Meghan Markle says ‘I see myself in all of you’ during 1st trip to Nigeria

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Photo: Getty Images Prince Harry and Meghan Markle have embarked on their first-ever trip to Nigeria. On Friday (May 9), the Duke and Duchess of Sussex kicked off their three-day visit to Nigeria by invitation of the country’s Chief of Defense Staff, its highest-ranking military official, per ABC News. The couple started the trip by visiting a school in Abuja, Nigeria’s capital city. Harry and Meghan were greeted by cheering children before they spoke to the students about mental health amid an inaugural mental health summit run by a local nonprofit, GEANCO, which is affiliated with their Archewell Foundation. Meghan encouraged the students to “just be honest with each other.” “If you see your friend in your class not smiling, what are you going to do? Are you going to check in on them? Are you going to ask them if they’re OK? Because it’s OK not to be OK,” Harry chimed in. At one point during the conversation, Meghan said she sees herself in the Nigerian children. “As I look around this room, I see myself in all of you as well. So it is a complete honor to have our first visit to Nigeria, be here with all...

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