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Meghan, duchess of Sussex (born August 4, 1981, Los Angeles, California, U.S.) American British actress and consort (2018\u2013 ) of Prince Harry, duke of Sussex and fifth in line to the British throne.

Markle was born to Doria Ragland, an African American former television studio intern who later became a social worker and yoga instructor, and her husband, Thomas Markle, a lighting director who was white; the couple met on the set of the soap opera General Hospital. Markle\u2019s parents divorced when she was a young child, but both remained active in her life. In 1995 she had an uncredited role in the sitcom Married\u2026with Children, for which her father served as director of lighting and of photography. After graduating from Immaculate Heart High School, an all-girls Roman Catholic school, in 1999, Markle studied theatre and international studies at Northwestern University in Evanston, Illinois (B.A., 2003).

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Markle then returned to Los Angeles to embark on an acting career. She quickly began landing guest roles in TV shows, including CSI: NY, 90210, CSI: Miami, and Fringe, and she supplemented her income working as a freelance calligrapher. Her big break came when she was cast as paralegal Rachel Zane in the popular USA Network legal drama series Suits (2011\u201319). She also played leading roles in such movies as Random Encounters (2013) and Anti-Social (2015). In addition, she ran a lifestyle blog, The Tig (2014\u201317).

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Prince Harry, duke of Sussex, and Meghan, duchess of Sussex, after their wedding at St. George's Chapel, Windsor Castle, May 2018.

Markle, who had briefly been married (2011\u201313) to producer Trevor Engelson, was introduced to Prince Harry by a mutual friend in 2016; Harry is the younger of the two sons of Prince Charles (later Charles III) and Princess Diana; his older brother is Prince William. An early date was a camping trip to Botswana. The tabloid press quickly discovered the relationship, and its coverage of the couple was seen by many as salacious and often insulting and racist. Late in 2016 Harry made the relationship public while berating the British press for its treatment of Markle. The couple\u2019s engagement was announced in November 2017. The wedding took place at Windsor Castle on May 19, 2018, and Meghan was given the title duchess of Sussex. Their first child, Archie Harrison Mountbatten-Windsor, was born on May 6, 2019.

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Meghan, duchess of Sussex, greeting the public at Windsor Castle following the death of Elizabeth II, September 2022.
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Meghan, duchess of Sussex, at a reception during the Invictus Games, The Hague, Netherlands, 2022.
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Meghan, duchess of Sussex, at an event for the Field of Remembrance at Westminster Abbey, London, 2019.

Though Meghan was often praised for her open and relaxed demeanour, the couple continued to be bedeviled by the tabloid press. In addition, a rift between Harry and Meghan and the other royals began to appear. In January 2020 the couple announced that they would retreat from their royal duties and planned to become financially independent of the royal family. It was later announced that they would, as of March 31, no longer be \u201cworking members\u201d of the royal family. The couple subsequently relocated to Los Angeles, where they continued to support various charities. In addition, Meghan publicly discussed politics and personal subjects that were considered unsuitable topics for members of the royal family. Notably, in 2020 she revealed that she had experienced a miscarriage. On June 4, 2021, she gave birth to a daughter, Lilibet (\u201cLili\u201d) Diana Mountbatten-Windsor; the name honoured both Harry\u2019s mother and his grandmother Elizabeth II, whose nickname was Lilibet. Shortly thereafter Meghan released the children\u2019s book The Bench, about a father-son relationship. In 2022 she began hosting the podcast Archetypes, which sought to \u201cinvestigate the labels that try to hold women back.\u201d

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Prince Harry, duke of Sussex (second from left), and Meghan, duchess of Sussex (second from right), at Elizabeth II's lying-in-state vigil at Westminster, London, September 2022.

In September 2022 Elizabeth II died, and Meghan and Harry were prominent at various events, including the funeral. In addition, they made a joint appearance with William and his wife, Princess Catherine, at Windsor Castle, despite an alleged rift between the brothers. Later that year the highly anticipated docuseries Harry & Meghan aired on Netflix. A candid look at their relationship, it chronicled the couple\u2019s courtship, marriage, and decision to step back from their royal duties. The docuseries also highlighted Harry and Meghan\u2019s struggles with the news media.

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The Duke of Sussex has lost his High Court challenge against the government over his security arrangements in the UK.

Prince Harry recently flew back from the US for a 45-minute meeting with King Charles after his father's cancer diagnosis.

Harry and his wife, Meghan, the Duchess of Sussex, live in California.

Why did Harry and Meghan leave the Royal Family?

Harry and Meghan met in 2016 and married in 2018. They stepped down as senior royals in January 2020.

They were angry about media intrusion, and frustrated that Buckingham Palace stopped them developing their "SussexRoyal" brand.

Harry remains a prince and is fifth in line to the throne.

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Harry and Meghan were married in St George's Chapel at Windsor Castle

The couple kept their Duke and Duchess of Sussex titles, but are no longer addressed as his or her royal highness (HRH). Harry also gave up his military titles.

