Meghan shows off her baby bump at party in Fiji with Prince Harry

News24xx.com -  For the first time, Megan Markle or the Duchess of Sussex showed off her growing baby bump when she attended a reception with Prince Harry on the first day of their royal visit to Fiji.

Meghan Markle cradled her stomach in the stunning 'Fijian blue' gown at the glitzy event before they attend a state dinner hosted by the president of the South Pacific nation Jioji Konrote at the Grand Pacific Hotel.  

Her spectacular outfit, worn with her hair down, was by German-born london based designer Daniela Karmuts. The duchess also wore diamond earrings.

Her website says she specialises in 'Chic timelessness and modern elegance.' 

Guests - diplomats, local business leaders and the Fijian society - gathered for the champagne reception ahead of the state dinner at the Grand Pacific Hotel where the royal couple are staying during the visit. 

Earlier Prince Harry took a sip of traditional drink kava and was offered a roast pig and a whale's tooth as he was officially welcomed to Fiji with his wife.

The Duke and Duchess of Sussex were presented with the gifts as they watched a ceremony in Albert Park in capital Suva.

The couple waved to the crowd as the arrived in their motorcade to the Veirqaraqarvi Vakavanua, which mirrors the one attended by the Queen and Duke of Edinburgh in 1953.

Harry and Meghan sat on a stage as he was given the whale's tooth, a sign of wealth, in the vakasobu, before he were given kava, a drink made from a mashed plant root in the yaqona vakaturaga.

Harry accepted the bowl and held it to his lips as the crowd cheered.

Rain began to fall again as the lovo, a presentation of food of a roast pig and a basket of dalo, a root vegetable like a potato, was offered to the Duke.

To close the ceremony, the couple watched a meke, a traditional dance. Dozens of people from the village of Nakelo took to the Albert Park turf to perform for the Duke and Duchess.
 

 

 

 

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