Meghan Marklemay have been out of the public eye in the weeks leading up to the birth of sonArchie, but she still had a special project in the works behind the scenes.
It was announced Sunday that the Duchess of Sussexguest-edited the 2019 September issue ofBritish Vogue,titled “Forces for Change,” and on Monday, Meghan shared a video of the project on the jointInstagram pageshe shares withPrince Harry.
The black and white clip features the 15 trailblazing women who also grace the issue’s cover, including Jameela Jamil,Laverne Coxand New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern.
Meghan is also seen in the video, standing arm in arm withBritish Vogueeditor-in-chief Edward Enninful and watching a monitor.
Also in the caption, Meghan thanks Prime Minister Ardern, who she met during her royal tour of New Zealand in the fall, “for being an amazing force for change.”
“One change that I’ve noticed over the course of my career, is just how polarized the world is now,” Ardern says in the video. “I do think there is a solution to that though, and that’s ultimately us coming back to the humanity that we all share.”
Though Meghan and the publication’s editor-in-chief discussed the possibility of having the mother of one appear on the front page, Enninful revealed that it wasMeghan who shot the concept down.
“From the very beginning, we talked about the cover — whether she would be on it or not,” he said in a statement.
“In the end, she felt that it would be in some ways a ‘boastful’ thing to do for this particular project. She wanted, instead, to focus on the women she admires,” he explained of Meghan, who became the first guest editor of the September issue in the magazine’s 103-year history.
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.
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Meghan, 37, was a hands-on collaborator, from selecting thecover starsand interviews to choosing the photographer.
Enninful revealed that he and Meghan both chose famed photographer Peter Lindbergh as the artist behind the camera for the cover shoot.
“My instructions from the Duchess were clear: ‘I want to see freckles!’ ” Lindberghtold the publicationwhen he recalled the phone conversation he had with Meghan on the morning of the New York shoot.
“Well, that was like running through open doors for me. I love freckles,” he said.
source: people.com