When Charles became King, the couple's two children became Prince Archie and Princess Lilibet of Sussex.

Where do Harry and Meghan live and do they still come to the UK?

The couple moved to California in June 2020, saying they wanted space to raise Archie. Lilibet was born in 2021.

They returned to the UK for the late Queen's Platinum Jubilee in June 2022, and her funeral in September of that year.

Harry attended the King's coronation in May 2023 without his wife.

In February 2024, he flew back on his own for a 45-minute meeting with Charles, days after Buckingham Palace announced that the King was being treated for cancer.

He has also visited London as part of the legal action he is taking against a number of newspaper publishers.

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Frogmore Cottage had been a gift from the late Queen Elizabeth

Harry and Meghan no longer have an official residence in the UK.

In early 2023, they were asked to vacate Frogmore Cottage in Windsor, a Grade-II listed property which they had used as their UK base.

Why did Harry take the government to court over his security arrangements?

After stepping back from official duties, the duke and duchess were no longer covered by the security arrangements provided for senior royals.

When Harry first left the UK, he said it would be too dangerous to bring back his family without adequate police protection, and took the government to the High Court.

Home Office lawyers previously told the court that the duke would still have publicly funded police security in the UK, under "bespoke arrangements, specifically tailored to him".

In late February 2024, the High Court ruled that this approach "was, and is, legally sound".

In May 2023, a judge rejected the prince's request to be allowed pay privately for more substantial protection.

How do Meghan and Harry earn their money?

As working royals they received 95% of their annual income from Harry's father, then Prince of Wales. The taxpayer-funded Sovereign Grant made up the other 5%.

When they stepped down as senior royals, King Charles gave them "a substantial sum" to support their transition to financial independence.

They set up the Archewell charitable foundation and entered into a number of commercial arrangements with private companies.

In February 2024, the couple launched their Sussex.com website, which says they are "shaping the future through business and philanthropy".

Television and podcasts

The Sussexes' media company, Archewell Productions, has made programmes for Netflix, under a deal thought to be worth millions of dollars.

These include the Harry & Meghan documentary series in which the couple talked about life in the Royal Family. The Heart of Invictus series discussed Harry's emotional "unravelling" after military service in Afghanistan.

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Archewell also made podcasts for Spotify under a contract thought to be worth $25m (\u00a319.7m). The arrangement ended in June 2023.

In February 2024, Ms Markle announced a new podcast deal with Lemonada Media.

No details about her forthcoming programme have been released, but the company confirmed it would also distribute the Archetypes series which the duchess made for Spotify.

The deal is thought to be worth significantly less than the Spotify contract.

Books

Harry's memoir, Spare, was published in January 2023.

It discussed his relationship with his brother and father, as well as his grief over the death of his mother, Princess Diana.

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The book's publishers promised $1.5m (\u00a31.18m) and \u00a3300,000 would be given to the Sentebale and WellChild charities.

Meghan wrote a children's book called The Bench in 2021.

Other

William and Harry received the bulk of Princess Diana's \u00a313m fortune when she died in 1997.

In an interview, Harry told Oprah Winfrey this inheritance funded his family's move to the US.

He is also thought to have inherited millions from his great-grandmother, the Queen Mother.

It is not known whether the late Queen left him any money.

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Meghan Markle pictured with her Suits co-stars in 2012

During her acting career, the Duchess of Sussex was reportedly paid $50,000 (\u00a340,000) for each episode of the legal drama Suits.

She appeared in more than 100 episodes.

What is happening with Harry's other court cases?

Harry settled a phone hacking claim against Mirror Group Newspapers on 9 February.

His lawyer said the duke had been awarded "substantial" damages. He was also granted \u00a3140,600 in damages in another part of the case in December 2023.

A number of other court cases are still continuing, including:

  • Claims from the duke and others that the Daily Mail-publisher Associated Newspapers unlawfully obtained information about him
  • Claims that The Sun's publisher used illegal methods to gather information on him

What's next in Prince Harry's war against the media?

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\nInternational Love! Prince Harry, Peter Phillips and Other Royals Who Fell for Someone from Another Country

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\nPrince Harry and Meghan Markle are hardly the first royal couple to come from different countries! See all the royal marriages through the years where love crossed borders

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Meghan, duchess of Sussex (born August 4, 1981, Los Angeles, California, U.S.) American British actress and consort (2018\u2013 ) of Prince Harry, duke of Sussex and fifth in line to the British throne.

Markle was born to Doria Ragland, an African American former television studio intern who later became a social worker and yoga instructor, and her husband, Thomas Markle, a lighting director who was white; the couple met on the set of the soap opera General Hospital. Markle\u2019s parents divorced when she was a young child, but both remained active in her life. In 1995 she had an uncredited role in the sitcom Married\u2026with Children, for which her father served as director of lighting and of photography. After graduating from Immaculate Heart High School, an all-girls Roman Catholic school, in 1999, Markle studied theatre and international studies at Northwestern University in Evanston, Illinois (B.A., 2003).

