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When you fly 6,000 miles around the globe for a speech and just two dozen people stop to hear you talk, it might be time to update your CV on LinkedIn. Meghan Markle<\/a> flew from California<\/a> to Geneva’s Place des Nations in Switzerland<\/a> to open The Lost Screen Memorial and talk about the need to protect children online.<\/p>\n You would think child safety would draw a crowd but I’ve seen more people watching a Peruvian<\/a> busking pipe band in Croydon’s Whitgift Centre than the Duchess of Sussex managed to pull in last weekend<\/a>. There was even a lightshow but even with that, the crowd around the optimistically-needed security fencing was barely one person deep<\/a> – and completely empty in some places – as she spoke.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n It can cost up to \u00a340,000 to fly a private jet from LA to Switzerland – that’s a hefty carbon footprint for a speech. So although she clearly cannot warm up a crowd, she can help warm up the planet.<\/p>\n Frankly it’s embarrassing and social media has already made hay with the sight of the paltry audience. She must have felt humiliated and I almost feel sorry for her.<\/p>\n But you have to also ask: Hasn’t she brought this all upon herself?<\/p>\n Hosted by Archewell Philanthropies and the World Health Organisation, Meghan joined the WHO Director-General Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus and global health leaders.<\/p>\n Meghan said in her speech: “Behind me stands The Lost Screen Memorial. Not statistics. Not avatars. Not data points. Children.<\/p>\n “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.”<\/p>\n The speech was worthy and needed. I just wonder whether Meghan was the right person to make it.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n There is a mental exhaustion and inner sigh when you hear that Prince Harry<\/a> and Meghan have just cropped up someone halfway round the planet to give a preachy talk.<\/p>\n