Meghan Markle: Australian presenter slams 'garbage' book

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The Duke and Duchess of Sussex penned an open letter to G20 leaders this weekend to ensure coronavirus vaccine supplies for all nations. Harry and Meghan claimed vaccine donation promises were yet to reach some of the most vulnerable people in the world. The letter, written by the Sussexes and World Health Organisation director general Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, labelled access to the COVID-19 vaccine a “fundamental human right”.

World leaders gathered in Rome for the G20 summit on Saturday, and several more will head to Glasgow for the COP26 climate change summit which started yesterday.

The letter comes after Meghan issued a separate letter to US Congress leaders calling for paid leave for all American parents.

Meghan said she was writing “as a mom” and called on her own experiences to stress the importance of paid parental leave.

The Duchess has often focused her work on women’s empowerment, education and inclusivity.

She even took Buckingham Palace staff by surprise when discussing International Women’s Day in March 2019. 

Discussing equality in marriage, Meghan said: “There’s nothing threatening about a woman coming up to the same level. I hope that men are part of that conversation. My husband certainly is!”

She later added that she hoped their children would go on to become feminists.

Angela Levin is the author of ‘Harry: Conversations with the Prince’.

She wrote: “Staff at the Palace admit that they were ‘caught on the back foot’, by her speaking so personally at certain events but, I was informed, ‘now they will wrestle back control’.”

Ms Levin wrote Meghan is “not easily deterred from her goals and has shown that she has no qualms about working outside the rather antiquated royal machine”.

Since stepping back, the Sussexes have spoken in support of the Black Lives Matter movement, among others.

Prior to last year’s US presidential election, they called on Americans to “reject hate speech, misinformation and online negativity”.

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A spokesperson for the couple said the comments were not a political endorsement, however, but instead a “non-partisan call for decency”.

However, before Meghan and Harry stepped back as senior royals, Ms Levin wrote that a Palace source told her: “Don’t worry. The Palace will always win.

“The Palace machine is a force to be reckoned with.

“However impressive employees may be, in the end they are all worn down. It just takes different people a different amount of time.

“The best communications staff are those who have spent some time in the armed forces because they can take orders and know their place. Harry will have recognised this.”

In the Oprah Winfrey interview earlier this year, Meghan ensured she clarified the difference between the Royal Family and the institution.

She said: “There’s the family, and then there’s the people that are running the institution.

“Those are two separate things and it’s important to be able to compartmentalise that, because the Queen, for example, has always been wonderful to me.”

A former royal household member told Ms Levin: “As a member of the Royal Family, her life could be made very difficult and awkward if she doesn’t conform.”

Ultimately, Meghan and Harry chose to step away. Harry told Ms Winfrey “I took matters into my own hands” and had to step back for the sake of his family.

They have since launched the ‘Archewell’ foundation, after it was announced their ‘Sussex Royal’ brand would no longer be used.

They have also launched a range of business ventures, including a partnership with sustainable investment firm Ethic, as well as a multi-million pound deal with streaming giant Netflix.

‘Harry: Conversations with the Prince’ was written by Angela Levin and published by John Blake in 2018. It is available here.

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