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Prince Harry Meghan SHERMAN PRINCE HARRY HARRY PRINCE & MEGHAN PRINCE HARRY & MEGHAN R OYALS FOR A N EW E RA JILL SHERMAN THIS PAGE INTENTIONALLY LEFT BLANK PRINCE HARRY & MEGHAN PRINCE HARRY & MEGHAN Royals for a New Era JILL SHERMAN LERNER PUBLICATIONS MINNEAPOLIS Copyright © 2019 by Lerner Publishing Group, Inc. All rights reserved. International copyright secured. No part of this book may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted in any form or by any means—electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording, or otherwise— without the prior written permission of Lerner Publishing Group, Inc., except for the inclusion of brief quotations in an acknowledged review. Lerner Publications Company A division of Lerner Publishing Group, Inc. 241 First Avenue North Minneapolis, MN USA 55401 For reading levels and more information, look up this title at www.lernerbooks.com. 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MITCHELL/AFP/Getty Images, p. 17; Antony Jones/UK Press/Getty Images, p. 19; John Stillwell/PA Images/Getty Images, p. 21; Pool/Anwar Hussein Collection/Getty Images, p. 22; JOHN STILLWELL/ AFP/Getty Images, p. 23; CARL DE SOUZA/AFP/Getty Images, p. 24; John Stillwell/WPA Pool/Getty Images, p. 26; Samir Hussein/WireImage/Getty Images, pp. 27, 28, 30; Trae Patton/NBC/Getty Images, p. 33; AF archive/ Alamy Stock Photo, p. 34; Danny Lawson/PA Images/Getty Images, p. 37; ANDREW MATTHEWS/AFP/Getty Images, p. 39 (middle); OLI SCARFF/AFP/ Getty Images, p. 39 (upper right); Danny Lawson/WPA Pool/Getty Images, p. 40; Paul Ellis/PA Images/Getty Images, p. 41. Cover: Max Mumby/Indigo/Getty Images. Main body text set in Rotis Serif Std 55 Regular 13.5/17. Typeface provided by Adobe Systems. Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data The Cataloging-in-Publication Data for Prince Harry & Meghan: Royals for a New Era is on file at the Library of Congress. ISBN 978-1-5415-3945-7 (lib. bdg.) ISBN 978-1-5415-3946-4 (eb pdf) Manufactured in the United States of America 1-45178-36079-5/24/2018 CONTENTS Born a Royal 9 A National Tragedy 15 Military Man 21 Young Meghan 28 Making It in Hollywood 32 A Whirlwind Romance 35 Looking to the Future 38 Important Dates 42 Source Notes 44 Selected Bibliography 46 Further Reading 47 Index 48 Prince Harry and Meghan Markle appear together in the Sunken Garden at Kensington Palace after news of their engagement became public. The couple posed for photographs and spoke with reporters. rince Harry of Wales and Meghan Markle beamed at each other. While cameras flashed and reporters buzzed around them, they stood Pcomfortably, arm in arm. The two were on the front steps of Kensington Palace, the home of the British royal family in London, England. Harry was wearing a fitted blue suit, and Meghan was in a white trench coat. But the photographers had their eyes on something else: Meghan’s diamond engagement ring. After dating for a little more than a year, Harry and Meghan became engaged. They officially announced the engagement on November 27, 2017. Harry had designed the engagement ring. The ring’s stones held great sentimental value for him. The center stone came from Botswana, an African country Harry visited with Meghan when they first started dating. The two outer stones belonged to his famous mother, Diana, Princess of Wales. Harry included those stones to honor his mother and, as he put it, “to make sure that she’s with us on this crazy journey together.” 7 Meghan’s ring sparkles as she wears it publicly for the first time at Kensington Palace. The announcement took the United Kingdom and the rest of the world by storm. The British royal family has always been fascinating to the public, and the prospect of a royal wedding was hugely exciting. The news that Meghan would join the royal family was especially interesting to people in the United States. It was once traditional for members of the royal family to marry other members of the British aristocracy. But Meghan is no aristocrat. She is not even British. Meghan is an American. But despite being something of an outsider, she has been welcomed warmly into the royal family. People around the world followed the wedding closely and watched as Harry and Meghan formed a new royal family. 8 Born a Royal Prince Henry Charles Albert David was born on September 15, 1984, in London. Everyone calls him Harry. Harry is the second child of Charles and Diana, Prince and Princess of Wales. Harry’s older brother, William, was born in 1982. And his grandmother is Elizabeth II, the queen of the United Kingdom. Harry’s full title is His Royal Highness Prince Henry of Wales. As the grandson of the queen, he is sixth in line for the throne. So Harry probably will never become the king. Charles and Diana, the Prince and Princess of Wales, leave the hospital with baby Harry in September 1984. 