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Meghan Markle on Prince Harry: We’re in love
American actor Meghan Markle has opened up about her relationship with British royal Prince Harry in a candid interview, confirming the couple are “in love.” Markle, a star of US legal drama Suits, told Vanity Fair that she and the prince dated for months before going public about their relationship last year.
“We’re a couple. We’re in love. I’m sure there will be a time when we will have to come forward and present ourselves and have stories to tell, but I hope what people will understand is that this is our time,” she says.
The 36-year-old, speaking publicly for the first time about the couple’s relationship, said she was introduced to Prince Harry by mutual friends, in London. “Nothing about me changed. I’m still the same person that I am, and I’ve never defined myself by my relationship.” Markle acknowledged the situation was sometimes difficult and that “some days it can feel more challenging than others”. “Right out of the gate, it was surprising the way things changed. But I still have this support system all around me and, of course, my boyfriend’s support,” she said.
The grandson of Queen Elizabeth II and the second son of Prince Charles and the late Diana, Harry is fifth in line to the throne. News of the relationship had sparked a tabloid frenzy, prompting the royal to issue an angry statement in November blasting racist “abuse and harassment” directed toward the mixed-race actor, who has a black mother and a white father. Tabloids were quick to point out that the actor was three years older to Harry and was divorced, even unearthing pictures of her first marriage with an American producer. Markle, however, says she doesn’t read press stories about her private life or work. “I haven’t even read press for Suits. The people who are close to me, anchor me in knowing who I am. The rest is noise.”