From Vanity Fair’s “Dynasty”: Can Harry and Meghan’s Hollywood Dream Last?
Critics at Large | The New Yorker
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🗓️ 25 July 2024
⏱️ 47 minutes
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Summary
Critics at Large is off this week. In the meantime, enjoy a recent episode from Vanity Fair’s “Dynasty,” hosted by the executive editor Claire Howorth, along with the correspondents Katie Nicholl and Erin Vanderhoof. It’s been four years since Meghan Markle and Prince Harry walked away from their royal roles, sparking an endless stream of media attention and second-guessing from tabloids in the U.K. In the time since, the Duke and Duchess of Sussex have been carving out a semi-royal path in the court of Montecito, California. They’ve struck big-ticket Hollywood deals worth millions of dollars. Is their newfound celebrity status sustainable?
To discover more from “Dynasty” and other Vanity Fair podcasts, visit vanityfair.com/podcasts.
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| 0:00.0 | Hi, it's Nomi. |
| 0:02.3 | Alex Vincent and I are taking a break this week on critics at large, and we wanted to share a podcast with you from over at Vanity Fair. |
| 0:10.3 | Dynasty, the royal family's most challenging year, takes a look at how the Windsors have navigated multiple cancer diagnoses, family rifts, and fallout for the international social media meltdown known as Kategate. |
| 0:23.0 | It's a four-part series and each episode looks at a different contingent of the British royal family. |
| 0:28.7 | The episode we want to share with you today is a deep dive into Harry and Megan. |
| 0:32.8 | Vanity Fair's top royal correspondents dig into Harry and Megan's life in Montecito, California, where they |
| 0:38.6 | set themselves up more celebrities than royalty. If you follow this stuff, you know the Rift |
| 0:44.0 | is a huge deal and very contentious. You know, this is the kind of stuff I live for. And the |
| 0:49.2 | episode itself is a juicy insight look at everything going on behind the scenes. Follow Dynasty, the Royal Family's |
| 0:55.9 | most challenging year, wherever you get your podcasts. Welcome to Dynasty, the Royal Family's |
| 1:04.4 | most challenging year. I'm executive editor Claire Howorth, and I'm joined again by my favorite |
| 1:09.1 | royals experts, Katie Nichol and Aaron Vanderhoff. |
| 1:11.9 | Hey, Claire. Hey, Katie. Hey, girls. In this four-part mini-season, we're looking at the individual |
| 1:18.4 | members of the royal family. The effect that this year of crises has had on their public image, |
| 1:23.1 | and on each of them as human beings. So far, we've taken a close look at Prince William, King Charles, and Queen Camilla. |
| 1:30.5 | The surprising sides of them we've seen this year and the modern monarchy that they represent. |
| 1:36.8 | But there's an obvious gap in this new monarchy. |
| 1:39.3 | Two people are missing from the picture. |
| 1:41.4 | Four, actually. |
| 1:42.6 | And their absence cannot be ignored. Of course, we are talking about the picture. Four, actually. And their absence cannot be ignored. |
| 1:45.1 | Of course, we are talking about the Sussex's Harry and Megan. |
| 1:49.7 | And Archie and Lillivet, of course. |
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