Duchess Meghan to voice upcoming Disney documentary on elephants
By Zach Harper
In January, it was reported Duchess Meghan would take on voiceover work with Disney in exchange for a charitable donation after she and Prince Harry stepped down as senior royals, and now we know what that will look like.
The Duchess of Sussex will voice Disneynature's Elephants documentary, which will be available on its Disney+ streaming service on April 3.
The project will benefit Elephants Without Borders, a charity with which Harry and Meghan have been extensively involved in their work. The Duke of Sussex most recently visited the Elephants Without Borders team while he was in Botswana on his royal tour of Southern Africa last year.
According to the Telegraph, the film is about "a plucky elephant and his mother on an 'epic journey' across the Kalahari Desert." Meghan's audio was recorded last fall after she was shown footage and received a "direct request from filmmakers," the publication reports.
This news shouldn't be surprising to royals fans. Not only do Meghan and Harry have a strong interest in conservation, but it was reported Harry touted his wife's voiceover talents to Disney boss Bob Iger at the European premiere of The Lion King in London last summer. He told Bob that Meghan was very interested in any voiceover work.
Fans of the couple will also remember that while they were dating, they travelled to the southern African country together in 2017 and helped EWB's Mike Chase in a conservation effort.
Earlier this year, Meghan and Harry announced their intentions to step down from their senior royal roles and work toward "financial independence." Their final joint engagement was with other members of the Royal Family at the Commonwealth Day service at Westminster Abbey on March 9. The couple have since returned to Canada, where they're still reportedly living on Vancouver Island in a home in North Saanich. Baby Archie is with them.
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