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Prince Harry and Meghan Markle Are Officially Engaged


It’s official: Prince Harry and Meghan Markle are engaged.

Kensington Palace released a press release from Clarence House early Monday morning (November 27) on Twitter announcing the news.

“His Royal Highness The Prince of Wales is delighted to announce the engagement of Prince Harry to Ms Meghan Markle,” the release reads. “The wedding will take place in spring 2018. Further details about the wedding day will be announced in due course.”

According to the release, Markle and Prince Harry became engaged in London earlier this month, which refutes an earlier report that he popped the question in August on their trip to Africa. “Prince Harry has informed Her Majesty The Queen and other close members of his family,” the release continues. “Prince Harry has also sought and received the blessing of Ms. Markle’s parents.”

See the announcement for yourself, below:

Kensington Palace revealed in another tweet that Prince Harry and Markle will appear for a photo call later this afternoon and will sit down for a broadcast interview that will air this evening, U.K. time.

Markle’s parents, Thomas Markle and Doria Ragland, gave a statement to Kensington Palace wishing their daughter and Prince Harry a lifetime of happiness.

“We are incredibly happy for Meghan and Harry,” they said. “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 and passion for us parents. We wish them a lifetime of happiness and are very excited for their future together.”

Prince William and Kate Middleton, Duchess of Cambridge, also gave a statement wishing Markle and Prince Harry well: “We are very excited for Harry and Meghan. It has been wonderful getting to know Meghan and to see how happy she and Harry are together.”

We’ll update this post with more information as it comes in. Congratulations to Markle and Prince Harry!

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This Instagram Post Really Makes It Seem Like Meghan Markle Is Leaving 'Suits' to Be With Prince Harry


It’s been rumored for weeks that Meghan Markle is planning on relocating to England to be closer to her boyfriend, Prince Harry—but the evidence for this has been thin. First, there was the report that claimed she didn’t renew her Audi car lease in Toronto. Then, the Daily Mail said Markle moved her dogs to the U.K. Both of these stories are circumstantial, though. It’s entirely possible Markle ended her car lease for another reason besides moving across the Atlantic ocean.

But a since-deleted Instagram post from Markle’s Suits stand-in offers more concrete proof. Nicky Bursic, who served as Markle’s body double for two years on the hit USA show, posted a farewell message that seemed to imply Markle is leaving. This, interestingly, corroborates Deadline‘s report that Markle is eyeing to exit Suits after its seventh season.

“It’s been an absolute please and honour being your ‘STAND-IN’ for the last 2 seasons @meghanmarkle. Though I’ve been on @suits_usa for 6 years, the latter 2 [have] been my most memorable. Wishing you all the happiness in the world Bella,” she wrote, adding #youdeserveitall and #loveher,” she posted, according to InStyle.

Think about this for a second. Suits turned Markle into a star. She’s known for it, much like Mariska Hargitay in Law & Order: Special Victims Unit or Ellen Pompeo in Grey’s Anatomy. It seems unlikely she’d leave…unless it was for something big. Something like a move to the U.K.

Of course, we don’t know anything for sure yet. Bursic’s post was deleted, after all, so maybe there’s more to the story than we know. That being said, I think it’s safe to get a little excited about this. It’s the strongest evidence we have that points to a second royal wedding. And my heart isn’t ready.

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Kate Middleton Reportedly Said Prince William Had Trouble Getting Used to Being a Dad


Apparently, parenting wasn’t always a royal flush for Prince William. During a visit to the Hornsey Road Children’s Centre in London on Tuesday, Kate Middleton reportedly told another parent that it took some time for her husband to get used to being a dad after Prince George was born, in July 2013.

Billy, a single dad who is raising his seven-month-old daughter, Violet, by himself, told British magazine Hello! that the duchess of Cambridge gave him some helpful reassurance after he spoke to her about his struggles with early fatherhood. “She was saying William was sort of similar, and I just wanted to let her know how Family Action have been there for me and I think they need more support,” he said. (Family Action is a U.K.-based organization that provides financial and emotional support to families in need, and works closely with the Children’s Centre.)

Another parent who spoke to Princess Kate at the Hornsey Road Children’s Centre told Hello! about her own down-to-earth interaction with the royal, who is expecting her third child in April. “She was asking about what [my son] liked, and he said he liked airplanes, and she was asking if he’d seen a Spitfire, and we said we liked going to the Science Museum and RAF museum,” Michelle, a mother of two, said. “She was saying how George likes helicopters, she was saying about the top floor of the Science Museum where the helicopters are.”

Middleton also opened up about two-year-old Princess Charlotte‘s interests while accepting a bouquet of flowers from six-year-old Nevaeh Richardson-Natiko, according to People. “She asked me what my favorite color is,” Richardson-Natiko said. “I said it was pink, and she said that’s Charlotte’s favorite color too.”

The duchess had to cancel several public appearances recently due to hyperemesis gravidarum, a severe form of morning sickness that she also experienced during her first two pregnancies and which forced her to announce her third pregnancy somewhat early. But in recent weeks she has resumed her normal activities, hosting a Buckingham Palace reception honoring workers in the mental health field, alongside princes William and Harry; spent a day at London’s National Tennis Centre; and, best of all, danced with Paddington Bear at a children’s charity event.

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New Genealogical Investigation Reveals Meghan Markle and Prince Harry Are Distant Cousins


Meghan Markle was born in California and is the daughter of two film industry veterans. Prince Harry, obviously, hails from England and is an heir to the British throne. Their backgrounds are wildly different, but a new report from The Daily Mail reveals Markle and Prince Harry have more in common than they think. Are you ready for this? According to the publication, they’re cousins—albeit incredibly distant ones. (Fifteenth cousins, to be exact.)

