Meghan Markle. She claims to be 43 per cent Nigerian and said she felt at home there. I bet she does.
If you go far back enough, we were all black once. It feels very appropriate to be in the motherland, she said.
Is that right? What does she know about Nigeria?
You mean it’s great to finally go somewhere where people have openly derided you because A, you’ve given them money via your charity, which was described as delinquent, and B, you haven’t trashed their country yet.
Nana Akua shares her thoughts on Prince Harry and Meghan Markle’s Nigeria visit
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Good old safe Nigeria. Hardly. It’s a beautiful country, don’t get me wrong. Having visited it myself, I know this.
But I would say on balance it’s far more dangerous than the UK.
Although the way the UK is going, we won’t be far behind. I’d be more worried about my safety there than in the UK, a country that Meghan hates so much that she didn’t even leave the confines of the Royal Lounge in Heathrow Airport, where it’s reported that she met up with Harry to catch their onward flight to Nigeria, a place where you definitely need an armed guard.
Watching them, I felt a sense of sadness, the way they’ve treated the British people and indeed their own families who were all completely in love with them at the start and could see the potential.
The Royal Family welcomed Meghan into the fold. The taxpayer forked out millions for the wedding, only for them to go abroad. And this is the nation that gave them the platform in the first place.
Watching and reading the footage on Nigeria, I thought this is what it could have been. These two beautiful-looking people exerting soft power and promoting the United Kingdom, a country where, well, a country who loved Diana, by the way, Harry.
But what sticks in my craw is that they are using the connection with royalty to garner attention. If they didn’t have the titles, the interest would definitely wane.
But my favourite bit though was when the Nigerians played Harry and Meghan the national anthem. Yes, that’s right, God Save the King, which they had no choice but to stand up for and respect.
Hilarious. The Nigerians aren’t stupid. They’re highly intelligent people and they are a nation that respects family. It’s also a part of the Commonwealth and they respect the King.
And whilst the Sussexes’ visit may look like a glossy masterstroke, the elephant in the room is this: If these two, and in particular Meghan, are so full of love and care so much, how on earth can they continue to clearly despise the people who gave them life, their families? Nobody’s buying it.
