Meghan Markle has spoken out about the death of George Floyd which has sparked Black Lives Matter protests across the globe.
Mr. Floyd, 46, died of a heart attack after being restrained by a policeman in Minneapolis last week. Meghan issued an emotional plea to her former high school in a moving graduation speech.
The American former actress told high school pupils โGeorge Floydโs life matteredโ in a heartfelt speech about racism in America.
READ MORE: Prince Harry and Meghan Markleโs LA Home Is Under Siege By Drones
Meghan and Prince Harry relocated to Meghanโs hometown Los Angeles in March.

Meghan admitted she was โreally nervousโ about speaking on the issue, but soon realized that โthe only wrong thing to say is to say nothing.โ
She told the all-girls school: โI wasnโt sure what I could say to you. I wanted to say the right thing and I was really nervous that I wouldnโt or it would get picked apart, and I realized the only wrong thing to say is to say nothing โ because George Floydโs life mattered and Breonna Taylorโs life mattered and Philando Castileโs life mattered and Tamir Riceโs life mattered.โ
โAnd so did so many other people whose names we know and whose names we do not know.โ

She also told students of her own experiences living in LA during the 1992 race riots, which happened after police officers were seen beating Rodney King.
โI remember the curfew and I remember rushing back home, and on that drive home, seeing ash fall from the sky, and smelling the smoke and seeing the smoke billow out of buildings.โ
READ MORE: Idris Elba Reveals Meghan Markle Gave Him to Playlist for DJing at Royal Wedding
โI remember seeing men in the back of a van just holding guns and rifles.โ
โI remember pulling up to the house and seeing the tree, that had always been there, completely charred. And those memories donโt go away.โ

โI canโt imagine that at 17 or 18 โฆ that you would have to have a different version of that same type of experience,โ she said.
She urged them to understand the situation as โa history lesson, not as your reality.โ
Meghan added: โNow you get to be part of rebuilding โฆ we are going to rebuild and rebuild and rebuild until itโs rebuilt. Because when the foundation is broken, so are we.โ
Watch Megan Markleโs speech below
- Celeb Snaps: Lisa Rinna, Logan Lerman, Ashton Kutcher, Suri Cruise, and more
- Queer Eye to end with Season 10 in Washington D.C.
- Johnny Depp reflects on Fantastic Beasts recasting 5 years later: โF**k youโ
- Yungblud opens up about his pansexuality and talks masculinity
- Quick Drag: Jujubee Joins The Pit Stopย
- Celeb Snaps: Charlie Hunnam, Cardi B, Penelope Cruz, Gracie Abrams, and more
- Nicholas Hoult and David Corenswet and their true bromance
- Timothรฉe Chalamet may have shaven his head for Dune: Messiah
FEATURED IN THE SL SHOP
DISCLAIMER: We only feature things that we love. If you buy something through our posts, we may get a small share of the sale.