The Duke and Duchess of Sussex have given a rare insight into their children’s lives away from the public eye during their recent trip to Nigeria where they shared intimate details
Meghan Markle and Prince Harry gave plenty of insight into their home lives during their recent tour of Nigeria.
The Duke and Duchess of Sussex may have travelled without their two children Prince Archie, five, and Princess Lilibet, two, but they spoke several times about the two youngsters on the trip. Their comments gave clues as to what their family life is like away from the spotlight.
The first day of their trip saw the couple head to a school which has received donations from their Archewell Foundation, the Lightway Academy in Abuja. While there they met with a group of kindergarten-age children who sang and danced for them.
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Harry and Meghan were delighted to meet with children in Nigeria (
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Harry then asked the class: “Is singing and dancing your favourite class?” As Meghan added: “That’s Lili’s favourite class, maybe it’s all the jumping around.” The pair then visited a STEM class, as the children showed them some impressive robot cars they had created.
While Harry engaged with the class about their interest in electronics, Meghan detailed how Archie also likes construction. The pair also spoke on the subject of mental health while visiting the school. The discussion prompted Meghan to share a touching story about Lilibet.
She told the class: “We all have our story. And there’s no shame in any single one of your stories. Even on the hardest days or darkest days, everything is a pillar of your strength by each of you being there. Your teachers see that in you. And we see that in you.
“And interestingly, so 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 said ‘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 and you, and you see me and you, but as I look around this room, I see myself in all of you as well.”
The pair shared anecdotes about their children throughout the trip (
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Meghan discussed her role as a mother further when she co-hosted a Women in Leadership panel discussion with Dr Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, the Director General of the World Trade Organization. Meghan said: “I love being a mum, I love being a mum.”
Meghan then opened up on the personalities of her children as she recalled the time when she was still starring in Suits and had breakfast with her mentor, Bonnie Hammer. She said: “And I asked her that exact question. I said, ‘How do you find the balance?’ And she said, ‘You don’t, you’ll never find the balance.’
“What I think that to mean now is that that balance will always change for you. That balance, what seems balanced ten years ago is going to shift. And so being a mum has always been a dream of mine. And I’m so fortunate that we have two beautiful, healthy, very chatty sweet children.”
The trip also saw Meghan spend Mother’s day, Sunday 12 May in the US, away from her children and as she attended a reception at the State Governor House in Lagos she explained to the guests how much she was “missing her babies.” She said: “So it feels appropriate, but though of course, we are missing our children, I’m missing my babies, but it feels very appropriate to be in the motherland and amongst family. So thank you so much for the kindness and for these beautiful names. I’m very grateful and we can’t wait to come back.”
