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Text 3 – “Megging demands - Meghan Markle and Prince Harry’s list of demands for ‘$1 million’ speaking events leaked including who introduces them” Brittany Vonow, The Sun, September 9, 2020 What has been disclosed about the Duke and Duchess of Sussex’s future media work plans? A list of strict demands for the speaking events of the Duke and Duchess of Sussex has been disclosed through a leak of their document explaining their rules for speaking engagements. In addition, it is revealed which agency the couple signed to represent them for motivational speeches. It is notable that, the Duke and the Duchess would like to project a motivational figure of themselves to the audience. Indeed, we’re talking about “content that “gives hope””. How much of the article appears to be based on facts and how much on speculation? It seems that most of this article is based on facts, as it quotes directly the Duke and the Duchess, but also other know people and firm members, which is possible because of the different leaks. Some information fall under the opinion of the people who gave statements. Indeed, the article uses words that shows the authenticity of the information given such as “confirmed”, “insisted”, “claimed”. However, there is this one time the article mentions a speculation which is about how much the couple could charge per speech with the Harry Walker Agency (paragraph 2). Furthermore, we can also be skeptical about the use of one word, “reportedly”. The article says “reportedly” sometimes, however, it doesn’t specifies the source, which can make us doubt the surety of the information given. Comment on the underlined sentence from the text: “The couple are following in the footsteps of other big names to sign up with the agency, which also represents Barack and Michelle Obama, Bill and Hillary Clinton and Oprah Winfrey.” This line explicitly says that the Duke and the Duchess are following other important public figures such as Barack and Michelle Obama, and Bill and Hillary Clinton, by signing the same agency as them, to represent the couple. This information may be interesting because of the choice of the names given : the four people have similarities : they’re all a couple, which is also the case for Harry and Meghan, however, they’re all related to the US politics and that isn’t the case for the royal couple, but they recently settled in the US....