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Meghan Markle pays homage to her Nigerian heritage as she sports traditional skirt gifted to her during Abuja reception as she arrives in Lagos with Prince Harry – after thanking Nigerians for welcoming her to ‘my country’

Meghan Markle’s closet for her three-day visit to Nigeria has had all the earmarks of being loaded up with nostalgic decisions – and she proceeded with that subject with the present outfit.

The Duchess of Sus𝓈ℯ𝓍, 42, appeared to don a conventional Nigerian skirt talented to her during a gathering in Abuja on Saturday as she arrived in Lagos with Sovereign Harry today.

Highlighting white and blue stripes, the assertion maxi piece of clothing was made of aso oke, a hand-woven material from south-west Nigeria, as per the BBC.The skirt was a gift from Abike Dabiri Erewa, executive of the Nigerian Diaspora Commission, who gave the Duke and Duchess his and hers conventional aso oke outfits at a gathering at the Nigerian Guard Central command.

Meghan’s outfit decision comes after the mother-of-two – who as of late found she is ‘43% Nigerian’ – said thanks to a group of people in Abuja on Saturday for inviting her and her significant other to ‘my country’.

Prince Harry and Meghan Markle have today landed in Lagos on their ‘quasi-royal’ tour

The Sus𝓈ℯ𝓍es landed in the Lagos earlier today as a component of their ‘semi illustrious’ visit in the wake of expenditure two days in Abuja where the couple were mobbed at a sitting volleyball match.

Meghan joined her customary maxi skirt with a white Carolina Herrera shirt and smart shades.

Adding a dash of glamour to her outfit, she decided on thick gold studs and stunning shoes.

Her cosmetics was completely fabulous, while her hair was styled in an elegant half-up half-down hair styling.

Harry, in the mean time, wore shades, a beige coat, and a white shirt, as they shook the hands of military dignitaries who remained along the runway.

The couple, visiting Nigeria together interestingly, commended and heaved as they were welcomed with a dance execution. They will today supposedly visit a school which is being upheld by their Archewell Establishment.

They will then go to a social gathering and later a polo pledge drive in help of Nigeria Unconquered.

The visit is essentially to advance the Invictus Games and comes after Harry met the Nigerian group and General Musa finally year’s opposition in Dusseldorf, Germany.

Meghan appeared to be wearing an outfit made of aso oke – a hand-woven cloth from south-west Nigeria – which she had been gifted at a lavish lunch yesterday

The skirt was a gift from Abike Dabiri Erewa, chairman of the Nigerian Diaspora Commission, who presented the Duke and Duchess with his and hers traditional aso oke outfits at a reception at the Nigerian Defence Headquarters

Meghan paired the blue skirt with a simple white shirt and sported a pair of dark sunglasses

They arrived in Abuja on Friday for the 72-hour whistlestop tour of the country after flying in together following a secret reunion in London.

During their two-day stay in the capital city, Meghan thanked Nigerians for welcoming her to ‘my country’ as she hopes she can ‘do justice’ to being a ‘role model’.

The Duchess of Sus𝓈ℯ𝓍 arrived almost an hour late to the women in leadership summit in a spaghetti strapped red dress without her husband Prince Harry.

She told the audience: ‘I want to start by saying thank you very much for just how gracious you’ve all been in welcoming my husband and I to this country… my country.’

She also added: ‘I am just flattered and honored and inspired. It has been a whirlwind 24 hours since we arrived, and I very quickly got the memo that I need to wear more colour, so I can fit in with all of you and your incredible fashion.’

When asked how she felt after discovering she was 43% Nigerian through a genealogy test, Meghan said the first thing she did was ‘call my mum, because I wanted to know if she had any awareness of it.’

Meghan went on: ‘Being African-American, part of it is really not knowing so much about your lineage or background, where you come from specifically.

‘And it was exciting for both of us to discover more and understand what that really means. Never in a million years would I have understood it as much as I do now.

Meghan was photographed greeting the young children who were taking part in sporting events

Harry looked stylish in a white shirt and casual beige blazer, which he paired with loafers and dark sunglasses

Meghan and Harry stood on the sidelines as young people took part in a game of wheelchair basketball

The couple posed with T-shirts with the slogan ‘Meghan dreams big’ and an image of the African continent

Prince Harry smiled as he shook hands with a young girl who was holding on to a basketball ahead of their sports session

‘It’s been really eye-opening and humbling to be able to know more about my heritage and to be able to know this is just the beginning of that discovery.’

Defining Nigerian women as ‘brave, resilient, courageous, powerful, beautiful’, Meghan said: ‘It is the most flattering thing to be in that company, to be in your company.’

She also added: ‘I often find that whatever travels I’ve done, regardless if it’s Nigeria or another country around the world, oftentimes when women reach the peak of success, they leave.

‘But you need to come back home. You need to at least be a familiar face for the next generation to say: “Oh, she looks like me – and I can be that.”

‘And I think that is a really key piece in all of it… It’s defined by, and you still always want to come back home, because that’s how you’re going to help shift any sort of generational pattern that might be stifling, especially for young girls who need to see someone who looks like them in that same position.’

 

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