Meghan Markle has failed to draw a crowd to a pointed speech on online bullying, despite travelling 6,000 miles to Geneva to deliver it.
The mother-of-two travelled to Geneva on Sunday for the opening of the 79th World Health Assembly, where she spoke openly about the dangers of bullying.
The venture did little to bolster Markle’s message, as social media users quickly noticed the lacklustre turnout.
One user on social media platform X commented that the crowd “looked more like passers by”.
“Can you imagine flying all the way to Switzerland, and that is the size of the crowd?” another user wrote.
Nonetheless, the 44-year-old gave an emotional address for a cause she has long felt passionate about.
The mother-of-two’s recently visited Geneva for the opening of 79th World Health Assembly, where she delivered a speech on online bullying.
“Behind me stands The Lost Screen Memorial. Not statistics. Not avatars. Not data points. Children,” Markle said.
“Each name belonged to a child who was loved beyond measure. A child whose laughter once filled a kitchen. Whose shoes once waited by a front door. Whose future once felt limitless.
“If an adult is barely able to survive the bullying and predation of the online world and the dangers that these platforms can bring, how is a child?
“Let our children look back at this moment, and let them feel proud of us, that we chose something better, for them, and for us all,” she concluded.
The mother-of-two’s recently visited Geneva for the opening of 79th World Health Assembly, where she delivered a speech on online bullying.
The Duchess of Sussex recently opened up about her experience with online bullying during her and Prince Harry’s tour of Australia.
While visiting Swinburne University of Technology, Markle addressed a group of students and boldly described herself as the “most trolled person in the world”.
“Every day for 10 years I’ve been bullied and attacked, and I was the most trolled person in the entire world, man or woman,” Markle said.
“But, I’m still here.”
