Former actress Meghan told the
2,000 delegates how her life had changed when she last joined the summit in
London in 2019 – singling out her role as a wife and a mother – but making no
mention of becoming a senior royal the year before.
“I joined you in London
in 2019. And by that point, it’s fair to say, my life had changed rather
significantly. I was now married, and I was now a mom,” she said, leaving
a pause at the end, which was filled with cheers from the audience.
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Meghan delivered the keynote speech at the summit
“My world view had
expanded exponentially, seeing the global community through the eyes of my
child,” she added, speaking about her son Archie.
Her husband proudly watched
from the front seat, from where the couple watched proceedings. Meghan, with
her hair in a ponytail, was seen swayed in time to the music, which
included Dancing In The Streets and Respect, as she clapped her
hands.
Harry, meanwhile, leaned over
to whisper in his smiling wife’s ear a number of times. Their arrival at The Bridgewater
Hall for the start of the ceremony was met with great fanfare, with the couple
making their way through the auditorium to huge cheers as delegates held up
their phones to film them.
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They were greeted with huge cheers as they arrived at the event
However, their arrival in
Manchester earlier that day was decidedly more low-key. Harry and Meghan
stunned onlookers as they were seen arriving at London Euston Station – having
driven the 27 miles from their home, Frogmore Cottage in Windsor in a hybrid
electric Range Rover.
They then caught an Avanti
West Coast train to Manchester, accompanied by two bodyguards, which arrived
shortly after 2:30pm.
It comes after the pair chose
to travel on a commercial flight to the UK from their home in Montecito,
shunning the use of a private jet.
The couple have previously come
under fire for their use of private planes – although the Duke has previously
defended the use of private jets for security reasons, saying in 2019 that
“99 percent” of his flights are commercial.
Harry and Meghan will travel
to Dusseldorf, Germany on Tuesday to mark the one-year countdown to the 2023
Invictus Games in the city.
