During the 2020 election cycle, they were both particularly active—releasing a video where they urged voters to sign up and reject misinformation. In the clip, Harry urged voters to “reject hate speech, misinformation and online negativity” with Meghan adding that the presidential race was the “most important election of our lifetime” and pleaded for Americans to use their vote.
In the video, Harry said he was not eligible to vote since he’s a British citizen and revealed he had never voted in the UK either where royals traditionally steer clear of politics. In the film, Meghan said, “We’re just six weeks out from Election Day and today is National Voter Registration Day,” adding, “Every four years we are told the same thing, that this is the most important election of our lifetime. But this one is,” she said.
The Duchess of Sussex also joined the surprise special guests at the United State of Women and When We All Vote online event, throwing her support behind a campaign begun by former First Lady, Michelle Obama. Speaking with the former senior advisor to Barack Obama, Valerie Jarrett, as well as Glamour US’s editor-in-chief, Samantha Barry, and actor Yvette Nicole Brown and DJ Diamond Kuts, she said: “I’m really thrilled that you asked me to be a part of this, this is such an exceptional time. As I was thinking about this a little bit I thought, when I think about voting and why this is so exceptionally important for all of us, I would frame it as: we vote to honor those who came before us and protect those who will come after us, because that’s what community is all about. That’s specifically what this election is all about.”
In 2021, Meghan led a campaign lobbying for compulsory paid leave in the US, writing to the Speaker of the US House of Representatives Nancy Pelosi and Majority Leader in the US Senate Chuck Shumer, as well as cold-calling senators to ask for their support.
