Meghan: I’m devastated by America’s decline

MEGHAN MARKLE has spoken of how ‘devastating’ her return to the US was in her most politically charged comments yet.

Speaking to Emily Ramshaw, co- founder of The 19th online news site, she said it was ‘so sad’ to see the decline in the US during the ten years she lived in Canada and the UK.

The former Suits actress said: ‘To come back and to just see this state of affairs, I think at the onset, if I’m being honest, it was just devastating. It was so sad to see where our country was.

‘If there’s any silver lining in that, I would say that in the weeks after t he murder of George Floyd, in the peaceful protests that you were seeing, in the voices that were coming out, in the way that people were actually owning their role… it shifted from sadness to a feeling of absolute inspiration, because I can see that the tide is turning.’

She encouraged women to vote in the upcoming US elections, adding that Prince Harry had never been able to vote because of his previous status as a senior Royal.

‘I think it’s often challenging for men and women alike and certainly for people to remember just how hard it was to get the right to vote. And to be really aware and not taking that for granted.

‘ My husband, f or example, he’s never been able to vote.’ Meanwhile, i n another video posted from the couple’s new £11 million Californian mansion yesterday, Harry urged Invictus Games competitors to ‘ check in’ on others to protect their mental health.

The Prince founded the Invictus Games for wounded servicemen and women in 2014 and made his first official appearance with Meghan at the Toronto Games in 2017.