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How do you think Meghan, from her position through marriage of supreme privilege and entitlement, might make the arts more inclusive in the UK?
I think Alex Clifton, in that Telegraph article Fros posted above, answered this very well:
"Alex Clifton, artistic director of Storyhouse, which the Duchess of Sussex visited with the Queen during a visit to Chester in June, said yesterday*that “any arts orgs would really benefit from having her on board as an advocate”.
“As an artist and actor herself, she understands the practice and can speak with authority herself,” he said. “She’s an accessible, dynamic, modern-facing presence: it’s impossible to overstate the impact that someone with her authority can have on people’s lives.
“As an industry we speak very easily and confidently to existing audiences. The challenge is to reach new, more diverse, more traditionally marginalised communities.
“The Duchess provides extraordinary leverage into a massive range of communities. She’s a really powerful voice and can help any theatre achieve more of its mission, in terms of telling stories to as many and as broad a range of people as possible.”