Meghan Markle’s ‘nakedness’ slammed during ‘Royal trip’ to Nigeria
The First Lady of Nigeria appears to have taken a swipe at Meghan Markle following her visit to the country with Prince Harry.
The Duke and Duchess of Sussex visited the country earlier this month in what’s been dubbed a ‘faux royal tour’.
It’s thought Meghan spent up to £120,000 on new clothes and jewellery for the trip, in order to ‘wear more colour so I can fit in with all of you and your incredible fashion’.
But Nigerian First Lady, Senator Oluremi Tinubu, appears less than impressed by the Duchess’s wardrobe.
During a speech to mark President Bola Tinubu’s first year in office, after the Sussexes had landed back in the US, Tinubu said girls and women in Nigeria ‘do not want to mimic and try to emulate film stars from America’ with their ‘nakedness’.
She said: ‘The message here is we have to salvage our children. We see the way they dress.
‘They keep forgetting that Nigeria, we are beautiful. You can see what they showcase on the stage, I said, “we are fashionable, we see what is going on”.
‘We are not having the Met Gala. And everyone, the nakedness, is just everywhere and the men are well-clothed.
‘So we have to do something. Tell them we don’t accept nakedness in our culture. That is not beautiful. It’s not beautiful at all.
‘And they’re all beautiful girls, but they should be confident in who they are.
‘They do not want to mimic and try to emulate film stars from America. They don’t know where they come from.
‘Why did Meghan come here looking for Africa? That is something we have to take home with.
‘We know who we are. Don’t lose who you are.’
During Harry and Meghan’s trip, the couple visited a warzone, visited Nigeria’s defence HQ and a primary and secondary school, and played volleyball.
Meghan referred to Nigeria as ‘my country’ during the trip, having recently found out through a genealogy test that she is 43% Nigerian.
Speaking at an event in Abuja, the country’s capital, she said: ‘I want to start by saying thank you very much for just how gracious you’ve all been in welcoming my husband and I to this country… my country.
‘I am just flattered and honoured and inspired. It has been a whirlwind 24 hours since we arrived.
‘And I very quickly got the memo that I need to wear more colour, so I can fit in with all of you and your incredible fashion.’
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