Doubts about Meghan Markle's feminist activism
A few days before what will probably be the wedding of the year, the media is talking about nothing else. From the controversy that has been created around the figure of Markle's father to what the wedding menu will be like, going through the classic “everything we know about the bride's dress”.
Five years ago his career was referred to, both in the professional sphere with his role in the series Suits, and in activism at the UN in the fight for women's rights. Today this has been relegated to the background and some fear that its feminist side will be annulled by British royal protocol. On the website of the monarchy it can be read: "As head of state, the queen must remain strictly neutral with regard to political matters."
Some questioned her activism after leaving her job at ‘Suits’
The American became in 2014 an advocate for women's political participation and leadership at the United Nations. A year later, she gave that famous speech in this same instance - called "Step It Up For Genter Equality" - where she claimed to be "proud to be a feminist." In addition, she held meetings with members of the World Bank, with Hillary Clinton and traveled several times to Rwanda, which has the largest number of women parliamentarians in the world.
But, since her engagement to Prince Harry was announced, Markle left her job at Suits -where she had been playing Rachel since 2011- because being an actress and a member of the monarchy are not compatible (there is the example of Grace Kelly to corroborate it) . A decision that did not please the critics who immediately questioned her activist facet.
Robert Lacey, historian and biographer of Queen Elizabeth II, has already told The Guardian newspaper that restrictions on her freedom of expression could represent "an existential problem" for a woman so committed to women's rights. “I can see that this is going to be a real problem in the coming months and even years for her, an existential problem. I don't think Queen Elizabeth II is in a rush to invite Meghan to Balmoral Castle when Trump visits them (Markle supported Hillary Clinton in the last election and called the President of the United States "misogynistic" and "divisive").
The journalist and specialist in the British house Andrew Morton - who has already signed the bestseller "Diana: Her True Story" - has recently published the biography of the actress "Meghan: A Hollywood Princess" and believes that Markle will have to contain his activism but that he's smart enough to "know where he's getting himself." And he added: “Quite a few people I spoke with thought it would bring fresh, interesting things. She has her own ideas ”.
