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PRINCE HARRY AND MEGHAN • SHERRILYN IFILL
CYNTHIA CHOI, MANJUSHA P. KULKARNI AND RUSSELL JEUNG
ALEXEI NAVALNY • LUIS MANUEL OTERO ALCÁNTARA
DOLLY PARTON • NAOMI OSAKA • NASRIN SOTOUDEH
MOHAMMED EL-KURD AND MUNA EL-KURD • SHOHEI OHTANI
CATHY PARK HONG • BRITNEY SPEARS
Prince Harry and Meghan, The Duke and Duchess of Sussex
TURNING COMPASSION INTO ACTION
BY JOSÉ ANDRÉS
THERE’S A famous TV interview of Harry, the Duke of Sussex, when he was an Apache helicopter gunner a few years ago. He’s sitting close to an airfield in Afghanistan, commenting on some royal news, when there’s a bang and a group of soldiers scramble behind him.
In one swift motion, he stands up, rips off his microphone and runs toward the action.
That same sense of urgency drives Meghan, now the Duchess of Sussex, who has long been an active humanitarian and a powerful advocate for women and girls around the world. “This type of work is what feeds my soul,” she wrote in a 2016 essay.
Springing into action is not the easy choice for a young duke and duchess who have been blessed through birth and talent, and burned by fame. It would be much safer to enjoy their good fortune and stay silent.
That’s not what Harry and Meghan do, or who they are. They turn compassion into boots on the ground through their Archewell Foundation. They give voice to the voiceless through