13th September, 2023
Duchess of Sussex, Meghan Markle hugged Nigerian athlete Glory Essien on Tuesday night and described her as ‘my Nigerian sister.
The scene was at the Invictus Games in Germany, which was set up by husband Harry for wounded and disabled military veterans.
As reported by The Mail, Meghan took centre stage and gave an emotional address to 1,600 competitors, friends and family in Dusseldorf as she saluted all those attending the games,
Among those she greeted beforehand was competitor Glory Essien, who she hugged and told: ‘You’re my Nigerian sister!’
At the opening ceremony, husband Prince Harry revealed that his wife was cheering on the African nation as he discovered she is 43% Nigerian.
Meghan did a genealogy test ‘a couple years ago’, which showed the link.
She vowed to ‘start to dig deeper into all this’ during her discussion with comedians Issa Rae and Ziwe Fumudoh.