Following in Diana's footsteps: Harry's girlfriend Meghan cements her position as a future r

Meghan Markle appears in the April issue of Vanity Fair alongside Emma Watson, Cher, and Justin Trudeau

• The stars of the shoot all spoke at the One Young World Summit in Ottawa in October 2016

• Meghan, who is a Counsellor of the summit, has written about her experience on her lifestyle site The Tig.

It is the magazine that published some of Princess Diana's most iconic photos and now her son's girlfriend Meghan Markle is set to follow in her footsteps as she appears in this month's Vanity Fair.

The girlfriend of Prince Harry, 35, appears in the April edition of the lifestyle magazine where she stars in a new photoshoot of the 'global leaders' who attended the One Young World Summit in Ottawa in October 2016.

In her first official photoshoot since the announcement of her royal romance the Suits actress appears alongside Emma Watson, Cher, and Justin Trudeau, all of whom spoke at the 2016 Summit.

​Meghan Markle appears in the April issue of Vanity Fair along with 'global leaders' who attended the One Young World Summit in Ottawa in October 2016. Pictured: Meghan poses with former President of Ireland Mary Robinson, poet Fatima Bhutto, and women's rights activist Loujain al-Hathloul.

One Young World invites young adults from all over the world who are actively working to transform the socio-political landscape by being the greater good.

'They are delegates who are speaking out against human rights violations, environmental crises, gender equality issues, discrimination and injustice. They are the change.'

Emma Watson also appears in the shoot who at this year's summit, launched the 'Emma Watson Scholarship' recognising outstanding work in advancing gender equality across the globe. Pictured Emma with her chosen Scholars. ​

​Other stars include Cher who spoke at the summit in October 2016. Pictured: The world famous singer with One Young World Deligates.

The photographs were taken by critically acclaimed American photographer Jason Schmidt and the accompanying article was written by Pakistani poet and writer Fatima Bhutto.

Meghan poses alongside former President of Ireland Mary Robinson, poet Fatima Bhutto, and women's rights activist Loujain al-Hathloul.

The four women stand against the dramatic backdrop of Ottawa and while the three other women stand close together - Meghan, who is wearing a crisp white dress, is set apart, posing at the water's edge.

Emma declared that 'we, the entire spectrum of the feminist movement, are building an unstoppable current, for which we need ripples of hope from every age, race, ability, walk of life, every human experience'.

The 2016 One Young World Summit, which took place in Ottawa from 28th September to 1st October, gathered 1,300 young leaders from 196 countries around the world to discuss worldwide challenges alongside world-leaders from across the globe, and to generate innovative solutions to the world's most pressing issues.

The Summit was opened by Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, who used the One Young World Opening Ceremony to launch his Prime Minister's Youth Council of 15 young Canadians, and called on the young leaders present to 'make good use of your new global community [at One Young World] and do something great with it'.

This year's Summit saw the launch of the 'Emma Watson Scholarship', recognising outstanding work in advancing gender equality across the globe.

Watson selected nine young leaders as her One Young World Scholars and declared that 'we, the entire spectrum of the feminist movement, are building an unstoppable current, for which we need ripples of hope from every age, race, ability, walk of life, every human experience.'

Since taking part in the One Young World Summit both Meghan and Emma have shared plenty of social media posts about their work.

One Young World Co-Founder, Kate Robertson, commented: 'One Young World is honoured to be featured in such an august publication working with the amazing creative talent Jason Schmidt and the unique voice of Fatima Bhutto.

Justin Trudeau called on the young leaders present to 'make good use of your new global community [at One Young World] and do something great with it. Pictured, left to right: Prof Muhammad Yunus, OYW co-founders Kate Robertoson and David Jones, Mary Robinson, Justin Trudeau, Emma Watson, and Kofi Annan.

Kofi Annan, far left, with members of Extremely Together who also appear in the April issue of Vanity Fair.

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