Meghan Markle on raising Archie to be a feminist

When Meghan Markle and Prince Harry just started their royal lives together, back in 2018, the couple pleaded for gender equality a priority.

On a royal tour after the announcement of her engagement, Markle confirmed to one of them that Prince Harry is in fact a feminist. Not long after, when her bio was published on the official website for the Royal Family, it read: “I am proud to be a woman and a feminist.”

Now Markle and Harry are raising their son, one-year-old Archie, to become a feminist. The actor and humanitarian opened it up recently in conversation with feminist icon Gloria Steinem for Makers Women.

‘I love it when he just came in he said,’ You know I’m a feminist too, right Gloria ?! It’s really important to me that you know that, ” said Markle.

According to Markle, Harry models feminism for Archie. “You need that,” she continued. “And I’m looking at our son and what a wonderful example he’s growing up with: a father who is comfortable owning that as part of his own self-identification.”

“That there is no shame in being someone who advocates for fundamental human rights for everyone, which of course includes women,” Markle shared.

As Steinem put it: ‘He is an upbringing father. Because then your son will grow up knowing that it is good to love and cherish. ”