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Being a member of a royal family is in many ways akin to being in a sorority: archaic rituals, an absurd amount of fancy dress-up occasions, traditional codes of behavior, philanthropy, living in a massive home with many roommates\u2026but very few people have experienced both palace life and American Greek life. Most famously, Meghan Markle<\/strong><\/a> is one of them.<\/p>\n In 1999, Meghan enrolled in the prestigious Northwestern University in Evanston, Illinois, and decided to rush. She joined Kappa Kappa Gamma, which was known for its \u201cMidwestern blondes\u201d<\/a> who were \u201cintelligent hot messes.\u201d<\/a><\/p>\n \u201cThe thing we all have in common,\u201d Kappa Kappa Gamma member Melania Hidalgo<\/strong> observed, per Andrew Morton<\/strong>\u2019s Meghan and the Unmasking of the Monarchy<\/em><\/a>, \u201cis that we\u2019re all very driven, ambitious, and passionate.\u201d<\/p>\n And Meghan was just who they were looking for. \u201cWe just wanted to be sure that we secured her interest in our sorority,\u201d sorority sister Coulter Bump<\/strong> told the Chicago Tribune<\/em><\/a>. \u201cShe always had this manner to her of being very dignified and poised, just very appropriate in every circumstance. A person like that is what I wanted to ensure we had in our house, and luckily, she liked us back.\u201d<\/p>\n Others in her 1999 pledge class agreed. \u201cMeg was sort of always this ethereal, sophisticated, beautiful creature, who lived with us and was always willing to lend you a top,\u201d fellow rushee Liz Kores Graham<\/strong> recalled<\/a>.<\/p>\n One KKG member claimed pledges were not hazed, but that they were given a shirt inspired by Jem and the Holograms<\/em> and taken out to the local Chuck E. Cheese when they joined.<\/p>\n Meghan decided to move into the Kappa Kappa Gamma sorority house. According to Tom Bower<\/strong>\u2019s Revenge: Meghan, Harry and the War Between the Windsors<\/em><\/a>, her father, Thomas Markle,<\/strong> \u201cautomatically volunteered to pay the annual $45,000 fees.\u201d<\/p>\n A theater and international relations major, sorority sisters recall Meghan often rehearsing lines, cooking, and watching movies in the house. One sorority sister told the Chicago Tribune<\/em> that Meghan was diplomatic when there were squabbles at the house. She was known as a fountain of fashion and makeup advice, and according to Bower, she loved the dating guide The Rules<\/em><\/a> (the controversial self-help book by Sherrie Schneider,<\/strong> published in 1995) and she recited passages by heart. \u201cShe\u2019s the total package,\u201d one sister recalled<\/a>.<\/p>\n According to Morton, Meghan worked hard in school but she also loved partying on weekends. Her first college boyfriend, Morton writes, was basketball player Steve Lepore,<\/strong> who raised her profile with her sorority sisters. They were reportedly \u201cimpressed that she had snared such a hottie.\u201d<\/p>\n Always an extrovert, Meghan was tapped to be recruitment chair for rush. \u201cMeghan\u2019s Greek life was less Animal House<\/em> and more Elle Woods,\u201d Omid Scobie<\/strong><\/a> writes in Finding Freedom: Harry and Meghan and the Making of a Modern Royal Family<\/em><\/a>. \u201cAs rush and recruitment chairman, she was in charge of bringing new people into the sorority and making them feel welcome.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n \u2018 The preceding article may include information circulated by third parties \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n \u2018 Some details of this article were extracted from the following source www.vanityfair.com \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Being a member of a royal family is in many ways akin to being in a sorority: archaic rituals, an absurd amount of fancy dress-up occasions, traditional codes of behavior, philanthropy, living in a massive home with many roommates\u2026but very few people have experienced both palace life and American Greek life. 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