New Zealand Woman’s Weekly

A duchess divided MEGHAN’S crucial next steps

There’s no denying that Meghan, Duchess of Sussex, has always had the best of intentions.

From the age of 11, when she enlisted the support of powerful women such as Hillary Clinton to get a dishwashing liquid manufacturer to change its sexist TV ads, she has spoken out about matters close to her heart. More recently, she has channelled her fame into supporting organisations such as World Vision and the United Nations (UN) in an effort to make the world a better place.

And when she married Prince Harry nearly two years ago, it seemed her new royal status would give her an even more powerful platform from which to support causes she feels strongly about, such as education opportunities for girls, women’s rights and overcoming poverty. Becoming a duchess should have been a help, not a hindrance, when it came to using her strong sense of social justice for good.

But now that it has all gone terribly wrong, and she and Harry are about to pull the plug on their

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