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Prince Harry and Meghan Markle flash huge smiles as they land in Nigeria after Royal Family’s ‘snub’ in UK
TheDuke and Duchess of Sussex have started their three-day visit to Nigeria. Harry and Meghan arrived in the west African country today, Friday 10 May, on the invitation of the chief of defence staff.
The couple have been pictured during a visit to children at the Lights Academy in Abuja, with the pair seen beaming and smiling.
Harry will later meet injured service members at a military hospital. They will also attend a training session for charity organisation Nigeria: Unconquered, which collaborates with the Invictus Games, as well as a reception where military families will be honoured.
Meghan is then due to co-host an event of Women in Leadership with Dr Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, the director-general of the World Trade Organisation.
It comes after Harry celebrated the 10th anniversary of the Invictus Games at St Paul’s Cathedral in London on Wednesday, 8 May.
Harry was joined for the service of thanksgiving by close relatives of his mother Diana, Princess of Wales, but none of the Royal Family.
The service to recognise the Paralympic-style competition the royal founded began as a few miles away King Charles hosted the first Buckingham Palace garden party of the year.
Charles and Harry did not meet during his UK visit due to the King’s “full programme”, the duke’s spokesman confirmed in a statement soon after he arrived in the UK.
Harry also did not see his older brother William during his visit.
Meghan didn’t join Harry on his trip to the UK, but they are reported to have reunited at Heathrow Airport, with Meghan having landed on Thursday from Los Angeles.
Following Prince Harry’s appearance at the Invictus Games ceremony, a body language explained the Duke appeared “confident”. Speaking on behalf of Betfair Bingo, body language expert Darren Stanton analysed his appearance.
He shared: “Harry is in a good place and it’s telling us he is genuinely interested and enthusiastic about being back in the UK. From what we can see, Harry wants to do the right thing. He’s displaying signals that tell us he wants to make people proud.