South African leader Nelson Mandela’s grandson has criticized Meghan Markle for saying her marriage to Prince Harry, Duke of Sussex, sparked scenes of joy in South Africa, reminiscent of the 1990 release of legendary anti-apartheid activist Nelson Mandela after 27 years in Prison.
Zwelville-Mandela said he was surprised by her comments, in The Cut, when she claimed that three years ago a member of the Lion King team made a comparison between her royal wedding and Madiba’s historic march to freedom, according to the British Daily Mail.
Recalling an interview she gave at the 2019 London premiere of a live version of the Disney classic, she said a South African actor pulled her aside and told her: “I just want you to know when I married Prince Harry, we rejoiced in the streets like we did when they were released.” Mandela from prison.
Mandela’s grandson, a member of parliament and leader of the Mphiso tribe, said he was “surprised” by her remarks, adding in his remarks to the “Daily Mail”, Madiba’s celebration was based on overcoming 350 years of colonialism with 60 years of brutal apartheid in South Africa, so it cannot be Compare it to her marriage to a white prince.
His grandfather spent 27 years in prison before his release, the reunification of opponents and the leadership of his country. When the people of South Africa expressed their happiness at his grandfather’s release and danced in the streets, it was for a more important and serious reason than her marriage to a “white prince”, he also raised the claim Meghan, outraged and mocked, with critics telling her she was “lost” and accusing her of showing “the utmost disrespect”.
Harry and Meghan have built a good relationship with the Mandela family in recent years, following in the footsteps of Harry’s parents Prince Charles and Princess Diana, and just last month, Harry gave a speech at the United Nations General Assembly, on the occasion of Nelson Mandela Day, in New York City, on July 18.
The Sussex family met Graca Machel, Mandela’s widow, on the last day of their tour of Africa in 2019. Harry also met Ms. Machel when he visited South Africa in 2015. In 2018, Harry and Meghan met Mandela’s granddaughter Zamaswazi Dlamini Mandela during a visit to the Nelson Gallery Mandela’s centenary at the Queen Elizabeth Hall in the Southbank Center in London.
Charles and Diana were also close to Mandela, as the late Princess of Wales met him in Cape Town in March 1997, while she was in South Africa visiting her brother Earl Spencer, and Charles took Mandela to Brixton in south London when he visited Britain in July 1996, in addition, he visited Mandela Diana’s ancestral home in Althorpe, Northamptonshire in November 2002 to find out her burial place.
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