The Duchess of Sussex has told teenage girls in a deprived part of South Africa she is with them “as a woman of colour and as your sister”. Meghan was visiting a women and children’s centre in Nyanga township alongside her husband, Prince Harry. It’s the pair’s first official overseas tour with four-month-old son, Archie.

Speaking at the centre, which is in an area with a high crime rate, the duchess praised its work to counter violence against women and children. “I am here with you as a mother, as a wife, as a woman, as a woman of colour and as your sister,” she said.

Her comments come amid a recent spike in violence against women which has ignited protests in many areas of South Africa. Approximately 2,700 women and 1,000 children were murdered by men in the country last year. At least 100 rapes were also reported daily.(BBC)…[+]