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Before you watch:
What do you think of when you hear the word "activism"? What kinds of activities do you think Meghan Markle does as an activist?
Write your answer in a comment below.

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Meghan Markle's History of Activism Predates Her Royal Engagement | NowThis

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Because Meghan is so fashion savvy (she has a lot of knowledge of styles and brands), the royal tours were a great opportunity for her to use her clothing for diplomatic dressing.

Remember, royal tours are an opportunity to use fashion to send messages to the host country, and can be used as a sign of respect.

Find an outfit that Meghan wore on a royal tour (i.e. Australia, Fiji, Tonga, New Zealand in 2018, Morocco in 2019, South Africa in 2019) and explain 1. what she wore and 2. the significance of the outfit.

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After stepping down from their royal duties, Harry and Meghan renewed their commitment to charity work by starting the Archewell foundation.

Explore the Archewell foundation website below. What kinds of projects are Harry and Meghan working on now? Share a project, partnership, or story that you found interesting below.
Write 1. the name of the project, partnership, or story 2. why you find it interesting 3. why you think it's important.

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Founded by The Duke & Duchess of Sussex, Archewell unleashes the power of compassion to drive change through non-profit work & creative activations.

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Just like her sister-in-law Kate, Meghan has also been known to wear outfits that pay homage to the late Princess Diana.

Find an outfit of Meghan emulating Diana's style and explain why (or why you think) Meghan chose to replicate that specific outfit (what message was she trying to send?).

I've given you a link below to get you started, but there are many other outfits you can choose from.

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Meghan Markle's Green Erdem Coat Pays Tribute to Princess Diana

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Princess Diana was one of the most fashionable women of her time, and it seems like Meghan Markle is quickly becoming a royal style icon in her own right. Here, we look back at all the sartorial tributes Meghan has paid her late mother-in-law.

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Glitz and glamor are another aspect of royal life.

Find a photo of Meghan from an evening event (i.e. she needs to be glamorous and wearing an evening gown) and upload it here.

Describe 1. what she is wearing 2. what event she attended 3. the meaning or or significance behind the clothing she is wearing (i.e. she repeated an outfit, the accessory was also worn by Diana, the color of the dress matches the logo of the charity the she attended, etc.)

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Meghan has always been known as a fashionista - even before she became a Duchess.

Meghan's love of fashion is clear when you look at photos of her life before she was a royal, especially during her career as an actress on the TV show Suits. Her style at the time was different from what it is now - shorter hemlines, bolder styles, and more makeup.

Find a photo of Meghan from her pre-duchess life (before 2018) and upload it here. (I have shared a link to some photos, but there are many many more you can choose from.)

You need to 1. describe the outfit 2. explain why you think it's a good example of Meghan's pre-duchess style.

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The Duchess of Sussex's style has definitely changed since becoming royalty.

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Throwback Photos of Meghan Markle Before She Became a Duchess

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It's not always easy being a royal. The public is very interested in the lives of royals, and the media are following their every move.

Look through the following headlines written about Kate and Meghan over the years, then answer the following questions:

1. How do you feel after reading the headlines in the article?
2. Why do you think they Kate and Meghan are treated differently in the media, even though their actions are the same?

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The Duke and Duchess of Sussex (aka Prince Harry and Meghan Markle) didn't just shockingly " step back" as senior members of the royal family this week - they gave the UK media a big "fuck-you" for years of what they said was biased and unfair coverage.

The couple's new website on breaking up with years of royal protocol laid out - among a lot of other things - their media strategy, stating that they will no longer participate in the traditional royal press system that grants exclusive access to a select group of UK outlets.

Britain's royal correspondents, they said, are seen as reliable sources of information. "This misconception propels coverage that is often carried by other outlets around the world, amplifying frequent misreporting," they wrote. Removing themselves from "royal rota" coverage has sparked an outcry among UK media and drew a protest from the National Union of Journalists.

This isn't a new complaint from the royal couple - they just took an unprecedented step to do something about it. Harry and Meghan have said publicly that they believe they have been treated unfairly by the UK press since the moment news broke of their relationship - that they are bullied, that there are racist undertones to coverage of them, and that they have been held to a different standard than Harry's brother and sister-in-law, the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge (aka Prince William and Kate Middleton).

The UK media outlets that currently make up the royal rota are the Daily Express, the Daily Mail, the Daily Mirror, the Evening Standard, the Telegraph, the Times, and the Sun.

