Day two of Meghan Markle and Prince Harry’s journey to Colombia introduced them again to the classroom, the place the 2 brushed up on their Spanish expertise.
The Duke and Duchess of Sussex visited with kindergarteners on the Colegio La Giralda in Santa Fe, a small locality within the nation’s capital district of Bogota.
“You’re the identical age as my son Archie!” Meghan, 43, mentioned in Spanish to one of many college students.
Archie turned 5 in Could, and Meghan and Harry additionally share daughter Lilibet, 3.
“She spoke Spanish completely with one younger girl,” mentioned Homeboy Industries founder Father Greg Boyle, who was current on the faculty, based on Individuals. “She simply went proper into Spanish, which was a revelation — and it was superb.”
To not be outdone, Harry, 39, flexed his Spanish chops by asking youngsters their names and ages of their native language.
The kindergarteners confirmed off for Meghan and Harry, as effectively, performing a tune and presenting them with items and handwritten letters.
Throughout their go to, Meghan and Harry additionally toured the college, participated in an artwork class and helped plant timber on the college’s property. Colegio La Giralda prioritizes out of doors school rooms and the college’s backyard was created in 2020 to assist educate college students on each the surroundings and the farmers, who’re important to offering meals for Columbia.
Following their faculty go to, Meghan and Harry had a non-public lunch with vice chairman Francia Marquez, the place they realized extra in regards to the inaugural World Ministerial Convention on Ending Violence Towards Youngsters, which Bogota will host in November.
Marquez admitted in a Could press convention on Thursday that she received the concept to ask the couple after watching their Netflix docuseries Harry & Meghan.
“How did I get to know Meghan and Harry? I first encountered them by means of the media, and I notably watched the Netflix collection about their lives and their story, which deeply moved me,” she mentioned.
Talking particularly of Meghan, she added, “It motivated me to say, ‘This can be a girl who deserves to go to our nation and share her story.’”
After assembly with Marquez, they’ll attend a gathering with members of Colombia’s Invictus Video games to spherical out their schedule for the day. Over the last video games in 2023, Colombia grew to become the primary South American nation to take part. The subsequent rendition of the video games will happen in 2025.
Later of their four-day journey, Meghan and Harry’s Colombia tour will take them by means of Cartagena and Cali, the place they’ll proceed to focus on their Archewell Basis.