The Duke and Duchess of Sussex have been seen! I thought the Mail, the Sun, the Times and the Express all insisted that Meghan and Harry had separated and that they would never be seen together again? You mean to tell me that was all projection because a different royal couple has been largely separated for years? Weird. Anyway, Harry and Meghan sent in a video message to Colombia’s “inaugural Global Ministerial Conference on Violence Against Children.” As many will remember, one of the reasons for H&M’s trip to Colombia was to highlight children’s issues, specifically with regards to children’s access to dangerous online spaces. That’s why the Sussexes were invited to speak at this conference:
Today, Prince Harry and Meghan Markle appeared in a new video message at the inaugural Global Ministerial Conference on Violence Against Children in Colombia. It was the first joint appearance the Sussexes have carried out since their trip to the country in August.
In the video, the Sussexes spoke about a cause that is near and dear to them: Digital violence against children. For the address, which appeared to be filmed in California, the couple coordinated in dark blazers, accessorizing with meaningful poppy pins. (Every November, British royals honor fallen troops by wearing a crimson poppy.) Meghan’s blazer appears to be the Parker Wool Crepe Jacket from Ralph Lauren.
“The first ever ministerial conference on ending violence against children comes at a crucial time, and quite frankly, should not be required,” Harry began, “but, here we are. We are at a crossroads where the urgency to reassess and redefine our approach to protecting children has become increasingly evident. While the necessity has always been apparent, it is now time to translate that awareness into meaningful action.”
The Duchess of Sussex continued, “My husband and I recognize today’s reality is marked by greater connectivity and advanced technology, which of course has many positives, but which also compels us to better understand how digital violence against children is manifesting itself in this age. At the Archewell Foundation, we engage with young people, families, and experts worldwide learning how every aspect of a child’s life—from their livelihood to their physical and mental wellbeing—now operate within an online economy that has the power to both shape, and misshape, our connections.”
The Sussexes then spoke about launching the Parents’ Network, which Harry described as “a support network for families dealing with online harm. Through trauma-informed practices, we help parents come together to forge strong bonds, offering healing support through community with the ultimate goal of prioritizing safety at the source.” Meghan added that the stories of the parents from the Parents’ Network “have helped us to understand that as we better equip parents and caregivers, and work to establish norms around the use of and access to technology as they relate to preventing violence, we must also commit to establishing standards that prioritize children’s safety.”
Prince Harry concluded their video message with a call to action: “Young people are calling for help. Families are desperately seeking support. They are urging us to leverage the resources in this room to confront the new reality our youth are facing. We look forward to the actions and outcomes of the discussions that will take place here in Colombia, and are grateful for the leadership, expertise, and testimonies that will come together in this room to address all forms of violence targeting the most vulnerable in our world.” Meghan ended by sharing, “Thank you again for your commitment to preventing violence against children, both offline and online. Together, we can harness this moment to drive lasting change.”
Well done – just by sending in this video, they’ve drawn more attention to what Colombia is trying to do and drawn more attention to the larger issue of children’s health in regards to online spaces. I was like “why are they wearing poppies, this issue has nothing to do with Remembrance?” But then I remembered that British royals tend to wear poppy pins throughout the month of November, regardless of what they’re doing. It’s interesting that Meghan chose to wear her poppy pin too.
“Prince Harry and Meghan, The Duke and Duchess of Sussex applauded the efforts of those actively addressing this critical issue and stressed the importance of tackling digital violence to prioritize children’s safety in today’s connected world.” pic.twitter.com/hWK0nKGHPq
— R.S. Locke / Royal Suitor (@royal_suitor) November 7, 2024
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I like that Harry wore the uk version and Meghan the American version of the poppy pin.
I’m always admirative when I see them talk. They are very very natural. I wonder if they need to rehearse a lot before. I need a behind the scene
I would love a behind the scene too 😍they look so calm and relax with a great message 😍and beautiful too 😍
I never knew that the Americans had a diff-looking poppy pin until M joined that family.
In the commonwealth country of my birth, as with all commonwealth countries including of course, the UK, purchasing and wearing poppy pins is an important fundraiser for war veterans and observation of Remembrance of the war dead for decades.
