--- title: Prince Harry and Meghan Markle Met Mandela's Granddaughter description: The Duke and Duchess of Sussex stopped by a London exhibit dedicated to the life of Nelson Mandela, meeting some of his family members canonical: https://time.com/5340837/prince-harry-meghan-markle-mandela-exhibit/ author: Raisa Bruner article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2018-07-17T15:33:57.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T07:53:54.358Z og:title: Prince Harry and Meghan Markle Met Mandela's Granddaughter og:description: The Duke and Duchess of Sussex celebrated Nelson Mandela's 100th birthday og:url: https://time.com/5340837/prince-harry-meghan-markle-mandela-exhibit/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt118a4cfa7b336f4d/6989358c0a4a2236be9d3361/meghan-markle-mandela.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 3479 og:image:height: 1957 og:image:alt: The Duke & Duchess of Sussex Visit The Nelson Mandela Centenary Exhibition og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Prince Harry and Meghan Markle Met Mandela's Granddaughter twitter:description: The Duke and Duchess of Sussex celebrated Nelson Mandela's 100th birthday twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt118a4cfa7b336f4d/6989358c0a4a2236be9d3361/meghan-markle-mandela.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Prince Harry and Meghan Markle Met Nelson Mandela's Granddaughter  by [Raisa Bruner](https://time.com/author/raisa-bruner/)  ## Raisa Bruner Jul 17, 2018 3:33 PM UTC  Meghan, Duchess of Sussex meets Nelson Mandela's granddaughter Zamaswazi Dlamini-Mandela during a visit to the Nelson Mandela Centenary Exhibition at Southbank Centre's Queen Elizabeth Hall on July 17, 2018 in London, England. Meghan, Duchess of Sussex meets Nelson Mandela's granddaughter Zamaswazi Dlamini-Mandela during a visit to the Nelson Mandela Centenary Exhibition at Southbank Centre's Queen Elizabeth Hall on July 17, 2018 in London, England.WPA Pool—Getty Images  by [Raisa Bruner](https://time.com/author/raisa-bruner/)  ## Raisa Bruner Jul 17, 2018 3:33 PM UTC [Meghan Markle](http://time.com/5338218/meghan-markle-wimbledon/) and [Prince Harry](http://time.com/5335800/meghan-markle-prince-harry-ireland-kids/) are continuing their tour of royal duties this week, stopping by a new exhibit in London celebrating the 100th birthday of former South African leader and international icon [Nelson Mandela](http://time.com/5337741/barack-obama-nelson-mandela-civil-rights-apartheid/). At the Southbank Centre’s Nelson Mandela Centenary Exhibition, the Duke and Duchess of Sussex were in for quite a show — including a performance from a South African choir and a tour of the exhibit’s artifacts from Mandela’s historic life. They also got to meet none other than Mandela’s own family and friends, including his granddaughter Zamaswazi Dlamini-Mandela and activists who worked alongside Mandela to move South Africa past apartheid during its turbulent 20th century. The exhibition, which is curated by South Africa’s Apartheid Museum, the British Anti-Apartheid Movement Archives and the Southbank Centre, opened on Tuesday and runs through August 19\. (Mandela’s birthday was July 18, 1918.) This is not the first time Prince Harry has engaged with the legacy of Mandela, either; during a previous visit to south Africa, Harry [reviewed some](https://twitter.com/KensingtonRoyal/status/1019160435734573056) of the items archived at the Nelson Mandela Foundation Centre of Memory and [met](https://twitter.com/KensingtonRoyal/status/1019164442100224000) Mandela’s widow, Graca Machel. See the highlights of their visit below. > [](https://twitter.com/KensingtonRoyal/status/1019189618036617221) > [](https://twitter.com/KensingtonRoyal/status/1019194218647040001) > [](https://twitter.com/KensingtonRoyal/status/1019185349627645952) > [](https://twitter.com/KensingtonRoyal/status/1019191742682279936) ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/5340837/prince-harry-meghan-markle-mandela-exhibit/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/5340837/prince-harry-meghan-markle-mandela-exhibit/"},"headline":"Prince Harry and Meghan Markle Met Nelson Mandela's Granddaughter","datePublished":"2018-07-17T15:33:57.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:53:54.358Z","description":"Nelson Mandela's birthday is July 18","url":"https://time.com/5340837/prince-harry-meghan-markle-mandela-exhibit/","keywords":["Newsfeed","royals","Prince Harry","meghan markle"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt118a4cfa7b336f4d/6989358c0a4a2236be9d3361/meghan-markle-mandela.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Raisa Bruner","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/raisa-bruner/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt118a4cfa7b336f4d/6989358c0a4a2236be9d3361/meghan-markle-mandela.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"The Duke & Duchess of Sussex Visit The Nelson Mandela Centenary Exhibition","caption":"The Duke & Duchess of Sussex Visit The Nelson Mandela Centenary Exhibition","creditText":"WPA Pool—Getty Images","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-newsfeed/","name":"Newsfeed"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/5340837/prince-harry-meghan-markle-mandela-exhibit/","name":"Prince Harry and Meghan Markle Met Nelson Mandela's Granddaughter"}}]}] ```