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Prince Harry-Meghan Markle engagement: 10 facts

Prince Harry and Meghan Markle

Prince Harry and Meghan MarkleThe British monarchy is all set to welcome its new member as 33-year-old Prince Harry, a grandson of Queen Elizabeth II and fifth in line to the throne, got engaged to American model-actress and humanitarian Meghan Markle, 36.

Clarence House, the official residence of Prince Harry’s father Charles, Prince of Wales, and Camilla, Duchess of Cornwall, issued an official statement on Monday (Nov 27) confirming Prince Harry and Meghan Markle became engaged in London earlier this month. The wedding will take place in Spring 2018.

The couple will live in Nottingham Cottage at Kensington Palace, informed Clarence House.

Here are 10 facts about Prince Harry and Meghan Markle’s love story that might interest you:

1. Neither Prince nor Meghan Markle knew each other till they met. Prince Harry was equally clueless about Meghan Markel’s TV series “Suits”, as she was about the British Royal and his lifestyle.

2. They were introduced to each other by a mutual friend, whose name has been kept under the wraps. It was the mutual friend who set them up on a blind date.It went well, and the couple went on another date the next day. This followed a five-day vacation in Botswana the following month.

3. The spark was there on both sides so much so that when Harry went down on his knees to propose her, Meghan did not even let him finish and exclaimed: “Can I say yes now?”

The ring that sealed the bond has a large diamond from Botswana and two smaller diamonds from jewellery belonging to his late mother, Princess Diana.

4. The couple loves cooking together. In fact, Prince Harry proposed to Meghan Markle while they were trying to roast chicken. The prince and his bride-to-be said they got to know each other more while cooking dinner together. They prefer cooking dinner together over dining out.

5. Prince Harry and Meghan Markle said they will start planning their family soon, adding that they want to take one step at a time.

6. Having met her a “couple of times”, Meghan Markle finds Prince Harry’s grandmother Queen Elizabeth II “an incredible woman”. Harry said the Queen knew about their relationship “for quite some time”.

7. Prince finds it surprising that while Queen Elizabeth’s corgis always bark at him, they simply lay at Meghan’s feet during tea, wagging their tails.

8. Meghan Markle said joining the Royal family will bring in new responsibilities and that she will not be continuing as an actress post her marriage to Prince Harry.

9. Prince feels has his mother Princess Diana been alive, she would have been “over the moon, jumping up and down” at the news of his engagement. He was also sure that Princess Diana and Meghan Markle would have been “best friends” and “thick as thieves”.

“It is days like today when I really miss having her around and miss being able to share the happy news. But you know with the ring and with everything else that’s going on I’m sure she’s… with us,” Prince Harry told in a TV interview.

10. Post their marriage, Prince Harry and Meghan Markle plan to spend most of their time in Commonwealth countries.

Elaborating further, Prince Harry said there is a “hell of a lot of stuff and work that needs doing” and that “with lots of young people running around the Commonwealth that’s where we’re going to spend most of our time hopefully”.

Big Wire

Pic credit: Twitter @KesingtonRoyal

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