Meghan Markle gives speech in Manchester
Prince Harry and Meghan Markle have returned to the UK for several charity stops. Meghan gave a speech at the One Young World summit and discussed her own struggle for self-belief.
She recalled her sense of self-doubt amongst world leaders when: “I was the girl from Suits.”
Prince Harry accompanied his wife at the young summit in Manchester. It was the couple’s first UK visit since they attended the Queen’s Platinum Jubilee in June.
“It is very nice to be back in the UK” she began her speech – which was free of controversy, and instead detailed her own feelings when she attended the event in 2014 (long before she met Harry).
“I wasn’t sure that I belonged. I was so nervous. I doubted myself and I wondered if I was good enough to even be there,” she told her audience of young leaders from more than 190 countries.
“I was so overwhelmed by this experience. I think I even saved my little paper place card that said my name on it. Just proof that I was there,” Meghan told the audience.
“I’m thrilled that my husband is able to join me here this time,” she said, at an event with fees of over £3,000 for delegates, which organisers say are mostly funded by scholarships or charity partners.
She told the young delegates: “You are the ones driving the positive and necessary change needed across the globe.”
Harry and Meghan will head off to Germany for an Invictus Games event before returning to London at the WellChild Awards on Thursday where Prince Harry is expected to make a speech.