Author and royal expert Tom Quinn told the Mirror that the couple’s trip “confirmed the worst fears” of Harry’s family, and made Prince William and King Charles “absolutely furious.”
“Everything you might expect from an official royal visit was there — the receptions, the visits to schools and charities, to wounded soldiers and the disabled,” he said. “Charles is said to be angrier than anyone has ever seen him.”
“Everything you might expect from an official royal visit was there,” author Tom Quinn said about Harry and Meghan’s trip to Nigeria. AFP via Getty Images Prince William and Kate Middleton were “furious,” a royal expert claims. Getty Images
The couple were invited to Nigeria by the West African country’s chief of defense staff — its highest-ranking military official.
Sources within the UK’s Foreign and Commonwealth Office told the Daily Mail that Harry and Meghan were “visiting Nigeria in a private capacity” and that the UK government was not involved in “arranging or facilitating” their activities.
Nevertheless, it had all the markings of a traditional royal tour.
During their visit to the nation that Markle referred to as “my country,” the Duchess of Sussex co-hosted a Women in Leadership event with Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, director general of the World Trade Organization.
Harry and Meghan made the royal family worry that they’ve gone “rogue” over their Nigeria trip, a royal expert claims. Getty Images for The Archewell Foundation King Charles III at Army Aviation Centre on May 13, 2024, in Stockbridge, Hampshire. UK Press via Getty Images
The couple, who were gifted a traditional wooden beaded necklace, also visited children at the Lights Academy in Abuja, where they were greeted by cheering crowds.
Additionally, Harry met with injured service members at a military hospital.
The royal launched the Invictus Games in 2014 as a multisport, Paralympics-style event for injured service members and veterans.
Harry and Meghan also went to a training session for the organization Nigeria: Unconquered. They then attended a reception hosted by the chief of defense staff honoring military families.
A royal expert said about the Nigeria trip, “For Charles and William, it’s as if Meghan and Harry are saying, ‘We don’t need your permission to be working royals — we will do it on our own terms whenever and wherever we like.’” Getty Images for The Archewell Foundation “Meghan and Harry’s speeches and their whole attitude has been designed to give the impression that they are still fully paid-up royals,” a royal expert claims. AP
“Meghan and Harry’s speeches and their whole attitude has been designed to give the impression that they are still fully paid-up royals,” said Quinn, adding that William and King Charles “don’t like that one bit.”
Their Nigeria trip is a sign that they have “gone rogue,” Quinn claimed, alleging that the Firm was concerned that the couple would “try to pull a fast one.”
“For Charles and William, it’s as if Meghan and Harry are saying, ‘We don’t need your permission to be working royals — we will do it on our own terms whenever and wherever we like,'” he went on. “William and Charles are scratching their heads and thinking, ‘How are we going to control this nightmare situation?'”
The Post has reached out to Kensington Palace for comment.
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