Meghan Markle’s virtue signalling over her children is insensitive (at best)

The ex-working royals have been on a whistle-stop PR tour of Nigeria – but it was the Duchess of Sussex revealing she was ‘missing her babies’ that pushed Caroline Brown over the edge. You wouldn’t catch the late Queen doing it...

Harry and Meghan, the Duke and Duchess of Sussex, in Lagos during their private tour of Nigeria (AFP via Getty Images)

Clearly, Harry and Meghan are great parents and are extremely proud of their children. But as a proud mother myself, who also has to travel away from home, the idea of missing my kids (while true) is not something I make a huge song and dance about – especially not when I’m at work.

That’s why I was surprised to hear such a sentiment from the Duchess of Sussex, who spoke out on her and Harry’s private, three-day tour of Nigeria to promote the Invictus Games (which was a masterclass in grabbing headlines).

As well as kind words and photo-ops, there was plenty of personal revelation – and Meghan duly explained during an event on women in leadership how a genealogy test had shown that she is 43 per cent Nigerian, and how it was “humbling” to learn about her heritage during a visit to “my country”. While in Lagos, she also talked about finally fulfiling her dream of becoming a parent, and spoke warmly about her “very chatty, sweet children”, Archie, who is now five and Lilibet, who turns three next month.