The York siblings headed to New York City over the weekend for an important cause: to speak out about the fight to end modern slavery.
Princess Eugeniespoke about her work as director of the Anti-Slavery Collective during the NEXUS Meeting at the United Nations Headquarters on Saturday, with older sisterPrincess Beatriceon-hand to show her support.
“It was such an honour to speak@nexusglobalnetworkat the@unitednationsabout@the_anti_slavery_collective. An initiative I co-founded last year to combat modern day slavery,” the bride-to-be, 28, captioned a series of photos from the event on Instagram. She also shared a quote from English politician William Wilberforce: “You may choose to look the other way but you can never say again that you did not know.”
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The sisters’ mother,Sarah Ferguson— aka Fergie — alsopraised her daughters’ humanitarian workon her own Instagram page.
“So proud of my girls Beatrice and Eugenie @unitednations HQ. Eugenie hosted a conference about ending slavery in New York,” she wrote.
Fergierecently reflected on her decision to start the charity Children in Crisis, which is merging with the organization Street Child, and how it impacted her parenting.
“It has certainly made me a better mother to my daughters Beatrice and Eugenie, giving me a sense of perspective, and allowing me to encourage them to use the platform they have to get involved in charitable work,” she explained in a piece for theEvening Standard.
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In 2016, Eugenie privatelyvisited a safe housefor victims of sexual exploitation and used in slave labor.
She added, “I think it’s everyone’s opportunity and duty to #askthequestion and to support this campaign in any way possible to try to effect change and create massive awareness for the cause.”
source: people.com
