Meghan Markle ends her 20-month absence from the UK in surprise meeting with Prince Harry

Meghan travelled to London to meet Prince Harry ahead of their three-day tour of Nigeria.

The Duke of Sussex had been in the UK since Tuesday and gave a reading at St Paul's Cathedral to mark the 10th anniversary of the Invictus Games on Wednesday.

The couple reunited at Heathrow's VIP Windsor Suite last night.

The Duke and Duchess of Sussex then boarded an overnight British Airways flight to Abuja.

Meghan and Harry were seated in the first-class section of the plane and were kept apart from other passengers by a curtain, according to the Mail.

The Sussexes have been invited to Nigeria by the country's chief of defence staff to take part in cultural activities.

Meghan and Harry will meet service members and their families as they participate in the activities.

The Duchess of Sussex revealed in 2022 that she is 43 per cent Nigerian which she discovered after doing a genealogy test.

She said on her Archetypes podcast: "I'm going to start to dig deeper into all this because anybody that I've told, especially Nigerian women, are like 'What!'"

Meghan's brief stop off at Heathrow Airport is the first time she has been in the UK since September 2022.

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The Duchess of Sussex had not returned to the UK since Queen Elizabeth II's funeral.

The Duke of Sussex spent just two days in London before flying to Abuja.

Harry did not see any senior members of the Royal Family during his time in the UK.

On Tuesday, the King's youngest son released a statement confirming he would not meet with the monarch during his trip.

Harry cited King Charles's busy schedule as the reason the royals were unable to meet.