Early Sunday morning, the Invictus Games confirmed that Prince Harry would attend the special tenth-anniversary service for the Invictus Games in London on May 8th. There were rumors he would skip or just appear remotely, but no, he’s really dropping into Isla de Saltines for a few hours. Hilariously, later in the day on Sunday, the Nigerian government surprised everyone by announcing that the Duke and Duchess of Sussex have accepted an invitation to visit the country in May. Their trip to Nigeria will likely immediately follow Harry’s quickie visit to the UK. Where will Meghan be on May 8th? Monte Carlo? Portugal? Meghan is once again avoiding the UK like the plague! I love all of this:
Meghan Markle and Prince Harry are headed to Nigeria! The Duke and Duchess of Sussex have accepted an invitation to visit the country in May on behalf of its Chief of Defense Staff, the highest-ranking military official, PEOPLE confirms.
Harry, 39, is set to travel to the U.K. next week to attend numerous Invictus Games Foundation-related events in celebration of the 10th anniversary of the games, including a service at St. Paul’s Cathedral in London on May 8. Soon after, he will be joined by Meghan, 42, in Nigeria. During their visit, the couple will meet with service members and will take part in a variety of cultural activities.
The visit will highlight Harry’s Invictus Games, which welcomed 500 athletes at last year’s event in Germany, with 21 nations in attendance, including Nigeria. Nigeria, along with Colombia and Israel, were new entrants at the Invictus Games last year.
The Minister of Defense, Alhaji Mohammed Abubakar Badaru, who attended last year’s event in Germany, has expressed willingness to host the games should Nigeria be granted the opportunity. In a statement, Brig Gen Tukur Vusau, Acting Director of Defence Information in Nigeria, said: “The visit is to consolidate Nigeria’s strong hold at the game and the possibility of hosting the event in later years.”
The Dusseldorf games last year were the first ones for Team Nigeria and those competitors were so proud to be there. The Nigerian contingent really embraced the Sussexes, Meghan especially (Meghan found out that she has Nigerian ancestry a few years ago, which she spoke about in her Archetypes podcast.) Y’all know Mr. Africa-Is-Mine is throwing a massive hissy fit right now. Especially since the Nigeria government made a point of INVITING the Sussexes.
As you can imagine, the British media has been seething and flying their salty racist flags ever since the news came out. The Daily Mail put “NON-WORKING ROYALS Harry and Meghan will tour Commonwealth nation Nigeria” like that was some kind of slam against the Sussexes? Yeah, I agree that it’s pathetic that British taxpayers spend hundreds of millions of pounds on a group of “working royals” who are too scared, lazy and racist to visit commonwealth countries. But the Mail also posted (and then deleted?) a story about how the Sussexes are “going on safari” in Nigeria. The Mail’s editors really are some of the most ignorant and racist people in the world.
SAFARI? In Nigeria?! The ignorance jumped OUT pic.twitter.com/IBcEhqSCQ5
— Omid Scobie (@scobie) April 28, 2024
My heart is full 🇳🇬❤️ @invictusgamesNG pic.twitter.com/p41ZS3rXKO
— Misan Harriman (@misanharriman) September 13, 2023
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- Prince Harry, The Duke of Sussex and Meghan, Duchess of Sussex arrive to watch the swimming finals at the Merkur Spiel-Arena during the Invictus Games in Düsseldorf, Germany. Featuring: Meghan, Duchess of Sussex Where: Dusseldorf, Germany When: 13 Sep 2023 Credit: PA Images/INSTARimages **NORTH AMERICA RIGHTS ONLY**
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- The Duke of Sussex (right) looks forward as the Duchess of Sussex (centre) poses for a picture at the sitting volleyball competition on field one at the Merkur Spiel-Arena during the Invictus Games Featuring: Prince Harry, Duke of Sussex and Meghan, Duchess of Sussex Where: Dusseldorf, Germany When: 14 Sep 2023 Credit: PA Images/INSTARimages **NORTH AMERICA RIGHTS ONLY**
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- The Duchess of Sussex (right) poses for a picture at the sitting volleyball competition on field one at the Merkur Spiel-Arena during the Invictus Games Featuring: Prince Harry, Duke of Sussex and Meghan, Duchess of Sussex Where: Dusseldorf, Germany When: 14 Sep 2023 Credit: PA Images/INSTARimages **NORTH AMERICA RIGHTS ONLY**
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- The Duke of Sussex, sits next to the Duchess of Sussex, as he reacts to the action whilst having his picture taken by a fan at the sitting volleyball competition on field one at the Merkur Spiel-Arena during the Invictus Games Featuring: Prince Harry, Duke of Sussex and Meghan, Duchess of Sussex Where: Dusseldorf, Germany When: 14 Sep 2023 Credit: PA Images/INSTARimages **NORTH AMERICA RIGHTS ONLY**
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OMG you think I would be used to it by now but I am staggered at that racist “on safari” headline. Really? Like the citizens of Nigeria are a bunch of animals you visit like the zoo? 😱 That is so terrible even for the 💩 British tabloids.
