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Royal weddings are steeped
in tradition-- grand affairs

that combine royalty,
tradition, and old world values.

Well, that's all
about to change,

because Prince Harry
dances to his own tune.

Prince Charles to his
son Prince William--

each chose the perfect
British princess.

Prince Harry took
a different route

in a very confident,
independent, and drop-down

gorgeous American
named Meghan Markle.

We're all very excited and
delighted for them both.

William and I are absolutely
thrilled,

it's such
exciting news.

Well, the queen's
happy about it.

If she wasn't
happy, she wouldn't

have given her permission.

This relationship
with Meghan Markle

was going to go all
the way to the altar.

We look at Prince
Harry and Meghan

and how they came together
in a whirlwind romance.

It's not about protocol.

It's not about the family.

It's about the two
people who are in love.

And it's just always nice when
someone who seems really cool,

falls in love, and gets engaged.

Super excited for her.

Just an amazing surprise.

It was so sweet and
natural and very romantic.

He got on one knee.

Through expert opinion,
we show you preparations

from the royal venue to the
cake and everything in between.

We will also examine past royal
weddings and how they compare

to Harry and Meghan's.

We will also
celebrate the big day

and discuss the future for
this fairy tale match-up.

Meghan may not be from
the proper bloodlines,

but no matter--

she has won over
the British public

and captured the
heart of a prince.

When news of Prince Harry's new
love, actress Meghan Markle,

hit the internet, it
rocked royal foundations

and sent the press
into a tailspin.

This relationship
with Meghan Markle

was going to go all
the way to the altar--

that they had never seen Harry
so in love, so head-turned,

and actually, so happy.

In the absence of any denials
from Kensington Palace

or royal insiders, the world
knew that the bachelor prince

was serious about his new love.

It's an incredible
love story, isn't it?

An American actress
meets Prince Charming.

An onslaught of questions began
to form about the romance.

Where did they meet?

How long?

And most important,
who is Miss Markle?

Meghan grew up in a family
with not a lot of money.

Her parents separated when
she was six years old.

Meghan is one of
our own, you know.

She started as kind of a
real girl from Los Angeles.

Meghan Markle is a very
special, engaging woman.

She's extremely clever, she's
very sincere and very eloquent,

and I think she's one of those
people who everybody, when they

meet her, falls in love with.

Markle, a successful
actress and philanthropist

in her own right, had
no problem dealing

with the intense speculation
regarding her romance.

Meghan Markle is going
to be a bigger interest

factor than
William's wife, Kate,

because of the
connection, because

of the American
connection, because

of the fact that-- the divorce,
and the sort of film star

which generates
so much interest.

This is somebody who has been
an actress for many years,

and who has become quite
a big star, and also

potentially could have become
a really big Hollywood star.

As the romance grew from
strength to strength,

the engagement announcement
in November of 2017

was not surprising and
celebrated worldwide.

Not only was everyone excited
about new blood being pumped

into the royal family, but
that the lovable prince

who struggled through
years of emotional hardship

had finally found a
home for his heart.

Once labeled the "wild
royal," Prince Harry

was born and raised under
the intense scrutiny

of global media.

I remember the very
first day that I

went to Sandringham
House in Norfolk--

which is one of the
queen's palaces.

And I remember walking
and being shown

into this white room, this
royal room at Sandringham

by a very attentive
butler, and he said,

it's Inspector Wharf,
ma'am, from London.

Oh, she said.

Ken, I don't envy you
looking after my children--

they can be a bloody nuisance.

At which point, Harry
was de-stamen-izing

this vase of royal
lilies on a small table,

and William was attempting
to play the piano,

and William turned
round and said, no, no.

No, we're not.

Are we, Harry?

And he sort of burbled
something as a three-year-old,

fell off this table, followed
by this vase of lilies

that crashed on the floor.

Of course they get up and
run, like any kids do,

and Diana says, come here,
both of you, come here!

And runs out of the room.

And I haven't said a word.

He performed his first royal
duties as a small child,

and nearly drowned in
scandal as a young adult,

all before witnessing
the atrocities of war

in an active combat role while
serving in the British Army.

I remember him as
a three-year-old.

He was never out
of khaki uniforms.

This guy was a
soldier in waiting.

Luckily, he had
every encouragement

from his father and his mother.

I got here on Christmas Eve.

Most of the guys
were pretty bummed

that I was here, because
nothing was happening

for the first few
days I was here,

but things are
picking up again now.

And he achieved that.

He went to the Military
Academy at Sandhurst.

He sort of fought his
battle in Afghanistan.

But of course he realized
that this wasn't an army

life forever because of the
risks involved, you know.

He himself had to be
protected in Afghanistan.

And he realized that after the
first tour and the second tour,

he couldn't really justify that.

And the only thing
that let him down

was the fact that he was a
member of the royal family.

But there is no doubt that the
singular most painful event

in the young prince's life was
his mother's death in 1997.

The world watched
Harry, aged 12,

walk behind his mother's coffin
as the funeral procession wove

through London to
Westminster Abbey.

A lot of people hold Harry in
particular affection, actually,

around the world.

They remember that
image of Harry walking

behind his mother's coffin.

Prince Harry, now an
activist for mental health,

revealed that decades
of chaos followed

this life-altering loss.

Harry has come
from a broken home.

Harry has admitted to
having mental health issues,

having to come to terms with
the death of his mother.

It actually took him
20 years to admit

that he did have these
mental health issues,

and he did something about it.

He stumbled publicly, and
the world got to see it all.

The Nazi costume worn
to a fancy dress party,

the racial nicknames doled out
to fellow Sandhurst cadets,

and strip billiards in Las
Vegas with nude photos to boot.

Harry has grown up a lot
in the last few years,

if we remember the kind of
celebrity kind of lifestyle

he was living, and some of
those parties he was going to,

and those pictures of him
that were less than desirable,

as far as the queen
was concerned.

We've seen Harry's struggle
throughout the years, you know.

Whether it's through acting
out with drugs or other things.

Harry acted out as
most young adults do,

except his mistakes were public.

He's been sort of a
typical teenage boy,

a typical young
20-something boy,

but he's had to do it in the
public eye on the world stage.

Even apologies were
critiqued and judged.

Beyond the paparazzi
noise, it became clear

that this was not a
usual teenage rebellion.

Harry was suffering.

