Harry and Meghan mobbed by fans in Nigeria as William gives Kate update

The Duchess of Sussex made the revelation on a visit to Nigeria with Prince Harry to celebrate the 10th anniversary of his Invictus Games.

Their first port of call was a visit to a school, where Prince Harry gave a poignant speech to normalise mental health issues.

Meghan then opened up about their youngest child, telling the schoolchildren about a recent, memorable exchange.

“Our daughter, Lili, she’s much, much tinier than you guys,” Meghan said. “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.”

“As I look around this room, I see myself in all of you as well.”

The Prince of Wales, 41, made the revelation today while visiting St Mary’s Community Hospital on the Isles of Scilly.

When asked how the Princess is doing, he shared: “She’s doing very well. Thank you.”

The Prince then opened up about his children, adding: “The children are very jealous that I’m here and they’re not here as well.”

The heir to the throne visited today to publicise a new health and social care facility being built on Duchy land close to the hospital.

The Duchess of Sussex couldn’t help but gush about her husband after Harry encouraged the children to check on anyone in their class who wasn’t smiling because “it’s okay not to be okay.”

She said to the pupils: “Do you see why I married him? He’s so smart.”

The couple lost their HRH titles as a result of this decision, but they remain the Duke and Duchess of Sussex.

They reunited at Heathrow Airport in London last night, seemingly marking Markle’s first time on British soil since she attended the Queen’s funeral in September 2022.

They are set to meet the injured service people as part of a trip to Nigeria marking the 10th anniversary of the Invictus Games.

Nigerian defence spokesman Brigadier General Tukur Gusau, who confirmed today that the couple had arrived in the country, said their presence would be a much-needed morale booster.

“This engagement with Invictus is giving us the opportunity for the recovery of our soldiers,” he said.

Prince Harry founded the Invictus Games back in 2014 to give wounded, sick and injured service people a chance to showcase their sporting talents.

While speaking to pupils about the issue, he empathised that it can be difficult when a person “lost a loved one in your family and you don’t know who to turn to or who to speak to.”

He told pupils at the Wuse Lightway Academy in Nigeria, which is supported by the Archwell Foundation, that there is “no shame to be able to acknowledge that today is a bad day.”

“In some cases around the world, in more than you would believe, there is a stigma when it comes to mental health,” he said.

“Too many people don’t want to talk about it, because it’s invisible – something in your mind that you can’t see. It’s not like a broken leg, it’s not like a broken wrist, it’s something we are still relatively unsure of.

“But guess what? Every single person in this room – the youngest, the oldest – every single person has mental health.”

The Duke of Sussex then encouraged the children to “look after yourselves to be able to look after other people, and other people have to be able to look after themselves to be able to look after you.”

The rift between Prince Harry and the Windsors was shown in its “deepest and starkest form” this week, a royal expert has claimed.

The Prince was supported by none of his immediate family at a thanksgiving service to mark the 10th anniversary of the Invictus Games.

He was, however, joined by members of his mother’s family, the Spencers – namely Lady Jane Fellowes and Earl Spencer, and former army officer Mark Dyer.

Former BBC royal correspondent Michael Cole said there “never was much love lost between the Spencers and the Windsors”

“Nothing could have illustrated more clearly the gap that will always separate two famous families,” he told the MailOnline.

“Words have power and actions have consequences, as Prince Harry – whose criticisms of his Windsor family have been harsh, cruel and wounding – is increasingly finding out.”

Cole then referred back to the life of Princess Diana, claiming that from the get-go, her father did not want her to marry the then-Prince Charles.

Instead, he advised his daughter to “follow the example of her oldest sister Sarah: marry a country landowner, live in a nice house, have children, be happy.”

The Duchess of Sussex first made the revelation on her podcast Archetypes in 2022, where she said she made the discovery through a genealogy test.

The news was later referenced by Prince Harry at the 2023 opening ceremony for the Invictus Games.

“Now, I’m not saying we play favourites in our home, but since my wife discovered she is of Nigerian descent, it’s likely to get a little bit more competitive this year!” he said.

The couple are currently visiting Nigeria to celebrate the 10th anniversary of the sporting event, which Harry founded in 2014 to celebrate the abilities of wounded, injured and sick service people.

The couple, who are visiting the country for the first time as a duo, arrived this morning and have begun a busy schedule of events.

This included a visit to the Lights Academy in Abuja, Nigeria, which they have been supporting through their Archewell Foundation.

The couple flew to the country in a Boeing 777 after Meghan met Harry at Heathrow Airport following her decision to skip the UK celebrations of the 10th anniversary of his Invictus Games.

According to reports, they are staying at the Transcorp Hilton in Abuja, where the presidential suite costs £600 a night.

The five-star hotel has a pool, spa, and picturesque views of the mountains surrounding the Nigerian capital.

It is also in a top central location, allowing the couple to easily travel to the events they are set to attend on their three-day visit.