Princess Lilibet has “finally found her voice” at the age of three, the Duchess of Sussex has said.
Speaking on a panel at an Afro Women and Power event on the last day of the couple’s Colombia tour, Meghan said she has tried to help her daughter find her voice and is “so proud” she has.
She said: “So I think part of the role modelling that I certainly try to do as a mother is to encourage our daughter, who at three, has found her voice.
She added: “We’re so proud of that, because that is how we, as I was saying, create the conditions in which there’s a ripple effect of young girls and young women knowing that someone else is encouraging them to use their voice and be heard.”
The Duchess, 43, also said men should help empower women like Prince Harry.
She said her role as a mother and a parent was to make sure young girls feel their voices are being heard and “also that young boys are being raised to listen”.
“The same goes for adult women and men – this isn’t something that can be solely responsible and in the hands of just women,” she added.
“Yes, we work incredibly well together as a team, but as my husband is great testament to, the role of men in this, of empowering women, of allowing them to know that their voices are heard, starting at a young age all the way through adulthood, is key.”