{"id":2423017,"date":"2026-05-19T08:51:58","date_gmt":"2026-05-19T08:51:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=2423017"},"modified":"2026-05-19T08:51:58","modified_gmt":"2026-05-19T08:51:58","slug":"poll-should-harry-and-meghan-stop-travelling-to-give-speeches-royal-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/poll-should-harry-and-meghan-stop-travelling-to-give-speeches-royal-news\/","title":{"rendered":"POLL: Should Harry and Meghan stop travelling to give speeches? | Royal | News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>Each lightbox displayed the lock screen image of a child who lost their life after <a target=\"_blank\" data-link-tracking=\"InArticle|Link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.express.co.uk\/latest\/childrens-mental-health\">online violence and digital harm<\/a>. Hosted by Archewell Philanthropies and the <a target=\"_blank\" data-link-tracking=\"InArticle|Link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.express.co.uk\/latest\/world-health-organization\">World Health Organisation<\/a>, Meghan joined the WHO Director-General, Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, global health leaders, ministers and families affected by online harm. <a target=\"_blank\" data-link-tracking=\"InArticle|Link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.express.co.uk\/news\/royal\/2206492\/meghan-markle-switzerland-speech-online-safety\">Meghan said in her speech<\/a>: &#8220;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.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p>However, while the speech was hard-hitting, it appears that few had gathered to hear the duchess speak.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p><em><strong>What do YOU think? <em><strong>Vote in our poll and share your opinion in the comment section below. Can&#8217;t see the poll? Click <a target=\"_blank\" data-link-tracking=\"InArticle|Link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.express.co.uk\/news\/royal\/2207049\/harry-meghan-stop-travelling-speeches-poll\">here<\/a>.<\/strong><\/em><\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p>A few people in the crowd were photographed online, and one person on X referred to Meghan as \u201cpoor thing\u201d because of the lack of crowds.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p>Another person said, \u201cCan you imagine flying all the way to Switzerland, and that is the size of the crowd,&#8221; while a third wrote: \u201cThey look more like passers by.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p>However, the Duchess of Sussex was also accused of <a target=\"_blank\" data-link-tracking=\"InArticle|Link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.express.co.uk\/news\/royal\/2207029\/meghan-markle-ridiculed-lilibet-switzerland\">making a &#8220;tone deaf&#8221; move<\/a> just hours before she stepped out in Switzerland.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p>Due to the nature of the speech, Meghan has now been ridiculed for posting a picture of her four-year-old daughter, <a target=\"_blank\" data-link-tracking=\"InArticle|Link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.express.co.uk\/latest\/lilibet-diana?pageNumber=3\">Princess Lilibet<\/a>, just hours before the event.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p>Shared to <a target=\"_blank\" data-link-tracking=\"InArticle|Link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.express.co.uk\/latest\/instagram\">Instagram<\/a> 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 <a target=\"_blank\" data-link-tracking=\"InArticle|Link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.express.co.uk\/news\/royal\/2205373\/jeffrey-epstein-andrew-mountbatten-windsor\">Tom Sykes<\/a>, who was present to watch the Duchess of Sussex\u2019s speech at the weekend, now claims that Meghan is a hypocrite for &#8220;exposing&#8221; Lilibet just hours before her appearance in Geneva.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p>Writing on Substack, Mr Sykes said: &#8220;Yes, a woman who is about to stand alongside the world\u2019s most senior public health official and talk about the measurable and preventable harms of exposing children to social media has just &#8211; voluntarily, for no apparent reason other than self-promotion &#8211; exposed her own child to social media.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p>The image also showed what appears to be, according to the journalist, &#8220;billion dollars&#8217; worth&#8221; of clothes.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><em> \u2018 The preceding article may include information circulated by third parties \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n<p><em> \u2018 Some details of this article were extracted from the following source www.express.co.uk \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>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. 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