Prince Harry and Meghan
Markle were nominated as speakers at the UN’s Nelson Mandela celebration
as part of an ongoing, secret project with the Nelson Mandela Foundation
arranged through their company Archewell, DailyMail.com can reveal.
The couple were also brought
to New York City by the office of the South African Ambassador to the
UN, Mathu Joyini, though it remains unclear if they traveled on a private
jet or on a commercial flight.
Harry’s speech was given ‘in
the context of the Foundation already working with their company Archewell
on a Mandela-related project,’ a spokesman for the foundation said on
Tuesday.
They declined to give more
details since the project is yet to be announced, but said it was rooted in
‘leadership development’.
A spokesman for Archewell did
not immediately respond to inquiries.
It explains the choice of
Harry to speak at the UN – which baffled some pundits and stumped members of
the South African media.
Harry used his 15-minute
speech to lambast the Supreme Court’s reversal of Roe vs. Wade, and to preach
about climate change.
He spoke of his mother, the
late Princess Diana, and her bond with Mandela, and his love of Africa, where
he said he realized he had a ‘soulmate’ in Meghan.
Meghan watched on proudly from
the sparse crowd.
