Prince Harry has disclosed that his first glimpse of future wife Meghan Markle wasn’t on the popular TV series Suits, but through a friend’s Instagram post in 2016, where he was immediately mesmerized by her appearance.
In his autobiography Spare, the Duke of Sussex, now 44, recounted how he was casually browsing Instagram at Nottingham Cottage in Kensington Palace on July 1, 2016, when he spotted a video featuring his longtime friend Violet von Westenholz with an unfamiliar woman, according to the Daily Mail.
Describing his initial encounter with his future spouse, Harry penned: “They were playing with a new app that put silly filters on your photos. Violet and the woman had dog ears, dog noses, long red dog tongues hanging out. Despite the canine cartoon overlay, I sat up straighter. This woman with Violet… my God.”
The entranced prince then watched the clip “several times,” confessing: “I’d never seen anyone so beautiful. She believed life was one grand adventure. I could see that. What a privilege it would be, I thought to join her on that journey. In that moment I felt there might be only one face for me.” Violet facilitated the introduction via Instagram following Harry’s immediate request, reports the Express.
Eager to encounter the woman who had stolen his attention, Harry quickly sent an urgent message to Violet, requesting an introduction to Meghan. Violet responded almost immediately, disclosing that although “six other guys” had inquired about the actress, she was pleased to “connect” the two via Instagram.
Shortly afterward, Harry received a message from Meghan herself, praising the “beautiful photographs” he had posted from his African adventures. The two swiftly swapped numbers and launched into an intense texting exchange that left Harry’s thumbs “cramping” as he struggled to keep pace. Harry was smitten, messaging Meghan “like a teenager” throughout dinner.
In his memoir Spare, Harry revealed that during a visit to English entrepreneur Sir Keith Mills’ residence for dinner soon after, he was messaging Meghan “throughout the long drive and up the stairs into his guestroom. “I locked the door and remained holed up, texting. I sat on my bed texting like a teenager until it was time to have dinner with Sir Keith and his family. Then, after dessert, I quickly returned to the guestroom and resumed texting,” he wrote.
Despite their apparently different backgrounds, Harry found their differences “organic” and “energising,” and wasted no time proposing a date before Meghan was scheduled to return to Canada, where Suits was being produced.
Meghan proposed they meet for cocktails at Soho House, “her headquarters whenever she came to London,” and reserved a table for them at the exclusive member’s club on July 3, 2016. Unfortunately, Harry wound up arriving 30 minutes late because of heavy traffic. Harry was “heart-attack beautiful” and the two fell in love in Botswana Following their initial meeting, the couple enjoyed an effortless exchange, with Prince Harry later describing Meghan as “heart-attack beautiful.”
Though Meghan had to leave early for a prior dinner engagement, they reconnected via FaceTime that same evening to arrange a second meeting. After another successful encounter at Soho House, Harry elevated their budding relationship by proposing a week-long safari adventure in Botswana. During what was essentially their third date, the couple discovered they had fallen in love. Harry had “no idea” about Meghan’s Suits fame, Meghan was clueless too.
In their November 2017 engagement interview with the BBC’s Mishal Husain, Harry disclosed that he had had “no idea” about Meghan’s role on Suits, explaining to the broadcaster: “I had never even heard about her until this friend said ‘Meghan Markle’. I was like ‘right, okay, give me a bit of background!'”.
Meghan similarly acknowledged her limited knowledge of the prince, admitting: “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?'”. From an unexpected Instagram discovery to a globally televised Royal wedding, Harry and Meghan’s romance has captivated audiences worldwide – despite their Royal path eventually taking an unforeseen direction.
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