Meghan Markle provided fans with an adorable update on her three-year-old daughter, Princess Lilibet, on Sunday as she undertook engagements on the final day of her tour of Colombia with Prince Harry.
The duke and duchess left their two children—Prince Archie, 5, and Princess Lilibet, 3—at home in California as they undertook their four-day visit to Colombia at the invitation of Vice President Francia Márquez from August 15 to 18.
The couple have largely kept their children out of the public eye since their split from the monarchy in 2020, providing occasional commentary about their upbringing and development at official appearances and a rare glimpse of home video footage and photographs of the prince and princess in the 2022 docuseries Harry & Meghan.
So far, only one official solo portrait of Lilibet has been released since her birth and no solo portrait of Archie has been issued. The couple have repeatedly spoken about the desire to protect their children's privacy and security.
On Sunday, Meghan took part in a special panel discussion in the city of Cali with Márquez titled: "Afro-Descendant Women and Power: Voice of Equity."
The event highlighted the social and cultural significance of Afro-Colombians throughout the country's history and development.
During the discussion, Meghan spoke about the importance of role-models and how inspiring future generations of women and girls is something that she personally takes very seriously. In this, she referenced Lilibet, providing an update on her developing character and personality.
"I think part of the role-modeling that I certainly try to do as a mother is to encourage our daughter, who at three, she has found her voice," she said with a laugh.
"We're so proud of that, because that is how we, as I was saying, create the conditions in which there's a ripple effect of young girls and young women knowing that if someone else is encouraging them to use their voice and be heard that's what they're going to do and they're going to create a very different environment than so many of us grew up in where our voices were meant to be smaller."
A number of Harry and Meghan's engagements in Colombia centered around their philanthropic focus on young people, particularly how they relate to online safety.
On the first day of their visit they both participated in a discussion at the "Summit on a Responsible Digital Future," which was hosted at the Universidad EAN.
Addressing the audience, the duchess once again referenced the responsibility of adults modeling a safe and strong example for young people.
"We should model how we want our kids to be raised and for the world in which we raise them," she said.
"It doesn't matter where you live. It doesn't matter who you are. Either you personally, or someone you know, is a victim to what's happening online. And that's something we can actively work on every day to remedy."
James Crawford-Smith is Newsweek's royal reporter, based in London. You can find him on X (formerly Twitter) at @jrcrawfordsmith and read his stories on Newsweek's The Royals Facebook page.
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