Meghan Markle has plenty to celebrate.
I find inspiration in the strong women around me.
Of course, my mother being one of them, the Duchess told the Afro Women and Power Forum.
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And it seems that Markle has learned these values from her mother.
A yoga instructor with a masters degree in social work, Ragland once ran a dressmaking business.
She was part of an all-Black group of students which would regularly protest, she toldMailOnline.
“Smiling, whip-smart and sociable”: Doria Ragland, who celebrated her 68th birthday this week, beams at a California soiree.
She was always smiling, whip-smart and sociable, Caldwell continued.
She wanted to make something of her life.
Doria has a great warmth.
Kris Jenner, Doria Ragland, and Kim Kardashian in 2023
It was just really nice and they looked really happy together, like he was the one.
Once it was announced that they were together, it seemed kind of like a novelty.
Ragland and Prince Harry listen on as Meghan delivers a heartfelt speech at the cookbook launch in 2018.
Doria Ragland was the only member of the Markle family to be invited to Meghan’s wedding to Prince Harry in 2018.
I look back on it now as the end of the beginning, he said.
Racism, misogyny, criminal stupidityit all increased.
Hopefully Ragland enjoyed a joyful birthday celebration this week.
Ragland, seen here arriving at a launch event for a cookbook comprised of recipes from women affected by the Grenfell Tower fire, has been a “rock” for Prince Harry.
This article first appeared onTatler.
Ragland and Prince Harry listen on as Meghan delivers a heartfelt speech at the cookbook launch in 2018.
