FromThe Tigto BritishVogue:Meghan Marklehas a new creative outlet!
The Duchess of Sussex, 37, has been tapped to serve as guest editor of the September issue of BritishVogue, selecting 15 women making a difference in the world to grace the magazine’s “Forces for Change” cover. In another history-making move, Meghan became the first guest editor of the September issue in the magazine’s 103-year history.
Many of the faces featured both on the cover ofVogueand in its pages share a special connection to Meghan, who helped to hand-pick the changemakers.
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Among the group are actors and models, politicians and authors, and advocates for everything from diversity and mental health to climate change and voting rights.
ModelAdwoa Aboah, who founded the online platform Gurls Talk, sat beside Meghan in March on apanel at King’s College Londonin honor of International Women’s Day.
Diversity advocate and lecturer Sinead Burke, meanwhile, first met Meghan when she and husbandPrince Harryvisited Ireland in July 2018.
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Also featured areThe Good Placeactress and body positivity advocateJameela Jamil, whose campaign Meghan’s Sussex Royal Instagram account recently followed, and authorChimamanda Ngozi Adichie, who caught Meghan’s eye in December, when she attended a discussion between Adichie and former First LadyMichelle Obamain London.
New Zealand Prime MinisterJacinda Ardernalso has a coveted cover spot, months aftermeeting privately with the new momat Kensington Palace in January. The chat came after Meghan and Harry visited New Zealand as part of a larger tour, and spent time with Ardern, the world’s youngest female head of government, atvarious events.
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Rounding out the group of women is model and refugee Adut Akech, boxer Ramla Ali,Crazy Rich AsiansstarGemma Chan, advocate andOrange Is the New BlackstarLaverne Cox, actressesJane FondaandSalma Hayek Pinaultas well as ballerina andCatsstar Francesca Hayward, actressYara Shahidi, teenage climate change activist Greta Thunberg and supermodelChristy Turlington Burns.
The cover features a photo of each woman, as well as a mirror to “include the reader and encourage them to use their own platforms to effect change,” according to a statement from BritishVogue.
The issue will also include a candid conversation between Meghan and Obama, whom the royal met recently in London, plus an interview with Harry and famed primatologist Dr. Jane Goodall.
Goodall visited Meghan and Harry in June at Frogmore Cottage, where shemet their newborn son Archie Harrison.
“[Meghan] told me she’s followed me all her life. She told me, ‘You’ve been my idol since I was a child. I’ve hero-worshipped you all my life,'” Goodall told reporters after the visit.
“She wanted, instead, to focus on the women she admires,” he said.
The “Forces for Change” issue hits newsstands on Aug. 2.
source: people.com
