With their distance from the British royal family, Prince Harry and Duchess Meghan cause a stir again and again. Now Meghan Markle is also politically active.
Montecito – Although interference in political issues is actually taboo for members of the royal family, US actress and princess Meghan Markle has been lobbying for social and family policy in her home country for several weeks. After Meghan’s return to the US together with husband Prince Harry, the 40-year-old, who is herself the mother of two children, is now increasingly committed to family rights.
It has now been announced that Duchess Meghan used unusual means for her political interference – at least for a member of the royal family. The former actress looked for information from the news portal Buzzfeed to talk to the New York Senator Kirsten Gillibrand and offered to campaign actively and publicly for the introduction of paid parental leave for families in the USA. This is to be decided in the US Congress in the next few months and is currently being discussed vigorously due to the critical attitude of many Americans to socio-political issues.
Fight for fair family policy: Meghan Markle is committed to the Biden reform package
The background to this is a package of reforms that the US government under President Joe Biden wants to get off the ground. Originally, social and environmental reforms worth 1.75 trillion dollars were planned, but these could be significantly smaller due to headwinds from numerous MPs from both US parties.
In addition to the attempt to introduce a right to paid parental leave, the planned social reforms also include affordable childcare and free access to so-called “community colleges”, which should allow young people from socially disadvantaged families to move up to the middle class without having to start early To have to live in heavy debt.
Open letter: Meghan Markle exposes problems in US society
Markle expressed himself in an open letter to the Democratic majority leader of the Senate Chuck Schumer and speaker of the House of Representatives Nancy Pelosi at the end of October on the initiative to introduce paid parental leave. In it, she emphasizes that the corona pandemic has revealed some weaknesses in US society: “A shockingly high number of women could no longer go to work because children and family members had to be looked after while schools and childcare facilities were closed. The working mother, or the working parent, has to decide: get paid or be there for the family. And both variants cost a high price. “
In her quest to improve this situation for parents in the United States, Markle has now gone a step further with her phone call with Senator Gillibrand and is actively involved in US politics. Gillibrand, who is considered to be a supporter of the reform plans, confirmed on Tuesday (November 2nd, 2021) that the phone call had taken place, the joint press department of Duchess Meghan and her husband Prince Harry emphasized that the conversation had taken place after the publication of the open letter. (ska)
