A royal affair! Prince HarryAnd Meghan Markle’s relationship has been on the world’s radar ever since news broke in 2016 that they were dating.
They were introduced by mutual friends in July. One year later, the couple were reunited. Suits alum addressed the pair’s courtship for the first time.
“We’re a couple. We’re in love,” she gushed to Vanity FairAt the moment. “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.”
In November 2017, Harry & Meghan announced their engagement. After tying the knot in May 2018 at St George’s Chapel in Windsor, England, the queen gave them the additional title of the Duke and Duchess of Sussex.
Archie, Archie’s son, was born to the couple during their one-year wedding anniversary. The couple has been able to spend more quality time with their son, Archie, while they are quarantined due to the coronavirus epidemic.
“We were both there for his first steps, his first run, his first fall, his first everything,” Harry said during a conversation on International Day of the Girl in October 2020, while Meghan added, “I think it’s just fantastic, because I think in so many ways, we are fortunate to be able to have this time to watch him grow. And in the absence of COVID, we would be traveling and working more externally, and we’d miss a lot of those moments. So I think it’s been a lot of really good family time.”
Harry and Meghan announced their second child in February 2021. After suffering a miscarriage in July 2020, the California native received the happy news.
They have remained by each other’s side through thick and thin. As the former Tig blogger continued to be targeted British tabloids, Harry spoke out how he has a responsibility to shield her and their son, Archie, from harm’s way.
“I will always protect my family, and now I have a family to protect,” he said in ITV’s Harry & Meghan: An African JourneyOctober 2019 documentary “I will not be bullied into a game that was responsible for killing my mother [Princess Diana]. It is important to remember everything she went through and all that happened to it every day. And that is not me being paranoid, that is just me not wanting a repeat of the past.”
Harry and Meghan announced their retirement as senior royal family members in January 2020. They also stated plans to work towards financial independence. They left the British Army vet’s native U.K. for California in March 2020.
Buckingham Palace confirmed that the duo informed Buckingham Palace in February 2021, more than a year after their shocking departure. Queen Elizabeth IITheir decision to retire as working members of royal family will remain in effect. “While we are all saddened by their decision, the duke and duchess remain much-loved members of the family,” the monarch’s statement read.
Scroll down to see a timeline of the Duke and Duchess of Sussex’s romance so far.