Here is a look at 20 stories from these outlets that appear to show a double standard between press coverage of Meghan and Kate. BuzzFeed News has reached out to all of the outlets featured below for comment.

Kate and William: "Prince William was given one of the green fruit - wrapped up in a bow - by a little boy who's mother is suffering during her pregnancy too... 'He said he'd take it to [Kate] and see what happens - and said good luck for [the boy's] mummy.'" Express: Sept. 14, 2017

Meghan: "The pregnant Duchess of Sussex and so-called 'avocado on toast whisperer' is wolfing down a fruit linked to water shortages, illegal deforestation and all round general environmental devastation." Express: Jan. 23, 2019

Kate and William: "Creating their own companies will allow William and Kate to bring out, should they ever chose to, myriad items of officially-endorsed merchandise from tea towels to coffee cups... Kensington Palace officials said they were doing the 'sensible thing' in protecting the couple's rights." Daily Mail: Jan. 17, 2014

Meghan and Harry: "The Sussexes want to stamp their name on dozens of products including T-shirts, hoodies, journals and gloves for their newly-created foundation Sussex Royal... Experts said Harry and Meghan were actively preparing to quit the Royal Family months ago by filing trade mark applications to commercially protect their brand." Daily Mail: Jan. 9, 2020

Kate and William: "Prince William yesterday backed brother Harry's brave admission of his mental anguish - and blasted the monarchy's 'stiff upper lip' tradition... William said: 'There may be a time and a place for the 'stiff upper lip' but not at the expense of your health... '

"'Catherine and I are clear we want both George and Charlotte to grow up feeling able to talk about their emotions and feelings. Over the past year we have visited a number of schools together where we have been amazed listening to children talk about some quite difficult subjects in a clear and emotionally articulate way, something most adults would struggle with. Seeing this has really given me hope things are changing and there is a generation coming up who find it normal to talk openly about emotions.'" Sun: April 19, 2017

Meghan and Harry: "Meghan Markle and Prince Harry have bucked royal tradition once again with their latest TV interview - in which they claimed they were 'existing, not living.' The couple ditched the stiff upper lip of previous Royal Family generations and flew the flag for 'Generation Therapy' as they revealed their emotions to the world - but were they right to do so?

"What you make of 'fragile' Prince Harry and Meghan's comments may depend on your generation. Sun parents and kids reveal what they think of the Duke and Duchess of Sussex airing their emotions in public - and whether they have the right to moan in such positions of privilege..." Sun: Oct. 23, 2019

Kate: "As far as bridal bouquets go there was nothing particularly regal about Kate Middleton's modest arrangement of simple, seasonal flowers. Like the bride herself the bouquet was effortlessly elegant and understated.

"Yet behind that modest posy lay a secret story. Kate, the commoner-turned-duchess, had painstakingly selected blooms with real meaning. She is evidently well-versed in the language of flowers, a little-known romantic relic from the 19th century.

"Hence the use of lilac in her bouquet, which signifies the first emotions of love, the lily of the valley meaning a return of happiness, hyacinth standing for constancy, myrtle meaning love and the ivy, which represents fidelity. Then of course there was the suitably named Sweet William, which is shorthand for gallantry." Express: Aug. 29, 2011

Meghan: "[Meghan Markle] was holding a wedding bouquet which flowers were replicated in Princess Charlotte and the other bridesmaids' flower crowns. Express.co.uk can now reveal the children' crowns were made of flowers that can be deadly, especially for children. Meghan's bouquet was made of forget-me-nots as well as sweet peas, lily of the valley, astilbe, jasmine, and astrantia...

"Lily of the valley is a highly poisonous woodland flowering plant and ingestion could be deadly... As Meghan's bridesmaids were so young, having this flower on their heads could be considered a dangerous decision. Other brides have also used this flowers including Kate Middleton, Princess Eugenie and Camilla, Duchess of Cornwall." Express: Oct. 13, 2019

