Another royal wedding is finally on the calendar!
After months of speculation, it has finally been confirmed: Prince Harry is engaged!
The former “party boy, bachelor” has long since hung up his wild ways and has settled down. The prince proposed to his girlfriend, Meghan Markle, earlier in November.
The couple sparked marriage rumors after making their first public appearance together at the Invictus Games in October 2017. Before that, Meghan had given an interview gushing about her then-boyfriend.
In a September 2017 interview with Vanity Fair, she said of her now fiancé:
“We’re two people who are really happy and in love. We were very quietly dating for about six months before it became news, and I was working during that whole time, and the only thing that changed was people’s perception. Nothing about me changed. I’m still the same person that I am, and I’ve never defined myself by my relationship.”
The pair met in July 2016 and quickly began dating. Like Meghan said, they kept their relationship a secret those first few months. In fact, until the fall of 2017, the pair were hardly every spotted out together.
Once they began making appearances together and speaking about each other in interviews, many theorized an engagement was in the works.
The happy couple is set to wed in spring 2018. They gave a joint interview with BBC shortly after the engagement news broke and while they don’t have immediate plans to have children, they do plan to have them in the semi-near future. Would Prince Harry just make the best dad? He is already an amazing uncle!
As for how Prince Harry popped the question? It was on a quiet Sunday night earlier this month.
They were in the middle of roasting a chicken! That’s one way to make cooking dinner romantic.
People across the globe rushed to congratulate the couple. Prince William and Kate Middleton shared a joint statement (and surely had many wonderful things to say in person).
“We are very excited for Harry and Meghan,” the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge, both 35, said in a statement. “It has been wonderful getting to know Meghan and to see how happy she and Harry are together.”
This is the first British royal engagement to an American since King Edward VIII abdicated the throne to wed divorced Baltimore socialite Wallis Simpson. The church takes no issue with Prince Harry and Meghan’s engagement, even though Meghan was previously married. Glad to see things are changing!
It was reported in early November that Meghan had moved out of her Toronto apartment. It was speculated that she was planning a wedding, and those rumors were right! Prince Harry and Meghan will reside in the prince’s Nottingham Cottage.
Being a true gentleman and polite royal, Prince Harry asked Meghan’s parents for her hand in marriage. Meghan’s parents, Thomas Markle and Doria Ragland, released a statement via Kensington Palace.
“We are incredibly happy for Meghan and Harry. Our daughter has always been a kind and loving person. To see her union with Harry, who shares the same qualities, is a source of great joy for us as parents. We wish them a lifetime of happiness and are very excited for their future together.”
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