They went into full panic mode and their first reflex was to go for the racist angle, nothing surprising there.
You just know they’ll have similarly disgusting headlines to put on the articles talking about every aspect of this trip because the few members of their royal family who could be working aren’t doing anything so they’ll have plenty of time to cover the Sussexes’ trip.
That headline though. It was just a racist and ignorant reflex on the BM’s part, but it does harken back to their lowest “hits” like, “Harry’s Girl Is Straight Outa Compton” and their ugly statements about the Sussexes’ newborn son, which I refuse to repeat.
Nigerian here! Funny thing is that all the wildlife I’ve seen I saw in zoos. Nigerians who want to safari actually have to travel to other African countries. So the whole rhetoric of safari whenever an African country is mentioned is quite uninformed, but who am I kidding it’s the British media afterall. That said, here’s wishing HM a fantastic time when they come.
Same. I don’t know why I would be shocked, still, but I was.
@Jumii: interesting! But also, sad…no wildlife at all? Or just not the types of wildlife people go on safari to see–elephants, lions, vast herds of…whatever (blanking out on that!).
I was just speechless about their Safari headline,they actually wrote and published that!? How ignorant ,the DM must collect the same out of touch aristos to pretend to be journalists.
This is the Fail so I’m not surprised, and truthfully we will probably see much worse before the Sussex’s return to California after the IG business trip.
Their literal brand is ignorant and racist. I’m not surprised at all.
Word.
I had the opportunity to accompany my husband on a business trip to several West African countries (including Nigeria) a few years back, and we decided to plan much of it through a travel agent. Several of the agencies we looked at which were based in the UK used the term “cultural safaris” to describe available activities. I said at the time that it reminded me of those vile “human zoos” that were so popular in the early 20th century. But yeah, I don’t think it’s just the DM that thinks of the whole of Africa that way,
(FTR, we did NOT go with those agencies and searched until we found one based in Nigeria.)
Where’s the like/love button for this comment.
Wow. “Cultural safaris” sound so wack and you’re right, they seem reminiscent of the world’s fairs where people were literally put on display for the colonizers’ gaze. Ugh, the Fail would immediately go there.
The import of that headline went by me until you all and Kaiser pointed it out. Nubia, you said you were speechless: I’m in I can’t believe it mode. But I’ve been that way for years now. It’s just so egregious, it beggars belief.
I watched the Nigerian’s video again, where they surround Meghan, and to me, it sounded like they were saying welcome Meghan and Harry. Regardless of what they said, the meaning is crystal clear. I teared up. I was gonna say, I want to see someone mess with them about Meghan, but then I realized that I am seeing it. They have and are messing with Meghan, and this is their response. They won’t be paying for the Sussexes to visit their country by bearing them on their backs, but by welcoming them with open arms as their sister and brother. Meghan one of us. Meghan isn’t (I hope) going to England; she’s going to Nigeria. Ahhh ha ha ha.
They are just punching themselves smack in the face aren’t they.
The jilted abusive ex watches their former partner get loved up by someone else the way they should have when they were given the chance.
Living well really is the best revenge, especially when your only goal is living well. Keep on Sussexing, Sussexes.
It is obvious both countries are lobbying to host the games. But, needless to say, only one country is gonna get bad headlines from DM for their efforts.
Good for them – let’s face it they have star power. I hope she stays out of the UK – they don’t deserve her.
Where is Prince, “Africa is mine”?
Busy punching walls and trying to strong-arm some other African country to invite HIM for a royal visit.
