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May
15
2024
By The African Mirror
Prince Harry and Meghan watch street-style dances in Lagos

Prince Harry and Meghan watch street-style dances in Lagos

NEWS
Prince Harry and his wife Meghan were treated to street-style dances in Nigeria's commercial hub Lagos, where they unveiled a partnership between their Archewell Foundation and non-profit Giants of Africa, which uses sport to empower young people. The Duke and Duchess of Sussex are visiting Africa's most populous nation for the first time after being invited by Nigeria's chief of defence staff. At Ilupeju Senior Grammar School on Lagos Mainland, the couple watched basketball practice and Harry stepped on the court for some ball-bouncing drills and to shoot a hoop. "What you guys are doing here at Giants of Africa is truly…
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May
13
2024
By CAMILLUS EBOH
In Nigeria, Prince Harry speaks of ‘brave souls’ losing lives in conflict

In Nigeria, Prince Harry speaks of ‘brave souls’ losing lives in conflict

NEWS
PRINCE Harry spoke in Nigeria of the tragic loss of the "brave souls" in the country's military who had lost their lives in conflicts and said he felt "goosebumps" after seeing plans for a new centre to rehabilitate injured troops. Nigerian forces are fighting jihadists in the northeast of the country and armed kidnapping gangs in the northwest. Harry, the 39-year-old Duke of Sussex, and his wife Meghan arrived in Africa's most populous nation on Friday in a trip linked to the Invictus Games, an international sporting event that the Duke of Sussex started a decade ago for troops injured in action.…
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May
12
2024
By OPE ADETAYO and CAMILLUS EBOH
Prince Harry and Meghan, greeted with cheers, talk mental health in Nigeria

Prince Harry and Meghan, greeted with cheers, talk mental health in Nigeria

NEWS
Prince Harry and his wife Meghan were greeted with wild cheers, song and dance as they visited a school to talk about mental health in Nigeria's capital Abuja and the Duke of Sussex later met wounded soldiers in northern Kaduna. The couple are on their first trip to Africa's most populous nation, prompted by links forged through the Invictus Games, an international sporting event he started a decade ago for military personnel wounded in action. Harry said Nigeria had expressed interest in hosting the 2029 games. The couple were invited to Nigeria by the chief of defence staff Christopher Musa…
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Dec
09
2023
By SAM TOBIN
Former UK police officers sentenced for sending racist messages about Meghan, royals

Former UK police officers sentenced for sending racist messages about Meghan, royals

WORLD
SIX former London police officers were given suspended prison sentences for sharing offensive and racist messages on WhatsApp, including references to Meghan, the Duchess of Sussex, and other members of the royal family. In a statement after the sentencing hearing Commander James Harman, who leads the Metropolitan Police's Anti-Corruption and Abuse Command, said "The racist and discriminatory content of these messages is absolutely appalling". "Given the defendants once served as police officers, we recognise that this case may further damage confidence in policing," Harman said. The six officers, who have all retired, were charged after an investigation by the BBC's…
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Sep
04
2020
By The African Mirror
Prince Harry and Meghan sign production deal with Netflix

Prince Harry and Meghan sign production deal with Netflix

ARTS AND ENTERTAINMENT
BRITAIN's Prince Harry and his American-born wife Meghan have signed a multiyear contract with Netflix to produce programming ranging from children's shows to scripted series, the streaming platform has announced.  The couple, who moved to Southern California with their infant son Archie earlier this year after stepping back from royal duties in the United Kingdom, will produce content on issues that resonate with them and that their nonprofit Archewell is focused on. "Our focus will be on creating content that informs but also gives hope," the couple said in a statement. "As new parents, making inspirational family programming is also…
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Nov
25
2020
By The African Mirror
Britain’s Duchess Meghan speaks about miscarriage in break with royal reserve

Britain’s Duchess Meghan speaks about miscarriage in break with royal reserve

WORLD
ESTELLE SHIRBON  MEGHAN, the Duchess of Sussex, has revealed that she had a miscarriage in July, an extraordinarily personal disclosure coming from a high-profile British royal. The wife of Prince Harry and former actress wrote about the experience in detail in an opinion article published in the New York Times on Wednesday, saying that it took place one morning when she was caring for Archie, the couple's son. "I knew, as I clutched my firstborn child, that I was losing my second," Meghan wrote, describing how she felt a sharp cramp after picking up Archie from his crib, and dropped…
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May
23
2021
By The African Mirror
‘Pain of Diana’s death pushed me to drink, drugs’

‘Pain of Diana’s death pushed me to drink, drugs’

WORLD
PRINCE Harry said he abused alcohol to numb the pain of his mother Diana's death in 1997 and accused the British royal family of neglecting him and his wife Meghan as she contemplated suicide. Harry, now 36, has spoken before about the trauma of losing Diana in a Paris car crash and then having to walk as a 12-year-old behind his mother's coffin in her funeral cortege under the glare of the world's media. "I was willing to drink, I was willing to take drugs, I was willing to try and do the things that made me feel less like…
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