Meghan Markle is going to Switzerland (Image: Getty)

Meghan Markle will be travelling to Europe over the weekend for a major event on children’s online safety, it has emerged, just days after the Princess of Wales completed her two-day working trip in Italy. The Duchess of Sussex will attend a memorial for people who have died after suffering digital harm in Switzerland on Sunday.

She will highlight the need for stronger global protection for children online, according to a statement released on Friday. Meghan will join World Health Organisation (WHO) director-general Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus for the opening of the Lost Screen Memorial in Geneva. Guests, including global health leaders, ministers and families affected by online harm, will see an installation of 50 illuminated lightboxes, each displaying the mobile phone lockscreen image of a child who lost their life because of online violence and digital harm.

The Duchess of Sussex will speak about children’s safety online (Image: Getty)

Princess Kate spent two days in Italy this week (Image: Getty)

On Friday, Meghan’s office said: “During the ceremony, Meghan, Duchess of Sussex, will pay tribute to the children remembered in the installation and underscore the urgent need for stronger global protections for children online.”

The WHO and Archewell Philanthropies, the charitable foundation of the Duke and Duchess of Sussex, are hosting the event, which is being held ahead of the 79th World Health Assembly.

It is also being run in partnership with The Parents’ Network, a community of bereaved families advocating for safer online spaces for children and young people.

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The memorial was created by Archewell and The Parents’ Network and it was first unveiled in New York City in April 2025 as part of the No Child Lost to Social Media campaign

According to the statement, the memorial “seeks to highlight the measurable and preventable harms associated with online violence against children, including cyberbullying, grooming, sextortion, exposure to self-harm content and unsafe emerging technologies without adequate safeguards”.

Geneva mayor Alfonso Gomez Cruz, a number of health ministers and child safety advocates will be among those at the memorial.

Online child safety advocate Amy Neville, whose son Alexander is among the children featured in the exhibition, will be among the speakers.

The exhibition will be on Place des Nations through Friday, May 22, and will be accessible day and night throughout the World Health Assembly.

Visitors will also be able to hear the stories of the children featured in the Memorial through its digital companion experience.

It comes as this week Princess Catherine made a triumphant return to overseas travel as she carried out her first working trip in three and a half years.

Princess Catherine spent two days in Reggio Emilia to learn more about an innovative approach to teaching young children developed in the country.