The Duchess wore a Zimmermann dress and hat by Stephen Jones for their arrival in Fiji in 2018. Kensington Palace tweeted upon their arrival.
Touching down at Suva’s Nausori airport, the Duke and Duchess of Sussex were first greeted by Melanie Hopkins, the High Commissioner and chief of protocol, Jonetani Tagivetaua.
The couple was introduced to the Hon Frank Bainamara, Fiji’s Prime Minister and his wife, Maria, Ro Teimumu Kepa, leader of the opposition, Alessandro Truppia, the High Commissioner’s wife and Rear Admiral Viliame Naupoto, commander of the RFMF.
The Duchess was presented with a bouquet of flowers by a flower girl from the chiefly island of Bau, the island home of Ratu Apensia Cakobau, who ceded Fiji to Britain in 1874 (Queen visited Bau in 1982) before Harry made his way to a dais on the runway.
It was wet and windy on the tarmac, you can see the red carpet lifting right off the pavement.
The temperature was around 75º when the Qantas charter arrived.
Prince Harry inspected a guard of 100 Fijian soldiers with representatives from the Army and the Navy.
The Duke and Duchess called on His Excellency, President Jioji Konrote at Borron House in Suva. The President is kneeling as a sign of respect.
Meghan and Harry headed to Albert Park for the official welcome called the Veirqaraqaravi Vakavanua.
The Sun’s Emily Andrews reports, “Harry gave a short speech thanking everyone for their warm welcome & the crowd went WILD when he greeted them with ‘Bula’ Fijian for ‘Hello’.”
