Meghan Markle and Prince Harry will celebrate Tyler Perry at the 2024 Paley Honors. The Paley Center announced on Wednesday that Perry, 54, will be honored at the Paley Honors gala in Beverly Hills, CA, on Dec. 4.
Perry will receive the Paley Center for Media's highest honor, and Meghan Markle , 42, and Prince Harry , 39, are among the crew leading the celebrations. "Throughout my career, I have strived to bring people together and to give a voice to those often underrepresented in media," Perry said in a statement, according to The Hollywood Reporter . "Media has served as a vital platform for this mission, and I'm honored to receive this award from The Paley Center for Media, an organization that has dedicated itself to spotlighting the power and importance of media.
" Harry and Meghan are tribute chairs along with Whoopi Goldberg , Gayle King , Taraji P. Henson , George Lucas , Kerry Washington and more of Perry's friends and colleagues. The celebration is especially meaningful to the Duke and Duchess of Sussex given that Perry is godfather to their 3-year-old daughter , Lilibet Diana Mountbatten-Windsor .
Harry and Meghan first connected with the filmmaker when Perry reached out to the former Suits star ahead of her May 2018 royal wedding. In a letter, Perry let Meghan know he was praying for her amid "hurtful" stories popping up about her strained relationship with her father, Thomas Markle. "I couldn't even imagine this woman finding the man that she loved, the man of he.