9 SOURCE NOTES 7 Caroline Hallemann, “Meghan Markle’s Engagement Ring Is Absolutely Stunning,” Town and Country, January 9, 2018, http://www.townandcountrymag.com/society/tradition /a13090749/meghan-markle-engagement-ring/. 17–18 Britt Stephens, “30 Sweet, Heartbreaking Things William and Harry Have Said about Princess Diana,” PopSugar, September 27, 2017, https://www.popsugar.com/celebrity/Prince-William -Prince-Harry-Quotes-About-Princess-Diana-43341113. 18 Diana Pearl, “Prince Harry’s Most Revealing Quotes about His Near Breakdown: ‘I Refused to Ever Think about My Mom,’” People, April 17, 2017, http://people.com/royals/prince-harrys -most-revealing-quotes-about-his-near-breakdown-i-refused-to -ever-think-about-my-mom/. 18 Pearl. 22 “Prince Harry Biography,” Biography.com, March 19, 2018, https://www.biography.com/people/prince-harry-9542035. 23–24 Diana Pearl, “14 Times Prince Harry Got Seriously Raw,” People, June 28, 2017, http://people.com/royals/14-times-prince-harry -got-seriously-raw/he-felt-most-at-home-in-the-army-and -resented-the-journalist-who-outed-his-afghanistan-service. 24 “Read Royal Reactions to William and Kate’s Engagement,” PopSugar, November 22, 2010, https://www.popsugar.com.au /celebrity/photo-gallery/12170531/image/12170528/Prince -Charles. 27 Morgan Evans, “Prince Harry Opens Up about the One Place He Feels Most at Home,” Harper’s Bazaar, January 3, 2017, http:// www.harpersbazaar.com/culture/features/news/a19694/prince -harry-town-and-country-interview-africa/. 44 30 Meghan Markle, “Meghan Markle: I’m More Than an ‘Other,’” Elle (UK), December 12, 2016, http://www.elleuk.com/life-and -culture/news/a26855/more-than-an-other/. 31 Maura Brannigan, “Exclusive: Q&A with Suits’ Meghan Markle,” Marie Claire, June 5, 2013, http://www.marieclaire.com/celebrity /news/a7733/meghan-markle-interview/. 32 Markle, “I’m More.” 33 Markle. 34–35 Meghan Markle, “Meghan Markle for ELLE: ‘With Fame Comes Opportunity, but Also a Responsibility,’” Elle (UK), November 8, 2016, http://www.elleuk.com/life-and-culture/elle-voices/articles /a32612/meghan-markle-fame-comes-responsibility. 37–38 Morgan Evans, “A Definitive History of Prince Harry and Meghan Markle’s Royal Relationship,” Town and Country, January 24, 2018, http://www.townandcountrymag.com/society /a9664508/prince-harry-meghan-markle-relationship/. 38 Katie Frost, “Prince Harry and Meghan Markle Are Engaged!,” Town and Country, November 27, 2017, https://www .townandcountrymag.com/society/tradition/a12198435 /prince-harry-meghan-markle-engaged/. 45 SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY Junor, Penny. Prince Harry: Brother, Soldier, Son. New York: Grand Central, 2014. Kashner, Sam. “Meghan Markle: Wild about Harry!” Vanity Fair, September 6, 2017. https://www.vanityfair.com/style/2017/09 /meghan-markle-cover-story. Larcombe, Duncan. Prince Harry: The Inside Story. New York: HarperCollins, 2017. Morton, Andrew. Diana: Her True Story—in Her Own Words. New York: Simon & Schuster, 2017. Nicholl, Katie. Harry: Life, Loss, and Love. New York: Hachette, 2018. ———. William and Harry: Behind the Palace Walls. New York: Hachette, 2010. Simmons, Simone, and Ingrid Seward. Diana: The Last Word. New York: St. Martin’s, 2005. Wilson, A. N. The Queen. New York: Atlantic Books, 2016. 46 FURTHER READING BOOKS Doeden, Matt. Prince William & Kate: A Royal Romance. Minneapolis: Lerner Publications, 2012. Learn more about Britain’s royal family and William and Kate’s wedding in 2011. Novis, Constance, and Helen Fewster, eds. Queen Elizabeth II and the Royal Family. New York: DK, 2015. Read about the history of British royalty, from the country’s first monarchs to Queen Elizabeth II. Sadat, Halima. Harry and Meghan: A Royal Engagement. London: Pavilion, 2018. Read this book to learn more about Meghan, Harry, and their engagement. WEBSITES How Royalty Works https://history.howstuffworks.com/historical-figures/royalty.htm Learn more about royalty around the world, how royal families come into power, and what rules govern the passing of that power from generation to generation. Meghan Markle Biography https://www.biography.com/people/meghan-markle-013117 Read about Meghan, and watch a video about the former actor’s life. The page also links to the biographies of other royals, including Prince Harry. Prince Harry http://www.royal.gov.uk/TheCurrentRoyalFamily/PrinceHarry /PrinceHarry.aspx This is Prince Harry’s page on the official website of the British monarchy. It includes a biography, photo gallery, and links to other members of the royal family.
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