5 million) still earns big bucks 14 years after the conclusion of Friends, making most of her money by endorsing the likes of Emirates airlines, Smartwater and Aveeno.
After the Queen made her wishes known, there would have been little prospect of the 53 Commonwealth leaders and foreign ministers, who met at Buckingham Palace on Thursday, not endorsing the plan.
Analysts are cautious about endorsing all the claims of China's internet behemoths, and some are outright sceptical.
Messi had been endorsing Samsung Electronics Cos smartphones over the past years.
"I'll give you an all-expenses-paid vacation in exchange for appearing in ads endorsing my agency.
Four days ago, at our Annual Meetings, they took the next step by endorsing a new WBG Strategy to focus relentlessly on achieving those goals in a sustainable manner.
