Prince Harry says Diana ‘ would be over the moon’
He and Meghan Markle will marry next spring
Prince Harry says his mother “would be over the moon” about his engagement to American actress Meghan Markle.
During the couple’s first joint television interview on Monday after their headline- making engagement announcement, Harry described why he chose to include diamonds from Princess Diana’s personal collection for Markle’s engagement ring.
“The ring is obviously yellow gold because that’s ( Markle’s) favorite, and the main stone itself I sourced from Botswana, and the little diamonds either side are from my mother’s jewelry collection to make sure that she’s with us on this crazy journey together,” he said.
Harry shared that he imagined his mother would be “over the moon, jumping up and down, you know so excited for me, but then, as I said, would have probably been best friends— best friends with Meghan.”
Sitting side by side on a couch and holding hands, Prince Harry, 33, and Markle, 36, opened up about their relationship during their first official TV interview, just hours after posing for photographers in the Sunken Garden at Kensington Palace.
At long last, royalwatchers got answers to a few burning questions, including how Prince Harry popped the question— and it wasn’t in August on Markle’s birthday safari trip in Africa, as many had imagined.
“It happened a fewweeks ago, earlier this month, here at our cottage; just a standard typical night for us,” the prince said.
“Just a cozy night, it was. ... What we were doing, just roasting chicken?” said Markle, recalling the moment. “Just an amazing surprise, it was so sweet and natural and very romantic. He got on one knee.” Was it an instant yes from Markle? “Yes. As a matter of fact, I could barely let you finish proposing. I said, ‘ Can I say yes now?’ ” she said.
Harry says the Suits actress “didn’t even let me finish. She said: ‘ Can I say yes? Can I say yes?’ And then there were hugs and I had the ring in my finger and I was like, ‘ Can I — can I give you the ring?’ She goes — ‘ Oh yes, the ring!’ ”
Raised in Los Angeles, Markle, who is Jewish, will become the first American to be welcomed into the British royal family. The Suits star will become a royal duchess and be titled Her Royal Highness. She will be the first actress and the first biracial person to marry a ranking member of the royal family.