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Meghan Markle Set for SXSW Panel With Katie Couric and Brooke Shields

Meghan Markle will headline SXSW keynote panel with Katie Couric and Brooke Shields

Meghan Markle, Katie Couric, and Brooke ShieldsRobin L Marshall/FilmMagic/Getty ImagesMeghan has been chosen to participate in SXSW’s opening day keynote panel, “Breaking Barriers, Shaping Narratives: How Women Lead On and Off the Screen,” presented by The Archewell Foundation and The 19th, on Friday, March 8. Moderated by Errin Haines, host of “The Amendment” podcast and editor-at-large for The 19th (a nonprofit news organization focused on gender and politics), the panel discussion will take place on International Women’s Day. “Meghan, The Duchess of Sussex, Katie Couric, Brooke Shields, Nancy Wang Yuen and Errin Haines are the perfect finishing touch to eight days of remarkable Keynote Speakers,” Hugh Forrest, co-president and chief programming officer of SXSW, said in a statement.

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