Duchess of Sussex, Meghan Markle joined a discussion panel by the Queen's Common Wealth Trust on Friday, uniting with leading feminists and national figures to mark International Women's day. At the event, hosted at King's College, London, the group chatted about the positive opportunities that comes when women are given wider access and equal opportunities.
Meghan became Vice President of the Trust after marrying Harry, (Harry is the President).
The organization, which was set up to champion, fund and connect young leaders around the world, saw. Meghan speaking passionately on the panel, and revealed countless insights into her thoughts on feminism as well as her thoughts on recent headlines about her, and her changing views on social media.
See more after the jump!!!
During the discussion, the Duchess was asked how she responded to headlines describing her feminism as 'trendy' and here is what she said......
"I don't read anything, It's much safer that way" she said. Then added "But equally, that's just my own personal preference, because, I think positive and negative, It can all sort of just feel like noise to a certain extent these days, as opposed to getting muddled with that to focus on the real cause"
When asked if she looked at twitter, she replied....."No, sorry no. For me, that's my personal preference" She also talked about how social media users could make an active difference to women's issues worldwide.
"We have a responsibility as well, that if you're a part of a social media and engaging in that way, we are not just giving people more things to chat about but actually something to do, and what's the action? Hashtags are not enough" she said.
She continued "You say, great. make a donation, you could sponsor a girl. With the Queen's Common Wealth Trust, there are so many of these organizations - CAMA CAMFED (for example). To be able to say, 'this is a tangible thing that I can do that will enable this girl to stay in school for a year'. That's something you could do and I think often times, when we talk about themes like this that are so large, people don't know where to begin."
The heavily pregnant Duchess, looked absolutely stunning in a monochrome 60s style shift dress from high street store, Reiss which is priced at 185 pounds. She teamed it with a black blazer, bare legs and a pair of black suede court shoes. Ever the glowing beauty, Meghan wore her hair in her favorite hair style - messy bun and as always, her make-up was fresh, subtle and immaculate.
Meghan appeared alongside singer, Annie Lennox, former prime minister of Australia, Julia Gilliard, Super model, Adwoa Aboah, Chrissan Jarret and others.
Well done Meghan. We wish you well as you prepare to welcome your first child.....
So classy!!!
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