Nicola Murphy
The Duke and Duchess of Sussex spoke about their first date in London during their engagement interview and how it was refreshing to know nothing about each other.
Megan Markle When prince harry They talked about the beginning of their relationship and why they were glad they didn’t know anything about each other.
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their Love story began in London, where they went drinking at Soho House’s Dean Street Townhouse London in the summer of 2016 after a blind date was set up by a mutual friend. Fast forward 18 months and they were remembering how they were able to “start fresh.” engagement interview After Harry poses a question with a diamond trilogy ring while cooking a roast dinner at his former home, Nottingham Cottage.
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Even though the Duke of Sussex is an important member of the high-profile British royal family, his current wife, Duchess Meghan, said growing up in America meant she knew little of his life. Acknowledged to mean
“I’m from the states, so I don’t grow up with the same understanding of royals, so I understand very clearly that there’s a global interest there, but I didn’t know much about him. When she said she wanted to set us up, all I asked her was, “Is he a good guy?” It seemed pointless if he wasn’t kind.
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The Duke and Duchess of Sussex reveal it was ‘fresh’ to get to know each other without prior knowledge
“So we went out for a drink and met up and then immediately got to work on it. [date] We were like, ‘Well, what are we doing tomorrow? See you later,’ she told the BBC.
When asked if Harry saw the former suit “No, I had never heard of her,” he said, who played an actress on television before their first meeting.
“never seen suit, I had never heard of Meghan, so I was very surprised when I walked into that room and saw her. There she was, sitting there, and I thought I had to really up my game here.
The Duchess proudly flaunted her engagement ring
Meghan added that it was “fresh” for them to get to know each other in a very private and intimate way without any outside influence, as they had just started dating.
“I didn’t know much about him, so I think everything I learned about him was really refreshing to both of us because we learned it through him rather than having grown up around different news. Stories, tabloids, whatever.
“Everything I knew about him and his family was something he shared with me.
Royals at their wedding in May 2018
People “think they know a lot” about Harry, so he reiterated that it’s “very refreshing to be able to get to know someone who isn’t necessarily within your circle.” He continued: “We can start almost fresh from scratch and get to know each other step by step.
“And then taking the giant leap of just two dates, effectively taking a vacation and sharing a tent together in a secluded place or something like that. It’s been great. I did. I did.”
Meghan later said During an interview with Oprah Winfrey Since she had not examined the queen or her relatives before meeting the royal family, she learned to bow a few minutes before meeting the deceased monarch.
The two got engaged in 2017 after Prince Harry gave Meghan an engagement ring made of a diamond from Botswana and two diamonds from her late mother, Princess Diana’s collection. and currently dotes on his parents to their children Archie and Lilibet.
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