Kate: "It is a fashion conundrum not many of us will ever face, but what exactly does one wear for tea with the Queen? The Duchess of Cambridge met this challenge head on yesterday by co-ordinating her outfit with the Queen's powder blue ensemble... The Queen, on her first official event to mark her Diamond Jubilee, was dressed in a pastel hat and two-piece coat dress with military-style rows of gold buttons designed by Angela Kelly. Looking relaxed and elegant, her outfit was perfect for what looked like a fun official engagement with the girls." Mirror: Feb. 14, 2013
"The Queen's aides had told [Meghan] she would be wearing a green hat as a mark of respect to those who died in the Grenfell Tower fire. The Queen is said to have been 'baffled' when Meghan turned up without a hat as she didn't realize she was supposed to wear one too. A senior aide said: 'I don't think the Duchess fully understood. This was not a request. Those are for others to make, not the Queen.' The Queen's staff are said to have noted the Duchess's mistake or 'lack of deference.'" Mirror: Oct. 29, 2018

Kate: "We see a woman in her prime: stylish, confident and positively radiant, nailing outfit after outfit in the style stakes - and it's a joy to witness... That old uniform of girlish dresses, tan tights and nude heels has been replaced by dazzling super-chic outfits to satisfy even the most exacting fashionista." Daily Mail: June 16, 2019

Meghan: "Proper royalty is about tradition and duty, self-effacing service and loyalty - year after year after year, season after season... That is not to say that a monarchy cannot or must not move with the times - simply that it has to resist the temptation to be buffeted by passing cultural trends. Fashion is the exact opposite. And as fashion's most famous bible, Vogue exemplifies the transient nature of the beast." Daily Mail: July 29, 2019

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Here Are 20 Headlines Comparing Meghan Markle To Kate Middleton That Might Show Why She And Prince Harry Are Cutting Off Royal Reporters

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Over the years, Meghan has been shamed for the same things for which her sister-in-law, Kate, has been praised.

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In March 2020, Meghan and Harry announced that they were stepping down from their royal duties.

Read about the final 3 looks that she wore and answer the following question:

Which of the three looks is your favorite? Why?

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Earlier this month, Meghan Markle returned to the UK-and to the spotlight-for a farewell tour of sorts, one last round of engagements before she and Prince Harry officially transition out of their roles as senior royal at the end of March. And with each public event, the Duchess made a powerful statement with her clothes.

The royals are known for using fashion to underscore a broader context, whether its diplomatic or personal, and this time Meghan's intended meaning came through loud and clear: The Sussexes may be stepping back from royal life, but they are going to be just fine. Whatever's next, they're in it together.

Here, we break each of her final royal looks.

The back-on-the-scene blue dress.

After weeks of low-key living in Canada, Meghan returned to the public eye wearing a full face of dramatic makeup and a bold teal dress from Victoria Beckham, which popped against the evening's rainy backdrop.

"What a way to undo the last two months of negative press, and any criticism about what they are doing to just return so triumphantly," says Elizabeth Holmes, a journalist well-known for her popular #SoManyThoughts series on Instagram, where she provides commentary on the royals' sartorial choices.

Meghan's aesthetic choices were only amplified by photographer Samir Hussein's now-iconic photograph of the Duke and Duchess of Sussex walking under an umbrella, still smiling and completely unbothered by the weather and torrent of camera flashes around them.

"It's a one in a million when all the elements you could wish for as a photographer come together-perfect timing, great lighting, strong symbolism and amazing subjects make this a magical photo I am extremely proud of," he told T&C.

The symbolic red Safiyaa gown.

Meghan and Harry subtly matched over the course of their entire visit to the UK, but at the Mountbatten Music Festival, that sartorial solidarity was front and center. Meghan's striking Safiyaa cape dress was almost the exact same shade of red as Prince Harry's dress uniform, which he was wearing in his final public appearance as Captain General of the Royal Marines.

This was no coincidence. Harry has had to give up all of his honorary military appointments as part of his agreement to step back from royal life, and he will no longer wear his uniform at public events. It was a sacrifice he was willing to make for the freedom he and Meghan sought, but by all accounts a painful one. It was a role he had wanted to maintain.

"Meghan appearing next to Harry in his uniform on the last day that he is wearing his uniform publicly-that was really powerful, and I think it showed real unity between them," Holmes says.

The Duchess's look was so popular with royal fans that it even crashed the website Meghan's Mirror, which chronicles Meghan's outfits. "Our servers just could not handle the amount of traffic," Christine Ross, the site's editor tells me.

"The look was so similar to her other Safiyaa gown, the long blue one she wore in Fiji, which was also hugely popular. It was smart that she returned to a look she knew the public would love and paired it with Harry's military uniform, which was an incredibly respectful gesture."

One final vibrant green look.

