🔹Rihanna is now the world’s youngest self-made female billionaire, according to Forbes. She displaced Kardashian clan member Kylie Jenner, who controversially took the spot a few years ago. Forbes received backlash for naming Jenner as self-made, given the leg-up from her family’s enormous resources. They later retracted the title saying her finances had been skewed to make her look like a billionaire. Rihanna, on the other hand, is the real deal – with a net worth of $1.4bn.
You’ll know the Barbados-born powerhouse for her insanely good music but she earned her wealth mostly through her work as the co-owner of Fenty Beauty and Savage x Fenty lingerie line. Riri, real name Robyn Fenty, isn’t just burning through her money though and is quickly earning a reputation as a committed philanthropist. “My money is not for me; it’s always the thought that I can help someone else,” Rihanna told New York Times’ T Magazine in 2019. She has pledged millions to causes like fighting climate change, helping domestic abuse victims and Covid-19 relief efforts through her Clara Lionel Foundation (CLF). Yaaas, queen! 🤑
🔹Speaking of queens, Queen Elizabeth is finally getting to rest a bit more at age 96. She has a new job description for the first time in 10 years, in light of her declining health and mobility issues. The queen’s role as head of state had been changed to a less specific description, splitting her role into two: head of state and head of nation.
According to The Telegraph, this means that the duties she “must fulfil” have been removed from the list. Now it’s over to her heir, Prince Charles, to pick up the slack, but he’s decidedly less popular than his mother. Britain’s longest reigning monarch has been a stablising figure through nearly a century of enormous change for the former colonial power. The baton is slowly being handed over to the rest of the royal family, who must now steer their country through even more changes, as more countries choose to leave the Commonwealth and royals must earn their keep.
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