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“Sorry if my Spanish isn’t perfect, I learned it 20 years ago in Argentina”Meghan Markle began her speech at the “Afro Women and Power” forum. In the context of Meghan Markle and Prince Harry’s controversial visit to Colombia, the Duchess of Sussex was brought up on stage as a speaker and surprisingly addressed the audience in Spanish.
“Good afternoon, I would like to start in Spanish“My husband and I are in this country, and I can feel this embrace from Colombia, which is incredible, so thank you very much. The culture, the history… everything has been like a dream on this trip,” she continued.
What few remember is that many years before the actress went down in history for having become a duchess, she lived for a short time in the Argentina.
Prince Harry’s now wife was born in the state of California in the United States. USA. After finishing his secondary studies, he entered the Northwestern Universityin Illinois, where she earned a double degree in Theatre and International Relations. In her senior year of college, in 2002, He completed an internship at the United States Embassy in Buenos Aires.
So it was that while I was passing by the economic and social crisis that broke out in 2001 In the country, Meghan landed in Argentina to work at the diplomatic headquarters as press advisor for seven months.
Not in the official residence on Avenida del Libertador, but in the building on Calle Colombia, where the offices are.
In an unexpected encounter, Luisana Lopilato and Michael Bublé had a fun encounter with the Duke and Duchess of Sussex, Prince Harry and Meghan Markle, as part of the celebration of the Invictus Games One Year to Go event, in February of this yearGrosby Group – Mega/The Grosby Group
“Argentina was going through an economic devaluation and Paul O’Neill, our Treasury Secretary, was there… I was 20 years old and I was convinced that I would have a career in politics,” Meghan recalled years ago in an interview with Vogue.
For his part, an official of the Embassy of the United States in Buenos Airespositively recalled the Duchess’s professional performance in the book Meghan: a Hollywood princess. “Had I remained in the State Department, would have been an excellent acquisition for the diplomatic corps. “It had everything to be one,” he reflected.
However, upon returning to his native country, his life changed 180 degrees. He abandoned that political career to take his first steps in acting. But he would always remember his time in Buenos Aires. In an interview he confessed that that experience was of “great contribution to putting together the character of Rachel Zane from the series Suits”.
Years later, in 2017, when she was already living in the United Kingdom with her partner, Prince Harry, she mischievously imitated the way people speak in Argentina during a television interview with host Craig Ferguson.
“It’s different. Because Spanish is not like everywhere else, it’s Castilian. They have a very different rhythm, dynamic, similar to Italian, they are expressive,” he said, trying to imitate the accent: “Where are you from? When did you arrive? Look at you!”.
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