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Meghan Markle<\/a> and Prince Harry<\/a> made their first public appearance on Tuesday since her father\u2019s arrest on suspicion of possessing images of child sexual abuse<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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Harry urged tech companies to be more transparent about issues involving children as he spoke at the European Parliament in Brussels during the opening of a memorial to children who have died as the result of harm suffered on social media.<\/p>\n

The Lost Screen Memorial features replicas of oversized smartphones with the photo of a child on each home screen.<\/p>\n

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The Duchess of Sussex was originally scheduled to speak alongside Harry but withdrew because she was not \u201cstrong enough emotionally,\u201d a person familiar with her reasoning told The Associated Press.<\/p>\n

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Meghan still accompanied her husband to the event and they were photographed arriving at the European Parliament.<\/p>\n

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During his speech, Harry appeared emotional as he told social media companies to avoid showing children content they would not show their own children.<\/p>\n

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\u201cI\u2019m not here as an expert or a politician. I\u2019m here as a father, my wife, as a mother and together, as a couple who stand alongside parents like Sandra, Megan and Sewell \u2014 in New York, Los Angeles, Geneva and now Brussels. Parents who never imagined they would have a reason to be in rooms like this,\u201d he said, as he made reference to parents who believe their children have died as a result of online harm.<\/p>\n

He also told the companies to be more helpful to parents who are seeking access to their children\u2019s smartphones and social media accounts to help them understand what they were doing online.<\/p>\n

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\u201cFor many parents, even though their child killed themselves, they\u2019ve had to wait years \u2013 in some instances, eight years \u2013 to get access to their child\u2019s phone,\u201d Harry said. \u201cBecause of the company\u2019s privacy policies, the parents were blocked from finding out how their child died. That cannot be right.\u201d<\/p>\n

The trip to Brussels comes after Markle\u2019s father was arrested Friday morning<\/a> by federal agents in Florida on charges related to child sexual abuse material<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Thomas Markle Sr.<\/a> was arrested on a federal criminal complaint alleging he kept child sexual abuse material, including sexually explicit photographs of himself with prepubescent girls, in two Los Angeles-area storage units he rented for nearly two decades, according to the FBI<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Markle Sr. is charged with one count of possession of child pornography and made his initial appearance Friday in United States District Court in the Middle District of Florida in Tampa.<\/p>\n

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