{"id":282408,"date":"2019-10-25T06:18:32","date_gmt":"2019-10-25T12:18:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/b1086274"},"modified":"2019-10-25T06:18:32","modified_gmt":"2019-10-25T12:18:32","slug":"meghan-markle-has-the-sweetest-reaction-to-prince-harry-crashing-her-gender-equality-discussion","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kidn\/music-news\/meghan-markle-has-the-sweetest-reaction-to-prince-harry-crashing-her-gender-equality-discussion\/","title":{"rendered":"Meghan Markle Has the Sweetest Reaction to Prince Harry Crashing Her Gender Equality Discussion"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"block-0-img\" data-hook=\"scrollable-block\" data-swiftype-index=\"false\" readability=\"31\">\n<div class=\"post-content__image\" readability=\"32\"> <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"image--full\" src=\"https:\/\/akns-images.eonline.com\/eol_images\/Entire_Site\/2019925\/rs_1024x759-191025041741-1024-Prince-Harry-Meghan-Markle-LT-102519-PaWire-22279728-1.jpg?fit=inside|900:auto&amp;output-quality=90\" border=\"0\" title=\"Prince Harry, Meghan Markle\" alt=\"Prince Harry, Meghan Markle\" data-width=\"1024\" data-height=\"759\"><\/p>\n<p class=\"image__credits\">Jeremy Selwyn\/Evening Standard\/PA Wire<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"photo-txt-0\" data-hook=\"scrollable-block\" readability=\"39.574288724974\">\n<section data-textblock-tracking=\"text-block-photo-text\" readability=\"21.234984193888\">\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.eonline.com\/news\/meghan_markle\">Meghan Markle<\/a><\/strong> attended a roundtable discussion on gender equality on Friday, and she brought along a special guest\u2014<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.eonline.com\/news\/prince_harry\">Prince Harry<\/a><\/strong>!<\/p>\n<p>Many expected the Duchess of Sussex&#8217;s visit to be a solo outing. So, they were pleasantly surprised to see the Duke of Sussex <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RE_DailyMail\/status\/1187656728323735552\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">drive up<\/a> with his wife for the panel.<\/p>\n<p>Once inside, Meghan thanked her fellow participants for letting her husband &#8220;crash the party.&#8221; She also stressed the importance of having both men and women support the initiative.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;In terms of gender equality, which has been something I have championed for quite a long time, you know, I think that that conversation can&#8217;t happen without men being part of it,&#8221; she said. &#8220;And this is something that is also very key to the way my husband feels. And he&#8217;s been working in this space since 2013, which a lot of people don&#8217;t notice as much. But I think that&#8217;s what&#8217;s really important: You can&#8217;t have a conversation about women&#8217;s empowerment with just women.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"text-2\" data-hook=\"scrollable-block\" readability=\"57.643338954469\">\n<section data-textblock-tracking=\"text-block-text-only\" data-swiftype-index=\"false\" readability=\"10.480607082631\">\n<p>The discussion also involved representatives of The Queen&#8217;s Commonwealth Trust\u2014for which Meghan and Harry serve as <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eonline.com\/news\/1021814\/the-queen-gives-meghan-markle-a-new-role-on-international-women-s-day\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">vice president and president<\/a>, respectively\u2014and One Young World, which Meghan has supported ever since she joined as a counsellor in 2014. Participants included young leaders from around the world, who are heading initiatives that support gender equality and inclusion in places like South Africa, Nigeria, Iraq, Malawi and Bangladesh. The group discussed how these organizations could work together to support one another and drive meaningful change that will empower women.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"photo-txt-3\" data-hook=\"scrollable-block\" readability=\"30.676252319109\">\n<div class=\"column post-content__image--left post-content__image\" data-swiftype-index=\"false\" readability=\"32\"> <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"image--full\" src=\"https:\/\/akns-images.eonline.com\/eol_images\/Entire_Site\/2019925\/rs_634x1024-191025041435-634-Prince-Harry-Meghan-Markle-LT-102519-PaWire-22279400-1.jpg?fit=inside|900:auto&amp;output-quality=90\" title=\"Prince Harry, Meghan Markle\" alt=\"Prince Harry, Meghan Markle\"><\/p>\n<p class=\"image__credits\">Jeremy Selwyn\/Evening Standard\/PA Wire<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<section data-textblock-tracking=\"text-block-photo-text\" readability=\"9.108\">\n<p>Meghan wore a ruby red ensemble and sported an updo for the occasion. The event was held at Windsor Castle. Not only&nbsp;do Meghan and Harry <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eonline.com\/news\/1051939\/here-s-how-much-prince-harry-and-meghan-markle-s-home-renovations-really-cost\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">live in Windsor<\/a>, but they also tied the knot at Windsor Castle in 2018.<\/p>\n<p>Meghan&#8217;s involvement in the panel should come as no surprise to her fans. She championed gender equality <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eonline.com\/news\/1033599\/watch-meghan-markle-advocate-for-gender-equality-in-never-before-seen-video\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">well before her days as a royal<\/a> and has continued to advocate for it, such as through her <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eonline.com\/news\/1078531\/meghan-markle-s-speech-on-gender-equality-and-education-will-empower-you\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">speeches<\/a> and her work, as a duchess. She also <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eonline.com\/news\/937749\/meghan-markle-says-she-s-proud-to-be-a-feminist-in-official-royal-biography\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">proudly calls herself a feminist<\/a> in her royal bio.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"tune-in-4\" data-hook=\"scrollable-block\" readability=\"33\">\n<p class=\"tune-in__text\" data-swiftype-index=\"false\">Don&#8217;t miss <i>E! News<\/i> every weeknight at 7, only on E!<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.eonline.com\/news\/1086274\/meghan-markle-has-the-sweetest-reaction-to-prince-harry-crashing-her-gender-equality-discussion?cmpid=rss-000000-rssfeed-365-topstories&#038;utm_source=eonline&#038;utm_medium=rssfeeds&#038;utm_campaign=rss_topstories\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">via:: E! Online<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Jeremy Selwyn\/Evening Standard\/PA Wire Meghan Markle attended a roundtable discussion on gender equality on Friday, and she brought along a special guest\u2014Prince Harry! Many expected the Duchess of Sussex&#8217;s visit to be a solo outing. So, they were pleasantly surprised to see the Duke of Sussex drive up with his wife for the panel. Once [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[55],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-282408","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","category-music-news"],"acf":[],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-10-15 18:26:40","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"distributor_meta":false,"distributor_terms":false,"distributor_media":false,"distributor_original_site_name":"KIDN - The Lift FM","distributor_original_site_url":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kidn","push-errors":false,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kidn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/282408","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kidn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kidn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kidn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kidn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=282408"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kidn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/282408\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kidn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=282408"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kidn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=282408"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kidn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=282408"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}