Harry, in every
sense of the word,

is a carbon copy of his
mother in so many ways.

You know, he has that sort
of risk element attached

to his life.

He likes a joke, he
gets things wrong,

you know, but he learns
from his mistakes.

I know people have
given him a bit

of a kicking in the
past with the things

that, in some people's
words, brought

discredit on the
royal family, but he's

learned from his mistakes.

And in that sense,
you know, that

gives him that normality, a
word that Diana was using often.

You know, I just want
my kids to be normal.

I want to be normal.

Who knows what the
situation would be,

what the world would be like,
if she was still around?

So no, there's all sorts
of thoughts and emotions

that come running
through, especially

the fact that I was here
last in 1993, running around

with Donald Duck and all
those characters with her.

And now I'm back here, at 31
years old, and trying my best

to make her proud.

Harry's transformation has
been actually a remarkable one,

because we've seen his life take
really many different paths.

We've seen him get into
trouble for underage drinking,

for smoking cannabis,
for dressing up as a Nazi

at a friend's birthday
party, for ending up

without any clothes on
more recently in Vegas.

And each time these
things happen, the public,

I think, forgive Harry,
and I think they probably

forgive him because he's got
a place in all of our hearts.

I don't think anyone
will ever forget

that very, very striking and
heartfelt image of him walking

behind his mother's coffin.

He was 12 years old
when he lost his mother.

Prince Harry found
inspiration for change

through the unconditional
support of his brother, Prince

William, who gave Harry a
hearty dose of the candid

honesty he needed.

Amidst the turmoil of
grief, adolescence, and life

as a royal, the influence
of Diana's passion

for humanitarian work,
and specifically HIV,

remained with Harry.

After visiting Lesotho
in his gap year,

Harry and Prince
Seeiso of Lesotho

formed the Sentebale
organization in 2016.

The charity started in 2006, and
it was started by Prince Harry

and also Prince
Seeiso of Lesotho,

and it followed a visit
that Harry made in 2004.

He spent a couple of months up
in the mountains in Lesotho--

it's a very remote
area, and he was really

struck particularly by the
plight of the children there.

There are so many vulnerable
children in Lesotho--

it's a very poor
country, and it has

been affected very seriously
by the HIV/AIDS epidemic,

so one in three
children are orphaned

as a result of the epidemic.

It's behind the scenes,
up in the mountains,

where volunteer nurses are
doing sort of house runs

to go and basically help
these really sick people--

not just kids, but
elderly people as well who

are dying of AIDS,
lying in their beds

with no access to a hospital,
no access to a clinic.

Sentebale means "forget me
not" in Lesotho's and was

the word deliberately
chosen to represent

both princes' late mothers.

The work that we do in
Lesotho and Botswana,

and soon Malawi, is to
provide a safe space

for children who are living with
HIV, to be able to learn more

about living with HIV, be
able to build confidence

and resilience about
how they stay healthy.

Why Lesotho was
because he was there,

and obviously he saw and
witnessed himself the situation

that some of the
young people were in,

and so he just
responded to that.

But obviously, it does stem
from interest and support

and following on-- his mother
started in terms of breaking

down stigma around HIV.

I would ask friends
of mine choosing

where I should go
for my gap year,

and it was sort of based around
what my mother had been doing,

and I wanted to carry that on.

And what better place
than to do it here?

It's got a problem with AIDS,
and there's lots of children.

I'm sure she knew this
place, but, I don't know,

we're trying to start
something slightly new.

Carrying the torch for
his mother, the "People's

Princess," humanitarian work is
critical in Prince Harry's role

as a royal.

Prince Harry's been very, very
involved, and very actively

involved, in the charity
from the very beginning,

from the very start.

He regularly attends
board meetings,

he has to sign off the strategy.

In addition to that, he
loves being out in the field,

and the reason for
that, really, he's

got a real genuine empathy
with young people, with kids.

They really are massively
be attracted to him.

We've seen him with
his nephew and niece.

We've seen him with
children, whether it's

at Sentebale in Lesotho.

We've seen him with
children in hospital,

we've seen him in
nursery schools,

we've seen him at schools.

We've seen him with people
at the Invictus Games.

Harry is a people
person, but there is

something lacking in his life.

Harry's mischievous
nature has always

won hearts, even while
struggling on the inside.

The prince's rugged good
looks and charming ways

attracted potential suitors.

Chelsy Davy was one
such lady and became

Prince Harry's on and off
girlfriend from 2004 to 2011.

Chelsy Davy was a long
term, but that fizzled out.

I don't think Chelsy
Davy was prepared

to go into the goldfish bowl.

Sometimes the timing
just isn't right,

and this relationship
was not to be.

In 2012, his casual
dating came to a halt

again when his cousin,
Princess Eugenie,

introduced him to
Cressida Bonas.

She was an actor.

She didn't want to.

She wanted to pursue
an acting career.

This relationship ended in
2014, when royal public life

became too much for Cressida.

There were points when I
think most people thought

that the relationship might
end with an engagement,

but actually, neither
of these girlfriends

wanted the intense
spotlight that comes

with being a royal girlfriend.

They didn't want that level
of intrusion in their lives,

and ultimately, they weren't
prepared to make the sacrifice

that they needed to make
to be with Prince Harry.

Through ups and
downs, Harry has been

able to find himself, and
now, his soulmate, in 2016,

when a friend in
Toronto introduced

Meghan Markle to a prince.

Perhaps in some way, the
universe knew it was time.

I didn't know much about
him, and so the only thing

that I had asked her when she
said she wanted to set us up

was--

I had one question.

I said, well, is he nice?

Already a successful actress
and well-known humanitarian,

36-year-old Meghan Markle
is accustomed to living

in the spotlight.

But in November 2017, her
engagement to Prince Harry

triggered an escalation
of media attention

that the royal-to-be had
probably never experienced

before.

It's the stuff of fairy tales--

another fantastical royal
wedding to inspire a nation--

but sadly, the joy
of this pending union

has been splintered by the
worst of those in the media

since the news of
their courtship broke.

Harry!

The difficulty, of course,
with Prince Harry finding love

with a famous actress
was exactly that--

she was a famous actress.

At the time that the
romance was actually

revealed in the
papers, I remember

she was promoting a
clothing line for Reitmans,

the Canadian department
store, and she

was having to do a lot
of press around that.

