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“I could dodge a jab just like he could and I could hit just as hard as him, too. My father saw that. I think he wanted to make sure that my brother saw that as well.”
The duchess, five months pregnant with son Archie when she started the editing project, told readers it was a “special time”.
She wrote: “By the time you hold this issue in your hands, my husband and I will be holding our Guest editor the Duchess of Sussex
three-month-old baby boy in ours. It’s a very special time for me personally, on so many levels.
“Working with Edward and his team, both during my pregnancy and maternity leave, has played no small part in that joy.”
The edition, entitled Forces For Change, features “trailblazing changemakers united by their fearlessness in breaking barriers”, Buckingham Palace said.
Meghan chose 15 women for the cover including actress Jane Fonda, climate change campaigner Greta Thunberg, actress Salma Hayek Pinault and New Zealand prime minister Jacinda Ardern.
British actresses Jameela Jamil and Gemma Chan, Royal Ballet principal Francesca Hayward, model Adwoa Aboah and Somaliaborn boxer Ramla Ali also feature, alongside Irish academic Sinead Burke, US model Christy Turlington Burns, transgender actress Laverne Cox, Nigerian author Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, US actress Yara Shahidi and South SudaneseAustralian model Adut Akech.
The last slot is a mirrored square to encourage the reader to be a force for change.
Meghan does not grace the cover herself as she felt it would be a “boastful” thing to do, according to Mr Enninful.
Meghan said: “I hope readers feel as inspired as I do, by the forces for change pages.”
Enninful said Meghan is the first person to guest edit the September issue. He said: “To have the country’s most influential beacon of change guest edit British Vogue at this time has been an honour, a pleasure and a wonderful surprise.” they’ll find within these