Sometimes, the greatest pearls of wisdom and perspective come from our children. (We learn just as much from them as they learn from us!) Recently, Meghan Markle had one of those moments with her daughter Princess Lilibet “Lili” Diana, 3. The Duchess of Sussex shared a rare story about her youngest child, who she shares with husband Prince Harry, and it’s making us so emotional.
During a visit to a school in Abuja, Nigeria, today, Prince Harry and Markle talked to some of the school children. While there, Markle revealed something Lili recently told her mom. “Our daughter, Lili, she’s much, much tinier than you guys. She’s about to turn three,” Markle told the kids, per PEOPLE. “And a few weeks ago she looked at me and she would just see the reflection in my eyes. And she [goes], ‘Mama, I see me in you.’”
ABUJA, NIGERIA – MAY 10: (EDITORIAL USE ONLY) Prince Harry, Duke of Sussex and Meghan, Duchess of Sussex visit Lightway Academy on May 10, 2024 in Abuja, Nigeria. (Photo by Andrew Esiebo/Getty Images for The Archewell Foundation)Andrew Esiebo/Getty Images for The Archewell Foundation
“I see me in you”?! Is that not the cutest thing ever? Markle continued, “Oh, now she was talking really literally,” Markle admitted. Of course, we want to see ourselves in our kids and vice versa, but at not even 3, Lili just meant she could literally see her reflection in her mom’s eyes. Still, it put things in perspective for Markle.
“But I hung onto those words in a very different way,” she continued. “And I thought, yes, I do see me in you, and you see me in you.” She looked around the class adding, “As I look around this room, I see myself in all of you as well.” Aww! What a beautiful sentiment.
During the visit, the Duke and Duchess of Sussex played classroom games with the kids. She told them that “singing and dancing” was Lili’s “favorite class” because of “all the jumping around.” While the couple’s eldest son Prince Archie, 5, prefers construction.
Prince Harry and Markle keep their kids mostly out of the private eye, but they have shared some details about their lives recently. In an interview with Good Morning America in Feb. 2024, Prince Harry said, “The kids are doing great. The kids are growing up like all kids do, very, very fast. They’ve both got an incredible sense of humor and make us laugh and keep us grounded every single day, like most kids do.”
“I’m just grateful to be a dad,” he added.
