Prince Harry & Meghan Markle's ‘faux royal tour' gets started in Colombia

Prince Harry & Meghan Markle's ‘faux royal tour' gets started in Colombia
Prince Harry & Meghan Markle hug school pupils and have tea with scandal-hit Colombian VP as ‘faux royal tour’ begins

Prince Harry and Meghan Markle cuddled students and enjoyed tea and cake with Colombia's scandal-hit VP as their ‘faux royal tour’ kicked off today

The Duke and Duchess of Sussex were welcomed to Colombia by Vice President Francia Márquez at 9am local time

After meeting with Marquez and her partner, the pair headed on to a local school to meet with students and staff

The Duke and Duchess grinned as crowds of young pupils embraced them on the visit

Harry and Meghan stayed at the official VP residence for half an hour, greeting Marquez and her partner Rafael Yerney Pinillo with a gift.

Marquez told the couple of her personal admiration for Harry's mum Princess Diana over tea, Harper's Bazaar reports.

They later went on to the Colegio Cultura Popular, a local children's school.

Meghan wore a stylish navy summer suit with a white handbag and black heels for day one of their tour.

Afterwards the school visit the couple were treated to a theatre performance as well as a music and dance show at the Plaza del Carnaval y la Cultura in San Juan de Pasto.
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