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Marie Claire
Marie Claire
Lifestyle
Kristin Contino

Why Meghan Markle’s Speech About Online Harm Has a Tie to Princess Diana’s Early Struggles

Meghan Markle wearing a black suit giving a speech in a mic.

Meghan Markle made an emotional appearance in Geneva, Switzerland on May 17 to speak out on a cause she’s been championing with Prince Harry for years, visiting The Lost Screen Memorial during the 79th World Health Assembly. Like the Lost Screen installation the Duke and Duchess of Sussex launched in NYC last April, the memorial features the phone lock screen images of children who died by suicide as a result of digital harm. During her speech, Meghan touched on online bullying as well as another issue that was close to her late mother-in-law, Princess Diana.

Speaking of the images of the young people behind her, Meghan said, “Now their faces ask the world questions we can no longer avoid: How many more millions of children will be harmed by products that, while innovative, are still designed without sufficient safeguards?”

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