this couple if they DO decide to do what the press is reporting – to move to the US, far away from the British media’s constant scathing commentary.
