H.arry and Meghan Markle they gained new recognition, after making it onto the cover of Time and being considered one of the 100 most influential people on earth. The pair received the President’s Award at the 2022 NAACP Image Awards, the prize that is awarded every year to those who have particularly distinguished themselves for their commitment to human rights and public service. In their case, for their engagement with the Archewell foundation. Rihanna, for example, received it in 2020 for her foundation.
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Harry and Meghan Markle for Ukraine
The ceremony was held on Saturday 26 February and was organized by the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, una of the first and most important overseas associations for human rights, and by BET, a civil rights organization and television network that broadcasts the event in the United States. The couple appeared on stage. Among the guests also her mother, Doria Ragland. The prince praised the black community for “making him feel welcome”. So, before moving on to the thanks, he said “to be close to Ukraine and therefore to be close to his incredible wife with whom he shares a sense of mission and responsibility for a better world.
“Proud of my husband”
For its part, Markle reiterated “To be proud to be on a team with Harry”. So he traced their story. “We moved to California shortly before George Floyd’s death (the dead black young man suffocated by the police after an arrest). In the following months we decided to build our foundation, Archewell, on the fight against injustices and on civil and racial rights ”.
The look of Harry and Meghan Markle
The former actress wore a one-shoulder dress with a long Christopher John Rogers cape in shades of blue and light blue while Prince Harry opted for an Ozwald Boateng tuxedo.
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