The new rules of the Good Life (according to Harry and Meghan)
From the Sussexes chicken coops to making homemade jam, Shane Watson explains the dos and don’ts of ‘authentic’ 2021 living
12 March 2021 • 5:00am
Who knew that it would be The Good Life s Tom and Barbara that the Sussexes would emulate?
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Not sure which moment of the Oprah interview stood out for you but for many, I suspect, it was the cutaway to the Sussexes hanging out with Oprah in their very own chicken coop.
The coop wasn’t much to look at – what chicken coop is? – but it featured a plaque, “Archie’s Chick Inn Established 2021”, and we were told the animals are rescue hens (cute, caring) plus the coop established something very important: that Meghan and Harry are the kind of people who keep chickens. The kind of people who pull on their wellies and get stuck in to raising and rearing and growing. The kind of people who eat their own eggs (the whites at least, maybe not