Meghan Markle will hearbreakingly miss out on the US-version of Mother’s Day – as she will still be in Nigeria with Prince Harry.
The Duke and Duchess of Sussex’s children, Archie, five, and two-year-old Lilibet, are currently staying with their maternal grandmother Doria Ragland.
Tomorrow (Sunday, May 11) marks Mother’s Day in America, while the celebrations in the UK has already passed, having taken place on March 10.
Despite currently being separated by thousands of miles, Meghan Markle has clearly kept her children close in her thoughts, even mentioning them while giving talks to schoolchildren.
Prince Harry and Meghan Markle appear in high spirits in Nigeria (Image: Getty)
The 42-year-old told a class full of youngsters: “Our daughter, Lili, she’s much, much tinier than you guys. She’s about to turn three. And a few weeks ago she looked at me and she would just see the reflection in my eyes. And she goes, ‘Mama, I see me in you”, Oh, now she was talking really literally. But I hung onto those words in a very different way. And I thought, yes, I do see me in you, and you see me in you.”
The Duchess, who claims to be of 43 percent Nigerian heritage after taking an ancestry test last year, told the class: “As I look around this room, I see myself in all of you as well.”
Harry and Meghan won’t have long to way before seeing their children, however, as they are scheduled to return to the USA on Monday after heading to the Nigerian capital of Lagos, as well as Kaduna before they head back to California to be reunited with their family.
The trip hasn’t been without its controversies, however, as Prince Harry came under fire for “inspecting” Nigerian troops – with fans claiming he has “no right” to do due to him having quit the Royal Family.
Others even urged King Charles to step in, with one fan writing on social media platform X: “He is not an acting royal representing his father. Everyone knew this would happen!”
Another added: “I’m angered by this too. Harry has no authority to ‘inspect’ troops. His late grandmother stripped him of all his military titles. Someone said they are calling him, ‘Your Highness’. Harry’s ‘HRH’ was removed too. The King needs to shut this down.”
Meanwhile Meghan Markle committed a major fashion blunder yesterday, as eagle-eyed royal fans spotted that her long, peach-coloured dress was “crumpled” at the bottom.
One person commented on X: “How difficult is it to get things hemmed? I must be a genius as I have about the same height as Meghan and just a fraction of her budget or influence, yet manage to get things routinely tailored to fit.”
However, Meghan fans have came to her defence, insisting that scorching temperatures in the African nation will require one to “dress for comfort”, while others praised her new hairstyle as “breathtakingly beautiful”.
