{"id":67184,"date":"2022-09-06T01:01:58","date_gmt":"2022-09-06T01:01:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/duchess-meghan-gives-her-first-uk-speech-since-stepping-back-from-royal-role\/"},"modified":"2022-09-06T01:01:58","modified_gmt":"2022-09-06T01:01:58","slug":"duchess-meghan-gives-her-first-uk-speech-since-stepping-back-from-royal-role","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/duchess-meghan-gives-her-first-uk-speech-since-stepping-back-from-royal-role\/","title":{"rendered":"Duchess Meghan Gives Her First UK Speech Since Stepping Back From Royal Role"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p class=\"body-dropcap css-1pxor81 et3p2gv0\">Don&#8217;t call it a comeback.  Meghan, the Duchess of Sussex has given her first speech on British soil since stepping back from her role as a senior royal over two years ago.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-18vfmjb et3p2gv0\">Speaking to delegates from over 200 countries at the One Young World Summit in Manchester, England, Duchess Meghan smiled and said, \u201cIt is very nice to be back in the UK\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-18vfmjb et3p2gv0\">The duchess addressed over 2,000 young delegates during each opening ceremony speech.  \u201cI see the world through my children and try to imagine how the world will be when they will be adults,\u201d she told the young leaders.  \u201cYou are the ones driving the positive and necessary change across the globe now, in this very moment.  And for that I am so grateful to be in your company today.\u201d<\/p>\n<div data-interactive=\"WatchNext-1\" class=\"journey-unblur-content css-0 e10xr3vp6\">\n<div data-embed=\"watch-next\" class=\"css-evmt1n e10xr3vp5\">\n<div class=\"css-czvr2b e10xr3vp4\">\n<p><h6 class=\"css-1wx04ot e10xr3vp2\"><span aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"css-0 eh2fd3i0\"\/><span class=\"css-0 e10xr3vp1\">More From Harper&#8217;s BAZAAR<\/span><span aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"css-0 eh2fd3i1\"\/><\/h6>\n<h6 class=\"css-m2yst6 e10xr3vp0\"> <\/h6>\n<\/p>\n<div class=\"__resp-container css-1ui7hop e15x3v910\">\n<div data-embed=\"embed-video\" class=\"video-player css-1yu8e3d e1ou1fny0\">\n<div class=\"__resp-container lqip css-1jz0p68 e1f7ylgd6\"><button aria-label=\"Play Video\" class=\"css-1iiivv4 e1f7ylgd1\"><svg xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" fill=\"none\" viewbox=\"0 0 21 21\" role=\"img\" title=\"Play\" class=\"css-1lhf7lq e1f7ylgd2\"><path fill=\"#fffff\" d=\"M21 10.5 5.25 19.6V1.4L21 10.5z\"\/><\/svg><\/button><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"css-18vfmjb et3p2gv0\">Her words quickly stirred an enthusiastic audience at Manchester&#8217;s Bridgewater Hall on the first day of the summit, an event which brings together delegates and ambassadors from around the world to share new ideas to build a better future.<\/p>\n<div data-embed=\"twitter\" class=\"embed align-center css-1m81y1o e1dhx11l2\">\n<p>This content is imported from twitter.  You may be able to find the same content in another format, or you may be able to find more information, at their web site.<\/p>\n<div class=\"css-l75mtb e14n76iz1\">\n<div class=\"css-44bwek e1v57j5l0\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">\u201cYou are the ones driving the positive and necessary change across the globe now, in this very moment,\u201d Meghan, the Duchess of Sussex told <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/OneYoungWorld?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\">@OneYoungWorld<\/a> delegates from over 200 countries.  \u201cYou are the future, you are the present.\u201d <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/ufQBXkDeu6\" target=\"_blank\">pic.twitter.com\/ufQBXkDeu6<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Omid Scobie (@scobie) <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/scobie\/status\/1566871578574479363?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\">September 5, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"css-18vfmjb et3p2gv0\">Over the next four days, the young leaders will be joined by counsellors and influential people including thinkers, politicians, and role models, to help inspire and lead important conversations around issues including gender inequality, misformation, conflict prevention, climate change, and the importance of ethical leadership.