Meghan and Harry’s Royal Visit to Nigeria Sparks Huge Frenzy and Cultural Pride

LONDON – If the tabloids, the royal watchers and the endless debates on the merits of Harry and Meghan’s choices and opinions needed any further proof, they are still capable of being two brilliant stars of that format between monarchy and celebrity, the proof comes from theirs. trip to Nigeria: invitation after the Invictus games – Nigeria is the first African country to send a team of wounded soldiers to the games created and promoted by the Duke of Sussex – the couple was greeted by a large, passionate and festive audience.

Se in the past the Windsors had problems abroad, apparently also because of the color of their skin, as a symbol of a colonial empire, Meghan proudly reached for her DNA. “I want to thank everyone for the kindness and warmth with which you have welcomed us this country, which is also my country», she emphasized to the Duchess at an event in which she participated with the Director General of the World Trade Organization, Ngozi Okonjio-Iweala.

Meghan recently went into care genetic testing (home with a kitten in the mail) where it came from 43% are Nigerians. The public asked her how she felt when she found out: the Duchess replied that the first thing she called her mother Doria was to ask if she was aware of the situation and that she, like her mother, is “greatly honored and moved”. She recognizes herself, she explained, in the “strong and courageous” women of the country and is happy to have learned where she is from: “Often – she said – when you are African American you don’t you don’t know much about the past. ”

Although she has no official positions in the royal family, Meghan is still the duchess and daughter-in-law of the king: this seemed to be a source of pride in Nigeria, where Prince Harry’s wife got a Nigerian name from the Invictus team, Amina, as a warrior goddess. At a breakfast in honor of the couple Abike Dabiri-Erewa, from the commission for the Nigerian diaspora, he welcomed her “home”, before adding to the prince: “You married one of our sisters, thank you for bringing her to us, yes We hope you will return often.”