Meghan, Duchess of Sussex shares touching moment with daughter Princess Lilibet in rare comment
By Madhurima Haque|
It's hard to believe that Princess Lilibet, daughter of Prince Harry and Meghan, Duchess of Sussex is almost three years old.
Though her parents like to keep her away from the spotlight, mum Meghan did share one touching anecdote about the young royal on her and Harry's latest trip to Nigeria.
While visiting Lightway Academy in Nigeria's capital of Abuja on May 10, the 42-year-old was reminded of her daughter when meeting with the schoolchildren.
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"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,' " Meghan shared with the children.
"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 royal addressed the class as she said, "As I look around this room, I see myself in all of you as well."
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She also shared which subjects Lilibet and her older brother Archie enjoyed in school.
After the class showed the royal couple their robotic projects in a STEM class, Meghan noted that Archie also liked construction. Upon meeting the oldest child in the class, who was five years old, Meghan shared, "our son Archie's 5. He turned five last week."
She also shared that "singing and dancing" was Lilibet's "favorite class," because of "all the jumping around,"
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The couple did just that as they participated in classroom games, playing "Jump up, turn around" with them.
The Sussexes will be in Nigeria for a three-day visit, continuing on to attend basketball and volleyball matches and will meet with local non-governmental organisations in Abuja and Lagos that are receiving support from them.
Meghan will also co-host an event on women in leadership with Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, Director General of the World Trade Organisation, according to their spokesman Charlie Gipson.
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The invitation to visit Nigeria was extended at the Invictus Games last September, when the Nigerian team joined the event for the first time.
The focus of the trip – their first to Nigeria – is to highlight the country's efforts to rehabilitate injured soldiers as it bids to host the Invictus Games in 2029.
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