Prince Harry and I are in
love, says U.S. actress Meghan Markle
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[September 06, 2017]
LONDON (Reuters) - U.S.
actress Meghan Markle, the girlfriend of Britain's
Prince Harry, has said they are in love and happy
together, in her first frank comments about their
relationship since they became a couple last year.
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In an interview with Vanity Fair magazine
published on Tuesday, Markle said she began dating Harry, fifth
in line to the British throne, in July last year after she met
him through friends.
"We’re a couple," Markle told the U.S. magazine. "We're in love.
I'm sure there will be a time when we will have to come forward
and present ourselves and have stories to tell, but I hope what
people will understand is that this is our time.
"This is for us. It's part of what makes it so special, that
it's just ours. But we're happy. Personally, I love a great love
story."
The relationship between Harry, 32, the younger son of
heir-to-the-throne Prince Charles and his first wife Princess
Diana, became public knowledge last November when the prince
issued a rare warning to the media to leave his 36-year-old
girlfriend and her family in peace, reflecting his own battles
with the press.
He was once pictured scuffling with paparazzi outside a London
nightclub and in 2012 was photographed partying naked and
playing billiards in a private room in Las Vegas.
Asked how she coped with media intrusion, Markle, a divorcee
best known for her role in the U.S. TV legal drama "Suits",
said: "I can tell you at the end of the day I think it's really
simple. We're two people who are really happy and in love."
She added: "We were very quietly dating for about six months
before it became news and I was working during that whole time
and the only thing that changed was people's perception.
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"Nothing about me changed. I'm still the same person that I am, and
I've never defined myself by my relationship."
The British royals, and particularly their often tangled love lives,
provide worldwide fascination and on Tuesday, a French court was
ordered to pay damages to Harry's elder brother William and his wife
Kate for breaching her privacy by publishing topless photos of her.
Markle said the attention of being involved with the prince had its
challenges.
"It comes in waves - some days it can feel more challenging than
others," she said. "And right out of the gate it was surprising the
way things changed. But I still have this support system all around
me, and, of course, my boyfriend's support."
Harry, once the wild child of the royal family who admitted smoking
cannabis and getting drunk when under the legal age limit, has
secured a place as one of Britain's most popular royals since
enjoying a successful military career which saw him on active
service twice in Afghanistan.
The interview fueled speculation among bookmakers that the couple
could get engaged soon and comes a day after William revealed that
he and his wife Kate were expecting their third child.
(Reporting by Michael Holden; editing by Stephen Addison)
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