Meghan Markle was an actress, activist, and public speaker way before she met and married Prince Harry in 2018. But when the Duchess of Sussex joined the Royal Family, she had to follow a politically neutral royal role.
Now that Meghan Markle and Prince Harry stepped down from their senior royal roles, she vowed during her latest appearance at a virtual gender and politics summit to become more vocal. The Duchess of Sussex also noted that she felt good to be home.
"From my standpoint, it’s not new to see this undercurrent of racism and certainly unconscious bias, but I think to see the changes that are being made right now is really — it’s something I look forward to being a part of. And being part of using my voice in a way that I haven’t been able to of late,” she said.
Meghan Markle also plans to use her voice to the upcoming U.S. election. She is among the 100 high-profile women who shared that they will vote this November.
The Duchess of Sussex told Marie Claire that she knows what it feels like to have a voice and to be voiceless. She then noted that she chose to be heard and urged everyone else to vote as well.
It was even claimed that Meghan Markle got her eyes on the U.S. Presidency. Royal author Lady Colin Campbell said that the Duchess of Sussex plans to move into the White House.
Meghan Markle had been delivering politicized speeches and Richard Fitzwilliams believes that there’s a deeper meaning behind it. The royal commentator is speculating that the Duchess of Sussex is "rehearsing for a far bigger stage" and become a “Democratic Party candidate” in the future.
Meanwhile, Meghan Markle delivered a speech in the Girl Up leadership conference last month. The Duchess of Sussex took part in the gender equality initiative of the United Nations Foundation, which, reportedly, marked a "significant moment" for her.
Sky News' royal correspondent Rhiannon Mills noted that Meghan Markle already talked about the topics that she addressed in the prerecorded video before. However, she pointed out that the difference is that this is the first time that the Duchess of Sussex talked about this since she and Prince Harry stepped down as senior royals.
Rhiannon Mills then added that she had been listening to Meghan Markle’s speech in the past where she didn’t hold back. The royal correspondent shared that the Duchess of Sussex was “more punchy” in her speech.
