Meghan Markle just revealed that her husband Prince Harry is a “feminist,” adding that he is setting a “beautiful example” for their 1 year-old son Archie.
Entertainment Tonight reported that Meghan revealed this during a backyard chat with the longtime feminist Gloria Steinem for MAKERSWomen.
“As I’ve gotten older I’ve been able to understand that it’s not mutually exclusive to be a feminist and be feminine. And to own that and harness your femininity and your identification as a woman in all of the different layers,” Meghan said.
“Well, you can be a feminist and be masculine and a guy,” Steinem replied.
“Like my husband!” Meghan added. “I love that when he just came in he said, ‘You know that I’m a feminist too, right Gloria?! It’s really important to me that you know that.’”
“But you need that. And I look at our son and what a beautiful example that he gets to grow up with a father who is so comfortable owning that as part of his own self-identification,” she continued. “That there’s no shame in being someone who advocates for fundamental human rights for everyone, which of course includes women.”
Steinem told Meghan that she could tell that Harry was “a nurturing father,” which is something that she feels is important.
“Because then your son will grow up knowing it’s OK to be loving and nurturing,” she said.
“I know it’ll mean a lot to him when I share that,” Meghan responded.
This comes after royal expert Katie Nicholl said that there has been much speculation as to what Harry and Meghan are working on right now.
“There is a lot of speculation that they’re pitching TV programs about civil rights, about feminism, about Black Lives Matter. I think it’s absolutely to be expected that the programs they are going to be making are about the issues they are going to be talking about and campaigning for,” she said. “I’m not convinced that we’re going to see either of them in front of the camera. In fact, I’m told from a member of their team that their focus is very much on driving these projects, on producing them and being behind the creative rather than in front of the camera.”
“That’s not to say we won’t see Meghan and Harry in front of the cameras,” Nicholls added. “Clearly we are going to, but when it comes to these programs that they want to make I think they see themselves very much being on the other side of the lens.”
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