{"id":221117,"date":"2025-06-28T10:45:16","date_gmt":"2025-06-28T10:45:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/221117\/"},"modified":"2025-06-28T10:45:16","modified_gmt":"2025-06-28T10:45:16","slug":"kate-middleton-meets-with-melinda-gates-just-weeks-after-meghan-and-harry-strike-deal-with-bill-gates-ex-assistant","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/221117\/","title":{"rendered":"Kate Middleton meets with Melinda Gates just weeks after Meghan and Harry strike deal with Bill Gates’ ex-assistant"},"content":{"rendered":"

Princess Kate has met with Melinda Gates just weeks after Meghan Markle and Prince Harry struck a deal with Bill Gates’s ex-assistant.<\/p>\n

The Princess of Wales resumed her official duties following a private meeting with American philanthropist Melinda Gates at Windsor Castle on Wednesday.<\/p>\n

The engagement marked Kate’s first official activity in her capacity as patron of the Royal Foundation, the charitable organisation she leads alongside Prince William.<\/p>\n

According to the Court Circular, which formally records royal engagements, the Prince of Wales accompanied his wife for the meeting with the former spouse of Microsoft founder Bill Gates.<\/p>\n

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The private nature of the discussion meant the specific purpose of their meeting has not been disclosed.<\/p>\n

The Royal Foundation serves as the primary charitable vehicle for the Prince and Princess of Wales, concentrating on initiatives related to early childhood development and mental health support.<\/p>\n

Gates, who established Pivotal Ventures to promote gender equality across the United States, brings her own philanthropic expertise to the table.<\/p>\n

The American philanthropist’s organisation focuses specifically on advancing opportunities for women, though how this might align with the Royal Foundation’s objectives remains unclear.<\/p>\n

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The Princess of Wales resumed her official duties following a private meeting with American philanthropist Melinda Gates at Windsor Castle on Wednesday.<\/p>\n

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Both women share established track records in charitable endeavours, with their respective organisations addressing social issues through different approaches and geographical focuses.<\/p>\n

Whilst it remains uncertain whether the Princess and Gates have collaborated previously, the philanthropist has crossed paths with Prince William before.<\/p>\n

In 2014, William presented Gates with the prestigious Chatham House prize, establishing a connection between the American philanthropist and the royal family over a decade ago.<\/p>\n

The timing of this meeting comes merely a month after the Duke and Duchess of Sussex recruited Sarah Fosmo, Gates’s former assistant, as a senior adviser to Meghan.<\/p>\n

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Prince Harry and Meghan Markle stepped down as working royals in 2020.<\/p>\n

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Fosmo, who spent six years at Gates Ventures managing operations for the Microsoft founder, will oversee what has been described as a “dynamic period of growth” for the Duchess.<\/p>\n

The Duchess of Sussex’s new adviser will guide her through the launch of her Netflix series “With Love, Meghan”, her As Ever product line and her podcast “Confessions of a Female Founder”.<\/p>\n

Fosmo, 45, describes herself as “an accomplished professional with an extensive, long-tenured career managing complex, high-stakes operations for ultra-high net worth individuals”.<\/p>\n

She previously worked for motivational speaker Tony Robbins as a senior executive assistant for seven years.<\/p>\n

Prince Harry has also appointed Lianne Cashin, who previously served as executive assistant to his former chief of staff Josh Kettler.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Princess Kate has met with Melinda Gates just weeks after Meghan Markle and Prince Harry struck a deal…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":221118,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7708],"tags":[533,1281,447,5105,7710,519,448,978],"class_list":{"0":"post-221117","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-royals","8":"tag-kate-middleton","9":"tag-meghan-markle","10":"tag-prince-harry","11":"tag-royal","12":"tag-royal-families","13":"tag-royal-family","14":"tag-royals","15":"tag-us"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/221117","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=221117"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/221117\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/221118"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=221117"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=221117"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=221117"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}