Royals are Markle’s family now

Prince Harry yesterday told Radio 4 listeners that his fiancee Meghan Markle had a “fantastic” Christmas with the royals and said they were the “family she never had”.

The 33-year-old was guest editing the Today programme and his interview with Barack Obama, the first since he left the Oval Office, was played on air.

He grilled Obama, but the tables turned when presenter Sarah Montague had questions for the fifth in line to the throne at the end of the three-hour show.

She asked the prince about his engagement and Christmas with Markle and he replied: “It was fantastic, she really enjoyed it.”

He added that his family “loved having” the 36-yearold Suits actress with them in Sandringham, Norfolk, and said the royals were “the family she has never had”.

Markle’s mother Doria Ragland, 61, and father Thomas Markle snr, 73, divorced in 1987 and Markle snr has still not met his daughter’s fiance.

But her half-sister has revealed her elusive father will want to walk her down the aisle next year and her nephew will reportedly “gatecrash” the ceremony if not invited.

On Christmas Day, the engaged couple joined the Queen at Sandringham and were photographed walking with other royal family members to church.

Harry also revealed he had stayed with the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge, who live in Anmer Hall in Norfolk, while visiting the Queen at Sandringham.

Of his fiancee, he said: “The family loved having her there.

“We had great fun staying with my brother and sister-inlaw and running round with the kids. Christmas was fantastic.” — Daily Mail