It’s important to remember that being 15th cousins with someone really doesn’t mean much. I’m, like, 80 percent positive everyone is related to everyone if you look back far enough—so don’t let this news stop you from shipping Markle and Prince Harry.

It is an interesting tidbit, though. A genealogical investigation conducted by The Daily Mail shows Markle and Prince Harry are related through a late 15th-century ancestor of the Queen Mother. His name is Ralph Bowes, a High Sheriff of County Durham, who lived from 1480 to 1516. Bowes’ grandson, Christopher Hussey, was a founder of Nantucket, Massachusetts, and his lineage led to the birth of Markle.

Meanwhile, Bowes’ great-grandson, Sir George Bowes, became a member of Parliament during King Charles II’s reign; he and Prince Harry are directly connected—just generations apart. Interesting, right? (You can read The Daily Mail’s full genealogical report here.)

Markle and Prince Harry began dating in October 2016. Their relationship is meticulously covered despite the fact they rarely discuss it publicly themselves. “We’re a couple,” Markle told Vanity Fair over the summer. “We’re in love. I’m sure there will be a time when we will have to come forward and present ourselves and have stories to tell, but I hope what people will understand is that this is our time. This is for us. It’s part of what makes it so special, that it’s just ours. But we’re happy. Personally, I love a great love story.”

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Barack Obama, Prince Harry, and Joe Biden Are Now Hanging Out


This past week Prince Harry spent some time with a couple of Very Important People while attending the Invictus Games—a week-long international sporting event he started for injured servicemen and women in Toronto—and honestly, it’s been a gift. One day he posed with First Lady Melania Trump and made some highly inscrutable hand gestures, and the next he was seen for the first time in public (and holding hands with) girlfriend Meghan Markle. The prince was also spotted making no less than 30 silly faces at an adorable young girl who tried to steal his popcorn during the games.

And it gets better (and bro-ier): Prince Harry spent the last day of the event kicking it with former President Barack Obama, former Vice President Joe Biden, and his wife Jill.

The group looked like they were having the best time, which isn’t surprising considering Prince Harry and Obama are already real-life pals. They’ve hung out together at Kensington Palace, after all. (Same.) And we all know the love couldn’t be more real between Obama and Biden.

Below, we present a few shots of the guys enjoying the games together:

PHOTO: Karwai Tang

Day 7: Invictus Games Toronto 2017

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Day 7: Invictus Games Toronto 2017

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Day 7: Invictus Games Toronto 2017

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Day 7: Invictus Games Toronto 2017

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Day 7: Invictus Games Toronto 2017

PHOTO: Samir Hussein

It’s nice to see this group hanging out, especially considering how busy each has been lately. Obama recently dropped his daughter Malia off at college and he’s been fighting for DACA. Prince Harry has been dealing with engagement rumors. And Biden’s been spending plenty of time championing women and generally being a model feminist. He also voiced his support for friend and actress Julia Louis-Dreyfus, who on Thursday revealed she’s been diagnosed with breast cancer.

So basically, you couldn’t ask for a cooler reunion.

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Prince William Responds With a Laugh to Comment About Prince Harry's Rumored Engagement


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The royal family is staying mum on the topic of Prince Harry and Meghan Markle‘s engagement—namely, whether it already happened or will be happening in the very near future. Most recently Prince William deflected a comment about his younger brother’s potential nuptials with the tried-and-true strategy of laughing awkwardly and changing the subject.

According to People, William paid a visit to William Cowley Parchment Makers, which provides the vellum used for royal and Parliament documents, in the English town of Milton Keynes on Tuesday. Paul Wright, William Cowley’s general manager, told the magazine that he oh-so-casually mentioned to Will that “if Prince Harry marries Meghan, then his certificate will be in our vellum.” In response, William “just laughed—a nice laugh,” Wright said.

Although it’s not much to go on, Prince William’s “nice laugh” is the only comment any member of the royal family has made regarding the engagement (besides Markle’s own coy, wordless smile when asked earlier this summer whether she was planning on taking a trip down the aisle anytime soon), so feel free to perform an unnecessarily deep, obsessive analysis on this sparing report.

The “nice laugh” heard ’round the world took place less than 24 hours after Markle and Prince Harry made their first joint appearance at the Invictus Games in Toronto. On Monday the lovebirds attended a wheelchair tennis match together and then held hands (!) while walking around the event grounds. Notably, the Suits actress was wearing a white button-down shirt from designer Misha Nonoo that’s called the—wait for it—Husband blouse. Be still, our British-royals-loving hearts.

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Engagement rumors have been swirling around Harry, 33, and Markle, 36, for months. In July multiple sources reported that a proposal was “fast approaching.” The rumors only increased when, in the span of a few weeks in late August and early September, Harry was reported to be working closely with a jeweler, the pair vacationed in the exact same location in Africa where Prince Harry proposed to Kate, and Markle met Queen Elizabeth.

And if all of that weren’t enough confirmation that an engagement is truly imminent, Markle finally broke her silence on the one-year relationship in the October issue of Vanity Fair. “We’re two people who are really happy and in love,” she said. “We’re a couple. We’re in love. I’m sure there will be a time when we will have to come forward and present ourselves and have stories to tell, but I hope what people will understand is that this is our time. This is for us. It’s part of what makes it so special, that it’s just ours. But we’re happy. Personally, I love a great love story.”



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