{"id":31486,"date":"2026-08-07T21:06:43","date_gmt":"2026-08-07T16:06:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/?p=31486"},"modified":"2026-08-07T21:06:43","modified_gmt":"2026-08-07T16:06:43","slug":"meghan-markles-girl-scouts-documentary-can-teach-the-us-government-a-lot-about-leadership","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/?p=31486","title":{"rendered":"Meghan Markle\u2019s Girl Scouts Documentary Can Teach the US Government A Lot About Leadership"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><script>\r\n  atOptions = {\r\n    'key' : '644b717812d811d6a1c1fc5b6ccd6fa6',\r\n    'format' : 'iframe',\r\n    'height' : 90,\r\n    'width' : 728,\r\n    'params' : {}\r\n  };\r\n<\/script>\r\n<script src=\"https:\/\/www.highperformanceformat.com\/644b717812d811d6a1c1fc5b6ccd6fa6\/invoke.js\"><\/script>\r\n<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p class=\"paywall\">To help spread her message of female-led ingenuity at the local level, Nahmias enlisted former Girl Scout <a href=\"https:\/\/www.vanityfair.com\/topic\/meghan-markle\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"text link\">Meghan Markle<\/a> who, like Olive, was the daughter of her troop leader back when she sold cookies. Markle serves as executive producer on <em>Cookie Queens<\/em> alongside her husband, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.vanityfair.com\/topic\/prince-harry\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"text link\">Prince Harry<\/a>, and Chanel Pysnik, head of unscripted content at the Sussexes\u2019 Archewell Productions. \u201cWhat\u2019s awesome is having all of our executive producers, including the duke and duchess, wanting to shine a light on young people and take them seriously,\u201d says Nahmias. \u201cWe don\u2019t often see girls represented three-dimensionally, where we can be ambitious and cutthroat\u2014[but] also tender and vulnerable. Meghan got that from the beginning.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"paywall\">A source close to Meghan tells <em>Vanity Fair<\/em> that she was \u201cmoved by Nahmias\u2019s vision for the project.\u201d \u201cMeghan was a Brownie and a Junior when she was younger, so there was also a personal connection. She speaks fondly of her time as a Girl Scout and the lessons it taught her about entrepreneurship and confidence,\u201d they added.<\/p>\n<figure data-testid=\"IframeEmbed\" class=\"IframeEmbedWrapper-sc-fixZhC fJBrNq iframe-embed\"\/>\n<p class=\"paywall\">Earlier this year, Markle and Prince Harry made their first joint appearance at the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.vanityfair.com\/live\/live-updates-from-the-sundance-film-festival-2026\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"text link\">Sundance Film Festival<\/a> to introduce the film and meet a few of the featured Girl Scouts.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paywall\">\u201cI\u2019m kind of in awe of her,\u201d Olive, now 14, tells <em>VF.<\/em> \u201c[The Sussexes] have <a href=\"https:\/\/www.vanityfair.com\/hollywood\/2022\/12\/netflix-prince-harry-meghan-markle-documentary\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"text link\">a documentary on Netflix<\/a> that me and my parents watched before any of this happened. So it was amazing that we watched their documentary, and she watched ours! It was such a surreal, full-circle moment.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"paywall\">That was also true for 12-year-old Nikki, a Chino, California, native who hails from the same Girl Scout council in greater Los Angeles that Markle was a part of back in the day. \u201cI gave her a really big hug,\u201d Nikki, who was nine years old at the time of filming, confirms. In the doc, she aims to follow in the footsteps of her two older sisters to be named the \u201ccookie queen,\u201d a colloquial term for the top seller in the area.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"AssetEmbedWrapper-iJvQnD cOWUYC asset-embed\">\n<div class=\"AssetEmbedAssetContainer-fnduJP iaVSwI asset-embed__asset-container\"><span class=\"SpanWrapper-kFnjvc eKnjjD responsive-asset AssetEmbedResponsiveAsset-gaAbQ hXaxHA asset-embed__responsive-asset\"><picture class=\"ResponsiveImagePicture-jKunQM gjCCFj AssetEmbedResponsiveAsset-gaAbQ hXaxHA asset-embed__responsive-asset responsive-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Meghan Markle Duchess of Sussex Olive Ara Alysa Nahmias Celia Shannon Elizabeth Nyah Nala and Nikki at a special...\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"ResponsiveImageContainer-dkeESL cQPiWi responsive-image__image\" srcset=\"https:\/\/media.vanityfair.com\/photos\/6a738454fac721779e02af08\/master\/w_120,c_limit\/GettyImages-2288098665.jpg 120w, https:\/\/media.vanityfair.com\/photos\/6a738454fac721779e02af08\/master\/w_240,c_limit\/GettyImages-2288098665.jpg 240w, https:\/\/media.vanityfair.com\/photos\/6a738454fac721779e02af08\/master\/w_320,c_limit\/GettyImages-2288098665.jpg 320w, https:\/\/media.vanityfair.com\/photos\/6a738454fac721779e02af08\/master\/w_640,c_limit\/GettyImages-2288098665.jpg 640w, https:\/\/media.vanityfair.com\/photos\/6a738454fac721779e02af08\/master\/w_768,c_limit\/GettyImages-2288098665.jpg 768w, https:\/\/media.vanityfair.com\/photos\/6a738454fac721779e02af08\/master\/w_960,c_limit\/GettyImages-2288098665.jpg 960w, https:\/\/media.vanityfair.com\/photos\/6a738454fac721779e02af08\/master\/w_1280,c_limit\/GettyImages-2288098665.jpg 1280w, https:\/\/media.vanityfair.com\/photos\/6a738454fac721779e02af08\/master\/w_1600,c_limit\/GettyImages-2288098665.jpg 1600w\" sizes=\"100vw\" src=\"https:\/\/media.vanityfair.com\/photos\/6a738454fac721779e02af08\/master\/w_1600%2Cc_limit\/GettyImages-2288098665.jpg\"\/><\/picture><\/span><\/div>\n<p><span class=\"BaseText-fEwdHD CaptionText-cQpRdU klhnDX hbiMYj caption__text\">Meghan Markle, Duchess of Sussex, Olive, Ara, Alysa Nahmias, Celia, Shannon Elizabeth, Nyah, Nala and Nikki at a special screening of <em>Cookie Queens<\/em> on July 28, 2026 in Los Angeles, California.<\/span><span class=\"BaseText-fEwdHD CaptionCredit-cUgOGk gsdIcD hRFzlA caption__credit\">Eric Charbonneau\/Getty Images<\/span><\/p>\n<\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<script async=\"async\" data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"https:\/\/pl30214220.effectivecpmnetwork.com\/9ab3d4df8a7e1a6171e16ddbf732cc19\/invoke.js\"><\/script>\r\n<div id=\"container-9ab3d4df8a7e1a6171e16ddbf732cc19\"><\/div>\r\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>To help spread her message of female-led ingenuity at the local level, Nahmias enlisted former Girl Scout Meghan Markle who, like Olive, was the daughter of her troop leader back when she sold cookies. 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