Meghan Markle and Prince Harry.Photo: DANIEL LEAL-OLIVAS/POOL/AFP via Getty
Meghan MarkleandPrince Harryjust updated their “dinner playlist.”
The couple surprised aGet Litvirtual poetry class over the weekend,joining their Zoom callto hear what the poets were working on and share some of their own favorite poems. During the 45-minute appearance, the conversation also turned to music.
Mason Granger, the teacher of the class, shared in an Instagram comment that Joni Mitchell was one artist to make the playlist.
“Meghan mentioned Joni Mitchell and one of them kids gave her a song recommendation, it was cool,” he wrote.
Get Lit, an organization that promotes literacy and empowers young people through poetry, revealed their surprise guests in an Instagram post on Monday.
“Guess who surprised our poetry class this weekend?! It was the best weekend EVER!” the organization captioned a screenshot of the duo joining their Zoom call — with some shocked reactions from other participants. “Prince Harryand Meghan, The Duke and Duchess of Sussex, were magic and kind and interested in poetry!”
Get Lit said that Meghan shared some of her favorite lines of poems and dubbed the it “most epic experience in Get Lit history!!!”
Meghan Markle and Prince Harry.PA Images
Grangershared on Instagramwhy Meghan, 39, andPrince Harry, 36 — with the Zoom name “DoS,” likely standing for Duke/Duchess of Sussex — joined the class.
He continued, “Fast forward ripple ripple ripple and these kids get a surprise 45 minute chat with thePrince Harryand Meghan. It was pretty surreal.”
Granger said that the kids were able to share poems and ask Meghan and Harry questions. He even commented that the couple took the time to “actually read and learned the kids bios I’d sent earlier.”
Meghan Markle and Prince Harry in South Africa.COURTNEY AFRICA/AFP via Getty Images
“My favorite part of it all was Meghan echoing so many sentiments we’ve talked about in class, about this particular moment in time/history to be a young person and the ripple effect of a single voice.” Granger wrote on Instagram.
Lane also told theHuffington Postthat the couple “discussed deep things like racism and the importance of listening to one another.”
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