Since announcing their engagement in November 2017 and their eventual wedding on May 19, 2018 at St. George’s Chapel at Windsor Castle in the United Kingdom, both Prince Harry and his wife, Meghan Markle have defied all the rules of royal family.
The marriage between Prince Harry and Meghan Markle is definitely going to change so many things about the British royal family.
Nobody would have thought that Prince Harry would settle for a woman with not only a humble background but an artist with African-American and Dutch-Irish descent. It was the first time a woman of mixed race would be coming into the British Royal family.
The love birds first met in Toronto, Canada during the royal’s visit to promote the Invictus Games.
Meghan and Harry met through a mutual friend, who set them up on a blind date in London. In an interview with the BBC’s Mishal Husain, the pair admitted they didn’t know much about each other until they met.
“I was beautifully surprised when I walked into that room and saw her… I thought, I am really going to have to up my game here and make sure I’ve got a good chat,” said the prince.
My British have expressed concern that Markle had been married before, a far depar ture from royal tradition.
Meghan was married to LA production company manager Trevor Engleson, tying the knot in a Jamaican beach wedding in September 2011, after more than seven years of dating. However, just short of two years later, it was all over – the pair were reported to have separated in August 2013.
As expected, the marriage has been throwing series of issues. Meghan Markle and Kate Middleton, Prince Harry’s brother, have been rumoured to have been involved in a ‘ghastly row’
With the age difference of four years, how Harry will be able to cope with Meg is a subject of conjecture.
How two of them would be able to cope because of differential background is what ponders the mind of many.
Meghan, while realising this, had responded in an interview that: “While my mixed heritage may have created a grey area surrounding my self-identification, keeping me with a foot on both sides of the fence, I have come to embrace that.”
In fulfilling British royal expectations, in January 2018, Meghan was reported to have deleted her remaining social media accounts, including Instagram and Twitter, as per royal protocol. However, she joins Prince William, Kate Middleton and Prince Harry on the Kensington Palace social media accounts, which include Twitter, Facebook and Instagram.
Many have argued that there should be no cause for concern as Harry was never a saint. A publication has described Prince Harry as a ‘royal renegade’.
According to the magazine, at 17, Harry was taken to a rehab centre after he admitted he had smoked marijuana and illegally drank alcoholic beverages. When he was 27, his naked pictures was published while playing strip billiards in a Las Vegas hotel suite.
Meghan has also broken several royal rules. She was accused of painting her nails in burgundy.
According to OK! magazine, there is a rule in place stating that coloured nail polish does not meet royal standards and is considered “vulgar.”
Meghan has not forgotten her humble background. She closes her own door, which is against the royal rule. According to a report, when Meghan arrived at London’s Royal Academy for her first solo engagement as Duchess of Sussex, she chose to open the door of the car herself; an act which is against royal rule.
As a member of the royal family, Meghan is not expected to have personal opinion and even if she does, she ought to make it private. Meghan is said to have an opinion about abortion
Meghan also wears a sleeveless dress to her first Trooping the Colour. On her Buckingham balcony debut on June 9 in celebration of Queen Elizabeth’s birthday, many British were shocked to see her in off-the-shoulder silhouette of her pale pink, “fashion tradition usually dictates that Royal women do not wear off-shoulder or other more revealing styles.”
Also, Meghan’s coat of arms does not include her family name.
Traditionally, royal men don’t sport wedding bands after they marry. Reports said Harry’s grandfather, father and brother have all opted to follow this tradition by not wearing a ring after they wed their respective wives. However, Markle and Harry have chosen to break this tradition, exchanging rings in the ceremony that they will continue to wear. This signifies equality in the marriage and is a modern step for the monarchy.
Like an hippy, Meghan wore a crossbody bag. The princess-to-be arrived at Edinburgh Castle on February 13, 2018 “wearing an appropriately chic and seemingly inoffensive outfit: Burberry coat, Veronica Beard pants, Birks rings and a Strathberry bag.
But it’s not what Markle was wearing that broke protocol, per se, it was how she was wearing it,” a British magazine observed.
Whether the duo will be able to sustain the marriage, time will tell.
