Royal Family: Prince Harry and Meghan Markle

Meghan Markle and Prince Harry's Romance Was Sparked Around the Fourth of July Prince Harry reflected on his life journey in Spare, his groundbreaking memoir released in January 2023. Part 3 of the book begins with the story of how he first encountered Meghan after seeing her photo while scrolling through Instagram during the summer of 2016. Meghan had made a playful Snapchat video with a mutual friend named Violet. When her face appeared on his feed, Harry wrote that he had "never seen anyone so beautiful." Intrigued, Harry asked Violet to introduce them. While Meghan was in London, the pair met at Soho House for their first date. The evening went so well that they met again the following night — July 4. To make up for being late the previous evening, Harry brought something sweet. “She walked in, wearing a pretty blue sundress with white pinstripes. She was aglow. I stood and said, ‘I bear gifts.’ A pink box. I held it forward. She shook it. ‘What’s this?’” the Duke...

Meghan shared a sweet selfie with Harry on Friday, July 4, offering a glimpse into a cherished tradition the couple has followed every Independence Day since their second date. The 43-year-old Duchess of Sussex posted the selfie — showing her cuddled up next to a beaming 40-year-old Prince Harry — along with two photos of red, white, and blue Fourth of July–themed cupcakes on Instagram. “Our second date was the 4th of July 2016, and H brought me cupcakes to celebrate,” Meghan wrote in the caption. “Now, all these years later, our two children are in on the tradition. Meghan signed off with, “Happy Independence Day! May your day be as sweet as these cupcakes.” The first photo in the series shows a tray of cupcakes that she and Harry made on Friday with their two children, Archie, 6, and Lilibet, 4. The final photo reveals the cupcake Harry brought her back in 2016. A black-and-white version of the selfie was previously featured in the couple’s 2022 Netflix docuseries Harry & Me...