Well, how could you
do press interviews

around a clothing
line, and people not

want to talk about Prince Harry?

So I think they realized early
on, particularly at the palace,

that there was a potential
conflict of interest.

It's why we saw her
posting less on Instagram,

it's why we saw her eventually
close down her lifestyle blog,

and eventually give up her
career as an actress, which is

what she's done to marry Harry.

She's going to have to
be very careful of what

goes on social media now.

I mean, it's a royal rule of
thumb that there's no selfies,

and we saw that in her first
day out in Nottingham, when she

was taking photos with people.

She was like, no, I'm
not allowed-- no selfies.

Markle is a biracial American,
an actress, and a divorcee,

and while most people
find this union

a beautiful and refreshing
reflection on what

the 21st century
should reflect, it

made Markle an immediate
target for the dark media who

were quick to release bigoted,
racially charged slurs.

There's a misconception
that because I

have worked in the
entertainment industry

that this would be something
I would be familiar with.

But even though I'd been
on my show for six years

at that point, and
working before that,

I've never been part
of tabloid culture,

I've never been in pop culture.

And Meghan certainly felt
that the British press

were out to get her.

I don't think the press were
out to get her as such--

I think they were out to
find out as much as they

could about her.

You know, her ex-husband
being doorstepped, her mother

having reporters turning
up asking questions,

all of her friends
being contacted.

I haven't met him,
but I have spoken

to Meg a couple of times.

They're so happy and so in
love, and it's so normal.

It's not a nice
experience-- it's one

that Harry has spoken about
and has always recognized.

It's the one experience
that immediately

puts a potential girlfriend
off, and of course it would do.

That line between
public and private life

is almost nonexistent
anymore, and we

will continue to do our best to
ensure that there is the line.

I tried to warn you
as much as possible,

but I think both of us
were totally surprised

by the reaction.

Internet trolls pounced,
and a media storm

of sexist and bigoted
articles were released.

This appalling lack
of decency made

it impossible not to ponder
the similarities between Meghan

and Harry's late mother--

Diana, Princess
of Wales, who was

the subject of such intense
media scrutiny that most

believe the paparazzi
caused her tragic death.

Those people that caused the
accident, instead of helping,

were taking photographs of
her dying on the backseat.

And then those photographs
made their way back

to newsdesks in this country.

This was all pre-social
media, you know.

The genuine paparazzi
were the guys

with a camera round their neck,
and the sort of Fleet Street

mob, you know, the
national newspapers.

Now we've got this
extraordinary social media,

where everybody
with a smartphone

is a potential paparazzi.

I think I can very safely say,
as naive as it sounds now,

having gone through
this learning

curve in the past
year and a half,

I did not have any understanding
of just what it would be like.

Nowadays, it's not just
the TV we'll be watching.

We'll be watching
people social media,

we'll be going onto
their Instagrams

and going onto their
Twitter and their Snapchats

and their Facebooks to
see what their opinion is.

You know, it's not just
about-- in the olden days,

in Diana time, before
then, you would

have a royal correspondent
or a fashion expert

just saying their opinion.

Now you have millions
of people's opinions.

Not so long ago, Kate Middleton
endured similar scrutiny

and had to take legal
action to protect herself.

But this is 2018--

Miss Markle is
engaged to a man who,

sadly, knows too well the damage
an obsessive media can inflict.

I think that Harry's
probably being pretty cool

throughout this whole ride.

He's experienced that
sort of back and forth

of not totally being ready
for this royal family

and the living under the
microscope in the way that he

has had to, and I think
he's probably been a really

great coach and mentor
for Meghan through this,

kind of prepare her for what
she's about to experience.

It's not just of
course her career.

In terms of what Meghan
is going to have to learn,

she's going to have to
learn who her friends are,

she's going to have to
learn who she can trust,

she's going to have to get used
to having a protection officer

24/7, she's going to have to get
used to everything in her life,

absolutely everything, from
what she wears to who she's seen

with, to where she
goes for her facials,

to being photographed absolutely
everywhere, in every situation.

I think you can have as many
conversations as you want

and try and prepare
as much as possible,

but we were totally unprepared
for what happened after that.

It's funny, because
Harry can relate to that.

When he was bad boy Harry, you
know, three, four years ago,

he started up a fake Facebook
account-- he was Spike Wells--

and that's how he met
these girls in Vegas.

And you know, the palace
had to shut that down.

This time, Buckingham
Palace's response

was direct and swift when it
came

to the defense of Meghan Markle.

They called out the dark
media and put a swift end

to their trolling.

However, with Meghan having
experience in Hollywood,

this sort of scrutiny was an
everyday occurrence for her.

Not only could she
handle negative comments

on various social
sites, but she was a pro

with the paparazzi and media.

I think the reaction of Meghan
is getting better in the press.

I think it was
ugly to begin with.

I think the press
in the UK really,

really went hard on her.

And Meghan pointed that
out in her interview

that she had with Harry--
she said, you know,

I don't even read it anymore.

I think we were just hit
so hard at the beginning

with a lot of mistruths that
I made the choice to not read

anything, positive or negative.

I think Meghan is used
to tabloid spreads.

I think the fact of the
matter is, she has modeled.

She has been an up and coming
actress who's done very well.

She's done probably some
things she regrets in the past.

She's been married,
for one, you know--

which is a big story--
she's divorced.

The headlines are already
been out there for her,

so I don't think really
anything can faze her.

We think that Meghan, soon
to be the Duchess of Sussex,

has far more to offer the royal
family than the critics are

crying about.

I think you're going to see
with Meghan a bit of magic,

I think, to the royal family,
that sprinkling of stardust.

Meghan Markle is the epitome
of a true Californian.

Born and raised by her
Emmy award-winning father

and her mother, a social
worker and yoga instructor.

Meghan grew up in a family
with not a lot of money.

Her parents separated when
she was six years old.

Her dad actually won the
lottery when she was nine,

for 750,000 US dollars,
which allowed Meghan

to go to Northwestern
School, just outside Chicago,

which is an amazing university.

Had that not happened,
she would have never

had that opportunity,
but I bet you

Meghan still would have
been where she is today,

had she not gone
to that university.

Meghan is one of
our own, you know.

She started as kind of a
real girl from Los Angeles.