He’s busy trying to persuade his wife to come out of hiding or stalling & deflecting until she can. He seems to be doing whatever uncontentious UK based, low-key PR assignments that his dad is currently allowing him to undertake. Visiting schools & kitchens etc. He’s clearly under strict orders to drop the global statesman attempts and his mystery situation with his missing spouse seems to have forced him to be compliant & just do as he’s told 😂.
Lol Anna M! Some guesses:
a) he is throwing pillows because WTF Africa IS his! IT WAS ALWAYS HIS;
b) he is dad dancing on his anniversary;
c) he is taking a photoshop class (that he is failing);
d) he is looking over a 52 page addendum to a divorce agreement about spousal support, buttons, coat dress allowances, and division of school runs; or
e) he is taking the fake Kate from the Farmer’s Market video out on a second date (the first date was the actual filming of the Farmer’s Market video).
The way they classify any business trip the Sussex’s take as a “tour” is just ridiculous. They are there to promote invictus and build partnerships, and hopefully enjoy the sights and have some fun.
Apparently, they cannot think outside of their frame of reference. International travel is a tour, each and every phone call is an event and how can someone say they work when they are called non-working royals. None of it makes sense to these people.
Because they have no idea how to report on them except for in the frame of being “working royals”. It’s why they call meetings engagements, employees”aides”, and business trips tours. It’s also why they get upset that Harry and Meghan won’t tell them beforehand if they’re going to be somewhere like they still have to operate under the court circular and invite the Royal Rota. They really don’t get that they are not working royals and that they can come and go as they please because they are privately funded. Also I think a little bit of it is to try to take some of the shine from Harry and Meghan and dust it on the remaining royals in England. Because if they keep trying to confuse the issue like these are officially state sanctioned visits they can pretend that the Sussex success has something to do with them.
Right….its not a tour. It’s part of Nigeria’s bid to host the games and their ongoing involvement in Invictus.
One newspaper said that Meghan’s Nigerian background was “shocking.” Another called it an “unofficial royal tour,” like it was royal but a tour taken without permission of some sort. And the rest are bragging that no other senior royals will be attending the St. Paul’s service, as if that was something to be proud about!!
Where have all these people been?? And again, we are treated to a BBC article (the same one repeated for most of a year) asking why Meghan and Harry left the UK, where they are living, and how they make their money??? Again, this make it sound as if most of the UK population has been hiding under rocks, which I doubt is accurate.
Maybe OS is trying to be nice, but to me pictures of them visiting with groups of people and labelling it as a “safari” doesn’t say “ignorant”, it says “racist”.
I’m SO excited for this! I totally predicted it too. I wouldn’t be surprised if they make this a family trip. Doria and the kids too. I want to see Meghan in some Nigerian fashion!
There was a hoped-for indication that such an H&M visit would happen when the Nigerian team embraced H&M (and vice-versa) at the recent Düsseldorf Invictus Games. 🇳🇬 🫡
I’m excited for this trip too! I hope the kids and Doria go, but are not photographed.
When Charles and Rotty visited, she was appalling. She sat in the car while Charles was site seeing. When dancing with the host woman, Rotty wouldn’t even open her hand to them. She danced (barely) with closed fist! Ii don’t even remember Will and Kate ever visiting? At least not recently! But the Sussexs being warmly invited is a negative?! Make it make sense??😠
@Jacqueline Thurman, C&C went to Kenya, not Nigeria. Camz behavior was appalling. Just a reminder 2 different countries. Kenya is a country in East Africa. Nigeria is a country in West Africa.
The way they make NON-WORKING royals sounds like a dirty word or something😂😂😂. Ooh they’re non-working royals! It’s silly bc Harry is still a royal prince and the man is clearly working. So really it means NON-TAXFUNDED royals. And for the safari headline? The keep telling on themselves and then cry when Meghan doesn’t visit.
It really raises my hackles whenever the RF is called working royals. The word WORK needs to be replaced with APPEARANCES. Thats all this is they live off taxpayers’ money and appear at places and then disappear again at their leisure and whenever they feel like it. None of these grifters have ever worked a full day and have no clue what it means to make a living. IMO it is a slap in the face of hardworking people that try to make ends meet calling what they do “work”.
All the left behind royals are, in fact, non-working. They use “non-working” to describe H&M as some kind of slur. But it’s the lazy bums in the UK who never work.
