Go Back To The Royals, Harry & Meghan, Where You Can Really Do Some Good
The launch of Brand Sussex has to go down as one of the most ill-timed in marketing history.
And, every day deeper into the coronavirus pandemic, Prince Harry and Meghan Markle’s chances of becoming a big deal in their independent lives are diminishing.
Of course, they had no way of knowing back in November that their much-publicized departure from Britain would coincide with a deadly, global pandemic.
But, they have missed a royal chance, so to speak, to play the useful, high-profile role that would have been the perfect segue into the lives they envision for themselves.
And it’s likely that they know it, too.
COVID-19 has given the royal family an opportunity to do what it ideally does best: participate, inspire and sympathize.
Its efforts are being led by the woman at the top: Queen Elizabeth II.
People would certainly excuse her if she played a lesser part. She recently turned 94, and is a member of the age group thought to be most at risk from COVID-19.
Yet, with her “chin up” speeches, she has become the leader the world has most desperately needed in this terrible time of illness. They’ve book-ended the role she played during World War II…
