Meghan Markle has last laugh as she is crowned honorary princess in Nigeria after rejection by royal family

Meghan Markle may add a brand new moniker to her biography after being warmly welcomed as a outstanding noblewoman in Nigeria.

She and her husband, Prince Harry, were treated like royalty during their three-day trip to West Africa in support of their charity work and the Invictus Games, an adaptive sports competition for wounded soldiers.

While in Lagos, she was baptized with a hand-woven Yoruba Ada Mazi veil and royal beads, and given the distinction of being named Adetokunbo, which is said to mean “crown or royalty from beyond the sea.”

And it really is a homecoming of sorts, as Markle revealed on her Archetypes podcast in 2022 that she is 43% Nigerian. While traveling internationally, she told attendees of a Women in Leadership event: “When I did my genealogy and found out about my heritage, the first thing I did, of course, was call my mom because I wanted to know if she had any awareness of it.”

Markle is biracial and was raised by her black mother, Doria Ragland, in Los Angeles. The former Suits actress previously revealed that until she married the royal family in 2018, she didn’t understand what it was prefer to be treated as a black woman.

“I feel what being African-American is really about is that we do not really know rather a lot about our heritage or where we’re from or where exactly you come from, and it was exciting for each of us to learn more and understand what that basically means. “I will never in a million years understand it as much as I do now,” said the Duchess of Sussex.

Now called the “Princess of the Ancient Kingdom of Arochukwu,” she said she was met with adoration during her stay in her newfound homeland.

She explained: “What they define as a Nigerian is brave, resilient, courageous, powerful and exquisite. And every moment I hear someone to this point talking about what it means to be a Nigerian, being in that company, being in your organization is essentially the most flattering.

The response on Twitter when Markle truthfully accepted her genealogy To read“Meghan Markle’s Nigerian heritage is something to be proud of! Representation matters and this is a great example of the diversity that exists within the royal family.” To which someone he replied, “What a royal family. The one who kicked them each out.

As the media has well documented, Markle and Harry’s decision to step away from royal duties in 2020 was met with opposition from institutions and members of the British monarch.

In the couple’s Netflix series “Meghan & Harry,” they expressed growing concerns for her safety amid a wave of racist harassment from the British press, public and paparazzi, as well as exclusion by other members of the royal family based on her ethnicity. After the birth of their first child, a son named Archie, they fled to Canada after which settled in California, where they welcomed their daughter, Lilibet.

Another response to Nigerian honor To read“The tear is flowing, the heart is swelling, she is home.” Being the third user of X he wrote“This has caused a lot of confusion in the British media over the past few days!! The hate is overwhelming and unbelievable. Thank you, Nigeria.”

Earlier this yr, Harry revealed that he was considering becoming a US citizen, but would likely have to offer up his royal title as Duke of Sussex.