‘Proud feminist’ Meghan Markle makes her online debut as Duchess of Sussex
Profile says American former actress, 36, developed a ‘keen awareness’ of social issues at a young age and also details her charitable work
She has the prince, the wedding ring, the title, and now the Duchess of Sussex has more authoritative confirmation of her new royal status: her own page on the British monarchy’s website.
I am proud to be a woman and a feminist
The official profile of the 36-year-old American former actor on the palace website lists her achievements, even highlighting her quote from the 2015 United Nations conference in New York: “I am proud to be a woman and a feminist.”
The website says that from a young age, the duchess has had “a keen awareness of social issues and actively participated in charitable work.
“Aged 11 she successfully campaigned for a company to alter their television advert that had used sexist language to sell washing-up liquid.”
It says she volunteered in a soup kitchen in Skid Row in Los Angeles and “these early experiences helped to shape her lifelong commitment to causes such as social justice and women’s empowerment”.
Her charitable work also features prominently, noting that she became the UN women’s advocate for women’s political participation and leadership in 2015 and in the following year she was made global ambassador for the charity World Vision.
As Windsor began to return to normality after Saturday’s wedding, the Duke and Duchess of Sussex returned to their Kensington Palace home.
It had, by all accounts, been a late night for the bride and groom with their private evening reception at the 17th-century Frogmore House ending with an explosion of fireworks.