Prince Harry and Meghan's pivot to authenticity has major problem (Newsweek)

An article here from Jack Royston in Newsweek from yesterday. In it he mentions the:

The Duke and Duchess of Sussex's Archewell Foundation conducted interviews with 106 young people aged 10 to 25 across the United States, United Kingdom, Australia, Canada and Panama to find out what they look for in leaders.

And it found that young people have grown tired of the inauthenticity of influencer culture, preferring role models who are not motivated by profit and make an impact for causes they care passionately about.

Jack mentions the report highlights the importance of authenticity to young people. This he says is in stark contrast to the many criticisms levelled at the couple in their post-royal lives.

He says:

In fact, certain passages of the report could serve as a convincing explanation of the couple's decline in public opinion during the years in which audiences appeared to grow tired of their narrative about the royal rift.

Then it's a Sussex source (naturally) who manages to get a pointed dig in.

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Looking at the 'work' they've done to make money it's been things like Spare and Netflix. All of which has been at the expense of the RF's reputation. It's a living I guess, yet someone's gotta do it!

The report concludes that "four consistent themes emerge in how youth define leadership in the digital age," which are that "true leadership is about authenticity and credibility," that "true leadership is not about money or followers," that "true leaders take action and show impact, and that "true leadership often starts offline."

"In an online world flooded with 'fake' personas and curated perfection, authenticity is the gold standard for true leadership," the report states.

Therefore, meghan's IG which is stagnating at 4.2 million is perfectly fine. She is showing true leadership because it isn't about who has the most followers. 😏