Meghan Markle, the Duchess of Sussex, is celebrating her birthday in Los Angeles. She turns 39 today.
Meghan Markle turns 39 today
Meghan Markle: Britain’s royal family has wished a happy birthday to Meghan Markle, the Duchess of Sussex, wife of Prince Harry, via Twitter on Tuesday in a show of friendliness after a rocky period that saw the couple move to the United States.
The official Twitter account for Buckingham Palace, which gives updates on the activities of Queen Elizabeth and other royals, posted a 2018 picture of the monarch with Meghan, who is celebrating her 39th birthday.
About The Duchess of Sussex: Meghan Markle pursued a career as a screen actress, appearing in a number of TV series before landing the role of Rachel Zane on the USA Network show Suits. Markle, who also ran the lifestyle blog The Tig from 2014 to 2017, became the subject of international headlines in 2016 upon the revelation of her romance with Prince Harry of Great Britain.
After announcing their engagement in late 2017, the two married on May 19, 2018, and welcomed son Archie Harrison Mountbatten-Windsor the following May. In January 2020, the couple revealed plans to step back from their senior roles in the royal family.
Rachel Meghan Markle was born on August 4, 1981, in Los Angeles, California, the little girl of Doria, a clinical advisor and yoga teacher, and Thomas, a TV lighting and photography executive.
Meghan always had a strong voice and wanted to be heard whenever it came to issues regarding women.At the point when she was 11, Markle composed a letter to many notables, including then-First Lady Hillary Clinton, about a TV commercial highlighting the possibility of ladies being impeded by oily cookware. The young girl regarded the advertisement misogynistic when male classmates began shouting, after seeing the commercial, that the kitchen is where ladies belonged. (The language of the advertisement was subsequently changed.) Markle proceeded to study theater and international relations at Northwestern University School of Communication, graduating in 2003.
In 2002, Markle landed her first TV role with a guest spot on General Hospital, and she went on to appear in a number of other series that included Cuts, The War at Home, CSI: NY and 90210. As a biracial actress, Markle would eventually talk about the challenges of navigating Hollywood’s check-a-box casting landscape while also finding her voice as an actress.
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In 2011, Markle had her big break, landing the role of paralegal Rachel Zane on the USA network series Suits, co-starring Gabriel Macht, Patrick J. Adams and Gina Torres. The legal drama centers on the shifting intrigues of a Manhattan corporate law firm, with the savvy Zane attending Columbia Law School to pursue her own dreams of becoming an attorney. The show became a top performer among USA Network’s scripted programs and began taping its seventh season in 2017, though the network announced that Markle would be leaving the program following the news of her engagement to Prince Harry.
Markle dated producer Trevor Engelson for several years before the couple married in 2011. They divorced two years later.
Markle has a number of passions that include yoga (following in the footsteps of her mother), calligraphy and cuisine. She is also an essayist and has written for Elle UK, and ran her own lifestyle blog The Tig from 2014 to 2017. Markle’s philanthropic efforts include being appointed a U.N. Women’s Advocate and working with the World Vision Clean Water Campaign, among other activities
Harry and Markle first made each other’s acquaintance on a blind date in early July 2016. “We were introduced actually by a mutual friend,” Prince Harry revealed. The two met while Harry was attending the Invictus Games in Toronto, where Suits is filmed.
Harry and Markle first made each other’s acquaintance on a blind date in early July, 2016. “We were introduced actually by a mutual friend,” Prince Harry revealed.Much speculation ensued about the direction of their romance, with Markle becoming the most Googled actress of 2016 as a result of the relationship
Things moved quickly from there. The couple went on a second date and Prince Harry then invited Markle to accompany him on a trip to Africa just three or four weeks later. “I managed to persuade her to come and join me in Botswana and we camped out with each other under the stars,” he said, describing the whirlwind romance. “Then we were really by ourselves, which was crucial to me to make sure that we had a chance to get to know each other.”
On November 27, 2017, Markle and Prince Harry revealed that they had secretly gotten engaged earlier in the month. Among the congratulatory messages, Prince William and Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge, said, “It has been wonderful getting to know Meghan and to see how happy she and Harry are together.”
A few weeks later, Kensington Palace announced that the royal wedding would take place May 19, 2018, in St. George’s Chapel at Windsor Castle
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On May 19, 2018, the couple married at St. George’s Chapel at Windsor Castle. The bride wore a dress designed by Clare Waight Keller for Givenchy. Shortly before the wedding, Queen Elizabeth conferred Meghan with the title of Meghan, Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Sussex.
On October 15, 2018, Markle and Prince Harry announced that they were expecting their first child in spring 2019. “Their Royal Highnesses have appreciated all of the support they have received from people around the world since their wedding in May and are delighted to be able to share this happy news with the public,” Kensington Palace said in a statement.
The baby boy, Archie Harrison Mountbatten-Windsor, arrived at 5:26 a.m. on May 6, 2019. Seventh in line to the British throne, he was christened two months later in a private ceremony at Windsor Castle.
On January 8, 2020, after spending the holiday season in Canada, Meghan and Harry delivered the stunning announcement that they planned to “step back” from their senior roles in the royal family and work to become “financially independent.”
Queen released an accompanying statement to express her support of the young couple, noting that she was “particularly proud of how Meghan has so quickly become one of the family.”
Having set up their new home base of Los Angeles, Meghan and Harry closed their @SussexRoyal Instagram account and formally signed off as senior royals on March 31, 2020.
