'My daughter found her voice at age three': Meghan Markle delivers speech during Colombia tour

Juliette Morgan
'My daughter found her voice at age three': Meghan Markle delivers speech during Colombia tour

Meghan Markle gave a lecture at the "African Women and Power" forum as part of her and Prince Harry's tour of Colombia. She spoke in Spanish during the speech. The forum was held at a theater in the city of Cali.

Meghan recounted the famous story of how she wrote to Procter & Gamble at the age of 11. She was outraged by an advert for dishwashing liquid that she considered sexist. "Women all over America are struggling with greasy pots and pans," the product's slogan said. Markle wrote to the company and demanded that they remove the emphasis on women and change the slogan to "People all over the country." "I was very, very lucky at a young age to have my voice heard. I think that's a luxury that a lot of young girls and women don't often have," she said.

Meghan Markle also spoke about her and Prince Harry's three-year-old daughter Lilibet. "I support our daughter in that at three years old she has already found her voice, and we are very proud of that," she said.

Меган Маркл/Фото: Gabriel Aponte/Getty Images
Меган Маркл/Фото: Gabriel Aponte/Getty Images

The Duchess of Sussex also admired her mother, Doria Ragland. "I draw inspiration from many strong women around me. My mother is one of them. Life is full of surprises and can be quite challenging," she said. British tabloids noted that Meghan Markle did not mention the late Queen Elizabeth II or Prince William's wife, Kate Middleton.

But Meghan noted Prince Harry's contribution to the fight for women's rights. "What my husband does is a shining example of the role men play in empowering women, in making sure their voices are heard, from a young age all the way through to adulthood."

Meghan Markle's speech was criticized online. Users noted that she simply wants to attract the attention she lacks, and added that all of Marco's achievements are only in words, but she has not created "anything tangible". In addition, the network discussed Meghan's phrase about her daughter already having a voice, and stated that in this case, Lilibet should have expressed her complaints to her parents about her being kept away from the royal family and relatives on her father's side, and that she does not know her cousins.

Earlier, Harry and Meghan visited a training session of the Colombian Invictus Games team, as well as the Escuela Tambores de Cabildo music school, where they played traditional African drums.

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