Meghan Markle thanks Yoruba king for honoring her with Nigerian name, says she's looking ahead to return 'home' soon

ABUJA, NIGERIA: Meghan Markle has penned an emotional personal letter thanking the Yoruba King, Oluwo of Iwo.

The Duke and Duchess of Sussex were on a three-day quasi-royal tour last month, after being invited by the Nigerian military.

What did Meghan Markle say in the personal letter?

In her letter, she thanked the king for giving her the Yoruba name Adetokunbo, which means ‘the crown or royalty from a foreign land.’

Recently, Markle found out she was 43 percent Nigerian through a genealogy test, as per DailyMail.

The king posted the letter online, sharing it with his followers on Instagram, "Thank you for your warm welcome to Nigeria,” it read.

“I am deeply humbled by your blessing of the traditional Yoruba name, Adetokunbo. I treasure the name and appreciate your trust in me to carry it with grace and dignity,” Markle penned. 

The letter continued, “Our visit to Nigeria was important to many reasons, not least because it gave us an opportunity to explore and understand my heritage, which extends to our children.”

“We look forward to coming back home one day soon,” she concluded.

Markle also shared her thoughts on her genealogy test result, and revealed the first thing she did was “call my mom, because I wanted to know if she had any awareness of it.”

Meghan Markle says exploring her African-American root is an 'eye-opening and humbling' experience

The ‘Suits’ alum continued, “Being African-American, part of it is really not knowing so much about your lineage or background, where you come from specifically.”

“And it was exciting for both of us to discover more and understand what that really means. Never in a million years would I have understood it as much as I do now,” she added.

“It's been really eye-opening and humbling to be able to know more about my heritage and to be able to know this is just the beginning of that discovery,” Markle reflected. 

Internet takes a dig at Meghan Markle after she emphasizes on her Nigerian geneology

Netizen slammed Meghan Markle after she refered Nigeria as her "home."

One individual said, "The ancestry regions on those dna tests is based on a select set of data, it is not always going to be at 43%, I doubt we’ll hear from her when it changes. The dna companies are constantly adding new data to get a more accurate result."

"She has a predominantly Caucasian family tree, very doubtful she's even Nigerian!" another wrote. 

"Not forgetting her German heritage from her fathers side," one chimed.

Another person reflected, "She says, she'll treasure the name and appreciate his trust in her to carry it with grace and dignity. She's never carried anything from the British RF with grace and dignity. Quite the opposite."

"Talk about milking it. They both think they can swan around as if they're still part of the Royal family, but his grandmother would be, so ashamed of them. They've ignored everything she said they could no longer do," read another comment.

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