Entitled ‘The Misconception of Ambition with Serena Williams’, the Duchess of Sussex spoke to the tennis legend, who is one of her close friends, about the double standards women face when labeled as ‘ambitious’. She also spoke of the “pain” she suffered “behind closed doors” – and revealed her son Archie escaped a fire in his bedroom where he was supposed to be sleeping during the Sussexes’ tour of South Africa. Meghan also criticized palace staff for forcing her to continue the tour despite the incident which left her in tears. The Duchess said she “never personally remembers feeling the negative connotation behind the word ambitious until I started dating my now-husband” and said it was “really hard to feel” that negativity. He added: “And obviously ambition is a terrible, terrible thing. For a woman that is, according to some.’ Meghan, who now lives in California with Harry and their two children, also complained of a misconception “that if you’re an ambitious woman you have an agenda, you have to be calculating or selfish or aggressive or a mountaineer,” adding that “the notion of ambition comes with many judgments and nuances – especially for women.” A photo of Meghan Markle has been released with the first episode of her ‘Archetypes’ podcast which was released today on Spotify Entitled ‘The Misconception of Ambition with Serena Williams’, the Duchess of Sussex spoke to the tennis star on the podcast Megan said, “Now, look, I’m not Catholic. I was not raised Catholic. But about a year into my letter writing campaign, I started high school at Immaculate Heart (in Los Angeles). I stayed there, until high school. I was there for six years. And this feminist ideology seeped into almost every aspect of my education. “It’s probably safe to say in every aspect of my life. This message to me and my classmates was clear: our future as young women was limitless. Ambition. Well, that was the whole point.

“There was a fire in Archie’s room – and what should we do? Go out and have another official engagement?’: Meghan Markle tells Archetypes podcast how nursery heater caught fire during South Africa tour while son Sussex was down

Meghan Markle has revealed how her son Archie narrowly escaped a fire that broke out in his bedroom during the Sussexes’ tour of South Africa. Speaking on the first episode of the Archetypes podcast, which launched today, the 41-year-old Duchess said the boy’s nanny had taken the four-and-a-half-month-old with her when she went to get a snack. It was then, while she and Prince Harry were engaged, that the heater in his bedroom burned out, setting the nursery on fire. Meghan revealed: “During the time she went downstairs, the heater in the nursery caught fire. There was no smoke detector. “Someone happened to smell smoke in the hallway, went in, put out the fire. He was supposed to be sleeping in there.’ The former Suits star told how they left their young son at the accommodation unit they were staying in for a sleepover soon after arriving on their official tour, with Meghan and the Duke of Sussex leaving to pay a visit to Nyanga township, where the duchess uttered a speech. “It was this moment where I’m standing on a tree stump and I’m giving this speech to women and girls, and we finish the engagement, get in the car and they say there’s a house fire. What? There’s a fire in the baby’s room,” he said. Megan added: “We’re back. And, of course, as a mother, you’re like, “Oh my God, what?”. Everyone has cried, everyone has been shaken. And what should we do? Go out and have another formal engagement? I said, “That doesn’t make any sense.” “So I don’t ever remember personally feeling the negative connotation behind the word ambitious until I started dating my now-husband. And obviously ambition is a terrible, terrible thing. For a woman that is, according to some. “So after feeling the negativity behind it, it’s really hard to feel. I can’t even tell it to the millions of girls and women who make themselves smaller, so smaller on a regular basis. “So I wanted to talk to someone who embodies the spirit of aspiration to see how she thinks about the word and what it means, and how the many other labels that affect all women have affected her.” Speaking to Williams, Meghan also said: “In our friendship when you have to see things that are bad about me, but you experience behind closed doors the pain that I go through. “What I think is so interesting is that even though this is on a world stage, I don’t know if this is very different for any woman. If you are in a small town and you see someone say something about your best friend that is completely untrue, how do you feel. “Thinking about them, like the Archetypes, but they’re the kind of things you and I talk about so much, these boxes and these labels – the things we’ve both been called to and seen each other to be called another”. Meghan added: “As you heard in my conversation with my dear friend, the concept of ambition comes with many judgments and nuances – especially for women. “The misconception that if you’re an ambitious woman, you have an agenda, you have to be calculating or selfish or aggressive or a mountaineer. “And that if you’re that fierce or strong or brave, then you somehow deserve whatever comes your way – no matter how disproportionate or unfair it is, even when it’s more than most people could handle. Most men, most anyone.’ Speaking about her guests – which will include Mariah Carey next week – Meghan said: “They’ve all sort of borne the brunt of the labels we’re going to pick, and of course I know a thing or two about those labels myself the same.’ Meghan, 41, and Williams, 40, also shared personal stories about the struggles they faced as new mothers. At one stage, the Duchess told how her son Archie escaped a fire in his bedroom where he was supposed to be sleeping during the Sussexes’ tour of South Africa. Archie’s nanny at the time, named only as Lauren, had taken the four-and-a-half-month-old downstairs with her while she went to get a snack when, meanwhile, the heater in the nursery caught fire. Megan said: “During the time she went downstairs, the heater in the nursery caught fire. There was no smoke detector. Someone just smelled smoke in the hallway, went in, put out the fire. He was supposed to be sleeping in there.’ The former Suits star told how they left their young son at the accommodation unit they were staying in for a sleepover soon after arriving on their official tour, with Meghan and the Duke of Sussex leaving to pay a visit to Nyanga township, where the duchess uttered a speech. Prince Harry and Meghan Markle at the Invictus Games The Hague 2020 at Zuiderpark in the Netherlands on April 16, 2022 Meghan Markle and Serena Williams in New York in 2014 “It was this moment where I’m standing on a tree stump and I’m giving this speech to women and girls, and we finish the engagement, get in the car and they say there’s a house fire. What? There’s a fire in the baby’s room,” he said.

