Yahoo Finance Princess Eugenie speaks about her hopes for her son’s future
Princess Eugenie gave birth to her son August on 9 February and is currently settling into life as a new mother. But before she did so, the Queen’s granddaughter spoke of her hopes for her child’s future in an interview about her philanthropic work.
“I think my child hopefully will be one of those people who will continue to see the world as a place that can be changed,” Eugenie said. “I hope that the world will be a place where my child can have hope and continue to know that they can make a big difference.”
Eugenie referenced the friendship between her interviewer Tania Bryer and her mother Sarah Ferguson, saying at the start of the short interview: “My best friend Jules and I went with my mum, actually who you know very well, to India back in 2011.”
The Princess continued about the organisation she has co-founded called the Anti-Slavery Collective: “We met this amazing group of people called the Women’s Interlink Foundation. We learned from them just the extent of what modern slavery is, this term that is used. And we kind of came back to England and we were like, right, we’re going to do something about this, let’s just become like secret spies and learn everything we can about the modern slavery world.”
The Princess, who is 10th in line to the throne, is not a working Royal and has a job at a London art gallery. However, she represents charities in a personal capacity, including the Scoliosis Association. She memorably wore a dress for her October 2018 wedding that showed the scar she was left with as a child following her operation for the condition aged 12.
Speaking about the biggest challenges in tackling modern slavery, Eugenie said: “The fact that it’s very much a hidden crime, it’s something that people might not be necessarily aware of, it’s maybe in your nail bar, or at your car wash, or your clothes you’re wearing. You know, modern slavery is such a big term, but I think it can be cut down into different sort of headings, so like, domestic servitude, or sex trafficking, or different terms like that.”
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