The Duchess of Sussex has been forced to cut short an engagement in Fiji on Wednesday morning due to what is being described as a security risk.
Meghan’s visit to the market in Suva has been cut short due to a ‘security risk’ – KP blaming massive crowds.
— Rebecca English (@RE_DailyMail) October 23, 2018
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Meghan was due to visit a market in Suva, however, due to the size of the crowds the engagement has had to end.
In Suva, the Duchess heard about women’s organizations in Fiji, and learn more about the UN Women’s project, Markets for Change. Afterwards, she was due to visit Suva Market for the UN Women’s project.
Meghan was really rushed through #Suva market and spent less than ten minutes there. The palace said she did meet the women she was meant to, but there were lots of disappointed Fijian’s who said it was too fast and the security too tight pic.twitter.com/Bqmd9mkgbm
— Rhiannon Mills (@SkyRhiannon) October 24, 2018
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Due to the number of people gathered to get a glimpse of the pregnant Duchess, the decision was made to cut short the engagement.
Thousands of people were on the streets, with more climbing onto roofs of buildings.