Each lightbox displayed the lock screen image of a child who lost their life after online violence and digital harm. Hosted by Archewell Philanthropies and the World Health Organisation, Meghan joined the WHO Director-General, Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, global health leaders, ministers and families affected by online harm. Meghan said in her speech: “Behind me stands The Lost Screen Memorial. Not statistics. Not avatars. Not data points. Children. Each name belonged to a child who was loved beyond measure. A child whose laughter once filled a kitchen. Whose shoes once waited by a front door. Whose future once felt limitless.”
However, while the speech was hard-hitting, it appears that few had gathered to hear the duchess speak.
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A few people in the crowd were photographed online, and one person on X referred to Meghan as “poor thing” because of the lack of crowds.
Another person said, “Can you imagine flying all the way to Switzerland, and that is the size of the crowd,” while a third wrote: “They look more like passers by.”
However, the Duchess of Sussex was also accused of making a “tone deaf” move just hours before she stepped out in Switzerland.
Due to the nature of the speech, Meghan has now been ridiculed for posting a picture of her four-year-old daughter, Princess Lilibet, just hours before the event.
Shared to Instagram just hours before her appearance on May 17, Meghan uploaded a mirror selfie of Princess Lilibet sitting by her feet surrounded by clothes in what appeared to be a walk-in wardrobe. Journalist Tom Sykes, who was present to watch the Duchess of Sussex’s speech at the weekend, now claims that Meghan is a hypocrite for “exposing” Lilibet just hours before her appearance in Geneva.
Writing on Substack, Mr Sykes said: “Yes, a woman who is about to stand alongside the world’s most senior public health official and talk about the measurable and preventable harms of exposing children to social media has just – voluntarily, for no apparent reason other than self-promotion – exposed her own child to social media.”
The image also showed what appears to be, according to the journalist, “billion dollars’ worth” of clothes.
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