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Duchess of Sussex Duchess chose not to put herself on the cover, saying it Public Sector & Third Sector
Campaigner, actress would be a “boastful thing to do”.
The Duchess is involved with Prince Harry’s role as
youth ambassador to the Commonwealth, which includes a
As the Duchess of Sussex settles into a new life as a number of overseas tours. They have been busy.
member of the Royal family, she also took on a new role in During the couple’s visit to Morocco in February 2019 the
2019 when she became a mother for the first time. Archie Duke and Duchess focused on projects linked to women’s
Mountbatten Windsor was born on 6 May. empowerment, girls’ education, and encouragement of
She made headlines when it was announced she social entrepreneurship
had guest edited the September issue of British Vogue, In September 2019, to wide acclaim, they visited
traditionally said to be the most important issue of the southern Africa with baby Archie. During the 10-day trip
year. The theme of the magazine was women who “break that covered South Africa, Angola, Malawi and Botswana,
barriers”. all eyes were on the widely anticipated public appearance
The cover featured 15 “trailblazing” women including of the four-month-old royal in what many observers saw
teenage climate activist Greta Thunberg, Yara Shahidi, as a furtherance of the humanitarian legacy left by Prince
Adwoa Aboah and New Zealand PM Jacinda Ardern. The Harry’s mother, the late Princess Diana.

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