Meghan, Duchess of Sussex, showed off a henna hand tattoo as a good-luck charm for her pregnancy on day two of her royal tour in Morocco with Prince Harry.
The seven-months pregnant Duchess revealed the design to two young girls on a visit to a school in the Atlas Mountains where she wowed kids by speaking French, reports The Sun.
Meghan told Rania, five, and two-year-old Rayhanna: “Hi girls, so cute! What are your names? So sweet!”
Showing them the henna she added: “Nice, isn’t it? So pretty!”
The plant-based ink — which is safe for expectant mums — is deemed a symbol of good luck and a blessing for any significant event such as a birth.
A teenage pupil drew the flower design during a visit to an educational boarding school the morning after the Duke and Duchess of Sussex were being greeted by a guard of honour as they landed in Casablanca.
In brilliant sunshine Harry and Meghan were welcomed to the village of Asni by pupils at a centre run by the Moroccan NGO Education For All, founded by Brit entrepreneur Michael McHugo.
Pupils waved Union Jack flags and Morocco flags as their guests arrived from the capital Rabat by helicopter.
Meghan and Harry walked along a line of waiting teenagers and following local custom touched a hand to their heart each time they shook the hand of a student.
Inside, the Duchess showed off her impressive French as she asked two girls: “Ce que tu veux etre quand tu quitte l’ecole?” — meaning, what do you want to do when you leave school?
She also asked: “Vous voulez aller a l’universite” — do you want to go to university.
Complimented on her language skills she said: “It’s only high school French! I’m trying.”
Harry asked one pupil “Is this the best school in Morocco?” and as they were taken inside the boarding house he put his hand reassuringly on his heavily pregnant wife’s back.
The students are from remote communities in the mountains whose parents would normally not be able to afford to send their daughters to school after primary education.
Harry and Meghan, wearing sunglasses in the bright sunshine, tenderly held hands as they walked to watch a school football match.
The village is only 15 kilometres from where two Scandinavian backpackers were murdered by a gang of ISIS sympathisers in December.
Mike McHugo, founder of Education for All, said: “The visit is a good news for the people of the area after such a tragic and isolated incident.”
Meghan then had a quick change of outfit into a blouse and high heels and Harry put on a blazer and tie for a ceremony to award Mr McHugh an MBE for gender equality in Morocco.
Later today they are expected to attend a formal reception hosted by the British Ambassador in Rabat.
On Monday their itinerary takes them on a visit to the Moroccan Royal Federation of Equestrian Sports, which helps support children with special needs.
There they will watch a riding demonstration and attend a horse-grooming session with some of the kids.
They will then go to Villa Des Ambassadors, which teaches disadvantaged children how to cook traditional recipes and will meet disabled kids who work in a specially-designed restaurant.
Finally they will visit a market run by social entrepreneurs and meet young people.
This story was originally published in The Sun and is reprinted with permission.
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