She went to Northwestern,
where she majored

in theater and
international relations,

and then obviously,
she became a TV star,

but she was still
fairly below the radar

for people that
didn't watch Suits,

so with Meghan, there is
this sense of a real girl,

just like us, married
into the royal family

and ascended to
this lofty position.

Her heritage and a relatively
privileged West Coast life

seemed to have given Meghan a
unique lens through which she

navigates the world.

It's plain to see that
she's worked tirelessly

to carve out an incredible,
successful career with grace

and elegance long before
meeting her prince.

There's also no need for concern
by the royal establishment

over Meghan's stamina for work.

Her resume makes us wonder
where she gets her energy.

Working as a
calligrapher to make

ends meet while auditioning
tirelessly alongside thousands

of other acting hopefuls
in LA and playing smaller

roles for years,
Meghan's tenacity

paid off when she landed
the role of Rachel Zane

in Suits in 2011.

There's a long
list of things that

don't qualify her
to be a royal bride,

but the truth is, if you
delve a little bit deeper

into who Meghan is and the roles
that she's had in the past,

she actually is quite
a solid fit for Harry,

and I think that the fact that
she was an actress on a hit TV

show has taught her a lot, and
will prepare her for this role.

Miss Markle has never been
the girl in the corner either.

When it comes to fighting
for the right causes,

at the tender age of
11, she fought for

and won a battle against
a national company

to change its sexist material.

It's about one out of
every three commercials

is going to say
something that's going

to hurt somebody's feelings.

Her willingness to work
freely for humanitarian causes

was well documented long
before meeting her prince.

I am proud to be a
woman and a feminist.

A relentless advocate
for women's rights,

Markle has campaigned on this
issue with the United Nations

since 2015.

Women need a seat at the table.

They need an invitation
to be seated there,

and in some cases, where this
isn't available, well then,

you know what?

Then they need to
create their own table.

Meghan's an ambassador
for World Vision Canada--

we saw her go to Rwanda
on a water mission--

and I think that those are
things that Meghan loves and is

passionate about,
and she was really

interested in those things
before even having met Harry

or thought up this idea
of becoming a princess.

So I think that
that says a lot, is

that this is genuinely
something that's in her,

and not that she's
playing up to be.

I worked with
Meghan on, a thing called

with the Global Gift Gala,
which is a big event that we

do in London to raise awareness
for many different charities.

The charity we worked with
was called Caudwell Children,

which is for disabled children.

Meghan hosted it, and she got
very involved in what we did,

and she wants to learn
about the charity.

She wants to learn about
how we benefit the children.

It appears that Meghan will
fit right into life as a royal,

and bringing her grace,
poise, and proven work ethic,

and a seemingly inherent
desire to help others.

Both of us have passions for
wanting to make change, change

for good, and with
lots of young people

running around the
Commonwealth, that's

where we're going to spend
most of our time, I think.

And it was really one
of the first things

we connected on-- it was one
of the first things we started

talking about when
we met, was just

the different things that
we wanted to do in the world

and how passionate we are
about seeing change, I think.

For anyone obsessed with
the next royal romance,

the conjecture ended
in October 2016,

when news of Prince Harry
and American actress Meghan

Markle's relationship broke.

I received probably 15
emails and tweets kind of all

at once when the news broke.

Instead of the
excitement dissipating,

the buzz of this unexpected
romance broke records.

And we found out that she
was a little bit older

than him-- she obviously
was a famous actress

in her own right.

I immediately started
googling her and I was like,

OK, this girl, she's
beautiful, she's smart,

so it definitely was
exciting and intriguing.

Meghan was the most
googled woman in 2017.

It's what the public
wanted-- it was a love story,

it was exciting.

When the beans
spilled that they met

through a mutual friend, who
this royal matchmaker was

became the hottest
mystery in social media.

There have been many hints,
but no one has confirmed

or denied cupid's identity.

Yet.

We were introduced, actually,
by a mutual friend who--

we will--

We should protect her privacy.

Protect her privacy, yeah.

Not reveal too much of that.

And it was literally
through her,

and then we met once
and then twice back

to back, two dates
in London last July.

With the story of how
they met put to bed,

a new obsession took
over royal fans--

is Meghan Markle
actually the one?

It was I think about
three, maybe four, weeks

later that I managed to
persuade her to come and join me

in Botswana.

Right off the bat, he
took Meghan with him

to Botswana to
celebrate her birthday

and experience his glamping.

Then in 2016, it became
apparent that this relationship

was significant.

According to royal
watchers, when

Harry took Meghan to his best
friend's wedding in Jamaica,

gossip turned into
a genuine buzz.

The three-day
Jamaican celebration

was the best opportunity
yet for Harry

to introduce Meghan to his
inner circle of friends,

and it was reported that they
fell in love with her too.

The romantic occasion provided
the perfect opportunity

for the pair to show their
affection for one another.

We had a good five, six months
almost with just privacy,

which was amazing.

Very early on, we
realized we were

going to commit to
each other, and we

knew we had to invest the time
and the energy in whatever it

took to make that happen.

I don't think you had
any idea what time

zone you've been in for
the last year and a half.

No.

Coming over here
four days or a week,

and then going back
and then straight

into filming the next day, 4:00
AM wake-up calls on a Monday.

Yes.

Straight into set.

The media broke into a
frenzy when word got out

that the couple would be making
their first public appearance

together at the
2017 Invictus Games,

a major sporting event for
wounded veterans initiated

in 2014 by Prince Harry.

One week ago, I told you
that you needed to be ready,

but even I could not have been
ready for the scale of what

we witnessed at these games.

The Invictus Games are a
personal and important event

for him, so when Harry invited
Meghan's mother, Doria Radlan,

to join them at the
closing ceremony,

it was clear that this
romance is the real deal,

and that Harry had
Doria's blessing.

It's just how differently
they're doing things,

whether it's that sort of
very unusual show of affection

at the Invictus Games,
where Harry kissed Meghan,

not just in front of his
future mother-in-law,

but in front of the world.

The speculation changed course.

Now everyone wanted to know when
and how a proposal would occur,

but importantly,
was Meghan going

to be accepted by
the royal family,

and was the queen going
to permit such a union?

I think the queen's
definitely excited about this.

I think if anything, she's just
more excited about the fact

that Harry's finally going
to now be off the market.

I think there's
no reason to think

the queen wouldn't be
anything other than delighted

about this marriage.

She's a devoted grandmother--
she played a critical role

in Harry's life as a young
man after Diana's death.

