Meghan, 40, also joined the children at a painting station. She painted a Ukrainian flag and wrote the word “peace.”
British Army veteran James Stride told theDaily Mailthat Meghan was “quite chatty and told me she was missing her children. She said she wanted to be with children as she was missing her own.”
Meghan Markle.Chris Allerton
Stride read from the bookHairy Maclary from Donaldson’s Dairyto the group — and Meghan shared that she knew the story well.
During the reading event, Meghan also chatted with a parent who brought along a son named Harrison.
“[Meghan] was like ‘Harrison, that’s Archie’s middle name’, and Mandy was like ‘Yeah, I know,’ " said McBain. “They were just having a chat because Harry and Meghancouldn’t decide between Archie and Harrisonfor the first name.”
McBain described Meghan as “really open” and “very friendly” at the event, adding that Harrison was “just over the moon that a princess has read him a story, so that went down really well with all the U.K. children.”
Harrison even showed off some of his artwork to Meghan.
“Harrison was drawing pictures and telling her that it was a picture of a tram,” McBain said. “I don’t think it quite looked like a tram, so she was very gracious and said that’s a brilliant tram, so he was delighted.”
Meghan Markle and Prince Harry.Samir Hussein/WireImage
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Their kids were clearly on Meghan andPrince Harry’s minds throughout the weekend. At the opening ceremony on Saturday,Prince Harrytold the crowd aboutArchie’s potential career aspirations.
“When I talk to my son Archie about what he wants to be when he grows up, some days it’s an astronaut, other days it’s a pilot — a helicopter pilot obviously — or Kwazii from Octonauts,” Harry said with a laugh, adding, “if you’re laughing, then you’ve seen that.”
“But what I remind him is that no matter what you want to be when you grow up, it’s your character that matters most, and nothing would make his mum and me prouder than to see him have the character of what we see before us today,” he continued.
source: people.com
