Since moving to the USA, Duchess Meghan has been leading a new life that she has savored to the full – also on a political level.
Duchess Meghan (39) has spoken publicly about the upcoming presidential election in the United States. A step that, as Senior Royal, would never have allowed her. Members of the British royal family are obliged to be politically neutral. Since shedding their royal status in April of this year, Meghan and Prince Harry (35) have enjoyed new freedoms – and savor them.
Meghan told the women's magazine "Marie Claire" that she would definitely make use of her right to vote in the USA. She said, "I know what it's like to have a voice and also what it's like to feel voiceless." The 39-year-old is aware "that so many men and women have risked their lives so that we can be heard". So, in her opinion, all those who are entitled to vote should also make themselves heard.
Favorite quote from Harry and Meghan
To emphasize her concern, Meghan quoted New Zealand suffragette Kate Sheppard (1848-1934): "Don't think your individual voice doesn't matter much. The rain that refreshes the parched ground is made up of individual drops." It is one of her favorite quotes, said the 39-year-old, "and one that my husband and I have often referred to."