Duchess of Sussex to seem on Her Best Life podcast

Meghan, Duchess of Sussex, will headline a weekend retreat in April, hosted by the Her Best Life podcast, based by Gemma O’Neill and Jackie “O” Henderson.

The Sydney occasion will likely be held throughout a go to to Australia by the Duke and Duchess of Sussex, described by their workplace as a “series of private, business, and philanthropic engagements”.

The engagement was confirmed by Her Best Life podcast host O’Neill on Wednesday and comes after a number of native information shops speculated concerning the rumoured look. Henderson co-hosted the present alongside O’Neill till just lately, when Henderson introduced she would “step away” from the podcast in an episode that aired on February 3.

The occasion will likely be held from April 17 to 19 on the InterContinental Sydney Coogee Beach.

The price ticket to attend? Early chicken tickets begin at an eye-watering $2,699 per particular person, whereas the VIP expertise, which features a group desk photograph with Meghan, prices $3,199.

Meghan would be the occasion’s headline visitor speaker.

On the podcast episode the place she introduced the information, O’Neill revealed the occasion got here collectively because of a mutual pal she shares with Meghan, who had linked her with Meghan’s crew. “I feel so flattered because she’s effectively doing this as a favour because of our mutual friend, and she’s doing it because she really loves what our community is about,” O’Neill stated.

O’Neill confirmed in Wednesday’s episode that Henderson wouldn’t be a part of her to interview the duchess. “I spoke to Jackie about it, this was a few months ago now, and I tried to beg her to come and do it, or I tried to beg her to take over the event, and she was adamant, she said, ‘No, Gemma, you need to do this yourself, this is meant to be for you,’” O’Neill defined.

Henderson has engaged legal professionals over a separate subject, after KIIS FM’s house owners terminated her $10 million-a-year contract, with the radio host declaring she didn’t resign from her present with Kyle Sandilands. Last week, she launched an announcement by way of her supervisor, O’Neill, saying: “I am deeply saddened by the events of the past week and the possibility of the show ending. This has come as a shock to me, as it has to everyone else.

“The current media narrative does not reflect what actually occurred, and it has been truly heartbreaking to see how this has unfolded. At this stage, I am unable to say anything further, as I am addressing this through the appropriate legal channels.”

Harry and Meghan’s go to is the primary time the couple has been in Australia since 2018. They will go to Sydney and Melbourne through the journey. Their youngsters, Prince Archie, 6, and Princess Lilibet, 4, are usually not anticipated to accompany them on the journey.

The occasion is described as a retreat for “dynamic women”, throughout which Meghan and O’Neill will “talk about life, parenting, relationships, building a global business and navigating a public persona.”

O’Neill is uniquely positioned to discover these layers of Meghan’s life; for greater than a decade, O’Neill was primarily based within the US working for Australian actress Nicole Kidman, as each her assistant and, later, a artistic government at Kidman’s manufacturing firm Blossom Films.

Returning to Australia, O’Neill labored briefly in radio once more earlier than shifting into administration and enterprise improvement. She and Henderson, finest referred to as Jackie O, are companions within the Her Best Life podcast and its related ventures.

The Australian tour announcement comes just a few days after Netflix confirmed it had withdrawn as a “passive partner” in Meghan’s life-style model, As Ever. The duchess launched the model a yr in the past, with a line of meals merchandise, together with jam, honey, tea and baking mixes.

Netflix aired two seasons of a associated tv sequence, With Love, fronted by the duchess, in 2025. A vacation particular was aired in December. No further episodes are anticipated.

“We are glad to have played a role in bringing that vision to life,” a Netflix spokesperson stated. “As it was always intended, Meghan will continue growing the brand and take it into its next chapter independently.”

The Sussexes’ go to to Australia will come within the wake of one other royal tour: King Frederik X and Queen Mary of Denmark will likely be right here for a six-day state go to from March 14, together with stops within the Northern Territory, ACT, Victoria, and Tasmania.

There can also be persistent hypothesis that the Prince and Princess of Wales, from whom the Sussexes are notably estranged, are additionally planning a go to to Australia with their youngsters later in 2026.

The Sussexes final visited Australia in October 2018. In his memoir, Spare, Prince Harry wrote concerning the intense response to his spouse. “Everywhere we went, enormous crowds turned out, and she didn’t disappoint them. All across Australia, Tonga, Fiji, New Zealand, she dazzled.”

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