Meghan: A Hollywood Princess(76)
Meghan at the sprawling Bagram Airfield in Afghanistan during her 2014 goodwill tour. Meghan and her fellow performers ate and took photos with service members, passed out cupcakes, and performed onstage. From left to right: Washington Nationals pitcher Doug Fister, Meghan Markle, comedian Rob Riggle, country music performer Kelly Pickler, actor Dianna Agron, and retired Chicago Bears linebacker Brian Urlacher (far right). (DOD Photo / Alamy)
Meghan on board the USS Ross on December 6, 2014, with former Chicago Bears linebacker Brian Urlacher (left) and Washington Nationals pitcher Doug Fister as part of a USO holiday tour. Later she would post on her Instagram account: “In gratitude to our troops, and the opportunity to thank them personally for their sacrifice and service. Such an honor and feeling very, very blessed.” (DOD Photo / Alamy)
Meghan co-starred with Christopher Jacot in the 2014 Hallmark Channel movie When Sparks Fly during a break from filming Suits. She played a big-city reporter returning home to her small town, where she learns her best friend is marrying her ex-boyfriend. The feel-good movie was a departure from Meghan’s sassy role on Suits. (Pictorial Press Ltd / Alamy)
At the 2014 One Young World Summit, held in Dublin, Ireland, Meghan was invited to speak on gender equality and human rights. Here she and the panel applaud a point made by a member of the audience. During the weekend, intended to encourage young leaders of tomorrow, Meghan met former UN secretary-general Kofi Annan and writer Fatima Bhutto. (Clodagh Kilcoyne / Getty Images)
On March 10, 2015, Meghan delivered a highly regarded speech before the United Nations Women organization as the newly appointed UN Women Advocate for Women’s Leadership and Political Participation. Her mother, Doria, and Hillary Clinton were in the audience as Meghan recounted taking on Proctor & Gamble over a sexist advertising campaign when she was just eleven. (WENN Ltd / Alamy)
Meghan and her boyfriend celebrity chef Cory Vitiello attending a fashion event during the glitzy Miami Art Basel show, which was held in December 2014. The couple were guests of the exclusive members’ club Soho House. (Ben Rosser / BFAnyc.com / REX / Shutterstock)
Meghan with Misha Nonoo at the Twelfth Annual CDFA/Vogue Fashion Fund awards, November 2, 2015, in New York. Meghan is wearing a showstopping metallic dress from the designer’s collection. (Nicholas Hunt / Getty Images)
On their second trip to Botswana in 2017, Prince Harry and Meghan celebrated her thirty-sixth birthday when they briefly stayed at the Meno a Kwena camp before driving their hired car on an eight-hour journey to Victoria Falls, one of the natural wonders of the world. (The Sun / News Licensing)
During a visit to Wimbledon in 2016, Meghan wore an expensive black suede Ralph Lauren dress when she watched her friend Serena Williams on court. When a brief rain shower disrupted the match, fashion guru Anna Wintour, who was also in the players’ box, loaned Meghan a sweater to protect her dress. (Karwai Tang WireImage Getty Images)
Chic and stylish, Meghan arrives at an AOL Build forum in downtown New York to discuss her role as a paralegal in the hugely popular legal drama Suits. (Evan Agostini / Invision / AP / REX / Shutterstock)
Meghan, with Prince Harry’s mentor Mark Dyer and wife, Amanda, watch the prince play polo at the Audi Challenge on June 5, 2017. A former equerry to the Prince of Wales, Dyer arranged Harry’s gap-year trip to Lesotho and was instrumental in assisting the prince to establish Sentebale, an HIV/AIDS charity focusing on children who suffer from the deadly disease. (Photograph by Mark Stewart, Camera Press London)
Meghan’s mother, Doria Ragland, joined her daughter and Prince Harry at the closing of the Invictus Games in Toronto. With her arrival, it meant that the engagement announcement was only a matter of weeks away. (Karwai Tang / WireImage / Getty Images)
When Meghan and Prince Harry officially attended the Invictus Games together on September 25, 2017, they caused a media frenzy. Photographers were instructed not to move when the couple, who walked hand in hand, arrived at the Toronto stadium. They put on quite a show, stroking each other’s arms, whispering to each other, and chatting with families of competitors. (Chris Jackson / Getty Images for the Invictus Games Foundation)
Meghan’s last trip for World Vision Canada was to India, in January 2017, where she promoted education for young women, stressing the importance of menstrual supplies and separate toilet facilities to encourage school attendance. She later wrote a frank essay in Time magazine about the issue. One of her stops was the Myna Mahila Foundation, a charity employing women to make sanitary supplies that are sold locally. (World Vision / Splash)
Prince Harry and Meghan pose for photographers in the Sunken Garden at Kensington Palace after their engagement was announced on November 27, 2017. The Sunken Garden was one of Princess Diana’s favorite spots. (Facundo Arrizabalaga / EPA-EFE / REX / Shutterstock)
Prince Harry and Meghan Markle visit Nottingham on their first official joint royal engagement on December 1, 2017. She appeared relaxed, if a little nervous, as she went into the royal handshaking mode and made conversation about the weather. (WENN Ltd / Alamy)
On Christmas Day, Meghan attended St. Mary Magdalene Church in Sandringham with her future in-laws. This was a break with tradition, as only couples who were married or single family members attended the royal family’s holiday gathering. As the Queen left the church to return to Sandringham House, the royal ladies, including Meghan, dropped a brief curtsy. While her future sister-in-law Catherine Middleton dropped a perfectly relaxed curtsy, Meghan’s was much more wobbly, a sign that practice was needed. (Chris Jackson / Getty Images)