When Harry Met Meghan: A Royal Fairy Tale

By Triumph Books

When Harry Met Meghan: A Royal Romance is the definitive homage to the newest breathtaking royal couple. Including dozens of full-color photographs, this volume offers readers a glimpse at how Harry swept Meghan off her feet and created a modern fairy tale that royal family followers from all over the world adore. From the beginning of their courtship at the Invictus Games in fall 2016, to Meghan watching Harry play his beloved polo in Berkshire, to Harry introducing Meghan to his grandmother, Queen Elizabeth II, to their much-anticipated engagement announcement—this charming pair is sure to be the most talked about couple of the year. Also featuring a look back at Harry and Meghan's incredible lives leading up to their magical courtship, When Harry Met Meghan is a must-have for all fans of true love and the royal family.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Independent Publishers Group
• Release date: Apr 17, 2018
• ISBN: 9781641251631

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Contents

Introduction: Love Actually

1. About a Boy

2. An Officer and a Gentleman

3. American Beauty

4. A Star Is Born

5. Sweet Charity

6. Love Story

7. Royal Wedding

Introduction: Love Actually

We’re two people who are really happy and in love.

—Meghan Markle to Vanity Fair

Rumors swirled. Tabloids were awash in false reports. And Britain’s prognosticators had the prospect of engagement as an odds-on favorite. Would Harry marry an American? Then finally, on November 27, 2017, Prince Harry and Meghan Markle confirmed what royal watchers the world round had been hoping for: they were engaged!

The impending nuptials of Harry and Meghan have set off royal wedding mania once more. (It was a scant seven years ago that Prince William and Kate Middleton had the world in their thrall.) Today, the newly engaged couple’s every decision has been pondered and celebrated by the waiting public: What will Meghan’s dress look like? Who will attend the wedding? What famous musician will perform? (Yes, bookies are taking bets on these things too.) The couple’s faces were immediately splashed on countless souvenir items—everything from collectible dolls to china to tea towels…and those are the things that were whipped up by enterprising retailers in the 24 hours following the announcement! Now, Harry and Meghan mania is in full tilt.

Harry and Meghan greet the assembled crowd in Edinburgh on one of their first official royal appearances.

Like so many aspects of their unlikely love match, their road to romance was quite unconventional. While brother William and Kate had 10 years in the public eye before finally tying the knot, Harry and Meghan spent the first six months of their courtship away from media scrutiny, offering themselves a chance to build a solid foundation for their relationship outside the glare of the spotlight. In between intimate dinners at home and travel to some of the quietest corners of the earth, they fell for one another.

Once news of their relationship went public, Meghan became one of the most popular—and controversial—royals-to-be overnight. Now, with the news of their marriage officially official, well-wishers everywhere have passed on their congratulations for the prince and his fiancée. Their union is without a doubt a love match. They also symbolize a new generation of British royalty. In the words of royal historian Christopher Warwick, It’s great that she’s American. It’s new blood. And this is really what monarchy has to have to remain relevant and move forward.

1. About a Boy

Behind the media glare, to us, two children, she was quite simply the best mother in the world.

—Harry at 2007’s Concert for Diana

Henry Charles Albert David Mountbatten-Windsor—Prince Harry—was born on September 15, 1984, to Charles, Prince of Wales, and Diana, Princess of Wales. Heir apparent to his grandmother, Queen Elizabeth II, he was born third in line for the throne behind his father and older brother, William. (Today he is sixth in line for the throne behind Charles, William, and William’s three children.)

With the likelihood of becoming king a slim possibility, Harry was able to grow up with a freedom he may not have otherwise had. While he still came of age squarely in the public eye, he was able to test his boundaries and forge his own path in life in a way that his brother could not. That journey included a few very public missteps along the way—but those stumbles humanized him and only further endeared him to the public. (In fact, he has been voted