Meghan's cape dress at the Commonwealth Day Service was at once a high fashion statement and perhaps the most "royal" we've seen her look in quite a while.

In the months following her wedding to Prince Harry, Meghan dressed almost exclusively in shades of blush and beige, but this week's ensembles make it clear that she's been taking notes from her grandmother-in-law, Queen Elizabeth.

The British monarch is known for only wearing vibrant shades. "I can never wear beige because nobody will know who I am," Robert Hardman, the Queen's biographer, once quoted her as saying. And on Monday, with a bright green dress and matching hat that nodded to her late mother-in-law Princess Diana, Meghan wanted everyone to know who she was: a senior member of the royal family, if only for a few weeks more weeks.

"This was her final senior engagement as a working royal. She went so bold, I really commend her for that," Holmes says.

And once again, Harry and Meghan were matching, only this time, their coordination was a bit more subtle. When a well-timed gust of wind lifted the hem of Prince Harry's jacket, eagle-eyed blogger Gerts Royals notice that the lining of his coat exactly matched Meghan's dress. It was another gesture of solidarity.

"It's almost like they would knew that there would be a little gust of wind when they walked," Holmes says. "That kind of unity, matching in a photograph gives you a sense that the couple is together and they're strong, people who are on the same wavelength. It felt very intentional. That kind of stuff does not happen by accident."

The dress also served as a bookend to Meghan's royal life.

"She chose that look so purposefully. It's so brightly colored, and such a beautiful green. She entered the this royal role in that green P.A.R.O.S.H dress for the engagement interview, and now she's leaving the role in a beautiful green Emilia Wickstead," Ross said.

That designer was also not accidental. By choosing a dress by Wickstead, who reportedly criticized Meghan's wedding gown very controversially, the Duchess is symbolically putting all the drama of the past behind her.

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Read the following article about racism in the royal family, then answer the following questions.

1. What evidence does the article give of racism in the royal family?
2. Do you agree that the British Royal Family is a symbol of institutional racism?
3. After reading this article, and the headlines in part 5 (Treatment by the Tabloids), do you think Meghan was a victim of racism? Why or why not?
4. What do you think the Royal Family should do to address issues of racism?

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In 2020, the royal family's silence over the Black Lives Matter movement did not go unnoticed, and Meghan Markle and Prince Harry's tell-all interview with Oprah Winfrey has once again brought to the fore the topic of racism in the monarchy.

Harry said racism was "a large part" of why the couple left the UK, they claim a member of the royal family raised "concerns" over how dark Archie's skin would be before he was born, and Markle said her treatment in the tabloids compared to that of Kate Middleton was racist.

A statement released by Buckingham Palace on behalf of the Queen said the whole family was "saddened to learn" how challenging things had been, adding: "The issues raised, particularly that of race, are concerning. While some recollections may vary, they are taken very seriously and will be addressed by the family privately."

While the Duke and Duchess of Sussex have engaged with numerous anti-racism organizations and spoke openly about the death of George Floyd in the summer of 2020, other members who represent the monarchy never spoke up.

This is not entirely surprising, though. The royals have been accused of turning a blind eye - and in some instances, even enabling - racism since the early years of the monarchy.

For starters, Queen Elizabeth I was connected to Britain's slave trade in the 1500s - the monarch publicly supported Captain John Hawkins, who captured 300 Africans and exchanged them for hides, ginger, and sugar in 1562.

Current Head of State, Queen Elizabeth II, has never publicly acknowledged her ancestor's actions.

Then there was Abdul Karim, the Indian attendant of Queen Victoria. According to The Guardian, the royal household "tried everything to displace him" because of the color of his skin. They eventually succeeded, sending him abruptly back to India after the Queen's death.

But these incidents aren't just historical - royal family members have been ignoring accusations of racism since as recently as June 2020, when the Queen failed to respond to accusations that the royal honors medal is "highly offensive" and resembles the killing of Floyd.

The Queen has never apologized for the monarchy's racist past

Some members of the royal family have taken accountability for their own racist behavior in more recent years.

In 2005, a then 20-year-old Prince Harry angered the public and politicians after wearing a Nazi costume to a fancy dress party.

"It was a poor choice of costume and I apologize," Harry said at the time, according to The New York Times.

The prince issued another apology four years later, saying he was "extremely sorry" for using a racial slur to address his friend in a military training video.

