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Meghan Markle make calls for ‘change’ in at the White House

Meghan Markle has broken from protocol followed by British royals in calling for a ‘change’ in the US presidential election.

Meghan’s performance on Friday.
Meghan’s performance on Friday.

Meghan Markle, the wife of Prince Harry, has broken from protocol normally followed by British royals in calling for a “change” in the upcoming US presidential election.

The Duchess of Sussex’s comments came during a virtual “voter registration couch party” organised by When We All Vote, an outreach group co-chaired by former first lady Michelle Obama, actor Tom Hanks and others to increase participation at the polls.

“We all know what’s at stake this year. I know it, I think all of you certainly know it,” she said on Friday AEST.

“You’re just as mobilised and energised to the change that we all need and deserve.

“We vote to honour those who came before us and to protect those who will come after us — because that’s what community is all about and that’s specifically what this election is all about.

The Suits actress did not mention President Donald Trump, who will face Democrat Joe Biden at the polls on November 3.

The Duke and Duchess of Sussex quit frontline British royal duties this year and moved to California.

They have spoken of their desire to “to do something of meaning, to do something that matters,” in California, where they plan to launch a wide-ranging non-profit organisation named Archewell.

The duchess, whose mother is black, spoke out in June after the death of George Floyd, an unarmed African-American killed by police, reflecting on her own memories of racism growing up in Los Angeles.

AFP

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