Exactly @Finny! 💯 🎯 Thank you! 🫡
Ditto @Brassy Rebel! 👍🏽
They’re spokesmodels, or the equivalent of the auto show model. With fewer appearances.
I don’t think it looks like a dirty word. With the quotes around it, it looks like sarcasm – like H&M are actually working, as opposed to whatever William is doing.
Hmm. I didn’t think about it like that which is also pretty funny.
From here on in, I’m going to refer to the “working” royals as “Tax-Funded Royals” and will call Harry and Megan the ONLY working royals, because truth is important to me. Let the BarF and the RoTa cry and vomit as they shout into the void.
I intend to be LOUD because I’m sick of the negativity being louder than the positivity.
I read posting somewhere that referred to them as welfare royals instead of working. I suggest we all follow that lead!
I am 100% onboard with calling the leftbehind senior royals the welfare royals. They do very little work after all.
Call them the Welfare Queens in America–they are the perfect embodiment of the welfare fraud that term implied among American conservatives. They take money from poor and working class subjects to fund their lifestyles and give nothing in response. six figures a day. No matter if it’s only a few pounds per person (per day???)–they are taking money from poor people to benefit themselves. They might as well busk on the sidewalk in their finery and fake medals. It would be more honest.
Lol welfare royals — trademark that one!
I’m not convinced. Tax-Funded Royals reminds every working person who pays for them Welfare Royals, well, I don’t want to slam those who NEED welfare by accident. So I’m sticking w/Tax Funded Royals cause that’s exactly what they are.
Tho I’m w/Teddy in that ‘welfare royals’ is pretty funny!
I’m not even shocked by that headline. One because they’re racist, but two because a ton of people treat Africa like it’s a country instead of a continent with an incredibly diverse history, with very different flora and fauna, and cultures. I’m positive they sell Africa, and figured you can go on Safari in any country.I had to laugh at the “Will she be stopping in Britain first? ” They are so bitter!! How dare she go to Germany and Jamaica and Nigeria and not fall all over herself to come here and be abused by us. I hope they have a fantastic time and I hope Meghan is able to do some research into her family tree while there.
If Megan’s Nigerian ancestors arrived in the US in 1800 there would be about 500 ancestors to look at, 2 to the power of 9 4 generations a century. It’s what made Lady Susan’s question so silly especially as slaves were treated worse than cattle and it is highly unlikely records of fathers were kept. Meghan traces her ancestry back to Edward III and the house of York through her father. Distant cousin of the royal family and Kate.
“[A] ton of people treat Africa like it’s a country instead of a continent .” I think that’s putting it mildly. It’s more like they treat Africa like it’s a village. You never hear someone going to Paris, say I’m going to Europe, or I spent the summer in Europe. But if they visit Nairobi, they say “went to Africa.”
Shows their ignorance. In the case of the britmedia it shows their racism and they know better. They just don’t care if you clock it anymore. Asshats.
This is so very embarrassing for KC and his whole operation. The one they exiled and he evicted is invited, welcomed, and respected at the very places he and his precious working royals are fired or ignored at best. This really is the Endgame.
One of the well-informed commenters here mentioned once that KC might offer a CW-related role to H&M. I wonder if it’s true or if they would accept it. That would be KC’s and Brittain’s only chance to see off the colonies on their independent journeys while maintaining a shred of dignity (which they don’t deserve).
I honestly hope at this point, Harry and Meghan wouldn’t accept any sort of CW role. That ship has sailed. Plus more and more countries will probably be exiting the CW and you know they’d just try to blame the Sussexes for that. That’s probably Chuckles’s plan – get them involved so they can take the heat as the list of CW nations shrinks and the royals get fired to their faces.
Meghan is getting on with her life, after regaining her freedom, why would she want to get involve with people that think she is less than.
^^ @SussexWatcher, there is a distinction between being a Commonwealth country and having your own head of state. For example, Jamaica is planning to become a Republic with their own head of state, but I don’t think that means they are leaving the Commonwealth of Nations. Whoever understands these designations and associations in detail, please correct me if I am not expressing this accurately.
@aftershocks — as I understand it (I’m Canadian BTW) republics still in the Commonwealth are classified as sovereign states with a republican form of government. While KCIII is still the titular Head of the Commonwealth, he is not the head of state of the republican members, although he’s still considered the reigning monarch in the Commonwealth realms. However the role does not carry any power, it’s simply a symbol of the free association of Commonwealth members.