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Markle then returned to Los Angeles to embark on an acting career. She quickly began landing guest roles in TV shows, including CSI: NY, 90210, CSI: Miami, and Fringe, and she supplemented her income working as a freelance calligrapher. Her big break came when she was cast as paralegal Rachel Zane in the popular USA Network legal drama series Suits (2011\u201319). She also played leading roles in such movies as Random Encounters (2013) and Anti-Social (2015). In addition, she ran a lifestyle blog, The Tig (2014\u201317).

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Prince Harry, duke of Sussex, and Meghan, duchess of Sussex, after their wedding at St. George's Chapel, Windsor Castle, May 2018.

Markle, who had briefly been married (2011\u201313) to producer Trevor Engelson, was introduced to Prince Harry by a mutual friend in 2016; Harry is the younger of the two sons of Prince Charles (later Charles III) and Princess Diana; his older brother is Prince William. An early date was a camping trip to Botswana. The tabloid press quickly discovered the relationship, and its coverage of the couple was seen by many as salacious and often insulting and racist. Late in 2016 Harry made the relationship public while berating the British press for its treatment of Markle. The couple\u2019s engagement was announced in November 2017. The wedding took place at Windsor Castle on May 19, 2018, and Meghan was given the title duchess of Sussex. Their first child, Archie Harrison Mountbatten-Windsor, was born on May 6, 2019.

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Meghan, duchess of Sussex, greeting the public at Windsor Castle following the death of Elizabeth II, September 2022.
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Meghan, duchess of Sussex, at a reception during the Invictus Games, The Hague, Netherlands, 2022.
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Meghan, duchess of Sussex, at an event for the Field of Remembrance at Westminster Abbey, London, 2019.

Though Meghan was often praised for her open and relaxed demeanour, the couple continued to be bedeviled by the tabloid press. In addition, a rift between Harry and Meghan and the other royals began to appear. In January 2020 the couple announced that they would retreat from their royal duties and planned to become financially independent of the royal family. It was later announced that they would, as of March 31, no longer be \u201cworking members\u201d of the royal family. The couple subsequently relocated to Los Angeles, where they continued to support various charities. In addition, Meghan publicly discussed politics and personal subjects that were considered unsuitable topics for members of the royal family. Notably, in 2020 she revealed that she had experienced a miscarriage. On June 4, 2021, she gave birth to a daughter, Lilibet (\u201cLili\u201d) Diana Mountbatten-Windsor; the name honoured both Harry\u2019s mother and his grandmother Elizabeth II, whose nickname was Lilibet. Shortly thereafter Meghan released the children\u2019s book The Bench, about a father-son relationship. In 2022 she began hosting the podcast Archetypes, which sought to \u201cinvestigate the labels that try to hold women back.\u201d

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Prince Harry, duke of Sussex (second from left), and Meghan, duchess of Sussex (second from right), at Elizabeth II's lying-in-state vigil at Westminster, London, September 2022.

In September 2022 Elizabeth II died, and Meghan and Harry were prominent at various events, including the funeral. In addition, they made a joint appearance with William and his wife, Princess Catherine, at Windsor Castle, despite an alleged rift between the brothers. Later that year the highly anticipated docuseries Harry & Meghan aired on Netflix. A candid look at their relationship, it chronicled the couple\u2019s courtship, marriage, and decision to step back from their royal duties. The docuseries also highlighted Harry and Meghan\u2019s struggles with the news media.

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      According to the couple, they met on a blind date, arranged by a mutual friend in London in July 2016. She had been doing press for the TV show Suits in the UK.

      "I didn\u2019t know much about him and so the only thing that I had asked her when she said she wanted to set us up was \u2014 I had one question. I said, \u2018Well, is he nice?\u2019 Because if he wasn\u2019t kind, then it didn\u2019t seem like it would make sense," she said.

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      They announced their engagement in late 2017, with a wedding on May 19, 2018.

      The couple's son, Archie Mountbatten-Windsor, was born in 2019. Meghan welcomed a second child, daughter Lilibet, in 2021.

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      How tall is Prince Harry?

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      Prince Harry is 1.86m or 6ft 1in tall. He is slightly shorter than his brother Prince William, who is 1.89m or 6ft 2in tall.

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      What is Prince Harry's net worth?

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      Prince William and Prince Harry both have an estimated net worth of \u00a328m, according to The Richest.

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      What was Prince Harry's military rank?

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      Prince Harry was commissioned as a cornet (second lieutenant) into the Blues and Royals, and served temporarily with his brother Prince William, and completed his training as a troop leader.

      In 2007\u20132008, he served for over ten weeks in Helmand, Afghanistan, but was pulled out after an Australian magazine revealed his presence.

      He returned to Afghanistan for a 20-week deployment in 2012-13 with the Army Air Corps. He left the army in June 2015.

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