Meghan Markle makes bold claim in emotional admission while opening up about years of suffering
The Duchess of Sussex revealed the difficult experience during the third day of her whirlwind Australian tour with her husband Prince Harry.
Meghan Markle has made a bold claim while opening up about a personal experience on the third day of her whirlwind tour Down Under with Prince Harry.
The Duke and Duchess of Sussex were visiting a mental health organisation at a university in Melbourne when they spoke candidly with a group of young people about Australia’s under-16s social media ban that was imposed in December last year.
Prince Harry heaped praise on the legislation and labelled it “epic.”
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By continuing you agree to our Terms and Privacy Policy.“We can sit here and debate the pros and cons of the ban, I’m not here to judge that – what will say, from a responsibility and leadership standpoint …. Epic!” he told the group at Batyr at Swinburne University.
“Because so many countries are now following suit. But it should have never gotten to that point.”
Meghan took the chance to speak openly about her own troubling experiences of being “attacked” online, adding that social media companies are “not incentivised to stop.”
“And I can speak to that really personally, which is why I like to listen, because it rings true for me in a very real way,” she said.
“For now, 10 years, every day for 10 years, I have been bullied and attacked. And I was the most trolled person in the entire world.”
The 44-year-old offered some advice to the group in light of her personal admission.
“Now, I’m still here. And when I think of all of you and what you’re experiencing, I think so much of that is having to realise that you know that industry, that billion-dollar industry, that is completely anchored and predicated on cruelty to get clicks – that’s not going to change. So you have to be stronger than that.”
Earlier on Thursday the Sussexes immersed themselves in Aboriginal culture in Melbourne’s Scar Tree Walk.
They were greeted at Federation Square by Koori Heritage Trust representatives and later took a walk through Birrarung Marr park.
The pair will jet to Sydney later on Thursday where Meghan is expected to headline a three-day women’s retreat pitched as a ”girls weekend like no other.”
