Princess Eugenie tells Theresa May she is an ‘inspiration’ for her work on ending modern slavery and says it is ‘so cool’ that as Prime Minister she has made the issue ‘a big thing’
Princess Eugenie has praised former British Prime Minister Theresa May as an “inspiration” for her work to end modern slavery during her career.
The Royal, 33, told the politician it was “really cool” that she had put such a strong focus on the issue when she was Home Secretary and later Prime Minister.
Mrs May was the first guest on the second series of Floodlight, the podcast from Eugenie and Julia de Boinville’s Anti-Slavery Collective, which returns on Anti-Slavery Day.
As the former Prime Minister sets up a global commission on modern slavery, she chatted with the podcast hosts about her work developing the Modern Slavery Act, which was passed in 2015, and how it came about.
At the end of the conversation, Eugenie told Mrs May that the work she has done to tackle modern slavery is ‘amazing’ and added: ‘You are a huge inspiration to us.’
Princess Eugenie and Julia de Boinville were back in the recording studio for season two of their Anti-Slavery Collective podcast, Floodlight
Elsewhere during the discussion, the royal mother-of-two said it was “really cool” that the former prime minister and Cabinet member had made tackling modern slavery her “big thing” while in power.
Julia and Eugenie, who founded the Anti-Slavery Collective in 2017, discussed their work with children as they delivered workshops in schools to help young people understand the signs of modern slavery.
The politician praised the pair for their work in training young people, which she said is not currently being done on a large scale.
Theresa May helped formulate the Modern Slavery Act in 2015 when she was Home Secretary and is now launching a global commission on modern slavery
The return of the podcast is Princess Eugenie’s first major project since the birth of her second son, Ernest, in May.
The youngest daughter of Prince Andrew and Sarah Ferguson, who is also mother to two-year-old August, revealed that Ernest George Ronnie Brooksbank was born at Portland Hospital in London in May, as was his older brother August.
Weighing 3.5kg, his name is a tribute to his late grandfather, Jack’s father George, who died in 2021 aged 72, and Fergie’s father Major Ronald Ferguson.
Eugenie also said his name was a tribute to his great-great-grandfather George V, whose middle name was also Ernest.
A sweet photo on Instagram showed her eldest son August watching over his little brother sleeping in his Moses basker, with the new mom captioning it, “Augie is loving being a big brother already.”
The newcomer is 13th in line for the throne, putting Prince Edward in 14th place.
Last month Eugenie announced the second series of the Floodlight podcast, featuring guests from a range of sectors including sport and entertainment, as well as politicians such as Mrs May.
The next episodes of the series will interview Rose Hudson Wilkin, the first black woman to become a bishop of the Church of England, and Efe Obada, an NFL player who will tell the story of how he and his sister moved from Nigeria as children were traded to the United Kingdom. .