I have wondered if the Commonwealth would offer the headship to Harry as they know he is not racist after his father dies.
It’s not up to Commonwealth countries to *offer* it to anyone, it automatically comes with being the reigning monarch. Harry could be a Commonwealth representative on behalf of the Crown, but I doubt that’s something he would be remotely interested in
Jaded, I understood that QE2 had lobbied the CW to name KFC after she died. I believe the CW countries will determine who is the next person to head the CW Trust. It could be anyone.
It no longer comes with the reigning monarch automatically and William won’t get it and doesn’t care about it.
You can’t make this up!
Salty Isle: we hate you, you’re not welcome here, never come back.
Also Salty Isle: wait, why aren’t you coming back? Please come back. Don’t you like us? Why won’t you visit with your husband? You’re going to Nigeria but not coming here?!
I am soooo glad the news about visiting Nigeria came out right after the confirmation about Harry going to the Invictus ceremony. I hope Meghan just waits at the airport for 3 hours for Harry to do his thing and then the family flies on together to Nigeria. And I do mean the whole family – the kids and Doria too! I will pass out from laughing if they don’t show the little prince and princess in England but bring them to Nigeria where the family is actually welcome and wanted. The WHOLE family is welcome and wanted.
It’s typical abusive behavior: you’re not wanted here; why won’t you come? Best to ignore.
It tracks exactly to abuse behavior. This is the “come back and if you don’t I hate you and will destroy you (but I only want you back so I can completely destroy you for good)”
The Firm made a bad mistake in 2020 and are ruing the day, the way things have turned out. Did they expect them to fail and or live quietly under a rock? Both Meg and Harry are energetic , hardworking and passionate about their projects. They also value making a living and have to fund security so they have the motivation to succeed. Neither of them are lazy and want to retire in their early forties and just do the school run and nothing else. Both are just getting started and are full of plans for now and the future.
That’s why they leaked to the media that H&M want a private life, even though that wasn’t on their announcement. They hoped if they could throw enough dirt on them, no one would work with them and they would come back to UK with no money, no friends. They couldn’t imagine rich powerful black Americans would embrace them and help them. Tyler Perry gave them place and space to recuperate, Oprah gave them a safe platform to speak.
Royals and ratchets need to stip underestinating those they deem “beneath them.” It’s embarrassing to watch them rely on their racist notions to make assessments, and then get played when they realize they are utterly, totally wrong. (I’m glad to see it–I mean I’m embarrassed for them. It’s such a bad, bad look).
These people still don’t understand that there’s no more empire. African safari?
Stay mad, racists! Smart move, Nigeria: this ensures that no royal will set foot in that country ever again to avoid comparison. So the Nigerians don’t have to endure a bunch of colonial cosplay and pretend to be okay with it.
So, does anyone think that this will be a boot up the butt to workshy William who will now immediately try to schedule some statesman visit to “Africa” [Individual countries and cultures don’t matter to the royals, it’s just all the same to them]. I speculate he’s too lazy to actually travel but maybe he’ll record something, or you know, send a tweet.
Maybe he’ll go visit his old girlfriend 😉 😉 in Kenya unless they are not into those kind of parties anymore.
He is definitely going to the Craig family wedding, the BM soft launched it a few weeks ago. But he will try to keep that on the DL, I assume. I suspect Earthshyt will be dusted off in May.
The next Earthshot is in South Africa in…..September, I think? October? I think that’s interesting because it will be the first time William has visited any African country in any kind of official capacity. (which is truly remarkable….he and Kate have been married for 13 years and have NEVER visited an African country as part of their royal duties.)
Earth Sh*t is Cain’s Charity, nothing to do with the Government.
I forgot that the next ES is in South Africa. Great, then Egg can announce something ES and Africa-related in May. Like an event schedule or something. And let us know that Keen is not going, because kids, chemo and privacy, so Cate Blanchett will sit next to his lonely pseudo-widow self.
@Jan, yes, I know that. My point was that it will be William’s first trip to Africa in any kind of WORKING capacity. 🙄 And he does count ES events as part of his official engagements on the court circular.
It would be brilliant if Invictus headed to Nigeria! I hope they have a great time there.
The safari thing is gross, but I see the rest as a dig at William. “Non-working” in quotes is like saying “You can call them non-working, but look at them doing the work you’re supposed to be doing.”
