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Meghan Markle urges girls worldwide to ‘drown out the noise’ of negative voices in biggest speech since Megxit

Meghan Markle urged youngsters to 'keep challenging' authority during the Girl Up summit

Meghan Markle has urged youngsters to 'keep challenging' powerful figures in her first public speaking appearance since Megxit. The Duchess of Sussex has joined an online global summit being held by the Girl Up campaign, which aims to 'unite girls to change the world'.

Meghan encouraged young women to 'keep challenging, keep pushing' and make those in power 'a little uncomfortable' during the speech. Speaking about 'lawmakers, leaders and executives', Meghan said: "They don't listen until they have to because the status quo is easy to excuse and it's hard to break.

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