In 2017, Princess Michael of Kent made a public apology after she was accused of wearing a racist brooch to lunch with Meghan Markle.

Meanwhile, the Queen's husband, the Duke of Edinburgh, is known for his controversial sense of humor, and has often made remarks during royal engagements that landed him in hot water.

These have included telling the President of Nigeria that he looked like he was "ready for bed" when he wore national dress to meet Prince Phillip in 2003, and comparing Ethiopian art to "the kind of thing my daughter would bring back from school art lessons" back in 1965.

During a visit to China in 1986, he also told a British student that if he stayed much longer, "you'll go home with slitty eyes."

Most of these comments have come and gone without acknowledgment from the palace. However, The Independent reports that the duke issued a public apology after a visit to an electronics factory in Scotland in 1999, where he said a messy fuse box looked "as though it was put in by an Indian."

Meanwhile, the British monarchy's most well-known tie to racism - the slave trade - is something the Queen has never acknowledged.

In 1564 Queen Elizabeth I even contributed a vessel to Hawkins, the first known Englishman to include enslaved Africans as cargo.

While Prince Charles previously acknowledged "the appalling atrocity of the slave trade, and the unimaginable suffering it caused," this is something the Queen has not publicly commented on.

But as royal commentator Kristen Meinzer told Insider, the monarchy "was instrumental in supporting the slave trade," so Charles' apology doesn't even come close to making amends for the past.

"The Church of England, which the Queen is the head of, actively perpetrated slavery and profited from it," Meinzer told Insider. "It's not enough for the son of the monarch to apologize. The monarch should."

Human rights activist and journalist Peter Tatchell said that Her Majesty shows "an unwillingness to face up to past injustices" by staying silent.

"It is long overdue that the Queen should apologize for the monarchy's role in the slave trade," Tatchell told Insider.

"The fact that she has not done so shows a lack of remorse, an unwillingness to face up to past injustices, and a lack of commitment to a multiracial Britain."

Buckingham Palace did not respond to Insider's requests for comment for this piece.

The monarchy could be considered a symbol of institutional racism

Tatchell says that the monarchy is an example of institutional racism because there has never been a non-white head of state.

"The UK's system of an inherited head of state is racist by default," Tatchell told Insider.

"The title of head of state is bestowed on the first-born descendants in each successive generation of the all-white royal family. A non-white person is therefore excluded from holding the title of head of state, at least for the foreseeable future. This is institutional racism."

Of course, this could change with the future generations - if Prince George was to marry a non-white person and they had children, for example, the next heir to the throne would be mixed race.

Meghan Markle is the first member of the royal family known to be mixed race. However, some historians believe that King George III's wife Queen Charlotte was mixed race as she descended from a branch of the Portuguese royal family who had roots in Africa.

There is no conclusive evidence to prove Charlotte's heritage, though, and when the Boston Globe enquired about it to Buckingham Palace in 1999, it was dismissed as unimportant.

"This has been rumored for years and years," palace spokesman David Buck told the newspaper, according to NPR. "It's a matter of history, and frankly, we've got more important things to talk about."

The royals did little to defend Meghan Markle against racism

Although there has been debate over the specific reasons Markle chose to leave the royal family - and the UK - behind, many experts believed it was at least partly to do with the racist treatment the duchess suffered at the hands of the British tabloids.

In the couple's interview with Winfrey, they confirmed that racism was indeed "a large part" of why they left the UK.

Harry was the only royal to speak in Markle's defense following a series of discriminatory articles, which implied that the duchess' hometown was "gang-scarred" and "(almost) straight outta Compton" and that she was "fueling human rights abuses, drought, and murder" for eating avocados.

No member of the royal family ever condemned Markle's treatment by the British tabloids, and Harry said "that hurts," as Insider's Armani Syed reported. Harry had himself released a statement addressing the issue right at the start of the couple's relationship in 2016.

Markle spoke candidly in 2020 about her relationship with the tabloids, saying that the "large number of false and damaging articles" caused "tremendous emotional distress" during her time within the royal household.

In the years leading up to the royal wedding, some of the tabloids also targeted the duchess' mother, Doria Ragland. The Daily Mail published photos of Ragland's home and used degrading language to compare it to Kensington Palace.

"Plagued by crime and riddled with street gangs, the troubled Los Angeles neighborhood that Doria Ragland, 60, calls home couldn't be more different to London's leafy Kensington," the 2016 article reads.