That’s how I saw it. The non-working working meanwhile William is mmm 🤔 i don’t know?
I laughed. The “non-working” working royals versus the non-working “working” royals on the dole.
FAFO.
Exactly😂
I love that their Nigeria trip was announced right after the event in the UK was 😁
Isla de Saltines. LOL.
I am Nigerian and super excited because I work with the MOD so I might get to see them. They’ll probably visit abuja because that’s where the capital and home to MOD is, then Lagos is for nightlife and other things.
If team Sussex sees this I hope they try local Nigerian dishes, wear local attire like the “senator” for Harry and local adire (tie and dye) attire for Meghan, they can also run along the third mainland bridge and Meghan can take part in the popular popculture podcast (ISWIS).
I also hope they’re not disappointed because although we are the largest and most vibrant African nation, we have very corrupt leaders, fuel scarcities and electricity issue and due to insecurity in some parts it’s not very touristy.
With the issue of charities I hope they pick carefully (because some of them are tricky politically) they can also donate prosthetics to the injured vets and work with grassroots campaigners an example is a popular Asherkine, he partners with brands / people to donate funds and food to the less privileged.
I hope they have a nice time in Nigeria and I hope I get to see them !
Edit – regarding the royal drama, most Nigerians don’t care but most are also very conservative and believe family comes first even if you are literally suffering. The younger generation are very pro Meghan and Harry though, I’m not sure of the older ones. Also since the government is hosting this visit and they want to be seen as gracious hosts, no mishap will happen on this trip, I can assure you. Harry and Meghan will be treated very very well
In addition to my previous comments. Since the last invictus games and the reveal that Meghan was 43% Nigerian, there have been some obviously paid Nigerian blogs pushing a negative narrative about them and uplifting the others examples like naija PR on X and thecommentsection on instagram, but these smears are not sticking because we have other things to worry about here.
The Sussexes should just be their lovely selves, try local dishes / attire, mingle with some popular Nigerian entertainers and they’re gonna win hearts.
Hi EO, fellow Nigerian here and I am glad to hear you also notice some negative BM parroting by some blogs against the Sussexes, lindaikeji blog included.
I pray they have a great time here and have lots of fun. Would love to see them too
According to this –
https://nigerianbulletin.com/ams/invictus-games-outreach-prince-harry-meghan-markles-nigerian-trip-sparks-excitement.4766/
– it sounds like everybody will have just as full of an agenda as they can manage.
@EO I hope you get to see them and report back! How exciting!
I’m so glad H&M have a competent supporting team so we can enjoy all the great ways they are going to show appreciation and highlight the country during their visit.
Wow EO – thanks for all the information. I have a feeling the Sussexes are going to be a huge success there and will undoubtedly form lasting relationships with a number of charitable organizations going forward!
Thanks for the on the ground info, @EO! I can’t wait to see what H and M have in store for their visit. Let us know if you get to meet them!!!
The non-working royals distinction was one of the stupidest things the Windsors have come up with. It’s inviting a lazy snobbery. They think it will be about royalists seeing the “working” as deserving of more respect. The reality is everyday people realizing none of the are actually doing any work, are they?
And the Nigerian safari will live in infamy forever.
The Sussexes will visit Nigeria? Oh dear, now that means poor William will have to get off his duff and schedule some work at around the same time. Dear, dear.
It’s not a question of Meghan hating the UK. She experienced real trauma there and I hope she’s just protecting her well-being by avoiding Salt Island.
I’m so glad she’s not going there but instead going to a place where she will be welcomed.
I lol’d when I read this. Crockery will be flying at KP.
What’s hilarious about all these countries bidding for Invictus Games is that the Commonwealth Games are struggling to find a host. No-one wants to pay for it.
I’d bet good money that the friendship-building and networking that was going on at the CWG has shifted across to the IVG. It’s a great excuse for military top-brass to have a bunch of side-meetings away from active conflicts and politics, and any politicians who show up and get great photos can do the same.
It’s an amazing soft power that Harry has created.
Good for them!! the DM and other rota rats are trying as hard as they can to spin this as some sort of royal tour but…..this is just what people do at this level for these kinds of events. this isn’t about Nigeria inviting H&M because they like them so much (although I’m sure that’s a factor), this is specifically about supporting Nigeria’s Invictus team and shoring up support for a future bid. And it makes total sense that they would invite H&M to press their case as it were.
