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Duchess Meghan showed off her signature glow while dining with friends in New York City on Saturday, October 11.
The Duchess of Sussex, 44, was photographed leaving a restaurant wearing a gray jacket over a black outfit.
Meghan wore her hair pulled back into a sleek ponytail in preparation for the evening’s gathering. She previously enjoyed lunch in Manhattan with husband Prince Harry and friend Serena Williams on Friday, October 10.
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Meghan’s appearance comes a few days after Project Healthy Minds’ World Mental Health Day program, which she attended with Prince Harry, 41.
On October 9, Prince Harry and Duchess Meghan attended Project Healthy Minds’ World Mental Health Day Gala hand in hand at Spring Studios in New York City, where they accepted the nonprofit organization’s Humanitarian of the Year award.
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The Duke and Duchess of Sussex, through the Archewell Foundation, were recognized for their work building a better online world for families and young people, and promoting mental wellbeing around the world.
Prince Harry and Duchess Meghan founded a charity foundation in 2020 with the aim of “showing up and doing good” and have focused on advocating for a safer online environment.
The California couple, who have two young children, Prince Archie, 6, and Princess Lilibet, 4, launched Parents Network as a flagship project of the Archewell Foundation at Project Healthy Minds’ 2023 World Mental Health Day Festival.
At Project Healthy Minds’ World Mental Health Day Gala, PEOPLE exclusively revealed that Parents Network is partnering with ParentsTogether to expand its work and impact more families.
While accepting her award, Meghan spoke about how she and Prince Harry are considering how to use technology to benefit their children one day.
On October 10, Prince Harry and Duchess Meghan stepped out again to attend Project Healthy Minds’ World Mental Health Day festival.
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The couple’s Archewell Foundation presented three panels at the festival, hosted by the millennial and Gen Z-led mental health nonprofit, and Prince Harry and Duchess Meghan individually introduced two sessions on the schedule.
The Duke of Sussex took to the microphone during a panel discussion presented by the Archewell Foundation titled ‘Thrive or Survive: How are young people doing in the digital age?’
The Duchess of Sussex then presented “How the Great Rewiring of Childhood has sparked an international mental health crisis and how we can reverse it”, hosted by Katie Couric and featuring Jonathan Haidt, author of The Anxious Generation, and two mothers from Parents Network.
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“Three years ago, we met with families whose worlds were completely shattered. Parents who had lost children to social media were driven to suicide, and many who had lost children to battles with depression, anxiety and self-harm caused by online harm,” Meghan said in part of her speech.
“What we learned in this moment is that these parents not only need therapy, but they also need other parents who understand their specific grief. And when they come together, they’re not just sharing a story, they’re creating a movement,” she continued. “When they turned their grief into advocacy and energized their love in the fight for change, we made a huge impact. The power of this community is essential to protecting the mental health of children online.”
Prince Harry and Duchess Meghan listened intently from their seats in the front row during the morning show, and afterward, they interacted with the people around them.
