The Duchess of Sussex closed down her social media accounts shortly after her engagement to Prince Harry in 2017.
But earlier than then, the previous actress was very energetic on Instagram and ran her personal way of life weblog, The Tig.
As nicely as sharing snaps from her travels and inside her Toronto house, Meghan would frequently put up inspirational quotes.
And one appears all of the extra apt since her marriage to Prince Harry and changing into a mom to Prince Archie, 4, and two-year-old Princess Lilibet.
In an Instagram put up from April 2016, Meghan shared a quote, which learn: “Teach your daughters to worry less about fitting into glass slippers and more about shattering glass ceilings.”
The Suits star added within the caption: “Cheers to that! Happy Saturday.”
Meghan has at all times been an advocate for ladies’s and ladies’ rights, earlier than she started courting Prince Harry in 2016, and little question it is one thing she’s additionally instilling into her kids.
© NetflixIn a chunk she penned for ELLE journal in November 2016, she wrote: “With fame comes opportunity, but it also includes responsibility – to advocate and share, to focus less on glass slippers and more on pushing through glass ceilings. And, if I’m lucky enough, to inspire.”
When she was simply 11 years outdated, Meghan wrote to Procter & Gamble to object to sexism in a dish cleaning soap business which included the road: “Mothers around America are fighting greasy pots and pans.”
She wrote letters asking for the ‘sexist’ language to be modified from ‘ladies’ to ‘folks’, and the corporate subsequently amended the language used within the advert.
The Duchess beforehand spoke about how she’s elevating her son Archie in a Q&A with journalist and activist, Gloria Steinem, in 2020. Take a glance again within the clip under…
“As I’ve gotten older, I’ve been able to understand that it’s not mutually exclusive to be a feminist and be feminine,” Meghan advised Gloria throughout their dialog. “And to own that and harness your femininity and your identification as a woman in all of the different layers.”
“Well, you can be a feminist and be masculine and a guy,” Gloria responded.
© Getty“Like my husband!” Meghan added. “I love that when he just came in he said, ‘You know that I’m a feminist, too, right, Gloria?! It’s really important to me that you know that.'”
She continued: “I look at our son and what a beautiful example that he gets to grow up with a father who is so comfortable owning that as part of his own self-identification. That there’s no shame in being someone who advocates for fundamental human rights for everyone, which of course includes women.”
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