Meghan Markle has dropped a huge Royal protocol by sending a political letter to the leaders of America’s Congress leaders. Traditionally, the Royal Family remains strictly neutral when it comes to political matters, but Meghan has broken ranks and asked the US government to give parents paid parental leave.
The Duchess, who recently took time off work after the birth of Lilibet in June, is lobbying top U.S. politicians Nancy Pelosi and Chuck Schumer.
In her letter she stated that millions of women had stopped working completely at “an alarming rate” to care for their children.
The United States is the only developed nation in the world which does not have some sort of legal entitlement to paid parental leave at the federal level -
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