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As she began promoting her new Netflix show titled “With Love, Meghan,” the Duchess of Sussex took to Instagram on Tuesday to share a video filmed by her husband, Prince Harry.
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Prince Harry and Duchess Meghan are criss-crossing the Big Apple this week.
With a stop at the Time 100 Summit, Meghan spoke to a rapt audience in a breezy tan Ralph Lauren suit just in time for the city’s springtime thaw. Prince Harry watched on as his wife confessed she was the “happiest I’ve ever been,” according to People.
Later in the week, the pair unveiled a touching new memorial.
Through the Archewell Foundation, the royal couple’s philanthropic organization, the new installation will honor children whose lives were lost to “social media harms.”
Entitled “The Lost Screen Memorial,” it features 50 large, illuminated smartphones with images of children who died due to harmful social media use. Their parents, all members of The Archewell Foundation Parents’ Network, have been invited to New York to lay flowers at the site.
“These children were not sick. Their deaths were not inevitable — they were exposed to, and in many cases were pushed harmful content online, the kind any child could encounter,” Prince Harry said in a statement shared with USA TODAY April 24.
“No child should be exploited, groomed, or preyed upon in digital spaces,” he continued. “To the platforms, they may be seen as statistics. To their families, they were cherished and irreplaceable.”
Meghan also appeared at the memorial, taking in the exhibition and consoling the family members present at the unveiling.
Open for just 24 hours, starting April 24, the project is meant to humanize the harms of social media use among young children and call for governments and private companies to act urgently to protect online spaces for young users. It is open to the public after a private memorial the evening of April 23.
“While social media companies claim to be taking action, most still withhold critical data from grieving parents—data that could provide answers and accountability,” Prince Harry said. “This is a growing crisis. Social media is quietly taking our children, and those with the power to make change are failing to act.”
Both Prince Harry and Duchess Meghan have been open about their own harmful experiences with social media, chronicling in their Netflix mini-series “Harry & Meghan” an online hate campaign that had the couple fearing for their safety.
A rare bipartisan issue, politicians on both sides of the aisle have called for social media companies to bolster safeguards for young users.
In 2023, the surgeon general issued a public health advisory noting social media use presents “a profound risk of harm” for kids’ and teens’ mental health and calling for “immediate action” from tech companies.
“This memorial is a collective act of remembrance, and a call to action. Each photo represents not just a child lost, but a family forever changed,” James Holt and Shauna Nep, Executive Directors of The Archewell Foundation, said in a statement shared with USA TODAY ahead of the memorial’s opening.
“These parents are sharing the most painful parts of their lives so that no other family must experience the same heartbreak,” they said. “We hope this memorial inspires all of us—tech leaders, policymakers, and community members alike—to listen to their stories, to learn from them, and most importantly, to act. Online spaces should be safe by design, not an afterthought.”
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