Meanwhile William is playing with sheep lol.
Conversing with sheep, right? I don’t think he knows the difference between sheep and people. He probably thought they were people in sheep suits. All he ever hears from the ratchets is Baa-aa Baa-aa anyway. And that’s pretty much the level of his conversation as well.
Meghan really hates the uk and who can blame her. good for her 👏
Let’s be careful what narrative we push here.
Meghan Archie and lili are not guaranteed security when they step into that island. A place where people are in jail for trying to harm them. A place where they currently have no secure home.. No satisfactory security no Sussex family.
And a place were all three of them have been racially abused by readers of the gutter press. I even saw the language of the slave trade used in the Excess.
Technically, Meghan is likely disgusted by the UK tabloid press and some very specific people within the firm, especially the ones who sit on RAVEC. It’s actually sad. I think if circumstances were different and safe, she’d love to visit Mayhew, the Cotswolds where she and Harry rented a home, and other places in the uk. It’s actually sad that it’s been made so dangerous and unsafe for her and her kids. I don’t think she hates the whole country.
Yeah, Meghan has never said she hates the U.K., or actually anyone. But W and K brief daily how much they hate H and M.
People shouldn’t smear H and M with W and K’s rancid immaturity and bitterness.
I doubt that Meghan ‘hates’ the U.K. It is her husband’s place of birth. Meghan has friends pre-Harry, who live in the U.K. She visited the U.K. many times before becoming famous for marrying a British royal prince. I’m fairly certain
Where has Meghan gone on record about her current feelings about the UK, much less “ hating” them? Apart from the docuseries, she hasn’t said anything one way or the other, and still has friends and organizations she supports there. Maybe her security team has deemed it not safe for her go there, and she doesn’t want to be stalked by tabloids and deal with their insane narratives. However, it’s presumptive to say she hates it because she’s never said that.
She doesn’t have to say it, the BM are happy to put words into her mouth. Truth is of no consequence to them.
Those racist rats and company will use far more racist words than “Safari” before, during and after the Sussexes visit in Nigeria. We all need to brace ourselves for what is coming in May. They are so angry that Meghan will not be going to the Invictus service to get abuse but she chose Nigeria over them. I am really worry for H&M and I wish the Nigerian government didn’t announce their visit. To abuse the Sussexes those rats will insult the country, the people and the government just to get a few clicks. The rats are going to expose themselves to the world even further and hopefully nobody will use them for interviews outside of the asylum.
No! No! No. The Sussexes do not need to hide from anyone. They are free to do what they want and please don’t demand that they dim their shine. This trip is to honor Nigeria’s injured Veterans and to shine a light on their accomplishments and programs their country offer to those Vets. Why shouldn’t the Nigerian government talk abour their visit. They have every right to. People need to forget about the british tabloid media. They will say what they want regardless. Who cares. I believe the Nigerian government can take any slings and arrows and turn them right back on them. I am glad that beautiful country is having the brightest light shown on their brave Veterans. Bravo Nigeria. I can’t wait for the tour. As an American I want to see all the pics from the Nigerian Squaddies.
But the Society of editors would tell the public that they’re not racist. Anyway this is very exciting and let’s not forget that Diana made visits to foreign countries after she divorced Charles so Harry and Meghan are not doing anything different.
They did admit later that their coverage is racist.
https://www.theguardian.com/media/2021/aug/18/society-of-editors-withdraws-claim-that-uk-media-is-not-racist
Only after journalists of colour challenged that statement. I think they still believe that they’re not racist.
Probably.
The UK media has finished the global standing of that country beyond repair. The obsession with Meghan is that country’s cultural undoing .
Remember when Archie was in South Africa as a baby? I strongly suspect we will get a couple of glimpses of Archie and Lili in Nigeria. Not many, but they will be there and be welcomed and PROTECTED.
H&M might be open to letting local charities or Nigeria’s Invictus team post some pics to their instagram after the visit. We can hope.
William is gonna be big mad. Whew is the Prince “Africa is mine, stay out of Africa”! He won’t sleep for a whole month. lol
“In a statement, Brig Gen Tukur Vusau, Acting Director of Defence Information in Nigeria, said: “The visit is to consolidate Nigeria’s strong hold at the game and the possibility of hosting the event in later years.”