Let's be honest--
she's in her 90s,

so she wants to make sure
that everything's right

before she goes, and I think
she's doing it really well.

She's become much
more progressive.

She's become much
more relatable.

She has allowed things that
potentially might not have

been allowed before to happen.

She understands too,
that if the royal family

is going to carry
on, that we need

to see them being modernized.

We need to feel
that we can actually

be a part of their lives.

Meghan had already met Prince
Harry's father, Prince Charles,

and his wife Camilla.

She was now good friends
with Prince William

and Catherine,
Duchess of Cambridge.

You know, I've been seeing
her for a period of time,

when I literally didn't
tell anybody at all.

And then William was longing to
meet her and so was Catherine.

So you know they're
your neighbors.

We managed to get that
in a couple of-- well,

quite a few times now.

And Catherine's
been absolutely--

She's been wonderful.

Amazing, as has
William, as well.

You know, fantastic support.

And then my father has already--
we had a couple of-- no,

more than that.

We've had--

A handful of teas
and meetings, and--

We've just had a really nice
time getting to know them

and progressively helping
me feel a part of,

not just the institution,
but also part

of the family, which has
been really, really special.

Their breaths were held at the
prospect of meeting the queen.

We didn't have to wait long.

When Harry whisked Meghan
away on a birthday holiday

to Botswana, the couple
returned and made a beeline

for Balmoral.

The consensus is that it
was at this summer residence

of the queen that
Prince Harry was

able to make a
formal introduction

to the 91-year-old monarch.

It's incredible, A, to be able
to meet her through his lens,

not just with his honor and
respect for her as the monarch,

but the love that he has
for her as his grandmother.

All of those layers have
been so important for me,

so that when I met her, I had
such a deep understanding,

and, of course,
incredible respect

for being able to have
that time with her.

And then, we've had a really--

she's an incredible woman.

As the couple's
relationship blossomed,

sweeping changes were
coming for Miss Markle

and her seven-year stint
playing Rachel Zane,

the feisty paralegal
in the hit show Suits.

The show's creator, Aaron
Korsh, and his writers

carefully planned for what
they saw as inevitable--

they gradually wrote Rachel
Zane out of the series.

It's a new chapter, right?

And also keep in mind,
I've been working

on my show for seven years,
so we're very, very fortunate

to be able to have that sort
of longevity on a series,

and for me, once we hit
the 100th episode marker,

I thought, you know what,
I have ticked this box,

and I feel really proud of
the work I've done there,

and now it's time to, as you
said, work as a team with you.

The anticipation of an
engagement continued to build,

and finally, a formal
announcement by Clarence House

was made--

Meghan Markle would become a
member of the British royal

family.

And tell us, how
did you propose?

[clatter of shutters]

Yeah, that will
come later, yeah.

Was it romantic?

The occasion itself will
generate global television

audiences, news items--
already they're planning it.

We're already, what,
five months away.

It is not lost to us that
a significant person is

missing from this happy event.

I spoke to a veteran royal
reporter who spent years

photographing Diana who took the
very first pictures of Meghan

and Harry kissing at
the polo last May.

He said he hadn't taken
pictures like that of the royals

since Diana.

Diana, Harry's mother,
has striking similarities

with Meghan Markle,
and Harry thinks they

would have been great pals.

She would be over the moon,
jumping up and down, so excited

for me--

but then, as I said,
would have probably

been best friends with Meghan.

Diana would have liked the
way that Harry had grown up.

I mean obviously, you know he
was in his early teens when

sadly, his mother died in
that tragic accident in Paris,

but he survived that--
he, as a young lad,

walked behind his
mother's coffin in front

of the world's media--

and he talks about
it openly now.

And so in that sense,
his mother would've

been exceptionally proud.

I think Diana would be thrilled
to see William and Harry settle

down with two really
perfect brides, actually.

Kate is so perfect for the
role that she has to fulfill.

And I think Meghan's going to
be a great success at home.

She's already proved to be
very suitable in so many ways.

They make the
princes happy, and I

think that's probably
more important to Diana

than anything else.

She said she wanted
them to marry for love.

Diana was a very hands-on
individual, so in that sense,

would have been delighted with
the way that William had found

his love, his wife,
at university.

And in the same way
that no pressure was

put on Harry to find his love.

Obviously not being
able to meet his mom,

it's so important to
me to know that she's

a part of this with
us, and I think

in being able to meet
just different people who

were so important to his mom
and able to, in some way,

know a part of her through
them, and of course through him.

But Prince Harry found a way
to ensure that a part of Diana

will always be
present, and designed

a ring that used two of his
mother's diamonds with his own

from Botswana.

The ring is a beautiful legacy,
both to their union and Diana.

The ring is obviously
yellow gold,

because that's her favorite,
and the main stone itself I

sourced from Botswana, and the
little diamonds either side

are from my mother's
jewelry collection,

to make sure that she's with us
on this crazy journey together.

And--

It's beautiful,
and he designed it.

It's incredible.

Meghan Markle has a
special kind of sparkle.

Her bright smile and demeanor
have that Hollywood glamor,

but it's her warmth and
genuine openness will

win over the British people.

You can't fake that.

This is the most
important thing,

in my view, that's happened to
the royal family for centuries.

I think Meghan
Markle is the best

thing to happen to
the monarchy in years.

She's young, she
understands the zeitgeist,

she understands
what people want,

and she really connects
with people in a way

that we also saw
with Princess Diana.

And so I think that
it's only a good thing

that we have Meghan in there.

She's sort of shaking
off the cobwebs

and moving the royal family
firmly into the 21st century.

There's no denying that Meghan
Markle's elegant fashion style

turns heads wherever she goes.

Even before her engagement
to Prince Harry,

Meghan's stylish appearance
grabbed the attention

of the fashion world.

Since news broke of her
relationship with Prince Harry,

Meghan has continued to
wear her favorite labels--

Mother, Erdem, Line, and
Misha Nonoo, to name a few.

When they first made
their public appearance

announcing that
they were engaged,

she had on a white
trench coat that

was made by a Canadian
company called Line.

She orders a lot of
her clothes from there.

It sold out within the hour.

In her interview with Harry,
chatting through the engagement

and how they met, she
was wearing a dress

from an Italian company.

Same thing-- sold
out within an hour.

