A few days ago, Harry and Meghan accepted the invitation of the Nigerian Chief of Defense Staff to visit Nigeria, a country located in Africa, with the main purpose of visiting disabled servicemen and engaging in charity...
Although the visit lasted only three days, the couple managed to dominate the news page and create a series of controversial headlines...
(Harry, Meghan)
During this visit, Harry and Meghan visited Africa for the first time as husband and wife, deliberately dressed up and traveled in a high-profile manner, and were also ceremoniously received by the Nigerian side, and both sides spent no less money...
(Megan)
The Nigerian side has pledged to provide security for Harry and Meghan to pay for their trip.
The couple stayed in the presidential suite at Fraser Suites in a convoy of 14 cars, with security guards and aides occupying an entire floor, and the room rate was as high as £3,000 a night, which was completely royal travel.
While Nigeria is still in the situation – there are still 87 million people below the poverty line...
(Accommodation in the Presidential Suite)
Meghan, on her part, changed a total of eight outfits in just three days and 72 hours of private visits... It is said that she matched it all by herself, without hiring a stylist, and each body was frighteningly expensive.
On the first day of visiting the school, Meghan wore a Heidi Merrick apricot dress worth £1,106, a bracelet worth £4,380, a Cartier bracelet worth £7,050, and a Princess Diana watch worth £21,400, which added up to £77,119.76...
(Harry, Meghan)
At the official military reception, Meghan changed into a simple white trouser suit, which cost £1,274 for the Altuzarra and £595 for the Manolo Blahnik...
(Megan)
The next day, in order to visit a local volleyball match, Meghan deliberately wore a palm leaf print dress designed by Colombian designer Johanna Ortiz, worth 2,275 pounds, plus jewelry, the outfit is worth a total of 5,406.23 pounds.
(Harry, Meghan)
During a visit to the Defense Headquarters, Meghan changed into a pure white dress, which was out of place in the surrounding environment...
The dress is only £335, but the focus is on the accessories, such as the Ariel Gordon bracelet worth £4,391, the Dior earrings £350, the Lorraine Schwartz pinky ring worth £49,460... Sandals on the feet also cost £565.
(Megan)
A few hours later, Meghan appeared at another women's leadership conference, an hour behind schedule.
At the meeting, she wore a red dress from a Nigerian designer brand worth £265, which was the cheapest item in the show. Logon Hollowell necklace around Meghan's neck, worth £12,500, and Kimai earrings £695.
(Megan)
On the third day, Megan paired up with some local outfits to visit schools, attend state dinners and polo fundraisers.
Ordinary white shirt 265 pounds...
Disc earrings £2605...
(Harry, Meghan)
According to statistics, Meghan spent nearly 120,000 pounds on the installation fee alone in the past three days, not counting the cost of hiring a top photographer in the fashion industry to follow them throughout the process...
(Right-hand photographer Missan Harriman)
In many ways, it can be seen that Meghan has an excellent impression of Nigeria, in addition to carefully preparing the look, making amazing remarks at the women's leadership conference, blurting out that Nigeria is "my country"...
Megan said she had a genetic test in 2022 and found out that she was 43% Nigerian...
So although she was not born, raised, or lived in Nigeria, she firmly called this her home country.
During the visit, Harry and Meghan promoted their Archiwell Foundation, announcing its partnership with the Nigerian charity Gianko Foundation, but soon a very embarrassing thing happened...
The Archiwell Foundation, which they opened, was suddenly accused of failing to pay a $200 renewal fee check to the California Registry of Charities and Fundraisers, and was temporarily banned from fundraising and distributing charitable funds.
(Allegation Documents)
Harry and Meghan's explanation for this was that the check was lost during the mailing process, and a check had been remailed, and later said that the staff actually received it, but it was not processed in time.
It wasn't until the California Department of Justice issued a statement saying that the foundation was in good standing that the dispute was over.
(DM News Screenshot)
However, this turmoil also drew everyone's attention to the Foundation's financial situation...
According to tax filings disclosed in December last year, the organisation's donations in 2022 fell by £9 million from the previous year, plummeting from £10 million in 2021 to $1.6 million.
(Foundation related documents)
In addition, Harry's visit to Nigeria comes after he was under scrutiny for his position on the board of African Parks, an African parks conservation charity, which has recently been accused of internal misconduct, such as the use of torture by armed rangers to ask poachers for information...
But none of the above affected the trip, and Harry and Meghan made their presence felt in Nigeria... The travel battle is comparable to half of the president, and the treatment is even better than before leaving the royal family...
Before leaving, Harry and Meghan said that they would come back to Nigeria later this year... It is estimated that it is another royal trip-level visit that costs people and money.