And now there are four!Meghan Marklehas officially cemented her place in the key royal charity alongside husbandPrince Harryand in-lawsPrince WilliamandKate Middleton.As expected, the new Duchess of Sussex is now the fourth patron of theRoyal Foundation. The organization was originally set up to look after the charitable interests of William, 35, and Harry, 33, and subsequently Princess Kate, 36. Now the group has been renamed The Royal Foundation of the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge and the Duke and Duchess of Sussex. The change wasmade formal in a listingat Companies House, the official register in the U.K.Soon after her engagement in November, Kensington Palace announced that Meghan, 36, would join the Foundation following herMay 19 wedding— and even before then, Meghan began immersing herself in the causes she plans to champion.REX/ShutterstockRELATED VIDEO:Meghan Markle’s Outing With the Queen ‘Is Happening at Triple Speed’She took an enthusiastic part in the first public forum of the Foundation in February, alongside Kate and William and her then-fiancé Harry. At the time, she described thecooperation of the fab foursomeas “togetherness at its finest” andvowed to “hit the ground running”as she focuses on “girls’ empowerment and women’s empowerment,” among other causes.PEOPLE understands she will have a role within theroyals’ ongoing mental health initiative, and she has been visiting various people in the local community and charity sectors as she prepares for her new work.
And now there are four!
Meghan Marklehas officially cemented her place in the key royal charity alongside husbandPrince Harryand in-lawsPrince WilliamandKate Middleton.
As expected, the new Duchess of Sussex is now the fourth patron of theRoyal Foundation. The organization was originally set up to look after the charitable interests of William, 35, and Harry, 33, and subsequently Princess Kate, 36. Now the group has been renamed The Royal Foundation of the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge and the Duke and Duchess of Sussex. The change wasmade formal in a listingat Companies House, the official register in the U.K.
Soon after her engagement in November, Kensington Palace announced that Meghan, 36, would join the Foundation following herMay 19 wedding— and even before then, Meghan began immersing herself in the causes she plans to champion.
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RELATED VIDEO:Meghan Markle’s Outing With the Queen ‘Is Happening at Triple Speed’
She took an enthusiastic part in the first public forum of the Foundation in February, alongside Kate and William and her then-fiancé Harry. At the time, she described thecooperation of the fab foursomeas “togetherness at its finest” andvowed to “hit the ground running”as she focuses on “girls’ empowerment and women’s empowerment,” among other causes.
PEOPLE understands she will have a role within theroyals’ ongoing mental health initiative, and she has been visiting various people in the local community and charity sectors as she prepares for her new work.
source: people.com