Inherently, Markle
has already shown

that her love for fashion
and attention-grabbing style

can boost her humanitarian
work, just like her fiance's

late mother, Diana.

I love Meghan.

I think that it's
amazing that she

is very different
from the British mold.

I think that she's a
breath of fresh air

that's very necessary
in the royal family.

We've seen it with
her in terms of how

she dresses, how she
wears pants to events,

how she does her hair--

you know, unlike
say, Kate Middleton

or some of the other royals
who always look very perfectly

coiffed.

Meghan's style is
frequently compared

to her future sister-in-law.

Princess Kate is
quintessentially English.

You know, everything
that she wore

from when she was at university
was very twin set and pearls,

very sort of Chelsea girl.

That kind of feeling
that it's very, you know,

what you expect to
read when you open up

Horse & Hound or Tatler.

But you'd never see her in
sweatshirts and sweatpants

and some Uggs.

Whereas someone like
Meghan has been brought up

on Uggs and sweatpants,
because, obviously, she's

been on set so many times.

So she's gone from looking
quite off-set, when

you are quite dowdy,
and you don't really

care about everything,
to being on-set,

where she's ultra-glamorous.

And you know she's been at
numerous award ceremonies.

And she's also somebody
who's modeled for magazines

and modeled in fashion spreads.

With Kate over the years, we've
seen her come into her own--

she's wearing these
very expensive outfits--

whereas with Meghan,
we've seen her wear jeans,

we've seen her
wear ripped jeans.

We've seen her looking very
normal and accessible when

going to high profile
events, unlike Kate,

who always looks very perfect.

The Duchess of
Cambridge is also famous

for her classic, modern style.

There are many
similarities-- both

have the ability to
influence sales with the Kate

Effect and the Meghan Sparkle.

One thing that we've
noticed with the style,

first starting with Princess
Diana, and then Kate,

and now Meghan, is that all
of these bits of clothing

and these staple accessories
and tops and dresses,

they're so accessible, right?

I mean, you can really quickly
get online and find out,

where is that top from?

There'll be a link to
buy right then and there.

I definitely think that Meghan,
like Kate, has an effect when

it comes to selling clothing.

You want to get the
so-called Markle Sparkle.

We've seen it when she wears
something, immediately.

There are now style
blogs devoted to Kate,

there are now Twitter
accounts devoted to Meghan.

They've already made
headlines at a joint event

with their elegant style.

Kate portrays something
that people want.

Meghan portrays something
that is much more approachable

that people can get right away.

Some were concerned that a
rivalry could be in the works,

but it seems the two will have
a close relationship, much

like another royal
wife-y pairing.

I think it's impossible to
not compare Kate and Meghan

with Diana and Sarah.

In the case of Diana, she
was married to the heir,

and then you have
Sarah Ferguson--

she's this breath of fresh air.

She's always in the news for
doing silly or dramatic things,

she has a great sense of humor.

And you really do see that
comparison between Kate

and Meghan, where Kate is
a little more buttoned up,

she has more restrictions--
whereas Meghan

is kind of the playful one.

She's the new bright
young shiny thing.

We think Meghan meshes her own
relaxed Californian fashion

style beautifully with
her new British role,

and this is something
uniquely hers.

We also love that her
fashion choices are

diverse and inclusive,
and touch on a desire

to experience new trajectories.

Meghan Markle wears a lot more
ready-wear type of clothing,

and so what you're going to
have is fashion designers that

are making ready-wear
attire where they can

go ahead and produce
it quickly, sell it,

and then as soon as that
inventory sells out,

Meghan Markle will go ahead
and put her Markle spin on it

again, and then it will start
a whole new trend of clothing

along that "ready to
wear" business attire.

Meghan portrays something that
people can get right away,

and so it's something that
people can find at their local

department store, whether
it's Nordstrom's or Macy's.

Oh, do I love to online shop.

Of course, especially
with our hours, too.

So easy.

Right?

It's like, if I have
downtime in my trailer.

Speaking of trying new things,
Meghan is a huge fan of wine.

Her favorite, a Tignanello,
led Meghan to name her former

blog The Tig.

The namesake is from a
wine called Tignanello,

but in the States, we sort
of bastardized the name

and say Tig-na-nello, and it
was my first sip of wine where I

said, oh my god, what is this?

So I said to the bartender,
what am I drinking?

He's like, just call it The Tig.

This moment revealed
to Meghan that to live

is to be curious and insatiable
in living one's life.

From then on, all "a-ha" moments
became a Tig moment for Meghan.

You know, someone always asks
me about-- fans especially,

once the show started--
travel advice,

or food, restaurant
advice, fashion of course.

And I said, let me
create a hub where

I can have all of
that stuff there

that's really aspirational
but attainable.

Meghan has remarked
that the best

part of discovering great
wine is the adventure taken

to find it--

meeting the wine makers.

However, Tig-na-nello is
not her only favorite.

Anything red, as she
calls it, opening

the door for the popular Central
Coast pinot noir as well.

So Meghan, being
from California,

I can see her bringing
Harry on an adventure

up here through
the central coast.

Winding roads-- it's
beautiful scenery.

So I can see them coming, kind
of finding the different spots

that they like.

Pinot noir is a varietal.

And it is one of those
grapes that is very engaging,

and captures your--

It's not surprising that's
one of her favorite wines.

And cool climate pinot noirs
tend to just be so beautiful.

They have such pretty notes
and cherries, cherry blossoms,

some hints of raspberries,
some red currants.

It would definitely be something
that I see Meghan and Prince

Harry enjoying together.

Meghan is also a
self-proclaimed foodie.

Her philosophies
on food and eating

had the potential to become an
incredibly positive influence

on young people.

Meghan advocates lifestyle
eating over dieting,

and is open about her
years of teenage angst

about weight and beauty.

We love that she's such
a fantastic role model,

but is also not afraid to burst
out the treats now and then.

Markle's instinctive
humanitarian side

led to her adoption
of Bogart and Guy,

her two canine companions.

I have two dogs that I've
had for quite a long time--

both my rescue pups--

and one is now staying
with very close friends,

and my other little guy
is, yes, he's in the UK.

He's been here for a while.

They say that dogs
have the innate ability

to judge good and bad,
and even the royal corgis,

usually the toughest audience of
all according to Prince Harry,

have embraced Meghan
into the royal family.

For the last 33
years, been barked at.

