{"id":533810,"date":"2026-03-11T18:07:12","date_gmt":"2026-03-11T18:07:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/533810\/"},"modified":"2026-03-11T18:07:12","modified_gmt":"2026-03-11T18:07:12","slug":"meghan-to-appear-at-1700-all-women-weekend-in-sydney","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/533810\/","title":{"rendered":"Meghan to appear at \u00a31,700 all-women weekend in Sydney"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Duchess of Sussex will appear at a three-day retreat in Sydney featuring \u201csound healing\u201d, a disco and a manifestation session, with tickets costing up to AU$3,200 (\u00a31,700) per person.<\/p>\n

The women-only event, held from April 17-19 at the InterContinental Sydney Coogee Beach, will include \u201cmeaningful speakers\u201d and \u201ca gala dinner featuring in-person conversation with Meghan, Duchess of Sussex\u201d, described as \u201can intimate gala like no other\u201d.<\/p>\n

It added that the event would be an \u201cunforgettable weekend for women ready to reconnect, recharge and have some serious fun\u201d. VIP ticket holders will be offered front-row seats and a group photo with the duchess.<\/p>\n

\"Promotional<\/p>\n

The event will take place during the Sussexes\u2019 trip to Australia in April<\/p>\n

Harry and Meghan last visited Australia seven years ago, when they were still senior members of the royal family.<\/p>\n

The 300-person Sydney retreat has been organised by the Her Best Life podcast, founded by Gemma O\u2019Neill and Jackie \u201cO\u201d Henderson, a well-known Australian presenter.<\/p>\n

O\u2019Neill \u2014 a former producer for Australian actress Nicole Kidman \u2014 confirmed the event on Wednesday on the podcast, and said Meghan would be a guest speaker. She added that the duchess \u201creally loves what our community is about, which is women trying to grow [and] be their best selves\u201d.<\/p>\n

\"Gemma<\/p>\n

Gemma O\u2019Neill and Jackie \u201cO\u201d Henderson in 2024<\/p>\n

DON ARNOLD\/GETTY IMAGES<\/p>\n

The Q&A with Meghan will take the format of a \u201cfireside chat\u201d, she said. Other activities will include talks by a psychologist, yoga, \u201csound healing\u201d, a disco and a meditation and manifestation session. VIP tickets cost about AU$3,200 per person.<\/p>\n

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O\u2019Neill explained that she and the Duchess of Sussex, 44, share a mutual friend in Markus Anderson, a consultant for Soho House. Anderson, she said, proposed a collaboration with the duchess if she were to ever visit Australia again.<\/p>\n

\u201cMarkus messaged me because he was at Meghan\u2019s house,\u201d O\u2019Neill said of how the collaboration came to be. <\/p>\n

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\u201cMarkus is also very close friends to Meghan and has been for many years as well \u2014 long before she was married \u2014 and they have a beautiful friendship too, and I guess that\u2019s probably one of the things that I\u2019ve always felt about Meghan, whenever I\u2019ve read stories, is I\u2019ve always felt protective that my friend\u2019s Markus is the bee\u2019s knees, he\u2019s a top-notch human. The first person to be there, check on you. <\/p>\n

\u201cI knew that Markus wouldn\u2019t be so close or best friends with someone who wasn\u2019t also the same.\u201d<\/p>\n

A spokesperson for the Duke and Duchess of Sussex said their visit to Australia next month will be for \u201cprivate, business and philanthropic engagements\u201d.<\/p>\n

Harry and Meghan last visited Australia in October 2018 for a 16-day tour, the newly wed couple\u2019s first major overseas trip. Kensington Palace had recently announced that Meghan was pregnant.<\/p>\n

\"Meghan,<\/p>\n

Meghan in Dubbo, Australia, in 2018<\/p>\n

SAMIR HUSSEIN\/GETTY IMAGES<\/p>\n

Their visit was regarded as a success that helped restore the royal family\u2019s reputation in Australia at a time when republican sentiments were running high. A majority of MPs were then in favour of Australia becoming a republic without the English monarch as head of state. <\/p>\n

That support has since faded, with recent polls recording that a clear majority of Australians believe the nation should remain a monarchy, while only 43 per cent say it should become a republic with an elected president.<\/p>\n

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Large crowds turned out for the couple\u2019s 2018 tour, which included a visit to Bondi beach in Sydney and a cruise around Sydney harbour. Prince Harry also climbed the Sydney Harbour Bridge with Scott Morrison, then the prime minister.<\/p>\n

In January 2020 the couple stepped down as senior royals and moved to the US.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Duchess of Sussex will appear at a three-day retreat in Sydney featuring \u201csound healing\u201d, a disco and…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":533811,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[32],"tags":[64,63,447,134],"class_list":["post-533810","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-celebrities","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-celebrities","tag-entertainment"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/533810","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=533810"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/533810\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/533811"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=533810"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=533810"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=533810"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}