Meghan Markle launches Spotify show with Serena Williams
THE first episode of Archetypes features Serena Williams, who recently announced her plans to retire from pro tennis, talking with Meghan Markle about the double standards women face when they are labelled “ambitious”.
The Duchess of Sussex’s weekly podcast is available on Spotify worldwide. Archetypes is the first series to land on Spotify under the streaming service’s exclusive deal with Markle and Prince Harry’s Archewell Audio. In the series, Markle will have “uncensored conversations” with guests, uncover the origin of stereotypes about women and how they shape narratives in the culture.
Markle revealed to Williams a horrifying incident during her and
Prince Harry’s official visit to South Africa. A blaze occurred in 2019 when the Duke and Duchess of Sussex visited the Nyanga township for an official talk while Archie, then 4 months old, was looked after by the staff.
She said: “We finished the engagement, we get in the car and they say: ‘There’s been a fire at the residence’.” A stunned Williams said: “What?” She said: “We’d just landed an hour, two hours before. We raced back, and our amazing nanny Lauren, who we’d had flown all the way from Canada to here, was in floods of tears.”
She said their nanny was preparing to put Archie to bed for his nap when she decided to bring him with her at the last minute so she could get a snack. “In that amount of time that she went downstairs, the heater in the nursery caught fire.”