Prince Harry and Meghan Markle on the 2022 Ripple of Hope Award Gala (Picture credit score: AFP)

The Duke and Duchess of Sussex have been honoured for addressing racial justice and psychological well being at “Ripple of Hope” in New York. The British royals obtained the award on Tuesday from the Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights Foundation which honours leaders throughout authorities, enterprise, advocacy and leisure who’ve proven an “unwavering commitment to social change”.

The couple throughout the gala talked about tearing “down the mightiest walls of oppression and resistance,” PageSix reported.

Kerry Kennedy, president of the Foundation and daughter of late U.S. Senator Robert F. Kennedy, mentioned the couple had been “incredibly brave” to speak about their expertise of racial injustice and psychological sickness, the Telegraph reported.

Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelensky was additionally amongst these to be honoured by the organisation.

Meghan Markle and Prince Harry mentioned in a press release that “a ripple of hope can turn into a wave of change,” Reuters reported.

The award got here days earlier than a much-anticipated Netflix documentary sequence, amid widespread hypothesis over what the couple, referred to as the Duke and Duchess of Sussex, will say about Britain’s Royal Family.

Since Harry and Meghan stepped down from royal duties two years in the past and moved to California they’ve delivered stinging criticism of the British monarchy and accusations of racism, accusations that the household has dismissed.

Trailers for the sequence confirmed Harry accusing the royal family of leaking tales in regards to the household and saying that they have been prepared, to inform the reality about their expertise.

Buckingham Palace has launched no statements in regards to the documentary sequence.