I love this for the Nigerian service members. Nigeria is committed to IG to help their injured and sick military members.
This sounds like a fun trip–I would LOVE to go and eat the local foods and take in all that there is to see and experience.
Yes! After everything EO wrote about above I thought, I’d like to visit Nigeria!
Two countries vying to host Invictus. Country 1 threatens the founder’s wife; Country 2 welcomes her like family.
The BRF and tabloids just don’t learn, do they?
@EO thank you for those lovey words, and I hope you get to meet both of them. I’ve never had the privilege of meeting you Megan, but I have Harry and he’s a top bloke.
Now, we know what’s going to happen, William will try and find an African nation to host him, but they will say “no thanks we saw the real you last time” he will then announce “, earthsht blah blah blah but the British rags will publish page after page about harry and meghan. (because they don’t dare mention that mr earthsht forgot earth day this month). We will then get another announcement that the king is blah blah blah, and the papers will talk about harry and meghan, we then get the Queen, blah blah blah and the press will talk about H and M, then we will get another 10 days of “Harry and Megan are making it all about them. Yeah because the British rags are that toxic and racist. Meanwhile Harry and Megan are trying to decide, which invitation to take up next 😂hey Billy, africa ain’t yours!
Huh, I didn’t even realize that, Mr. Earthsh*t didn’t do anything on Earth Day, couldn’t even hit send on a tweet! With no kids & no Kate, I guess he can’t do anything? Didn’t they do something with the Scouts last time? Or at least, one time? Dude’s a putz.
Must a country make a request first before a member of the royal family can undertake some engagement there? If that’s the case then we know why WanK have never toured there – no interest.
Normally it should work that way but it has come out that KP would impose the Cambridges on other countries without an initial invite (e.g., Kate to Luxembourg), or, in one instance, send William when Harry was the one that had been invited (China).
Meghan the queen that she is is visiting the country that respects and admires her . F the racist part of the uk and their racist Windsors and co racist media . We all know that not all the uk are racist but the ones that are , have made it impossible for Meghan to feel safe. I respect her decision to protect her mental and emotional and physical health and well being
This is very exciting. Not surprised Meghan completely swerved the UK. This shows the strength of Invictus and the good the organization does. I hope Meghan gets to so some events focusing on her causes since she’s previously donated to Nigerian charities having to do with girls education. Maybe we’ll see a segment on her upcoming show on Nigerian cuisine. Would love that! In one of the ARO jam threads, someone said that what they do, specifically Meghan, shows they haven’t accomplished much or don’t have vast enough interests. Is this vast enough for that particular person? Anyway, looking forward to this trip and hope it’s productive, full of goodwill, good vibes and great interactions.
I would love to see an hours long video of Meghan learning and cooking Nigerian recipes with members of Team Nigeria and their families.
Someone actually said Meghan’s interests aren’t ‘vast enough’? Are they under a ginormous boulder? Or, just plain effin ignorant?
I love this! I can’t wait to see the pics and videos of them being well-received and happy in Nigeria.
As much as we laugh about salt isle, London is a truly amazing city. And we know Meghan loved London well before meeting Harry. It must be sad for her that she doesn’t feel safe in a city she once loved that is also her husband’s childhood home. And sad that she can’t take her children there.
@bettyrose
I feel exactly the same. I think it’s extremely sad that the royals and the BM has made it impossible to Meghan to visit London now. It’s another thing they’ve taken away from her. It just makes me outraged on her behalf.
There is great beauty and wonderful history and culture in all of Britain. London is one of my favorite cities. It is rich with culture and history. The Salt Isle Narrative doesn’t tell the whole story, and there are plenty of residents who think kindly on Harry and Meghan and their children.
Has anyone seen the actual dates for the Nigeria visit published? The BM seems to suggest that Harry is going to fly from London straight to Nigeria.
Harry and Meghan have already contributed to a country which had some flooding last year I think- I read that somewhere- These people in the British media are making the case the Sussexes said after they left-If they feel so uncomfortable with Meghan and her children visiting the UK-Harry and Meghan are saving you from discomfort-in return you are saving Meghan and her children from discomfort with a visit=Harry and Meghan knows the score with the tabloids in the UK-this trip to Nigeria is totally for the Invictus Games, charities, and Meghan’s heritage interest on her mother’s side=The royal family and their mouthpieces need to keep pushing the working royals and let other people be left alone.