Meghan Markle Says "George Floyd's Life Mattered" in Powerful Graduation Speech

Meghan Markle became the first royal to voice her opinion in the matter of protests for George Floyd's death. The Duchess of Sussex has been pro Black Lives Matter campaign ever since it began and a royal expert has recently revealed that she and Prince Harry are gearing up to get more involved in the movement.

Meghan Markle's impassioned speech amid the ongoing protests in the wake of George Floyd's death — which made her the first royal to speak out in support of Black Lives Matter — she and Prince Harry are preparing to get more involved in the movement. «The Black Lives Matter movement matters to Meghan and it matters to Harry.

Meghan Markle and Prince Harry are looking to use their platform to help fight racial inequality and injustice. ET has learned that Meghan and Harry have been talking to community leaders about how they can get more involved in the Black Lives Matter movement. The news comes days after Meghan spoke out about the tragic death of George Floyd in a message to the graduating class of her alma mater, Immaculate Heart High School. «I wasn't sure what I could say to you.

Family bond. Prince Harry’s aunt Sophie said she “helped” Meghan Markle adjust to royal life, along with the rest fo the British royal family. In a recent interview with The Sunday Times, the Countess of Wessex—who is married to Queen Elizabeth II’s son and Harry’s uncle Prince Edward, Earl of Wessex—opened up about the royal family’s bond with Meghan and her own experience with becoming a royal after she marred got engaged to Edward in 1999.

Meghan Markle delivered a powerful graduation speech for students at her former high school, Immaculate Heart High School. In her speech, Meghan addressed the murder of George Floyd and urged the new grads to take action against anti-Black racism.The speech was powerful, moving, and incredibly important—but, just a few months ago, it might not have been possible.

Prince Harry‘s aunt Sophie, Countess of Wessex, spoke out about his and Meghan Markle‘s new life in the U.S. in a new interview on Saturday, June 6.The countess, who is married to Harry’s uncle Prince Edward, spoke to The Sunday Times in the U.K.

Meghan, Duchess of Sussex, spoke out about the death of George Floyd in a speech to high school students on Wednesday.

Taking a stand. Meghan Markle honored George Floyd and Black Lives Matter in a video for her former Los Angeles high school. The former Duchess of Sussex surprised students at her alma mater, Immaculate Heart High School, on Wednesday, June 3, with a video message for graduates in the wake of Floyd’s death and marches across the world in protest of police brutality and systemic racial violence.

Meghan Markle is using her voice to address the next generation!

"I can't imagine at 17 or 18 years old, which is how old you are now, that you would have to have a different version of that same type of experience. That's something you should have an understanding of. But, understanding as a history lesson. Not as your reality. So, I am sorry that we have not got the world to be in a way that you deserve it to be," stated Meghan Markle, via Essense, while addressing the graduates from Immaculate Heart High School, which the Suits star is an alumna from.

is speaking out about the killing of by police officers in Minneapolis.The Duchess of Sussex gave a powerful commencement address via video to the graduating students from her alma mater, Immaculate Heart High School in Los Angeles, and she directly addressed Floyd's death, the ensuing protests, and Black Lives Matter.

Meghan Markle paid tribute to George Floyd during a surprise commencement address to her former high school on Wednesday, June 3.

On June 3, Meghan Markle gave a commencement speech to the graduating class of 2020 at Immaculate Heart High School in Los Angeles (the same school she graduated from herself). In her address, Meghan discussed the “devastating” state of America right now, following George Floyd’s death. She mentioned George, as well as other black men and women who were shot by white police officers, by name in the speech.

Meghan Markle spoke out about George Floyd’s death as she delivered a surprise commencement speech for the students graduating at her former high school in Los Angeles.

Meghan Markle, speaking on a video message to the graduates of her old school in Los Angeles, apologised to them that they have to grow up in a world where there is still racial division. She also spoke about the death of George Floyd in the US and its aftermath.

Meghan Markle has spoken out about , addressing students at her former high school, Immaculate Heart High in Los Angeles, during a virtual graduation speech.

Meghan Markle tried to connect to some young adults regarding the death of George Floyd -- and the broader issues of racism and police brutality -- In a speech via video Wednesday to graduates of her old high school in Los Angeles.

By Jake Kanter