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Edel Hughes

Irish activist Sinead Burke picked by Meghan Markle to appear on September cover of British Vogue

Irish activist will appear on the cover of the September issue of British Vogue guest edited by Duchess of Sussex, Meghan Markle.

Dubliner Sinead's star is on the rise following her viral TED talk "Why Design should include everyone" and she was named as one of Vogue's '25 most influential women' last year.

Since then, the disability rights activist and writer has been featured on the cover of the Business of Fashion magazine and attended the Met Gala in New York.

Now, Sinead will appear on the famous September issue, entitled 'Forces For Change' after meeting the Duchess last year on her visit to Ireland.

Instead of one cover star, the cover will feature 15 different panels with Sinead appearing alongside climate change campaigner Greta Thunberg, prime minister of New Zealand Jacinda Ardern, actors Salma Hayek Pinault and Jane Fonda.

Each woman featured has been picked as a "trailblazing changemaker", Buckingham Palace said.

Speaking about being chosen, Sinead said: "I’m so very proud, incredibly honoured and humbled to be one of the fifteen Forces for Change featured on the cover of British Vogue’s September issue, chosen by a very special guest editor, (@sussexroyal) the Duchess of Sussex.

"This marks Edward Enninful’s third September issue at Vogue and I couldn’t be more grateful to the Duchess of Sussex, Edward, @vanessakingori@GilesHattersley@Ellie_Pitchers@OliviaJSinger@denagia the whole team at British Vogue for including me. The issue will be on stands on Friday, August 2nd."

Meghan is the first person ever to guest edit the September issue.

The magazine's editor-in-chief Edward Enninful said the Duchess turned down the chance to be on the cover herself as she thought it would be "boastful".

He said: "As you will see from her selections throughout this magazine, she is also willing to wade into more complex and nuanced areas, whether they concern female empowerment, mental health, race or privilege.

"From the very beginning, we talked about the cover - whether she would be on it or not.

"In the end, she felt that it would be in some ways a 'boastful' thing to do for this particular project.

"She wanted, instead, to focus on the women she admires."

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