Meghan Markle stays silent as Prince Harry talks about ‘grief’ after King Charles ‘snub’

Meghan Markle remained silent when Prince Harry gave a speech about mental health and ‘grief’ after he was seemingly snubbed by his father King Charles this week.

Meghan Markle remained completely silent as her Prince Harry gave a passionate speech at a school in Nigeria this morning.

The couple landed in Abuja, Nigeria on Friday, with them heading to a school to greet children. While at the Lights Academy in Abuja, the Duke of Sussex even gave a moving speech about mental health.

While Harry spoke about the stigma against mental health and how everybody goes through “bad days, grief and sadness”, the Duke’s wife Meghan Markle remained completely silent. Meghan stood next to her husband, didn’t say a word, and simply gazed at her husband and concentrated on every word he was saying.

Speaking to the children and addressing the room, Harry said: “In some places around the world, more than you would believe, there is a stigma against mental health. Too many people don’t want to talk about it because it’s invisible, it’s in your mind and we can’t see it.”

Harry then noted that mental health is “still something we are relatively unsure of”, adding: “But guess what, every single person in this room, the youngest, the oldest, every single person has mental health. So therefore, you have to look after yourself in order to be able to help other people, other people have to look after themselves in order to be able to look after you. That’s the way it works.”

The Duke of Sussex continued: “There is no shame to be able to acknowledge that today is a bad day. Okay? If you woke up this morning feeling sad, if you left school feeling stressed, if you’ve lost a loved one in your family who you usually turn to or speak to, all of these things you may be led to believe are not for conversation. We are here today to tell you that that is not the case.

Every single one of those things is completely normal. It is a human reaction, whether it’s grief, stress, whatever the feeling is, it comes from experiences you have had.” Harry then stressed how anyone can suffer from mental health issues “on any given day”.

This comes after the King seemingly snubbed his son when Harry was in the UK for the 10th anniversary of the Invictus Games.

Earlier this week when Harry arrived in the UK, a spokesperson for the Duke said: “It, unfortunately, will not be possible due to His Majesty’s full programme. The Duke of course is understanding of his father’s diary of commitments and various other priorities and hopes to see him soon.”