According to US Army Major General John Richardson, the poppy is the “international” symbol of remembrance and it has been since 1915 when Canadian Lt Col John McCrae’s poem, “In Flanders Fields,” was published in Punch magazine. In USA, Georgian professor Moina Michael, was instrumental in establishing the poppy as a national (USA) symbol of remembrance with the American Legion, which adopted it in 1920. National Poppy Day in USA is the Friday before Memorial Day.
Possible confusion in USA exists because we have two holidays honoring service members, Veterans Day in November, and Memorial Day in May that is specifically for those who paid the ultimate price. Per http://www.history.com, Frenchwoman Anna Guérin may be the “single most significant figure in spreading the symbol of the Remembrance Poppy” among Allied nations. Here’s Maj Gen John Richardson at the Poppy Wall of Honor on the National Mall explaining the significance of the poppy to Americans on Memorial Day: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yRfc50fKfOg
Meghan has been wearing the American version of the poppy (without the green leaf) since she’s back home in the USA, since 2020 (look for pics for proof online).
More so, remember Harry and Meghan’s first visit to “The LA National Cemetery”, where they laid wreaths and flowers, because the royal family/BP had refused Prince Harry’s request to lay the wreath he had bought to honour the falen military on Remembrance Sunday in the UK? The royals and their sycophantic press were furious that they dared to ”copy a British tradition” in the US. But, lol, because of their stupidity to refuse Harry’s wreath, Harry and Meghan have been able to create their own Remembrance Sunday & month tradition in the US.
The Canadian version is red with a black centre. It’s worn starting November 1st until noon on November 11th, which is when most services of remembrance are over. It’s the Canadian Legions biggest fundraiser of the year.
England has always adopted other people’s ideas as their own. Historically. Except slavery & stolen artifacts, whatever. Let’e pretend a hands clean thing. Poppies for veterans originated in France/USA. Meghan wearing a poppy isn’t a BRF/UK thing. They followed after. As per usual.smh Like everything else, England invented it! lol Though historic documents show otherwise.
Burack got it wrong re: their last joint appearance. It was actually on 14th September at the LA tennis tournament (Archewell sponsored) – not August in Colombia.
The tabloid hacks and the RRs/R-commentators are repeating this same lie (H&M haven’t been together since September) in unison for weeks now, to make their case that Harry and Meghan are separating. Yesterday’s video has crushed their narrative, lol.
I meant to say that the royal sycophants lie in unison saying, ….(H&M haven’t been together since AIUGUST/ in Columbia).
I do not consider Emily Burack of T&C in the same vein as other “tabloid hacks” and “RRs/R-commentators.”
Burack wrote the T&C 9/16/24 article indicating the “Sussexes showed up for their friends,” at the “George Zajfen Tennis Tournament.” Information for the article was gleaned from Kelly McKee Zajfen’s Instagram. So, it’s possible Ms Burack did not consider them showing up for a tennis tourney an official “appearance” as it came from a personal Instagram post, rather than an official government linked source.
Since media wants to whine about how they aren’t “official”, perhaps she would have done better to have said “joint” appearance and referenced the actual last one publicly known about instead of coming across as uninformed or bitter.
We all know truth has nothing to do with British tabloids, especially with rota articles.
Happy to see them doing what they do so very well.
They both look amazing..
Agree! The messaging was about the cause. Not “I”. Warm and heartfelt. Great video.
Ya know, it could have been better if they were trotting through a field. /s
In Canada, poppies are offered for donations (that go to the legions) and support veterans. We start wearing them at the beginning of November.
The idea for the poppy was developed by Madame Anna Guerin of France. She had founded a charity to help rebuild in France – she made the poppies out of fabric.
Later on, in a place called Port Arthur (now known as Thunder Bay, in Ontario, Canada) the idea was presented at a meeting for the The Great War Veterans Association (which would become the Royal Canadian Legion.) The idea was adopted on July 6, 1921.
Canadians wear their pins each November to remember and pay respect to those that fought.
It annoys me how they always make such a big deal out of UK and the poppies. As you say, a French lady (and also a US lady around the same time) came up with the idea. The idea was based on a poem by a Canadian about Flanders Field (which is in Belgium and France and where soldiers from the US, UK, France, Italy, Canada and Belgium are buried). It is annoying that the BM wants to make it all about the UK and the BRF.
