Hindustan Times (Amritsar)

PRINCE HARRY TO MARRY ACTRESS MARKLE

THE COUPLE WERE ENGAGED IN LONDON LAST MONTH

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LONDON: Prince Harry, fifth inline for the British throne, will marry American actress Meghan Markle in the spring, palace officials announced on Monday, confirming months of rum ours.

Mark le, a humanitari­an campaign er and lifestyle blogger who succeeded in show business before falling for Harry, will become a senior member of the royal family as the wife of one of the monarch y’ s most popular figures. Harry, a bad-boy-made-good by his tireless devotion to wounded vet sand his embrace of a variety of charitable causes, has for several years said he wants to start a family, and the rum ours of his engagement to Markle have been flying for some time.

The marriage represents a first-ever blending of Hollywood glamour with the once-stuffy royal family, which has of late seemed less fixed in its ways. Harry’ s brother, Prince William, and his pregnant wife Kate welcomed Mark le to the royal family.

“Wear every excited for Harry and Meghan ,” they said in a statement .“It has been wonderful getting to know Meghan and to see how happy she and Harry are together.”

Harry’ s father, Prince Charles, told reporters he was “thrilled” with the engagement .“They’ ll be very happy indeed,” he said.

The royal announceme­nts aid the couple were engaged in London earlier this month and that Harry has informed his grandmothe­r, Queen Elizabeth II. It said he sought and received the permission of Markle’s parents.

The couple plan to live in Nottingham Cottage at Kensington Palace. Mark le is also reported to have started the sometimes timeconsum­ing process of moving her dogs from Canada to Britain. She recently left her television show, a developmen­t that helped fuel led the engagement speculatio­n.

Congratula­tions also came in from the queen and her husband, Prince Philip, and from Prime Minister Theresa May. Mark le’ s parents also welcomed the news.

Thomas Markle and Doria Ragland said their daughter Meg han“has always been a kind and loving person.

To see her union with Harry, who shares the same qualities, is a source of great joy for us as parents.”

Markle was raised in the Los Angeles area. Her father is a Hollywood lighting director, her mother a yoga instructor and psycho therapist.

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REUTERS Prince Harry with Meghan Markle at Kensington Palace

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