'We share an understanding of the abuse and intimidation which is now so often used as a means of disparaging women in public office from getting on with our very important work.'
“On occasions, stories and headlines have represented an invasion of your privacy and have sought to cast aspersions about your character, without any good reason as far as we can see,” the letter reads. “Even more concerning still, we are calling out what can only be described as outdated, colonial undertones to some of these stories.
In an interview with a political correspondent at ITV News, MP Lynch confirmed she received a call the next day from none other than Markle herself, who thanked her for the letter.
EXCL: 'I got a phonecall. It was Buckingham Palace asking me was I available to speak to the Duchess of Sussex.'
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