Nelson Mandela's grandson today slammed Meghan Markle for suggesting her marriage to Prince Harry sparked scenes of pleasure in South Africa reminiscent of the 1990 launch of the legendary anti-apartheid campaigner after 27 years in jail, telling MailOnline: 'It can't be equated to as the same'.
Zwelivelile 'Mandla' Mandela has said he was 'surprised' at her remarks in The Cut magazine when she claimed that three years ago a cast member of the Lion King had made the comparison between her royal wedding and Madiba's ancient walk to freedom.
In a 6,409-word article known as 'Meghan of Montecito', the former Suits big name recalled an come across she had at the 2019 London premiere of a live-action model of the Disney classic. She said an actor from South Africa pulled her aside and advised her: 'I simply want you to know: When you married into this family, we had fun in the streets the same we did when Mandela was freed from prison'.



But MailOnline has realized that the story has astonished the Mandela family. 'Mandla' Mandela, an MP and Chief of the late South African President's Mvezo tribe, said he used to be 'surprised' at her remarks.
He informed MailOnline: 'Madiba's social gathering used to be primarily based on overcoming 350 years of colonialism with 60 years of a brutal apartheid regime in South Africa. So It cannot be equated to as the same.'
His grandfather served 27 years in prison earlier than being released and re-uniting opponents and going on to lead his country.
Zwelivelile said when the human beings of South Africa expressed their pleasure at his grandfather's launch and danced in the streets, it was once for a a long way extra essential and serious purpose than her marriage 'to a white prince'.



The African National Congress MP added: 'We are still bearing scars of the past. But they had been (Mr Mandela's celebrations) a product of the majority of our humans being delivered out onto the streets to exercise the proper of vote casting for the first time.'
Meghan's claim has sparked rage and ridicule with critics telling her to 'get lost' and accusing her of showing 'utmost disrespect'.



Harry and Meghan have constructed up quite a relationship with the Mandela family in latest years - following in the footsteps of Harry's dad and mom Prince Charles and Princess Diana.
Just closing month, Harry gave a speech at the UN General Assembly for Nelson Mandela Day in New York City on July 18.
The Sussexes met Graca Machel, widow of Mandela, on the closing day of their tour of Africa in 2019. Harry additionally met Ms Machel when he visited South Africa in 2015.



And in 2018, Harry and Meghan met Mandela's granddaughter Zamaswazi Dlamini-Mandela at some point of a go to to the Nelson Mandela centenary exhibition at the Southbank Centre's Queen Elizabeth Hall in London.
Charles and Diana have been additionally close with Mandela. The late Princess of Wales met him in Cape Town in March 1997, while she was once in South Africa journeying her brother Earl Spencer.
And Charles took Mandela to Brixton in South London when he visited Britain in July 1996.



In addition, Mandela visited Diana's ancestral domestic at Althorp in Northamptonshire in November 2002 to see where she was buried.

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