Prince Harry and Meghan's staff issue statement following Duke's tell-all book
Staff at Prince Harry and Meghan Markle's post-royal charity foundation have released a gushing statement congratulating their boss on the success of his tell-all memoir, Spare.
The couple’s team at Archewell used the 'News' section of their website to send a message to the Prince after his book broke records by selling more than 1.4 million copies on its first day of publication.
They wrote: "A huge congratulations to Prince Harry on the release of his memoir, Spare. As your team, we are proud to stand beside you, and celebrate you as the world finally hears your story in your words.
"Thank you for your courage, honesty, humor, and light. You've inspired us all."
They signed the message off "with admiration", before signing it, "Your staff and team at Archewell and The Private Office of The Duke & Duchess of Sussex."
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Harry's highly-anticipated memoir didn’t disappoint, with Harry sharing intimate details of his personal and royal life.
The couple have a loyal team working for them in the US (Getty Images)
Spare was a massive hit (Getty Images)He revealed how he lost his virginity and spoke about the infamous Vegas photos of him in in the nude. He also recalled the days following his mother’s death and spoke openly about the therapy he sought.
Writing about more recent events, he detailed private meetings including tense conversations with the Prince and Princess of Wales and his late grandmother, the Queen.
The Duke and Duchess of Sussex set up Archewell as an umbrella organisation for their post-royal work after leaving the UK in 2020.
It’s the home of their charity work as well as their deals with Spotify and Netflix.
The website states: “At Archewell, we unleash the power of compassion to drive systemic cultural change.”
Archewell is named after the couple's firstborn, Archie (Archewell.com)Last month it was reported that the couple have said goodbye to two members of their loyal team.
The head of their Archewell Productions marketing team, Fara Taylor, has stepped down along with their internal head of content, Ben Browning.
Both worked in Harry and Meghan's controversial docuseries and neither is being replaced.
Ashley Hansen, Archewell's head of communication, told that both “exceeded expectations and made their mark within the cultural zeitgeist”.
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She said Harry and Meghan were “hugely grateful” for their support on the “vital look-back projects”.
Last week Archewell shared a 24-page report detailing the causes it has helped since its foundation in 2020, including Covid vaccines and Afghan refugees.
Harry share private details from royal life in his book, Spare (Getty Images)Cash was also donated to the World Central Kitchen as well as to a project to build a playground in Uvalde, Texas, where a gun massacre took place in a school last year killing 19 children and two teachers.
The Archewell Foundation "impact report" does not contain any accounts or figures on how much exactly has been donated to charities and organisations.
However, Omid Scobie, a favoured journalist of Harry and Meghan, tweeted: 'The Sussexes’ Archewell Foundation has released its 2020-22 'Impact Report'.
"In their first year of operation, they raised $ 13million and distributed $3million in grants across areas including vaccine equity, relief centres, refugee resettlement, and building better online world."
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In a breakdown in the report, Archewell, named after Harry and Meghan's son Archie, says it helped to procure 12.66million Covid vaccines for people throughout the world thanks to its partnership with Global Citizen.
It also says it helped almost 8,000 people flee Afghanistan following the Taliban takeover in the summer of 2021 and dished out 50,000 meals through the World Central Kitchen following climate disasters in Puerto Rico and Dominica.
The foundation also partnered with the City of Uvalde and Kaboom to create a play space for children. In the days following the massacre,
Meanwhile, the report also says that Archwell has helped fund 13 academic fellows "address society's most urgent concerns surrounding social media' at Harvard's Institute for Rebooting Social Media".
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