When Harry met Meghan: Britain's royal prince is engaged to 'Suits' actress

The announcement, which came from Prince Harry's father Prince Charles' office, says 36-year-old Markle has met Queen Elizabeth II, and Harry also has received the blessing of Markle's parents. | AP Photo

Meghan Markle's ring, which the prince himself designed, bore three glittering diamonds: a central stone from Botswana and two others from the collection of the Harry's mother, Princess Diana, who died in 1997. The ring is yellow gold, Markle's favourite. | AP Photo

Harry has been dating 36-year-old Markle since July 2016 and there has been increasing speculation of a wedding in the New Year ever since the actress moved her dogs to the UK from her Canadian home in Toronto. | AFP Photo

Just weeks into their relationship, Prince Harry invited Markle on a five-day trip to Botswana, New York Times reported. 'Then we were really by ourselves, which was crucial to me,' he said during an interview, following the announcement of their engagement. | AFP Photo

Markle a mixed-race American raised in California, an outspoken full-time actress, and a divorcee makes a surprising addition to Britain's monarchy. (Twitter Photo | @meghanmarkle)

The couple will live at Nottingham Cottage in London's Kensington Palace, where Harry's brother William and his pregnant wife Kate live with their two children. | AP Photo

Sources believe that when Prince Harry marries Markle this spring, he’ll be given the title of Duke of Sussex, which will make Meghan Duchess of Sussex, like to-be sister-in-law Kate Middleton, the Duchess of Cambridge. Neither of the women can be princesses in their own right.| AP Photo

This handout issued by Clarence House on Monday Nov. 27, 2017, shows the letter announcing the engagement between Prince Harry and Meghan Markle. |AP Photo

Well wishers of the royal couple gathered outside Kensington Palace to celebrate the news. One of them told AFP: 'The royal family is too tight, too controlled, the older ones exist in the last century, they really need to modernise.' | AFP Photo

Town Crier Tony Appleton holds a scroll outside Green Park in central London near Buckingham Palace after it was announced that Prince Harry and Meghan Markle to be engaged. Monday Nov. 27, 2017. | AP Photo

We wish the royal couple a lifetime of happiness. | AP Photo