Meghan Markle speaks in the UK with Prince Harry after voicing more criticism of treatment by the royal family

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Meghan, Duchess of Sussex, has delivered her first speech in Britain since she and husband Prince Harry stepped down from their royal duties.

Key points:The duchess spoke at a summit for young leadersIt comes after she again criticized how she had been treated by theroyal familyShe and her husband Prince Harryquit royal duties more than two years ago

She spoke at a summit for young leaders, telling them that they were helping “the positive and necessary” change in the world.

The speech came a week the after publication of an interview with The Cut magazine where she again voiced criticism of how she and the Duke of Sussex had been treated by the royal family, causing a stir in British newspapers.

“It is very nice to be back in the UK,” the duchess said in the keynote address to the One Young World summit in Manchester, which PrinceHarry, Queen Elizabeth II’sgrandson, also attended.

“You are the future, but I would like to add to that, that you are also the present.

“You are the ones driving the positive and necessary change needed across the globe now in this very moment.”

Meghan recounted her first experience at the summit in 2014 when she was invited to be a counselor at One Young World.

“I’m thrilled that my husband is able to join me here this time,” she said.

“To meet again here on UK soil with him by my side makes it all feel full circle.”

The duke and duchess quit royal duties more than two years ago and have only made one other public appearance in Britain since then the Queen’s Platinum Jubilee celebrations.

They continue to attract huge media attention, not least because of the apparently strained relationship between Prince Harry and his elder brother Prince William, and his father Prince Charles, the heir to the throne.

British newspapers reported that there are no plans for the brothers to meet, indicating that the siblings have not yet been able to patch up their perceived differences.

Space to play or pause, M to mute, left and right arrows to seek, up and down arrows for volume.Meghan Markle is now a podcaster

Prince Harry has also been engaged in a legal spat with the British government over his security, and in July won permission to challenge a decision to deny him and his family police protection when they were in Britain, even if he paid for it himself.

He and his wife have connected on a private security team since moving to California, where they live with their two young children.

After the event in Manchester, the couple will attend an event in Germany on Tuesday to mark one year until the 2023 Invictus Games for injured veterans, and an awards ceremony for seriously ill children in London on Thursday.

Reuters

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