What is it about this woman that has so captivated the world’s attention?
It’s more than her good looks or her status as aroyal’s significant other.
Markle is also known for her humanitarian work and her activism.
If there is such a thing as an American princess, Markle is it.
She’s a self-made woman with beauty, grace, and charm.
Of course, no fairy tale is without its setbacks.
‘Because that’s how you look, Meghan,’ she said."
She couldn’t bring herself to do that, imagining her mother’s sadness were she to find out.
“So, I didn’t tick a box.
I left my identity blank a question mark, an absolute incomplete much like how I felt.”
Even after Markle achieved stardom, her appearance was often a problem to be fixed.
“‘A face without freckles is a night without stars.'”
In 2015, she recounted a story on her now-defunct websiteThe Tigabout her mother’s experiences growing up African-American.
The kitchen staff handed me the chicken from the back door and we ate in the parking lot.
That’s just what it was."
“That story still haunts me,” wrote Markle.
“It reminds me of how young our country is.
How far we’ve come and how far we still have to come.
It makes me wonder what my parents experienced as a mixed-race couple.”
Today, Markle uses her celebrity status to advocate for equality.
She struggled to make ends meet
Markle struggled to distinguish herself in Hollywood.
In her early days in the industry, she had trouble making ends meet.
On the acting side, she certainly paid her dues.
“Well, now there are a lot of us on your TV and in your home with you.
And withSuits, specifically, you have Rachel Zane.
I couldn’t be prouder of that.”
Doria Ragland earned a B.A.
She works tirelessly to empower women
Much of Markle’s humanitarian work focuses on empowering women.
Markle finds this “unacceptable.”
At the age of 11, a commercial played on the television in her classroom.
“Women all over America are fighting greasy pots and pans,” the commercial claimed.
In the kitchen.'"
Today,she is vocalabout women “needing a seat at the table.”
But she is human just like the rest of us.
The actress datedproducer Trevor Engelsonfor several years before the celebrity power couple became engaged.
“I’ve never wanted to be a lady who lunches,” she said.
“I’ve always wanted to be a woman who works.
And this throw in of work is what feeds my soul.”
While dating Prince Harry, her life was already beginning to change in bigandsmall ways.
That’s not to say there aren’t awesome benefits too.
And no, we don’t just mean being married to a prince.
Though, surely, that’s a great perk.
“That’s what got date two,” she joked during her and Prince Harry’s post-engagementBBCinterview.
Now that they’re married, Meghan is certainly going to use her new platform for good.
Could she be any more amazing?
