Princess Eugenie has released a heartbreaking new video to promote a powerful new series regarding a poignant cause.
The 34-year-old took to her Instagram story to share episode two of the new short interview series, ‘My Epiphany’. The video has been launched by The Anti Slavery Collective, a charity working to end modern slavery and trafficking founded by Eugenie and her friend Julia de Boinville in 2017.
The post was captioned: “Introducing episode 2 of our new short interview series My Epiphany.
“Episode 2 features Phil Brewer, a retired police officer who spent five years investigating modern slavery and human trafficking in the Met, now a specialist advisor at the Human Trafficking Foundation and lecturer and honorary research fellow at St Mary’s University.
“Early in his career with the Met, Phil worked on the case of a man trafficked from Nigeria to the UK when he was 14 into a life of domestic servitude. For 26 years the young man slept on a roll-up mat on the kitchen floor.
“When he was finally rescued, every possession he owned in the world fit into two plastic bags. It was a case he’ll never forget.”
They added: “Every week until December a new film will be released across our social media platforms and The Anti-Slavery Collective website.”
Although Eugenie has 1.8 million followers on the social media platform, The Anti Slavery Collective has just 21,700. Under the new video, one royal watcher wrote: “Wow. Poor man. I hope that he is able to make an independent life for himself now.”
Speaking previously about the series, Eugenie told Femail: “Through our new video series – My Epiphany – we are proud to shine a light on the heartbreaking global epidemic of modern slavery. We hope the insightful and eye-opening series of powerful interviews will raise awareness on the awful situations many victims are trapped in.”
Eugenie and Julia previously shared that the aim of The Anti Slavery Collective was “to eradicate modern slavery for an estimated 50 million people”.
