After touching down in Casablanca in serious style last night for their royal visit to Morocco, Meghan Markle and Prince Harry had a busy second day in the Atlas Mountains.

The couple spent the majority of their morning visiting with young women at Education for All, a national organization that builds and runs boarding houses for girls from ages 12 to 18, according to its website. Students staying in the EFA boarding house lined its entrance and performed a welcoming ceremony for the Duke and Duchess of Sussex as they arrived.

Once inside, Markle—who was wearing a navy Alice + Olivia navy blazer, skinny jeans, and her favorite Birdies black flats—got a henna tattoo on her left hand and wrist. “It’s for when we have a big party. Now she is pregnant we do the henna to keep her happy with the baby,” Khadeja Oukattou, an EFA housemother, told People of the design. “For good luck.”

She added that the girls were very excited about Markle’s pregnancy. “They wished them a good life and good health for them and the baby.”

Here’s a closer look at the beautiful design:

The henna tattoo, which was applied by one of the students, 17-year-old Samira Ouaadi, is traditionally given to pregnant women in their third trimester in countries like Morocco to protect mother and child from evil spirits. Markle’s sister-in-law Kate Middleton also got a henna design on a visit to Sunderland, England, when she was about seven months pregnant with Prince Louis last February.

Meghan Markle and Prince Harry finished their time at the boarding house with a tour of the facilities, during which the duchess spoke to the girls in excellent French, according to royal expert Richard Palmer.

Kensington Palace announced Markle’s pregnancy last October. Her baby is due sometime this spring.

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