Meghan Markle issues plea in inspirational speech as she accepts Women of Vision Award
17.05.2023 - 11:13
/ dailyrecord.co.uk
Meghan Markle issued an inspiring speech to women last night as she encouraged them to "be the visionary of your own life".
The Duchess of Sussex accepted the Women of Vision award in New York yesterday evening and used her moving acceptance speech to tell others it's "never too late to start", the Mirror reports.
Speaking to the audience at the Ms Foundation's Women of Vision Awards ceremony, the former actress said: "It's just never too late to start. You can be the visionary of your own life.
"You can charter a path in which what you repeat in your daily acts of service, in kindness, in advocacy, in grace and in fairness, that those become the very things that are recognised by the next wave of women, both young and old who will also choose this moment to join the movement, and make our vision for an equitable world, reality."
The former Suits star also shared with the audience how she would come home from school each day as a young girl and see Ms Foundation's Ms Magazine on the coffee table.
She emotionally recalled: "It's funny because as a young girl, I would come home, I would settle in after a day of school, pull up my TV tray dinner, and I would turn on my evening ritual, Jeopardy!
"And I would glance at the coffee table, where I would see an array of things. It could be the cat's collar, my homework, some mail that had just been brought in, and some magazines. The magazines said Ms on them."
Elsewhere in her speech, Meghan paid tribute to one of her close pals and political activist Gloria Steinem who was handing out the awards.
She said: "While I was familiar with most of your work before tonight, nothing could compare to the focus, the determination, the energy I feel from each of you, especially as we all bear