Meghan Marklegot shy about showing off her language skills!
The Duke and Duchess of Sussex stepped out for theirfirst outing of the New Yearon Tuesday, visiting London’s Canada House tothank them for the country’s hospitalityduring their recent Christmas vacation. While speaking to gathered staff,Prince Harrysuggested that his wife speak to them in French, one of Canada’s two official languages.
“No!” she exclaimed, mocking horror — despite her multilingual abilities. The Duchess of Sussex studied French for six years and also completed an internship at the US Embassy in Buenos Aires during her time at Northwestern University where she learned to speak Spanish, according to her official page on theroyal family’s website.
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Instead, Meghan stuck to English as she told the staff, “I want to say Happy New Year and thank you, and as my husband said, my goodness it was just such an incredible time we were able to have there and with our son too.”
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In January 2016, the then 34-year-old Meghan shared her personal goals for the New Year on herformer lifestyle blog, The Tig— which included focusing on her language skills.
“Run a marathon. Stop biting my nails. Stop swearing. Re-learn French. These make my New Year’s resolution list nearly (AKA actually every) single year,” she wrote, adding that they never came to fruition.
Meghan kept her resolution in 2019 during the couple’s tour of Morocco in February. The then-pregnant royal spoke French while asking students at a secondary school what they study. The interaction was shared in a video on Kensington Palace’s Twitter page.
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Prince Harryasked the staff if any of them were from British Columbia. Several shouted yes and put up their hands, and he told them, “What a wonderful place you live in. Thank you so much for having us – not that any of you had anything much to do with it.”
“But the warmth and hospitality that we were shown while there was unbelievable, and that’s exactly why we chose to go out there. So thank you,” he added.
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The royal couple spent their first holiday season as a family of three with son Archie, 8 months, on Vancouver Island. The palace confirmed that the family were “spending private family time in Canada” ahead of Christmas.
source: people.com