This one walks in--
absolutely nothing.

Just laying on my
feet during tea.

Just wagging tails.

It was very sweet.

And I was just like, ugh.

That definitely scored a
few points with the queen.

Boom.

However, it hasn't all
been smooth sailing

for royal romances.

Many eyebrows were
raised when it

was revealed that Meghan
Markle was not only American,

but a divorcee.

This royal union
is a case of love

comes first, as it was with
King Edward, whose actions

may have helped pave the way
for this love story to unfold.

The inevitable comparison
between Meghan and Wallis

Simpson has, of course,
been made in the press,

because Meghan
Markle will become

the first American divorcee
to marry into the royal family

in 80 years.

Fact-- times have changed.

Of course, for some
people, you know,

that immediately
creates parallels,

because they think of the
last time an American wanted

to marry into the
royal family, which

of course was Wallis Simpson.

And people draw
parallels and say, oh,

but isn't it amazing
how far we've moved on?

And actually, I
mean, yes we have--

but Edward VIII was
king at the time

that he wanted to
marry Wallis Simpson.

His Royal Highness King
Edward VIII marriage

to American divorcee
Wallis Simpson in 1937

is one of the most
significant romantic scandals

in British history.

So great was the monarch's
love for Wallis Simpson

that Edward abdicated
the throne to marry her.

Edward was direct in
line to the throne.

He gave up his throne because
he wasn't prepared to be king

without, as he put it, the
help and support of the woman

he loved, so he abdicated.

And they went off
to Paris and got

married and they lived happily
ever after from then on.

There are striking similarities
between King Edward VIII's

marriage to Wallis Simpson
and Harry's pending

nuptials to Meghan Markle.

Wallace was American,
as is Markle,

but there are interesting
distinctions too.

Harry is fifth, soon to be
sixth, in line to the throne,

so it's far less significant,
the fact that he's marrying

an American actress, a mixed
race actress, a woman who's 36

and been married before.

Meghan is a very
different person.

She's been married
before-- she's a divorcee.

Charles was married before--

Camilla was married before--

both divorced, they got married.

For Edward and Wallis,
marriage to a two-time divorcee

was at the time immoral.

And with World War II
looming, the British people

needed a strong monarch.

Harry, unlike his
predecessor Edward,

is not heir to the
throne-- he's not king.

And in fact, because there are
now several heirs with William,

he never will be king.

When Edward wanted to
marry Wallis Simpson,

it was literally a
constitutional crisis.

It was absolutely
unfathomable to the people.

In terms of Harry wanting
to marry Meghan, you know,

he's fifth or sixth in
line for the throne,

he's way down the line.

There isn't really
the worry that we'll

have an American
queen on the throne,

so I think that Harry has a
lot of flexibility and freedom

in being able to marry
for love instead of having

to have a eye toward duty.

A lot of comparisons have
been floated about Edward VIII

and Wallis Simpson.

Well, of course, that
was in the 1930's, 1936.

We're looking at a totally
different royal family then.

You know, this
was a non-starter.

But then, Wallis
Simpson was a divorcee,

and there was some interesting
history around the time,

but the royal family
have progressed

following his abdication.

The responsibility
of the monarch

was to the Church of
England, and the church

had no time for a
divorcee as future queen.

It was a stigma.

You talked about
it in hushed tones.

If somebody was divorced,
you thought, ooh,

I'm not terribly sure I can
socialize with that person.

It's no longer a stigma.

It's a fact of life.

You know, people get married.

They don't like
each other anymore.

They get divorced.

We've moved a long
way from the days,

in the 1930's, when
divorce was frowned

upon by the Church of England.

Britain's royal past is
intimately bound with religion.

Even Meghan Markle, in
21st-century Britain,

was baptized before
her wedding day.

But no other union rocked a
nation to its spiritual core

than that of King Henry VIII
and Anne Boleyn in the 1500's.

King Henry, already married
to Queen Catherine of Aragon,

decided Anne would
be his, and plotted

to have his marriage to
Queen Catherine made void.

Rebelling against the
pope's intense opposition,

King Henry married Boleyn
in a secret ceremony.

This marriage changed the
religious culture of England

forever.

The Church of England
came under the stewardship

of the monarchy, and Roman
Catholicism lost its footing.

And Anne Boleyn of
course was ultimately

charged with adultery,
incest, and witchcraft,

and then burned--

oh, or had her head
chopped off, rather.

Since the ill-fated marriage
of Anne Boleyn and King Henry,

times have changed, and
one need look no further

than Prince Harry's very own
brother, Prince William's

modern day romance with
his college sweetheart,

Kate Middleton.

In fact, Harry could be thanking
his older brother William

for laying the foundation
for a modern-day royal union.

It was actually Diana who told
William and Harry to marry

for love.

When they married, it
should be for love.

And I think that that's
exactly what they've

done-- it's certainly
what William's done,

and it's what
Harry is doing too.

William and Harry have learned
from the past royal wedding.

They saw their mom
unhappy in her wedding,

and they didn't want
that for themselves.

I think that they've realized
that they can be happy,

and it's up to them to
make themselves happy,

and I think actually
Queen Elizabeth has

recognized that
also, and that's why

she's been so understanding.

You have to look at the choices
that William and Harry have

made and the women
that they are with.

Kate, a commoner, not a
blueblood, not perhaps the

aristocrat that we might have
picked for Prince William,

but that marriage
and that relationship

is and has been hugely
successful for 10 years.

Now England's beloved
Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge,

the paparazzi
incessantly reported

on Kate's lineage of coal
miners, blue collar workers,

and the lack of any aristocracy.

From what I've seen of
Meghan so far, if you're

going to compare
her to anyone, I

wouldn't be comparing
her to Kate,

because I think they're
two very different women.

Yes, they're the same age--

yes, they've fallen
in love with princes--

but actually, that's where
the similarities end.

The American press is
bound and determined

to sort of pit Kate
against Meghan,

but the fact is they're
are very different people.

Meghan marries into
the royal family,

a famous actress in her
own right, a divorcee,

she's got history--

you know, there's a
whole background to her.

Whereas Kate married in--

I almost say a blank canvas.

Her longest-term
relationship of 10 years

was with Prince William.

She didn't have a
full-time job as such.

Kate is a mother, soon
to be a mother of three.