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-18vfmjb et3p2gv0\">As well as being able to share a platform with impactful figureheads, attendees will also receive mentorship and make lasting connections.  It is, as founder Kate Robertson said at the opening ceremony, \u201ca summit with a power to change the world.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-18vfmjb et3p2gv0\">The duchess has been an ambassador of the youth-focused event since the 2014 summit in Dublin, Ireland, where joined a panel discussion on challenging gender stereotypes and bias in the media.  During her September 5 speech, Meghan described the \u201cpinch me moment\u201d she experienced attending her first summit.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-18vfmjb et3p2gv0\">\u201cAnd there I was, the girl from <em>Suits<\/em>\u201d she smiled.  \u201cI was surrounded by world leaders, humanitarians, prime ministers, and activists that I had such a deep and long-standing respect and admiration for.  And I was allowed in, to pull up a seat at the table.\u201d<\/p>\n<div size=\"medium\" data-embed=\"body-image\" class=\"align-center size-medium embed css-zfwcs9 e1xqj1sx4\">\n<div class=\"css-uwraif e1xqj1sx3\"><img width=\"2784\" height=\"1848\" alt=\"one young world summit\" title=\"One Young World Summit\" fetchpriority=\"auto\" decoding=\"async\" data-sizes=\"auto\" srcset=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/hips.hearstapps.com\/hmg-prod\/images\/meghan-markle-amrican-actress-spokesperson-and-model-news-photo-1662410718.jpg?resize=2784%2C1848&#038;ssl=1\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"lqip lazyload css-0 e1lki9i00\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\"\/><\/p>\n<div class=\"css-swqnqv e1xqj1sx2\">\n<p>Duchess Meghan at the One Young World 2014 in Dublin, Ireland.<\/p><figcaption class=\"css-1am3yn9 enfs9c50\"><span class=\"css-3ocw5f e6iqukd2\">Clodagh Kilcoyne<\/span><span class=\"css-p5pb0l e6iqukd0\">\/\/<\/span><span class=\"css-3ocw5f e6iqukd1\">Getty Images<\/span><\/figcaption><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"css-18vfmjb et3p2gv0\">She continued, \u201cI was so overwhelmed by this experience, I think I even saved my little paper place-marker with my name on it.  Just proof\u2014proof that I was there, proof that I belonged, because the truth was, I wasn&#8217;t sure that I belonged.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-18vfmjb et3p2gv0\">But Meghan explained that \u201c[One Young World] saw in me, just as I see in you, the present and the future.  And I want to make that point because often times I speak to young girls about the years ahead.  About what you will do, about what you will have to adopt to fix from previous generations and also what legacy you will leave.  Too often in that, we neglect the point \u2013 you are doing it now.  You, here, in this present moment, this is where it is all beginning.\u201d<\/p>\n<div size=\"medium\" data-embed=\"body-image\" class=\"align-center size-medium embed css-zfwcs9 e1xqj1sx4\">\n<div class=\"css-uwraif e1xqj1sx3\"><img width=\"5454\" height=\"3636\" alt=\"britain royals one young world politics\" title=\"BRITAIN-ROYALS-ONE YOUNG WORLD-POLITICS\" fetchpriority=\"auto\" decoding=\"async\" data-sizes=\"auto\" srcset=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/hips.hearstapps.com\/hmg-prod\/images\/britains-meghan-duchess-of-sussex-gestures-as-she-delivers-news-photo-1662410045.jpg?resize=5454%2C3636&#038;ssl=1\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"lqip lazyload css-0 e1lki9i00\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\"\/><\/p>\n<p><figcaption class=\"css-1am3yn9 enfs9c50\"><span class=\"css-3ocw5f e6iqukd2\">OLI SCARFF<\/span><span class=\"css-p5pb0l e6iqukd0\">\/\/<\/span><span class=\"css-3ocw5f e6iqukd1\">Getty Images<\/span><\/figcaption><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"css-18vfmjb et3p2gv0\">As she thanked the auditorium, Meghan received rapturous applause, with the entire venue standing to clap and cheer for almost two minutes after she returned to her seat.