November 27, it became known about the engagement of Prince Harry and American actress Megan Markle. The couple tried to hide their romance, but some details were still leaked to the press.
So, new facts about Prince Harry and his bride.
1. For the first time in 80 years a member of the British royal family will be an American.
80 years ago, in 1937, British King Edward VIII, contrary to public opinion, married an American, Wallis Simpson. This marriage cost him the crown, because according to the law of that era, a member of the royal family could not bind himself with a sacred bond with a divorced woman.
Fortunately, in 2002 this stern law was canceled, and now nothing can prevent the wedding of Prince Harry and his chosen one, whose biography already has one marriage and divorce.
2. The relationship between Harry and Megan develops more than the novel of the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge.
Megan and Harry announced their engagement 16 months after the start of the relationship, and their marriage will take place in the spring of 2018. While Harry's brother, Prince William, met his future wife Keith Middleton in 2001, began dating her in 2003, announced an engagement in 2010, and married in 2011. Thus, in the case of William and Kate between acquaintance and 10 years passed.
3. Megan and Harry met in London in July 2016.
They arranged a "blind date" a kind of common friend, whose name is not disclosed. According to insiders, the only question Megan asked her friend before the meeting was: "Is he nice?"
4. Until the very first meeting with Megan, Harry did not hear anything about her.
Megan Markle was known to the world public for one of the main roles in the series "Force Majeure", but Harry never watched it, so he was pleasantly surprised when he saw Megan for the first time. The girl immediately impressed the prince, but he thought that he would have to try to achieve its location. Megan herself was never interested in the life of the British royal family and did not know anything about the mores and character of Harry, she had to recognize the prince literally "from scratch".
5. A few weeks after the first date, the Prince and Megan went on vacation to Botswana.
They spent five days in this African country, and, according to Harry, it was amazing. The time spent together gave them the opportunity to get to know each other better.
Prince Harry has a special relationship with Botswana. It was to this country that he went with his father and brother after the death of Princess Diana:
"For the first time I was in Botswana in 1997, right after my mother died. Then the father told us with his brother that we would go to Africa to get away from all this terrible sensation "
Harry once said that only in Africa he can be himself and live a "normal" life.
6. On November 8, 2016, Prince Harry officially confirmed his affair with Megan.
He did this because of the persecution of the paparazzi and the offensive remarks of some media about his lover. Many people thought that an American woman was not a prince, she was older than him for 3 years, divorced, acted in frank scenes and besides a mulatto (Megan's mother is African American). So, on the pages of the tabloid The Daily Star an article appeared under the heading "Harry will become a member of the gangster family: the prince's bride comes from a criminal district"
On the official page of Kensington Palace on Twitter, a letter appeared in which Prince Harry asked journalists to leave Megan alone. The letter said:
"Prince Harry is worried about Miss Marcl's security and deeply disappointed that he was not able to protect her. It is fundamentally wrong that a few months after the relationship with him, Miss Markle became the object of such a vigorous interest in her persona "
As expected, the world media did not listen to Harry's request, but continued to pursue Megan.
7. Harry made an offer to Megan a few weeks ago at his cottage.
A significant event occurred in the evening, when the couple cooked their own dinner. Suddenly the prince stood on one knee and excitedly asked the girl to become his wife. Megan recalls:
"It was so sweet, so natural and very romantic"
Megan did not even give a talk to her lover and answered:
"Can I say" yes "?
Then they rushed into each other's arms, and Harry handed the bride an engagement ring of his own design.
8. Harry himself came up with the design of the engagement ring Megan.
On the gold ring, three diamonds - the largest extracted from the field in Botswana, and the other two previously belonged to Princess Diana.
9. Megan Markle will leave the career of an actress.
The couple announced that Megan will no longer be filming. Together with Harry, she will concentrate on charitable activities.
10. Megan still has a lot to learn.
Royal Etiquette contains many rules, of which Megan, perhaps, has no idea. For example, during social events, you can not sit cross-legged.
Also, the future wife of Prince Harry will have to reconsider his wardrobe and take the example of the Duchess of Cambridge.