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LONDON - Britain's Prince Harry and Meghan, the Duchess of Sussex, marked Commonwealth Day by meeting with Canadians in London.

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LONDON – Britain’s Prince Harry and Meghan, the Duchess of Sussex, marked Commonwealth Day by meeting with Canadians in London.

Posts on the official Kensington Palace social media accounts showed the two at an event at Canada House.

The posts said they were “celebrating the diverse community of Canadians living around the U.K.”

Britain's Prince Harry and Meghan, Duchess of Sussex are given baby gifts by Canadian High Commissioner to the United Kingdom Janice Charette during the Commonwealth Day Youth Event at Canada House in London, Monday, March 11, 2019. The event will showcase and celebrate the diverse community of young Canadians living in London and around the UK. (Chris Jackson/Pool Photo via AP)
Britain's Prince Harry and Meghan, Duchess of Sussex are given baby gifts by Canadian High Commissioner to the United Kingdom Janice Charette during the Commonwealth Day Youth Event at Canada House in London, Monday, March 11, 2019. The event will showcase and celebrate the diverse community of young Canadians living in London and around the UK. (Chris Jackson/Pool Photo via AP)

They met with children as well as young Canadians working in fashion, the arts, business and academia.

They also helped in “the Canadian spring tradition” of making maple taffy by pouring hot syrup on trays of snow.

Meghan, who lived in Toronto while acting on the series “Suits” and is expecting the couple’s first child in April, wore a green coat by Montreal-born designer Erdem Moralioglu and gold earrings from Maison Birks.

Royal watchers waved Canadians flags while Mounties stood outside Monday’s event at the office of the High Commissioner for Canada in the United Kingdom.

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