Meghan Markle chose shirt with special meaning for Disney interview
MEGHAN MARKLE'S choice of outfit for her on-screen interview about her Disney voiceover had a very significant meaning to it.
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She chose a crisp white shirt from her Smart Works capsule collection which she launched last summer in London. The Duchess of Sussex is patron of the charity which helps women get back into work by offering them style advice and interview tips and for each item sold one is donated to the initiative. The 38-year-old wore a similar shirt to the launch of the wardrobe and also while on tour of South Africa last September.
Meghan paired the white button-down piece with tapered black trousers for the launch at John Lewis which marked her official return from maternity leave.
And when visiting a surf group helping vulnerable youngsters in South Africa, Meghan wore the shirt under a denim jacket.
This time round she wore the with her hair down.
Speaking in the video about the film, which benefits Elephants Without Borders, Meghan said she felt “really grateful” to have the opportunity to tell viewers about the lives of elephants.
In the interview with Good Morning America, she said:: “I am really grateful to be able to bring this story of elephants to life.
“I’ve been really lucky to be able to have hands-on experience with elephants in their natural habitat.
“When you spend time connecting to them in their wildlife you understand that we have a role to play in their preservation and their safety.
“I hope that when people see this film they realise how connected we all are and if we had more of an awareness about the obstacles they are facing we would take care of each other, this planet and these animals in a very different way.”
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The film marks Meghan’s debut project after she and Harry sensationally stepped down from royal life earlier this year.
The couple have based themselves in Los Angeles in what may be a sign of what is to come in terms of Meghan’s acting career.
She and Harry, 35, have been spotted on wearing masks on the streets of the city handing out food for a local charity.
The pair and their 11-month-old son Archie participated in an online call with the Queen on Tuesday to wish her a happy 94th birthday.
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The Queen is not understood to have seen Archie, who turns one in a fortnight, since last year before the Sussexes departed for Canada.
Because the LA-based family-of-three are eight hours behind because of the time difference between the west coast of America and the UK, they contacted the Queen later in the day.
The Royal Family shared touching private family footage of the Queen as a carefree young princess to mark the monarch's birthday.
Behind-the-scenes archive film from the Royal Collection Trust shows Princess Elizabeth playing with a pram as a toddler, as a happy young girl on a seesaw, and skipping and jumping around a garden with her younger sister, Princess Margaret.
It also shows her delight as she sits on a horse, and she is seen dancing on a yacht with Margaret, in matching outfits, as they learn dance steps from their mother, Queen Elizabeth.
The royal family's Twitter account said: "To those of you also celebrating your birthdays today at home, with or without your loved ones - we send you many happy returns."
The Queen celebrated in Windsor Castle with the Duke of Edinburgh, 98.
The traditional gun salute for her birthday was cancelled due to the coronavirus lockdown.
And Trooping the Colour, the official celebration of the Sovereign’s birthday in June, has also been called off due to the COVID-19 outbreak.