Right? Just because you colonized half the planet doesnt mean you came up with the good ideas of others… Imagine if they could see past their petty, awful noses…
Food Canuk, Moina Michael, in the US, started wearing poppies after the Armistice in 1918. The US Foreign legion decided to use the poppies in 1920. Anna Guerin was also of like mind who wanted the poppy as a symbol and she spoke at the meeting of the US Foreign Legion in Sept. 1920 and helped to convince them to adopt the poppy. She rallied people in France and was really the force behind getting allied countries to also adopt.
Pretty amazing women.
“The history of the poppy as a symbol of remembrance is not as clear cut as has been previously assumed. The first use of the poppy as a metaphor can be traced back to the Napoleonic wars of the early nineteenth century, rather than the First World War. Although it is commonly assumed that the origin of the poppy as a symbol is derived from the devastation of the First World War, there are several anonymous documents written during the Napoleonic wars…..”
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The British continue to show their ignorance because in Canada you will see all politicians wear poppies right after Halloween until Remembrance Day on the 11th. And we actually do the ceremony on the 11th.
We also don’t have a fashion parade of ghouls show up to the Cenotaph in Ottawa, but actual soldiers, veterans and elected politicians. No one writes about what Sophie Trudeau wore that day (or the spouses of previous PMs) because the focus is on the actual heroes and not the parasites who have unearned uniforms.
John McCrae a Canadian soldier and doctor from Guelph Ontario, wrote In Flanders Field where the poppies are first referenced.
I’m also Canadian but I didn’t know about the Thunder Bay connection!
I know this year you can but the little black pin so you don’t poke the crud out of yourself ~ great to see they are both paying their respects for the fallen solders who fought for our freedoms.
Meghan never stopped wearing the poppy. She’s done it every year since moving to the US. Now that they’ve been seen together what’s going to be the British press’ new narrative?
I wonder if there are any pictures of Meghan wearing a poppy during the 7 years she lived in Canada, cause wearing poppies here is big, offering respect to our warriors, past, present and (sadly) future.
They are so cute together. Meghan, obviously, is happy to be there. I love that the press really spread their message and not limit their content to whatever is going on.
In addition to presenting this eloquent message in support of their initiative the Parent Network, Harry casually slide his arm around his wife waist.
I noticed that too. So cute.
Totally superficial comment, but I need to get this off my chest:
How can people watch H&M, listen to what they have to say — and still insist it’s not Harry’s *brother* who’s the dumb one, and think that Mumblina McMumbles is in any way superior to Meghan. (the answer being lack of melanin, of course)
Seriously, can anyone point me in the direction of even one initiative the Left-Behinds have started that has had a fraction of the impact that H&M have made?
And H&M have had that impact despite lacking all the money and manpower of the Men in Grey and the gold-plated advisers behind the Left-Behinds.
The same way a senile old man who’s failed at every business he’s tried, has no positions or plans, and only cares about placating his own ego instead of an exceptionally brilliant and well-prepared black woman.
It’s not about logic. It’s about the importance of white supremacy. It’s about the appearance of white superiority, not about facts.
Ianne, and we should be in the streets demand hand counting and investigation into the election. We should also be protesting anyone going into the Whitehouse who cannot get a security clearance or who have sold our nations secrets to foreign countries.
If we remain silent, we get nowhere.
Well, @Nanea, the left-behind royals have made a huge impact in soaking British taxpayers and low-income tenants for their own personal gain, but something tells me that’s not the kind of impact you were looking for, LOL.
Love to see them. Especially speaking on a topic they care about for the conference in Colombia. Consistent.
Love to see the Sussexes again. I need the palette cleanser. Meghan wearing the poppy, great reminder she is the wife of a British war veteran and a princess of the United Kingdom by marriage.
She wore one before she met Harry. It’s not a reminder of ANYTHING to the UK. It’s to remember the Fallen, Veterans, and those currently serving in the armed forces. She wore it o the regular when she worked in Canada. Remembrance Day is November 11.
aquarius64, the poppy is a symbol the US Legion adopted in September 1920.
