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- culture
- August 24, 2022
Meghan shares details of fire in Archie's nursery
Meghan described the scare in the first episode of her "Archetypes" podcast.
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The duo revealed that Meghan's husband Harry helped counsel Williams as she considered her next career move.
\"Yeah, but you knew about it for a long time, and I talked with Harry about it a lot as well, when you know…\" Williams said.
\"I remember that day you were here at the house and I was like, 'What are you two just chatting about?' It must have been like an hour,\" Meghan replied.
\"He was trying to knock some sense into me and I'm just like 'Uh,'\" said Williams.
\"I think, you know, I think both of us, or the three of us, really know that sometimes the right decision isn't the easiest decision,\" said Meghan. \"It's a hard decision. And it takes a lot of thought and a lot of counsel and a lot of support to just go, 'uh uh uh' and then just make the choice.\"
Harry and Meghan made the decision to step down from their roles as senior working royals in 2020 and now live in California with their children Archie and Lilibet.
Williams also credited the Sussexes with supporting her as she transitions away from tennis. Williams wrote in a Vogue essay this month that she hopes to expand her family with husband Alexis Ohanian and devote more time to her tech investment firm, Serena Ventures.
Meghan has been courtside at several of Williams' matches over the years, including at Wimbledon and at the U.S. Open in 2019, when she took a last-minute flight from London to New York to watch Williams play in the women's final.
\"I also just wanted you to just understand what it meant to have your support and for H's support, for everything,\" said Williams. \"Because it's been, it's been hard, you know, like you've been in the locker rooms where I've been really down and debating why am I even doing this? But ultimately, I love what I do and that's why I'm still doing it. And it's good to have a chance to go out there and have a nice goodbye, but [I] definitely will be very emotional.\"
Earlier in the episode, Harry surprised the two, making a quick cameo that was caught on camera.
\"Look who just popped in,\" Meghan said, inviting her husband to join the conversation.
Meghan and Williams both greeted Harry in faux British accents, prompting the group to laugh.
Harry then complimented Williams' hair, saying it was a \"great vibe,\" and invited her to visit the family soon.
Meghan's new podcast is the first original podcast series produced as part of the Sussexes' multi-year partnership with Spotify, which was announced in December 2020.
At the time the deal was announced, Spotify said the couple would be both hosting and producing podcasts with the goal of building \"community through shared experience, narratives and values.\"
The partnership with Spotify falls under the couple's production company, Archewell Audio.
Meghan's next episode of \"Archetypes\" will feature a conversation with music icon Mariah Carey, and is set to be released next week.
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