Wait, Are Prince Harry and Meghan Markle the 'Love Actually' Kids?
Prince Harry and Meghan Markle’s royal engagement has been very distracting this week. Between news of Harry’s real first name and the blinding dazzle of Markle’s ring, the approaching holiday season, with all the classic movies that come along with it, has almost been eclipsed—almost. Luckily, comedian Travon Free remembered to have his annual Love Actually viewing, because he made a fantastic discovery—Harry and his bride to be look a lot like grown-up versions of the film’s cutest almost couple, Sam (Thomas Brodie-Sangster) and Joanna (Olivia Olson).
Free first tweeted out a side-by-side image of the real-life couple and their adorable fictional doppelgangers, according to HuffPost, immediately putting the puzzle pieces together for all the fans of the film. Even Olivia Olson, aka American Joanna, agrees the resemblance is there, posting the side-by-sides on her Instagram with the caption, “Memedom congrats to the happy couple…lol.”
Of course, fans do know exactly what happened to “grown-up Sam and Joanna,” after the continuation of their love story was addressed in a short Love Actually “sequel” released this summer for Red Nose Day. In the short film, Sam, now in his late 20s, meets up with his dad (Liam Neeson), who was so supportive of his youthful courtship, to tell him he’s reunited with Joanna and the two are engaged. It’s truly a love story for the ages, now tied to another great love story.
Go ahead and take this as your Yuletide reminder to rewatch the greatest British anthology Christmas rom-com ever made, and listen to “All I Want For Christmas Is You” on repeat while gazing at photos of Meghan and Prince Harry. A Merry Christmas, indeed.