Why William and Kate Are a ‘Fairy Tale’ but Harry and Meghan Are ‘Couple Goals’
The phrase fairy tale always seems to hover in the air whenever a marriage takes place within the English monarchy. And indeed, the three most high-profile royal weddings in modern history—those of Prince Charles and Diana Spencer, Prince William and Kate Middleton, and Prince Harry and Meghan Markle—have all involved the classic fairy-tale story line of a prince sweeping a young, beautiful woman off her feet into the luxury and high status of royal life.
Prince Charles and Diana did not go on to live happily ever after, but from the outside at least, Prince William and Kate appear to be doing something and opt out of its press-access agreements in order “to focus on the next chapter,” their story is one of the prince distancing himself from life as a royal for the woman he loves. And not to be with her, à la , but, seemingly, simply for the sake of their shared quality of life.
