{"id":533201,"date":"2026-03-11T11:51:09","date_gmt":"2026-03-11T11:51:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/533201\/"},"modified":"2026-03-11T11:51:09","modified_gmt":"2026-03-11T11:51:09","slug":"meg-stock-meghan-to-headline-1400-girls-weekend-in-australia-posing-for-photos-with-vip-guests-at-luxury-retreat-with-yoga-sound-healing-and-manifestation-exercises","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/533201\/","title":{"rendered":"Meg-stock: Meghan to headline \u00a31,400 ‘girls’ weekend’ in Australia posing for photos with VIP guests at luxury retreat with yoga, sound healing and manifestation exercises"},"content":{"rendered":"

Meghan Markle<\/a> will headline a \u00a31,400 ‘girls’ weekend’ in Australia, where she will deliver a gala dinner speech and pose for photos with VIP guests.<\/p>\n

Up to 300 guests will be welcomed to the three-day luxury retreat in Sydney<\/a>\u00a0from April 17 to 19, during her trip to the country with the Duke of Sussex<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Meghan reached out to the organiser, Her Best Life podcast host Gemma O’Neill, about the ‘ultimate girls’ weekend’ after being put in touch by a mutual friend.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n

‘I have admired [Meghan] and what she has endured… and how she has demonstrated how a woman can be pushed down and she can still rise,’ Ms O’Neill said.<\/p>\n

Speaking to her listeners on Wednesday, Ms O’Neill revealed she ‘almost said no’ to interviewing Meghan ‘because I felt like I don’t deserve this’, but changed her mind after ‘a lot of reflection’.<\/p>\n

VIP ticket holders who pay \u00a31,700 will get front-row seats and the chance to pose for a group table photo with the Duchess.<\/p>\n

Guests will also indulge in morning yoga classes, a ‘sound healing’ experience, a meditation and manifestation session at the five-star InterContinental Sydney Coogee Beach hotel.<\/p>\n

An advert for the event reads: ‘A girls’ weekend like no other! An unforgettable weekend for women ready to reconnect, recharge and have some serious fun.<\/p>\n

‘Join us for an intimate luxury weekend by the ocean designed to bring women together for powerful conversations, relaxation, laughter and unforgettable experiences.<\/p>\n

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An advert for the weekend promises a ‘girls’ weekend like no other’<\/p>\n

\"VIP <\/p>\n

VIP experience tickets cost \u00a31,700 per person, and will get you a group table photo with the Duchess<\/p>\n

‘The highlight of the weekend will be an in-person conversation and gala dinner with Meghan, Duchess of Sussex. An intimate gala like no other.<\/p>\n

‘This is your chance to step away from everyday life and spend a weekend focusing on connection, growth, joy and celebration.<\/p>\n

‘Come by yourself, come with your best friend, or bring a whole group of your favourite women.’<\/p>\n

Gemma O’Neill, founder and presenter of Her Best Life, announced the news to her listeners on her podcast on Wednesday.\u00a0<\/p>\n

She said: ‘She’s doing it because she really loves what our community is about, which is women trying to grow, try to be their best selves and trying to help other women.<\/p>\n

‘It’s a very small event for 300 women… it’s going to be a fireside chat with Meghan and I.’<\/p>\n

The podcaster revealed she almost turned down the opportunity to interview the Duchess but was encouraged to do it by her long-time friend Jackie ‘O’ Henderson.<\/p>\n

‘I feel really excited because I did go through a period, I will admit, that I actually almost said no, and I actually spoke to Jackie about it.<\/p>\n

‘I tried to beg her to come and do it, or I tried to beg her to come and, like, take over the event,’ she continued.<\/p>\n

‘She was adamant, and she said: “No, Gemma. You need to do this for yourself. This is meant to be for you.<\/p>\n

‘”I know you don\u2019t want to do it, and I know you\u2019re nervous because you\u2019re very private, and you hate doing things – you like having career things happening behind the scenes, but you hate being front and centre.”<\/p>\n

‘I\u2019m going from trying to be private, to now it could not be any more front and centre.<\/p>\n

‘For a good period of time there, I didn\u2019t take them up on the offer, because I felt like I don\u2019t deserve this – I\u2019m just Gemma, I\u2019m just a mum.<\/p>\n

‘So I almost did turn it down, and it took me a lot of reflection, and at the end of the day I feel like this community deserves it.’<\/p>\n

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Meghan Markle, pictured here at a fundraising gala last month, will headline a ‘girls’ weekend like no other’ in Australia<\/p>\n

The extravagant retreat is being hosted at the five-star luxury hotel\u00a0InterContinental Sydney Coogee Beach,\u00a0on the waterfront in the city\u2019s eastern suburbs.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Guests will be put up in twin rooms, with two breakfasts, a lunch, and two dinners included.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Meghan is the star attraction for the first evening, while the second will bring a ‘dinner and disco celebration’ – with all alcohol included on both nights.<\/p>\n

As well as prime seats for the Duchess in action, VIP guests will take home an exclusive goodie bag, and enjoy an ocean-view bedroom.\u00a0<\/p>\n

The Duke and Duchess of Sussex are returning to Australia seven years after their first visit in 2018, when they were still senior members of the Royal Family.<\/p>\n

Kensington Palace had announced Meghan was pregnant hours before the 16-day tour in October of that year – the couple’s first major trip overseas.<\/p>\n

It is understood that their two children,\u00a0Prince Archie and Princess Lilibet, will not be joining them on the trip next month.<\/p>\n

A spokesman for the couple said: ‘Prince Harry and Meghan, Duke and Duchess of Sussex, will visit Australia to take part in a number of private, business and philanthropic engagements.<\/p>\n

‘Further details will be shared in due course.’<\/p>\n

The news of Meghan’s headline appearance in Sydney comes days after the severing of the partnership between her lifestyle brand, As Ever, and Netflix.<\/p>\n

A Los Angeles insider claimed that the Duchess’s\u00a0jam and flower sprinkles business just ‘didn’t fit’, and there was ‘no appetite’ for it among the streaming giant’s customers.<\/p>\n

The Netflix source told the Daily Mail that there has been some consternation at their HQ in Sunset Boulevard over claims Meghan felt they had been ‘too cautious’ with her As Ever brand \u2013 and had held her back.<\/p>\n

It came as another expert claimed that the end of the As Ever-Netflix partnership is the ‘kiss of death’ for her future brand deals with big business.<\/p>\n

‘Netflix were not happy’, the Daily Mail’s insider said yesterday.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Meghan Markle will headline a \u00a31,400 ‘girls’ weekend’ in Australia, where she will deliver a gala dinner speech…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":533202,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[37],"tags":[64,63,100,538,137,33664,44,5513],"class_list":["post-533201","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-fitness","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-dailymail","tag-fitness","tag-health","tag-meghan-markle","tag-news","tag-prince-harry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/533201","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=533201"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/533201\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/533202"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=533201"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=533201"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=533201"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}