Seeing Meghan and Harry together today was just what I needed! I’m so grateful for the work they are doing to help make the digital world a safer place for young people. It guts me that the Parents Network is even needed but as Harry said, “here we are” and thankfully they, along with many others, are taking on this cause, highlighting the dangers that must be addressed and rectified.
Meghan lived in Toronto for years. The poppies are sold bey the Canadian Legion every November. She would be quite used to wearing one. Not everything is about GB.
They have the ease and confidence of being totally prepared – it’s really a joy to watch.
It is really a joy to watch 😍 especially now, I’m having a MAGA overload 😫
They do everything just so well. This is a pitch-perfect response to a clear danger, and it’s so beautifully and professionally presented.
Britain, you really messed up by forcing out these two skilled, compassionate and decent human beings.
In Canada, November 11 is Remembrance Day and government and schools are closed and ceremonies are held. Businesses used to be as well, but now they just go on holiday hours. Originally it was to remember the war dead of World War I but no just all who have been sacrificed. It’s specifically a memorial day, and poppies are worn to support the Legion.
This reminds me of the time the RF refused Prince Harry’s request to have a wreath laid on his behalf for Remembrance 2020. I wonder if someone in that family is now doing that for him…
Harry doesn’t a wreath laid by the family for him. He’s not a working royal.
It makes sense for Meghan to wear the poppy since Harry does it. It’s meaningful to Harry since he grew up in the UK and was in the British Army for 10 years so she does it to support her husband. It isn’t an exclusively royal tradition, anyone from what I understand can wear a poppy in remembrance in the UK? And other countries do it too, Meghan probably saw it when she lived in Canada during Suits. The BRF might try to criticize her for it because she’s American and it’s not a big thing here but it isn’t just a British tradition.
This initiative aimed towards protecting children online is great and exactly the kind of message I needed to hear after the election results and to remind us of the great work they are doing. Nice to see them pop up every now and again!
VilleRose, the poppy has been worn in the US since 1918 and adopted by the US Foreign Legion (Veterans of Foreign Wars) since 1920.
I hope we get to see some of their other fashion moments while they’re in Columbia.
On a side note: Meghan looked a bit different in the video, compared to how she looked when we saw her the last time – a bit tamed/mellow, a bit pale (she lost her summery completion), and to me, she has that pregnancy glow, as with Lili. Could she be expecting?
I know, I know – Harry said: “Two, we’re done”, but you know, “contraceptive accidents” do happen (wink),
This might sound controversial and counterintuitive but I wdnt “wish” pregnancy on any woman in America at this time, particularly in any of the approximately 20 States that have draconian reproductive healthcare laws for women.
True, But if she/they wish to, she can have a baby anywhere else. She has 2.5 months to diside, before the orange man takes office.
Meghan and Harry have said that they’ve done having children.
I have not seen Meghan wearing the poppy pre-Harry. I associated the poppy with UK military for I have military in my family (US) and we have never worn the poppy. No intended disrespect.
The poppies are handed out by veterans in the US all the time.
aquarius64, Moina Michael, in the US, started wearing poppies after the Armistice in 1918. The US Foreign legion (Veterans of Foreign Wars) decided to use the poppies in 1920. Anna Guerin was also of like mind who wanted the poppy as a symbol and she spoke at the meeting of the US Foreign Legion in Sept. 1920 and helped to convince them to adopt the poppy. She rallied people in France and was really the force behind getting allied countries to also adopt.
Pretty amazing women.
I am very pleased to see them again after this horrific election and the disgusting things said on line the day after=Harry and Meghan work in this area is truly needed because young children cannot understand some of the awful things being said-this type of work is needed more than ever. God bless the entire Sussex family,
Various rag -mags in England are saying that wearing the poppies is code for saying they are ready to come home. Nah. Veteran’s Day is right around the corner. It’s a USA thing,GB.
Libra, can’t people do some research and find out about the poppy? This is a US thing. It’s a thing in so many other countries, too. See my two posts above about the history. The information is easy to find if they look.
You mean like research into far Montecito is from Hollywood or how large the US is when they make like someone on the opposite coast is snubbing H&M? The media is more interested in spreading propaganda than truth.
Yes! Brows of doom are gone from her lovely visage.