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- The Sun popularized the term but it actually predates the couple’s departure by years. It existed as a hashtag on Twitter as early as 2018 where it was used by people who disliked Meghan – the first Black woman to join Britain’s monarchy – and did not want her to be part of the royal family, and were calling for her to leave.
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Megxit is a play on the term 'Brexit' and refers to Prince Harry and his wife Meghan stepping back as members of the British royal family. It derives from Meg (han) + (e)xit; influenced by Brexit, [33] which was the withdrawal of the United Kingdom from the European Union and the European Atomic Energy Community at the end of January 2020.
Feb 27, 2020 · Amid a whirlwind courtship, Meghan faced scrutiny, rules, and racist treatment from parts of the British press. While the trouble started soon after the confetti had been swept from the steps of ...
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- October 2019: Meghan and Prince Harry announce holiday "break" The first hint of Meghan and Prince Harry leaving their working royal roles came in October 2019, when the couple announced they were taking six weeks off to spend some valuable "family time" together and with son Archie Harrison, who was born in May 2019.
- January 8, 2020: Meghan and Prince Harry reveal intentions to "step back" from working royal roles. Just one day after their visit to Canada House in London to thank them for their warm hospitality and support during their stay on Vancouver Island, Meghan and Prince Harry announced they intended to "step back as senior members of the Royal Family" and split their time between the U.K.
- January 13, 2020: Sandringham Summit. Prince Harry, his father Prince Charles and his brother Prince William met with Queen Elizabeth's at Sandringham, her country home, to discuss Harry and Meghan's announcement in what became known as the "Sandringham Summit."
- March 2020: Meghan and Prince Harry make their final round of royal engagements. It's announced that March 31 will officially mark Meghan and Prince Harry's exit from royal life and the beginning of their one-year transitional period.
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When Meghan married Harry in a much-watched ceremony in 2018, dozens of articles were published about what her biracial identity meant to black womenin Britain and the U.S. alike. British writer Afua Hirsch called the nuptials, which featured a gospel choir and a sermon by the African-American Episcopal Reverend Michael Curry, a “celebration of bla...
With the blessing of Queen Elizabeth, Meghan and Harry are now primed to lead a much different life than Prince William — who is second in line to the throne — and his wife, Kate. A Buzzfeed article that went viral last week compared headlines about Meghan and her sister-in-law, showcasing the stark differencesin how the two women have been covered...
As an American, Meghan grew up in a country that still grapples with its own history of racism, which plays out in almost every institution in the country, from public schools to the justice system, all the way to the White House. But Abbey said that this condition has made some members of the U.S. news media more adept at having frank conversation...
Jan 19, 2020 · Harry and Meghan will step back from royal duties in Spring 2020. Here's how the entire 'Megxit' saga unfolded.
"MEGXIT" the front page of the Murdoch-owned, Brexit-supporting tabloid The Sun, which first broke the story, screamed. While pithy, it was hardly original having emerged on Twitter hours before.
Jan 15, 2020 · LONDON — It started with the catchword “Megxit,” a tabloid editor’s clever play on Brexit, published in The Sun soon after Prince Harry and his wife, Meghan, announced their plans to leave...