The treatment Markle has endured could be compared to the treatment of Karim, who was reportedly discriminated against due to his race. False stories about Karim's father's profession were contrived in order to make him seem less suitable for the royal household, according to The Guardian.

The Queen had never commented on racism being a factor in the Sussexes' departure prior to her latest statement in the wake of the Oprah interview. An official statement in January 2020, following their step back announcement, said she recognized the "intense scrutiny" Markle and Harry had faced.

It wasn't until Markle left the royal family that she admitted she felt "unprotected" by the royal family's press team, who reportedly prohibited her from defending herself against the media.

In the Winfrey interview, Markle confirmed that she was banned from seeking professional help when her mental health was deteriorating, and the family was denied security after stepping back from royal life.

One of the most striking revelations from the interview, however, was that a member of the royal family expressed "concerns" over how dark Harry and Markle's children's skin would be. Neither would elaborate on who the person was, and Harry has since confirmed it wasn't the Queen or Prince Philip.

It's unlikely that the royals will take accountability

It's been nearly a year since the death of George Floyd in Minneapolis, and the start of the subsequent Black Lives Matter protests that erupted across the globe.

Royal experts have argued that the royal family never publicly shared support for the movement because aspects of it could be considered "political." However, they could have shown their support through engaging with anti-racism charities or by making a statement in favor of equality - something that wouldn't have required specifically naming BLM.

Like Markle and Harry, Prince William and Kate Middleton held video call engagements with various charities and organizations during the UK lockdown, though BLM and anti-racism charities were not included.

Although it's rare for the couple to speak about the topic of racism, it's not unheard of. In 2019 the Duke of Cambridge spoke about racism in soccer, saying he was "fed up" and "bored of it," according to The Guardian.

"Given the protocol that the royals must remain neutral and stay out of politics, it would be difficult for them to explicitly endorse the Black Lives Matter movement," Tatchell said.

"But nothing is stopping them from making a general statement in support of racial equality and inclusion. Their failure to do that speaks volumes about their white privilege mentality."

As Prince Harry recently said during a video engagement about racism: "There is no way that we can move forward unless we acknowledge the past."

It's hard to imagine the Queen showing support for BLM - and anti-racism in general - when in her 69 years on the throne, she has failed to address the racism that undeniably exists in the institution of the royal family.

"The longer they choose not to speak, the longer they're choosing to be complicit in white supremacy," Meinzer told Insider.

"As Desmond Tutu famously said: 'If you are neutral in situations of injustice, you have chosen the side of the oppressor.'"

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See Photos of Megan Markle's Style Evolution Through The Years

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From sailor-striped blazers to crisp tailored button-downs, Meghan Markle is quickly becoming fashion's preppiest new "it" girl. Here, our favorite style moments from the Duchess of Sussex.

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The Duchess of Sussex's best looks since joining the royal family.

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A Look Back at Meghan Markle's Style Since Becoming a Duchess

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1: She is wearing a beige gold one shoulder dress. She is wearing pumps and it is nude color similar to the dress. Ring, earrings and tiny bag are uniformly gold.

2: When I saw the picture, I thought she is very gorgeous. This picture shows even before she became a duchess, she was elegant and classic. I thought it's very telling that she is fashionable.

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This picture is part of the video of the trailer for her 2020 AppleTV plus mental health series. She is wearing very simple outfits that white t-shirt and black straight pants. The t-shirt has a words "RAISING THE FUTURE". I thought that her simple clothes would give a calm impression and that the letters on her shirt could be a positive message to people with mental health issues.

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This photo was taken in 2017, when she reported her marriage to Prince Harry. She is wearing a pure white coat, appropriate for a wedding event. The white color is so beautiful that it reminds me of a bride.

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1: This photo was taken during a visit to Suva, where she is wearing a long-sleeved printed dress with a ruffled hem and red base. She is wearing a traditional Suva dress with a ruffled hem and a clutch bag from a local artisan.
2: The dress has a traditional Suva feel to it, and the clutch bag is from a local artisan, which I thought gave a friendly impression of Fiji.

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Meghan went to Commonwealth Day, the anniversary of Queen Victoria's birth, wearing an outfit similar to the green coat Diana used to wear. I thought that she wore this outfit on the anniversary of Queen Victoria's birth to show the bond of the British royal family.

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I liked this picture because she was wearing an all green outfit, very simple in color, but the hat and bag were very distinctive and interesting.