{"id":112428,"date":"2026-01-26T03:34:26","date_gmt":"2026-01-26T03:34:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/112428\/"},"modified":"2026-01-26T03:34:26","modified_gmt":"2026-01-26T03:34:26","slug":"prince-harry-and-meghan-markle-make-strategic-sundance-debut-with-heartfelt-documentary-cookie-queens-english-movie-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/112428\/","title":{"rendered":"Prince Harry and Meghan Markle make strategic Sundance debut with heartfelt documentary \u2018Cookie Queens\u2019 | English Movie News"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Prince Prince Harry<\/a> and Meghan Markle<\/a> are known for their special appearances, but this one turned heads with their debut appearance at the Sundance Film Festival, stepping into the snowy Utah spotlight to champion a heartfelt project close to home.On January 24, the Duke and Duchess of Sussex arrived in Park City for a special screening of \u2018Cookie Queens,\u2019 a charming documentary they executive-produced. The 91-minute film follows four young Girl Scouts through the high-stakes world of cookie-selling season, blending childhood innocence with surprising ambition and leadership lessons. It\u2019s screening in Sundance\u2019s Family Matinee category, capturing that nostalgic thrill of troop fundraisers gone big-time.Meghan, a former Girl Scout herself, beamed with personal pride. She\u2019s shared throwback photos of her own cookie-selling days, calling the tradition \u201cirresistible\u201d for its mix of fun and entrepreneurship. At the event, the couple posed alongside key figures like Amy Redford, daughter of Sundance founder Robert Redford, festival director Eugene Hernandez, and filmmaker Alysa Nahmias. Harry kept it casual-cool in a black long-sleeve shirt, vest, earth-toned trousers, and suede boots, while Meghan rocked an all-black ensemble of sweater and flared pants, her straight hair parted sleekly down the middle.<\/p>\n

Back-to-back festival mania<\/p>\n

They weren\u2019t done yet. The next day, January 25, Harry and Meghan returned for the official premiere at the Eccles Center Theater, posing on the red carpet with the \u2018Cookie Queens\u2019 team. Meghan took the stage for emotional remarks, highlighting the film\u2019s \u201cedgy yet relatable\u201d vibe and its nod to young girls chasing dreams. The couple even mingled with current Girl Scouts and the doc\u2019s pint-sized stars, sparking sweet interactions that felt worlds away from royal pomp.Their Sundance Film Festival opening, a first for the public couple, has an old-Harry-and-Meghan feel to it: promoting material for a higher purpose. Parents to their 6-year-old son, Archie, and their 4-year-old daughter, Princess Lilibet, they\u2019re putting their family values into their work. Fresh from Prince Harry\u2019s emotionally charged testimony against media bullying in the British High Court, their presence in Sundance, Utah, was all smiles. Sundance’s indie ethos is right up their alley\u2014raw, authentic, and unfiltered.Among a multitude of premieres, this one stands tall for its sweetness. \u2018Cookie dreams\u2019 and \u2018Girl Scout\u2019 cheers will linger beyond the credits.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Prince Harry and Meghan Markle are known for their special appearances, but this one turned heads with their…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":112429,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[37],"tags":[50141,17432,489,9,24,63,490,122,124,123,35325],"class_list":{"0":"post-112428","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-queens","8":"tag-cookie-queens-documentary","9":"tag-girl-scouts","10":"tag-meghan-markle","11":"tag-new-york","12":"tag-new-york-city","13":"tag-nyc","14":"tag-prince-harry","15":"tag-queens","16":"tag-queens-headlines","17":"tag-queens-news","18":"tag-sundance-film-festival"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/112428","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=112428"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/112428\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/112429"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=112428"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=112428"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=112428"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}