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00:00 Meghan Markle considers run for office.
00:02 Duchess of Sussex's name is in the frame to fill Californian Senator Dianne Feinstein's
00:07 seat after Senator died aged 90.
00:09 And could the White House be her ultimate aim?
00:19 She has made no secret about her left-leaning politics and belief that women can change
00:23 the world.
00:24 So it may come as no surprise that Meghan Markle's name was being bandied about in Hollywood
00:35 last night as a long-shot replacement for Californian Senator Dianne Feinstein.
00:42 Indeed, within minutes of 90-year-old Feinstein's death being announced on Friday, the Mail
00:52 on Sunday was told phones lit up with speculation the Duchess of Sussex could throw her hat
00:56 in the ring to serve out the remaining 13 months of Feinstein's term.
01:07 A major Democratic donor who is close to Californian Governor Gavin Newsom, who will choose Feinstein's
01:13 replacement, told the Mouse, "Meghan is definitely a long shot but in the craziness that is U.S.
01:19 politics these days it's not an impossibility.
01:29 Crazier things have happened.
01:31 Feinstein's death has produced a unique situation where Newsom, 55, California's charismatic
01:36 governor who is considered a presidential frontrunner should anything happen to 80-year-old
01:41 President Joe Biden, has free reign to pick someone to replace Feinstein until the next
01:46 election is held in November 2024.
01:56 He was placed in a similar position in October 2020 when then-candidate Biden chose another
02:01 Californian Senator, Kamala Harris, to be his running mate against Donald Trump.
02:13 At the time, the Mail on Sunday reported that a senior Labor Party source confirmed Meghan
02:18 had been networking among senior Democrats with a view to building a grassroots campaign
02:22 to fuel her political ambitions, with the U.S. presidency her ultimate aim.
02:34 She and Prince Harry reportedly held a virtual hour-long meeting with Governor Newsom but
02:38 he picked another candidate.
02:44 A source said Governor Newsom had pledged to replace Feinstein with a black woman, adding
02:51 "the problem he now faces is that all the best candidates have already announced they
02:56 will be running for Feinstein's seat in November 2024, the next election."
03:08 Governor Newsom cannot elect any of those candidates to the position now as it would
03:12 be seen as a huge, and very unfair, advantage.
03:21 If he puts any of the very good black women candidates in the job now he will be accused
03:26 of favoritism.
03:34 So he needs to find a woman of color who can do the job for 13 months and will agree to
03:39 not stand against any of the seasoned politicians who have already thrown their hats into the
03:43 ring.
03:51 There are not that many women who fit the bill.
03:53 Which is why Meghan's name is being bandied about.
04:02 Since arriving in California with husband Prince Harry in 2020, Meghan has cultivated
04:08 political contacts on the left wing.
04:16 She is close friends with feminist Gloria Steinem, a powerful force in the Democratic
04:21 Party.
04:28 A friend of Steinem's told the MoS.
04:31 Gloria has been introducing Meghan to pivotal people within the party.
04:41 Meghan is interested in politics more than anything else.
04:45 That's where she believes her power is but she has had to focus on making money.
04:55 Since moving to the states with Prince Harry in 2020, Meghan has befriended TV host Oprah
05:01 Winfrey, a major Democrat donor, and also become friends with the Kennedys, one of the
05:06 most famous and well-connected Democratic families in America.
05:16 But the buzz around Meghan as a replacement the late Senator Feinstein has left some Democrats
05:22 cold.
05:29 One senior source said, "I don't think you can take Meghan seriously
05:32 enough."