Prince Harry tells Serena Williams her hair is a “feeling” and invites her to “come see us” as he makes an impromptu appearance on wife Meghan Markle’s podcast chat with the tennis ace BFF.

Prince Harry tells Serena Williams her hair is a “feeling” and invites her to “come see us” as he makes an impromptu appearance on wife Meghan Markle’s podcast chat with the tennis ace BFF. Prince Harry made an impromptu appearance on his wife Meghan Markle’s much-anticipated Spotify podcast. Entitled The Misconception of Ambition with Serena Williams, Meghan talks to her close friend and tennis superstar Williams about the double standards women face when labeled as ‘ambitious’. Harry appeared in the episode, with Meghan saying: ‘Do you want to come and say hello? Look who just walked in. Meghan and Williams greeted Harry with ‘hi’s’ in British accents, with Prince Harry telling Williams: ‘I love what you’ve done with your hair. This is a great atmosphere.” Williams replied: “Thank you. Nice to see you as always, I miss you guys.” The Duke said: “Come and see us,” with Meghan saying they will make a plan. As Harry left, Meghan remarked, “Thank you my love.” Megan added: “We’re back. And, of course, as a mother, you’re like, “Oh my God, what?”. Everyone has cried, everyone has been shaken. And what should we do? Go out and have another formal engagement? I said, “That doesn’t make any sense.” Harry also appears in the episode, with Meghan saying: “Do you want to come and say hello? Look who just walked in. Meghan and Williams greet Harry with ‘Hello’ in British accents, with Harry telling Williams: ‘I love what you’ve done with your hair. This is a great atmosphere.” Williams replies: “Thank you. Nice to see you as always, I miss you guys.” The duke replies “Come see us”, with Meghan saying they will make a plan. As Harry leaves, Meghan comments, “Thank you, love.” Williams also revealed that Harry helped her decide to retire from tennis long before it was announced, spending about an hour discussing the matter with her. Meghan, who stepped down from the monarchy as a senior member of the royal family, said: “I think, you know, I think both or three of us, we really know that sometimes the right decision is not the easiest decision.” He told Williams: “It takes a lot of courage, I think, too, to stop something in a lot of ways than to go on sometimes.” The Archewell Foundation announced earlier this year that the pair’s podcast on Spotify would finally debut this summer – 18 months…