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-18vfmjb et3p2gv0\">Before speaking, Meghan and Harry sat center stage to watch bearers carry the flags of each country represented at the One Young World Summit.  For the first time at the event, a flag was carried for the Refugee Nations\u2014an orange and blue design mimicking the colors often used for live vests and life rafts.  Since its introduction at the 2016 Olympics, it has become a symbol of hope.<\/p>\n<div data-embed=\"twitter\" class=\"embed align-center css-1m81y1o e1dhx11l2\">\n<p>This content is imported from twitter.  You may be able to find the same content in another format, or you may be able to find more information, at their web site.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"css-18vfmjb et3p2gv0\">The Duke and Duchess of Sussex arrived earlier in the day after a two-hour train ride from London.  Before the opening ceremony they held a private round table discussion with some of the delegates taking part in the summit.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-18vfmjb et3p2gv0\">Though Manchester was not the first choice for the 2022 gathering (plans for Tokyo had to be shelved due to ongoing Covid-19 travel restrictions in Japan), the new location was an apt alternative.  The second largest city in the UK is well known for its humanity and community spirit, seen around the world after a 2017 terrorist bombing on the Manchester Arena during an Ariana Grande concert left 23 dead.  It is also famously where the suffragettes first walked, with women taking to the streets of Manchester in 1898\u2014an act which went on to empower women and girls around the world.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-18vfmjb et3p2gv0\">Tomorrow, the Sussexes will travel to Dusseldorf, Germany, where Prince Harry will launch a one-year countdown to the next Invictus Games.  He is scheduled to meet some of the athletes taking part and make time for a brief press call, though journalists gathered will not be able to ask him questions.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-18vfmjb et3p2gv0\">On Thursday, the pair will be back in London for the annual WellChild Awards, which celebrates the bravery of Britain&#8217;s seriously ill children and young people.  Harry, as long-standing boss of the charity, will deliver a speech.<\/p>\n<div itemprop=\"author\" itemscope=\"\" itemtype=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/Person\" class=\"css-raq4ya e19xk9rq3\">\n<div itemprop=\"description\" class=\"css-ik4fmf e19xk9rq0\">\n<p>Omid Scobie is BAZAAR.com&#8217;s Royal Editor at Large and has covered the lives and philanthropic work of the younger members of the British Royal Family for over eight years.  As well as spearheading exclusive coverage of major royal milestones (including the weddings of both the Cambridges and Sussexes), Scobie has traveled extensively with Harry, Meghan, William and Kate on their engagements in the UK and around the world.  As ABC News&#8217;s Royal Contributor, Scobie is a regular on <em>Good MorningAmerica<\/em> and host of the network&#8217;s forthcoming podcast, <em>The Heir Pod<\/em>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Don&#8217;t call it a comeback. Meghan, the Duchess of Sussex has given her first speech on British soil since stepping back from her role as a senior royal over two years ago. Speaking to delegates from over 200 countries at the One Young World Summit in Manchester, England, Duchess Meghan smiled and said, \u201cIt is &hellip;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"> <a class=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/duchess-meghan-gives-her-first-uk-speech-since-stepping-back-from-royal-role\/\"> <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Duchess Meghan Gives Her First UK Speech Since Stepping Back From Royal Role<\/span> Read More &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","spay_email":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":46080,"url":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/harry-and-meghan-are-returning-to-the-uk-sooner-than-you-think\/","url_meta":{"origin":67184,"position":0},"title":"Harry and Meghan Are Returning to the UK Sooner Than You Think","date":"August 15, 2022","format":false,"excerpt":"Prince Harry and Meghan Markle are heading back across the pond. 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