• The Duchess of Sussex spoke in public for the first time in the United Kingdom since she resigned from the senior royal family in 2020.
• Meghan Markle spoke about gender equality on Monday at the One Young World conference in Manchester.
• She urged the young leaders from all across the world to “secure their place in history” by fighting to “build a brighter future.”

The audience lauded the duchess for her powerful speech, but online responses to her remarks were divided.

Some of the royal fans pointed out the uncertain terms on which Meghan and Prince Harry left the country including royal commentator Angela Levin, who in her tweet, said “It’s totally off putting to hear her first line ‘it’s very nice to be back in the UK.’ What a phoney.”

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Twitter user Nidhi claimed, “She contradicts herself at a drop of a hat. Please Meghan Markle make up your mind woman, happy to leave racist Britain or happy to be back [in] Britain? WHICH ONE????”

Royal critic Kinsey Schofield also reacted to Meghan’s highly-anticipated speech. “Please hire better speech writers. Everything she says sounds like it could be seen on a decorative plaque inside a TK Maxx,” she said.

At the beginning of her speech, the duchess said, “it is very nice to be back in the U.K,” and went on to describe her journey with One Young World organization since 2014.

“You are the future,” she addressed the crowd. “But I would like to add that you are also the present. You are the ones driving the positive and necessary change needed across the globe now in this very moment. And for that I’m so grateful to be in your company today.”

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