A British high school student embraced his moment with Meghan Markle by writing a lighthearted apology to Prince Harry for cuddling her.

After Aker Okoye hugged the Duchess of Sussex and called her beautiful at a recent International Womens Day event in London, he penned a mea culpa and shared it in the Sun tabloid this week.

I hope you didnt mind me cuddling your wife, he wrote to Harry, explaining that he was just overwhelmed and shocked to see her arrive at my school.

Aker, 16, called her inspirational and wrote that he hoped to meet Harry one day.

On Friday at Robert Clack Upper School, Aker answered Meghans call for a brave young man to step on stage. She really is beautiful, innit? Aker commented in the clip posted to the royal couples Instagram.

The duchess laughed and wagged her finger at him. After a speech in which he noted the strong women in his life and reminded everyone that women do it all, Aker and Meghan exchanged a big hug. Meghan did appear to initiate the embrace with an arms wide open gesture, so Aker can probably rest assured that Harry wouldnt take umbrage.