Harry and Meghan had been invited to Jamaica by Paramount boss
Prince Harry and Meghan Markle’s journey to Jamaica for the Bob Marley movie premiere got here after the household of Paramount boss Brian Robbins invited them, it has emerged.
The Duke and Duchess of Sussex are associates with the household of Mr Robbins, a supply advised MailOnline. The father-of-three is the chief government of each Paramount Pictures and Nickelodeon, and lives together with his stylist spouse Tracy James in Los Angeles.
The supply stated Harry and Meghan ‘have lengthy been followers of Bob Marley’s music and message’ and ‘have a private friendship with the Robbins household, who invited them’.
The couple had been ‘delighted to attend’ the screening of One Love – which celebrates the late reggae singer’s life – in Kingston on Tuesday evening, the supply added.
The Sussexes’ friendship with the Robbins household is notable given Harry and Meghan are looking for new types of earnings, with their £80million Netflix deal expiring subsequent 12 months and their £15million Spotify contract having ended early final June.
It can be intriguing that Paramount owns Comedy Central which airs South Park. An episode of the present final February entitled ‘The Worldwide Privacy Tour’ mockingly depicted Harry and Meghan on a publicity blitz to advertise Harry’s guide, ‘Waaagh’.
Mr Robbins is a pal to many Hollywood stars and was seen posing with Tina Fey and Lindsay Lohan on the Mean Girls premiere in New York only a fortnight in the past.
Prince Harry and Meghan Markle pose with Brian Robbins, the president and chief government of Paramount Pictures and Nickelodeon, and his spouse Tracy James, in Kingston on Tuesday evening
The Duke and Duchess with Paramount boss Brian Robbins and spouse Tracy James on Tuesday
Paramount owns Comedy Central which airs South Park. An episode final February entitled ‘The Worldwide Privacy Tour’ mockingly depicted Harry and Meghan on a publicity blitz
Prince Harry and Meghan Markle with Jamaica’s Prime Minister Andrew Holness and his spouse Juliet on Tuesday for the premiere of Bob Marley: One Love on the Carib Theatre in Kingston
They had been additionally pictured alongside Jamaican prime minister Andrew Holness, who needs to make Jamaica a republic – with a referendum set to be held later this 12 months.
Mr Holness advised the now-Prince and Princess of Wales throughout their 2022 tour to the Caribbean that his nation is ‘transferring on’ and intends to ‘fulfil our true ambitions and future as an unbiased, developed, affluent nation’.
The Sussexes’ look got here as Harry’s father, the King, prepares to bear hospital remedy for an enlarged prostate, and Kate stays in hospital after belly surgical procedure.
With different observers nonetheless ready for a press release from the Sussexes about Charles and Kate being in hospital, royal commentator Phil Dampier advised MailOnline: ‘It appears Harry and Meghan will flip up on the opening of an envelope as of late.
‘Under regular circumstances there could be nothing mistaken with them going to a movie premiere. But at a time when his father goes beneath the knife and Jamaica is making noises about ditching the monarchy, that is somewhat insensitive.’
The Sussexes pose on the occasion on Tuesday evening with Marlene Malahoo Forte, Jamaica’s minister for authorized and constitutional affairs, who stated final 12 months that Jamaica may quickly ‘sever ties’ with the monarchy, as a result of it was time for the nation’s future to be ‘in Jamaican arms’
Harry and Meghan sit within the theatre in Kingston on Tuesday as they attend the movie premiere
Prince Harry and Meghan Markle on the crimson carpet premiere for the Bob Marley movie on Tuesday
Prince Harry and Meghan with Jamaica’s prime minister Andrew Holness and his spouse Juliet
Prince Harry and Meghan Markle meet different company on the crimson carpet in Kingston on Tuesday
The Sussexes additionally posed with Jamaica’s minister of authorized and constitutional affairs, Marlene Malahoo Forte.
Mrs Malahoo Forte advised Sky News forward of the King’s coronation final May that an ‘pressing’ referendum could possibly be held as early as 2024 to ‘sever ties’ and take away Charles as Jamaica’s monarch.
‘(Republicanism) is about us saying goodbye to a type of authorities that’s linked to a painful previous of colonialism and the transatlantic slave commerce,’ she stated.
Meghan, 42, wore a protracted, black A-line robe with gold earrings and had her hair in a slicked-back bun, whereas Harry, 39, was wearing a darkish swimsuit and open-necked white shirt. Marley’s son Ziggy was additionally in attendance.
The biopic can be launched in February and stars British actors Kingsley Ben-Adir as Marley and Lashana Lynch as his spouse, Rita.
Harry travelled to Jamaica in 2012 representing his grandmother, the late Queen, throughout a celebratory Diamond Jubilee tour.
Father-of-three Brian Robbins lives together with his stylist spouse Tracy James (pictured) in Los Angeles
Brian Robbins (entrance proper) poses with different company together with James Norton (third proper) on the premiere of Bob Marley: One Love on the Carib 5 Theatre in Kingston, Jamaica, on Tuesday
Brian Robbins speaks through the premiere of Bob Marley: One Love in Kingston on Tuesday
Brian Robbins (far left) with James Norton (second left) on the premiere in Jamaica on Tuesday
Earlier this month, Brian Robbins posed with Tina Fey (left) and Lindsay Lohan (proper) on the premiere of Mean Girls on the AMC Lincoln Square Theater in New York on January 8, 2024
Brian Robbins (second left) with Sandra Bullock (far left), Liza Chasin (second proper) and Daniel Radcliffe (far proper) on the premiere of The Lost City in Austin, Texas, on March 12, 2022
The abroad journey was hailed a convincing success, with Harry sprinting with Olympic 100m champion Usain Bolt and dancing to Marley’s music in Kingston.
He confirmed off a expertise for diplomacy by hugging and holding arms with then-Jamaican prime minister Portia Simpson-Miller simply hours after she repeated her intention to carry a referendum to take away Elizabeth II as head of state.
Meghan married her first husband, movie producer Trevor Engelson, on a seaside in Jamaica 2011, with the couple divorcing lower than two years later.
The former Suits star additionally wrote on her now-defunct way of life weblog that her mom took her to go to the slums of Jamaica when she was 10 to show her in regards to the ‘harsh realities’ of life.
