About the Nanny(s)...
The predominantly white community of Woodland Hills that Meghan lived in when she was a toddler was not always welcoming to Doria. Meghan described her mother’s hurt at often being confused for her nanny because her skin tone was darker than her daughter’s......
On the anniversary of their first year of marriage, Harry and Meghan enjoyed a traditional Sunday lunch with Doria, her last meal before traveling back to LA. Her five weeks at Frogmore had flown by, but she had to get back to work......
As a friend said, “Meg has taken to motherhood like a duck to water, but it definitely helped having Doria with her to double-check things with. It’s all so new to her.”.....
(And as soon as Doria goes, they immediately need a nanny. Think we can tell what Doria had to do during her five long weeks.)
Although Harry and Meghan had initially chosen to forgo a full-time nanny, Doria had just flown back to LA, and so they decided to hire a night nurse to establish a sleep schedule and be an extra pair of helping hands. But their time with the couple was brief. Meghan and Harry were forced to let the nurse go in the middle of her second night of work for being unprofessional and irresponsible....
(So that's Nanny number 1 fired. In the middle of the night! Drama!)
The new parents went on to hire a second night nurse, who did a fine job, but because of the incident with the first nurse, neither found themselves comfortable sleeping through the night without going to check on Archie regularly. After a few weeks, they decided to take on the nights themselves and went without a night nurse entirely. Instead, they hired a nanny to work weekdays. The nanny joined Harry and Meghan’s Frogmore staff, which consisted of an assistant and a housekeeper, neither of whom were live-in. Harry and Meghan had agreed they didn’t want their home filled with staff. Harry had seen that situation at William’s home (the Cambridges had a live-in housekeeper and a full-time, live-in nanny), and didn’t want the same for his own family. He and Meghan liked the idea that when they went to bed at night, it was just the three of them in the house. Cozy and private...
(Confirmation of Nanny Number 2 - the second night nurse. Then they hired Nanny Number 3 for weekdays)
(Having a nanny, assistant and housekeeper is OK but if the housekeeper and nanny live-in, suddenly that's a 'house filled with staff'. But wait.. what's going on in Canada? Look, they've got a live-in housekeeper and nanny, just like William and Catherine!)
Mille Fleurs—the Vancouver property in North Saanich, close to Victoria, British Columbia—with two private beaches on four acres of land, provided a tranquil landing for the shell-shocked couple. Doria’s visit for the Thanksgiving holiday was much welcomed. (Despite reports in the press that she had quit her job, she took only a brief vacation to spend with them.) Through December, their days were spent mostly enjoying quiet family time with just the three of them. They took long walks outside with both of their dogs (which traveled over with the couple). Though they had a housekeeper and a nanny, the couple did most of the cooking, making great use of the pizza oven in the mansion’s kitchen. On a couple of occasions, Harry and Meghan had a date night at the Deep Cove Chalet restaurant.
(So just the three of them. And the housekeeper. And the nanny. And the security team. And their business manager, lawyers, PR team...)
None of the nannies have names, incidentally, or a single little detail that humanises them. That's not normal for a relationship between mum and nanny/au pair, who are generally treated as pretty close to one of the family. Apologies for the long post!
I don’t think shes going to like my reply
I have a sugar neighbour, she txt last night to arrange coffee this week, if she arrives with that book I have a nice spot waiting for it....
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