I think that Kate has had an
extraordinary burden being

the only sort of young visible
royal in the spotlight,

and now that Meghan is
coming into the picture,

there's room for Kate to kind
of take a step back, hopefully

to breathe a little.

We are delighted that Meghan
Markle's fairy tale romance is

a reflection of how far royal
traditions have evolved,

and we can't wait to see her
sparkle on her wedding day.

Once the Cambridge's
third baby arrives,

Harry will move down the
order of the succession,

and he will become sixth
in line to the throne.

And because of that,
it's incredibly unlikely

that he is going to be king,
so he has a very different role

from William.

So I think Meghan and Harry
will be a different couple

to William and Kate--
they have different roles,

different purposes.

Nonetheless, both
are meaningful.

Harry and Meghan
have that freedom,

I think, to perhaps push royal
boundaries a little bit more

than William and Kate
would be able to do.

In a monarchy were the very
queen herself in her 93rd year,

her husband, 96.

Yeah, they have a
great longevity,

but no one lives forever.

So in the next decade, there
are going to be huge changes,

and Meghan and Harry will be
front runners in that change.

Whether they go second to
William, who might become king,

or whether his father decides
he doesn't want to be king.

Whether the Americans
get fed up with--

I don't know.

There are so many different
options open at the moment

that this new group of royalty,
of which Meghan is now part of,

is going to be instrumental
in the changes that lie ahead.

This engagement is definitely
a sign of modernization

in the royal family.

It's really shown them
to be progressive.

It's shown the queen
actually thinking, OK,

I want my grandchildren
to be happy.

This is about happiness
rather than protocol.

It's just a very different
time for the monarchy,

and William and Harry
are unwilling to let

these sort of old
gray men at the palace

tell them what to do.

Princess Diana wanted
William and Harry

to grow up as normal boys.

Well, normal boys
will, you know,

travel the world, in the
early 2000's, and go to Vegas,

and be in Canada, and meet
women from around the world.

With Meghan going
to the royal family,

it helps out the royals become
a lot more approachable to,

not just the British,
but the Americans,

and so it almost makes the
royals one of us, a little bit

closer to becoming one of us.

After the excitement of the
engagement announcement,

the wedding day promises
to deliver the stuff

that fairy tales are made of.

This is a massive deal, and it's
not just the day-- you know,

it's a really big run
up from everything.

It's a massive marketing
platform for the UK.

This is much more
than just a wedding--

it's a cultural shift.

Courtiers have
said that they want

to be one of joy and happiness,
and for the public to be

as much a part of it as
possible, and they will be.

We know it's going
to be televised.

For William's and
Kate's wedding,

all the royal pomp and
circumstance was on display.

Grand carriages,
women in big hats,

and a tiara for
the princess-to-be.

Harry and Meghan's big day
will be equally as impressive.

She's going to be seen
by billions of people.

The whole world is going to take
a picture of her and watch her,

so it's very
important to make sure

that you look perfect, so she
will rehearse her look probably

two or three times before
she actually gets to the day

before the wedding.

You know, how life changing is?

Well, it's a huge life changer.

Because suddenly,
one minute you're

Meghan Markle the actress
in whatever, going anywhere.

Next thing, you're a princess
of the realm of the United

Kingdom.

You know, you've got
to think about her--

she's going to be seen
from every angle--

it's 360 Meghan
Markle, you know--

it's not just one angle.

Meghan, how are you feeling?

So happy.

She has to think
about everything,

and that-- what's
great about her

is having that TV background.

She understands that, having
that red carpet readiness--

she understands she has to
look great from every angle.

So having chosen a
quote, "smaller venue,"

Windsor Castle, as opposed
to Westminster Abbey,

the amount of spectators
and A-list guests

will be out in droves.

It's going to be
very interesting,

because their royal
wedding won't be in London,

first of all-- is
going to be in Windsor,

which is a beautiful place.

But I think what's going
to be very interesting is,

first of all, how are the
massive, massive crowds going

to be managed?

Because that whole
place is going

to be full of so many tourists,
so many people from London

coming up and
wanting to see or get

a glimpse of the royal family.

For Meghan, there has been
a great deal of speculation

as to the designer of
her special wedding gown

and who exactly is
on her guest list.

She is known to have quite
the A-list of friends and work

associates.

I doubt whether she'd
be wearing that dress

that she wore in Suits,
but I do think she'll be--

I think you know also
there's a lot of--

she's got to live up to
what Princess Kate wore,

which is a most amazing
dress by Sarah Burton,

you know-- fantastic.

And again, even with
Pippa Middleton,

that dress was talked
about for years afterwards.

So I think there's a
lot of pressure on her,

and I think also she has to
look traditionally English,

but also as we've just
said she's American.

So American style is a little
bit different from the UK

style, so I suspect
they'll be a bit

of a fusion between
the two, and hopefully

the queen will be happy.

She'll probably tear a page
out of Kate's book, actually.

Lace is still very
much in and she's

simple-- it's a May
wedding, so spring.

But I don't think she'll get
away with being too revealing.

I think she'll probably still
go for something long-sleeved.

The guest list of
course is going

to be much speculated upon
in the months leading up

to the wedding.

I'm told that the queen
has told the couple

that they are to draw
up the list of who

they want to be there.

It's going to be a smaller
wedding than William

and Kate's-- they had 2000
people at Westminster Abbey.

Meghan and Harry will
have 800, which is still

a sizable wedding,
and of course is

going to be fascinating
to see who turns up.

Meghan will bring that sort
of injection of Hollywood,

you know--

I'm sure we will see
some of her costars

from Suits and actor
friends from the years

that she's worked in Hollywood.

Of course she's got
very famous friends--

she's close to Serena Williams,
she's close to Boris Becker.

Harry's got famous friends--

Elton John is incredibly
close to Prince Harry.

I suspect Obama will be
at the wedding, which

will be quite interesting
because he will be there,

and Trump won't be there.

Harry and Meghan are also
causing a few headaches

for the royal guard.

I expect to see a few detours
from the traditional wedding

dos and don'ts.

The rumor on the
street is that Meghan

is going to be giving a speech
at her own wedding, which

is a big protocol no-no.

Regardless of what it took to
arrive at this point in Harry

and Meghan's relationship,
one thing is for certain--

that on May 19th, 2018,
a Disney fairytale

will come to life as a prince
turns a lovely young lady

into a real life princess.