The Duke and Duchess of Sussex were seen arriving at an Atlanta airport on Sunday after a short vacation in the Caribbean. On the tarmac, the couple was dressed casually for their plane ride, with Prince Harry sporting a baseball cap and Meghan holding her hat.
Meghan was spotted carrying a shopping bag that read “Cream of the Islands.” The bag, which is now sold out but retailed for $10 on the online store for Seven Council Fires Native Art, is one of the “authentic Caribbean upcycled feed and flour sack shopping bags made by Alethea John and her mother, Bernice John.”
According to the site, “Alethea has a little shop, the A&B Boutique, on the island of Bequia that has been hit hard by significantly reduced tourism due to Covid. Your purchase is truly appreciated!”
Meghan, 42, and Prince Harry, 39, made their most recent public appearance last week in New York City to mark World Mental Health Day. In their Archewell Foundation’s first in-person event, they joined a panel of parents that highlighted their own role as parents to son Prince Archie, 4, and daughter Princess Lilibet, 2.
The summit, called “The Archewell Foundation Parents’ Summit: Mental Wellness in a Digital Age,” featured parents who have experienced tragic loss connected to their child’s social media use. Meghan and Harry have been working with the parents involved in the event behind the scenes.
“I can’t start without thanking all the parents, the mothers, and fathers for being with us physically today, but also being on this journey with us for the last year, creating this community of shared experience,” Harry said after taking the stage with Meghan for the panel.
“We know it’s not easy for you guys to be here, so thank you very much,” he continued.
The Duke and Duchess of Sussex both touched on how becoming parents inspired them to make the digital world a better place.
“I think for us, for myself and my wife, with kids growing up in a digital age, the priority here is to again turn pain into purpose and provide as much support as well as a spotlight and a platform for these parents to come together, to heal, to grieve and to also collectively focus on solutions so that no other family anywhere has to go through what they’ve been through,” Prince Harry said during the discussion.
Meghan added, “Being a mom is the most important thing in my entire life — outside, of course, being a wife to this one,” gesturing to Harry. “But I will say I feel fortunate that our children are at an age, again quite young, so this isn’t in our immediate future, but I also feel frightened at how it’s continuing to change and this will be in front of us.”
