Meghan Markle and Prince Harry serenaded by mosquito choir in Tonga

A Tongan choir had Meghan, the Duchess of Sussex, in tears of laughter as she and Prince Harry wrapped up their tour of Tonga and hopped on a plane to return to Australia for the end of the Invictus Games.

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Meghan burst into tears of laughter as she was serenaded about mosquitoes in Tonga
Prince Harry and Meghan wrap up their Tongan tour in traditional skirts
The Royal couple will attend the Invictus games closing ceremony in Sydney on Saturday

The pair, who are expecting a child of their own in the Spring, were serenaded by students at Tupou College.

They laughed when boys from the college sang about mosquitoes, complete with dance moves, at a ceremony to dedicate two forest reserves on the campus.

But mosquito-born diseases have been raised before on this tour — the World Health Organisation identified recent cases of the zika virus in Tonga, and there have also been cases in Fiji in the past.

The Royal couple donned garlands of red flowers and a handmade wrap skirt called ta'ovala, given as a traditional sign of respect in the South Pacific nation.

Harry and Meghan wear a ta'ovala, a traditional Tongan dress wrapped around the waist.

They also met Tongan Prime Minister ʻAkilisi Pōhiva at a government building, funded by China but named the St George Building, in the capital Nuku'alofa.

The country of some 170 reef-fringed tropical islands and 108,000 people is a former British colony.

School children later lined the route to the airport where the couple walked over a carpet of woven mats to their plane which left for Australia in the afternoon.

Earlier on their tour the couple visited Fiji, where enormous crowds showed up to welcome them.

They'll attend the closing ceremony of the Invictus Games on Saturday and then visit New Zealand.

AP/Reuters

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