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Meghan Markle's bestie sets up global charities for Prince Harry and her after ban on 'Sussex Royal' brand

Jessica Mulroney registered the website sussexglobalcharities.com last Wednesday through Shoebox Project Foundation, which supports at-risk women

BY PRITHA PAUL

PUBLISHED FEB 23, 2020

Jessica Mulroney, Meghan Markle and Prince Harry (Getty Images)

Meghan Markle's best friend and fashion stylist Jessica Mulroney established a series of international charities in the names of the Duke and Duchess after the Queen banned the couple from using their "Sussex Royal" brand name after March 31 when they officially step down.

Mulroney's children were pageboys and a flower girl at the royal couple's wedding in 2018 and she met Meghan after she and Prince Harry stepped down as senior royals last month and flew to Canada. According to Daily Mail, she registered the website sussexglobalcharities.com last Wednesday through Shoebox Project Foundation, which women at-risk of homelessness in Canada and the US.

The latest update on their official website suggested that the couple confirmed that they will no longer be using the name "Sussex Royal" for any of their charitable or commercial endeavors in the future, as per the mandate from the Buckingham Palace.

Meghan, Duchess of Sussex and Prince Harry, Duke of Sussex attend a roundtable discussion on gender equality with The Queens Commonwealth Trust (QCT) and One Young World at Windsor Castle on October 25, 2019, in Windsor, England. (Getty Images)

"While The Duke and Duchess are focused on plans to establish a new non-profit organization, given the specific UK government rules surrounding use of the word ‘Royal’, it has been therefore agreed that their non-profit organization will not utilize the name ‘Sussex Royal’ or any other iteration of ‘Royal'... either within the UK or otherwise when the transition occurs Spring 2020," the update said.

It added: "As shared in early January on this website, The Duke and Duchess of Sussex do not plan to start a ‘foundation’, but rather intend to develop a new way to effect change and complement the efforts made by so many excellent foundations globally."

The Daily Mail also reported earlier this year that Andrew Meyer, the Duchess' business manager in the United States, had registered two websites: archefoundation.com and archefoundation.org – on October 23, 2018 – eight days after Meghan revealed she was pregnant.

In September 2018, he renewed the trademark for The Tig, Meghan's lifestyle blog, which ceased operations in 2017.