Meghan Markle and protocol definitely don't mix. And this time, it's not a matter of the color of varnish or the car door, but of politics. The Duchess of Sussex has indeed announced her intention to vote in the next US presidential elections.
Meghan Markle opens up about why she's voting in our August 2020 digital issue: "I know what it's like to have a voice, and also what it's like to feel voiceless." Https://t.co/Z9v5dGR9l8 pic.twitter.com / LWg0IARkaF
- Marie Claire (@marieclaire) August 11, 2020A first in the history of the British monarchy. Members of the royal family abstain from voting. This is not a law, but a custom so as not to put the Queen, who, as British head of state, has an obligation to remain politically neutral.
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Technically, Meghan Markle is therefore not breaking any legislation, especially as she and her husband, Prince Harry, have renounced their royal obligations. In addition, Archie's mother is still American, having not finalized her application for British naturalization.
However, breaking the law could be much more harmful to its image than circumventing the law. The former actress of Suits has indeed explained her decision to vote, in the pages of Marie Claire , a choice that could echo her relations with Buckingham. “I know what it's like to have a voice and I also know the feeling of being deprived of it,” she explained. In a document filed at the lawsuit she is bringing to the Mail on Sunday , the Duchess of Sussex was described by her lawyer as being "unprotected by the institution and prohibited from defending herself" as long as she was fulfilling protocol obligations . Queen Elizabeth II could end up losing her composure.
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