Prince Archie's nanny details 'surprising' first meeting with Harry and Meghan
24.01.2024 - 10:53
/ ok.co.uk
Prince Archie's former nanny, Lorren Khumalo, has shared that her first meeting with Prince Harry and Meghan Markle was quite "surprising". Lorren, a paediatric nurse and consultant, was hired by the Sussexes to care for their first child, Archie, just months after his birth. At the time, Harry and Meghan were living at Frogmore Cottage, before they announced their decision to step back from Royal duties and move to the US.
In an interview in her home country of Zimbabwe, Lorren spoke about her initial visit to Frogmore to meet Harry and Meghan. She recalled how she was made to feel comfortable by Harry's informal greeting while speaking on The Breakfast Club with Zenzele Ndebele last year, where she also opened up on her dilemma on what she should wear. Lorren said she decided to dress in dark clothes paired with kitten heels, and opted not to wear any make-up.
She said: "I wasn't born with a silver spoon, I'm not blue blood, I will go as I am and trust me with my God, I'll get this job." She then shared that she got a speeding ticket on her way there for driving "too fast". She said: "So I got there and there's lots of checks that they do but when I got there I expected to see a princely somebody, in those very expensive German, Swiss suits or something. He was in his jeans, in a t-shirt, walking barefoot because it was hot.
And I kept asking his PPO, so his protection officer, 'Do I curtsy, do I have to?' And he just looked at me and laughed and he said, 'You'll see, Prince Harry is amazing'." "When I got there, the way he opened his arms 'Hello Lorren!' and gave me a hug. [I thought] 'Wow, what a gentleman, what a gem', oh my goodness, I couldn't believe it. And when I walked in and saw Meghan I thought 'My God, what
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