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Felices, algo nerviosos y con miradas cómplices anunciaban el príncipe Harry y la entonces actriz Meghan Markle su compromiso. La futura Duquesa de Sussex fue la encargada de contar cómo fue la pedida de mano: una sorpresa “preciosa, natural y muy romántica”, en la que el ‘royal’ se puso de rodillas mientras la pareja se encontraba disfrutando de una cena en su casa. Un emocionante momento en el que Meghan Markle casi se olvida de ponerse el anillo.
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00:06Gracias.
00:07¡Ayudio, Meagan Markle!
00:08Congratulations to you both.
00:10Thank you.
00:11Can we start with the proposal and the actual moment of your engagement.
00:14When did it happen and how did it happen?
00:17It happened a few weeks ago, early this month, here at our cottage.
00:23It's a standard, typical night for us.
00:26It's a cosy night.
00:26¿Qué es lo que hicimos? ¿Qué es lo que hicimos?
00:28¿Roasting chicken?
00:29¿Roasting chicken?
00:30¿Trying to roast a chicken?
00:31¿Trying to roast a chicken.
00:32Y es un increíble sorpresa.
00:35Es tan dulce y natural y muy romántico.
00:40Él se quedó en una pieza.
00:41¿Es un instante sí?
00:43Sí.
00:44En realidad, no podía dejar de terminar proposing.
00:47¿Puedo decirle sí?
00:48No, no, no, no.
00:48No, no, no, no, no, no.
00:49No, no, no, no, no, no.
00:50No, no, no, no, no, no, no.
00:51No, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no.
00:51I had the ring in my finger and I was like,
00:53can I give you the ring?
00:54She goes, oh, yes, the ring.
00:55So no, it was a really nice moment.
00:58It was just the two of us
00:58and I think I managed to catch it by surprise as well.
01:02Yeah.
01:02And this is how long after you first met?
01:05It would be a year and a half to a little bit more than that.
01:08No, just about a year and a half, yeah.
01:10Which for most people would be quite a whirlwind.
01:13Is that how it's felt to you?
01:15I don't think that I would call it a whirlwind
01:18in terms of our relationship.
01:20Obviously, there have been layers attached to how public it has become after we had a good five, six months
01:27almost with just privacy, which was amazing.
01:31But no, I think we were able to really have so much time just to connect.
01:37And we never went longer than two weeks without seeing each other, even though we were obviously doing a long
01:42distance relationship.
01:43So we made it work.
01:45How did you first meet?
01:48Yes, we first met.
01:49We were introduced, actually, by a mutual friend who we will...
01:53We should protect her privacy and not reveal too much of that.
01:57But it was literally through her.
02:01And then we met once and then twice, back to back, two dates in London last July, beginning of July.
02:09And then it was, I think, about three, maybe four weeks later that I managed to persuade her to come
02:17and join me in Botswana.
02:19And we camped out with each other under the stars.
02:23And we spent coming to join me for five days out there, which was absolutely fantastic.
02:26So then we were really by ourselves, which was crucial to me to make sure that we had a chance
02:32to get to know each other.
02:33But the friend who introduced you, was she trying to set you up?
02:36Yes, it was definitely a set-up.
02:38It was a blind date.
02:39It was a blind date, for sure.
02:40And it's so interesting because we talk about it now.
02:43And even then, you know, because I'm from the States, you don't grow up with the same understanding of the
02:50royal family.
02:51And so while I now understand very clearly there's a global interest there, I didn't know much about him.
02:58And so the only thing that I had asked her when she said she wanted to set us up was,
03:02I had one question.
03:03I said, well, is he nice?
03:04Because if he wasn't kind, it just didn't seem like it would make sense.
03:08And so we went and had a, met for a drink.
03:12And then I think very quickly into that we said, well, what are we doing tomorrow?
03:16We should, we should meet again.
03:17What are we doing tomorrow?
03:18Let's meet again.
03:18And then it was like, right, diaries.
03:20We need to get the diaries out and find out how we're going to make this work.
03:22Because I was off to Africa for a month.
03:25She was working.
03:26And we just said, right, where's, where's the gap?
03:28And the gap happened to be in the perfect place.
03:32So how much did you, Prince Harry, know about Meghan?
03:35Had you seen her on TV?
03:36No, I'd never, never even heard about her until this friend said, Meghan Markle.
03:41I was like, right, okay, give me, give me a bit of background.
03:45Like, what's going on here?
03:46So no, I'd never, I'd never watched Suits.
03:49I'd never heard of Meghan before.
03:50And I was beautifully surprised when I, when I walked into that room and saw her.
03:56And there she was sitting there.
03:57I was like, okay, well, I'm going to really have to up my game here.
04:01I'm going to sit down and have a, and make sure I've got a good chat.
04:04So I think for both of us, though, it was, it was really refreshing because given that
04:09I didn't know a lot about him, everything that I've learned about him, I learned through
04:13him, as opposed to having grown up around different news stories or tabloids or whatever
04:18else.
04:18Anything I learned about him and his family was what he would share with me and vice versa.
04:22So for both of us, it was just a really authentic and organic way to get to know each other.
04:28And was that quite refreshing for you in the way that you've been brought up, you know,
04:32with a lot of people knowing a lot about you?
04:34Was it refreshing?
04:35Or thinking they know.
04:36Or thinking they know.
04:37Exactly.
04:37Yeah.
04:38No, it was hugely refreshing to be able to get to, to know someone who isn't necessarily
04:42within your circle, doesn't know much about me.
04:45I don't know about much about her.
04:46So to be able to start almost afresh, right from the beginning and getting to know each
04:50other step by step, and then taking that huge leap of only two dates and then going
04:57effectively on holiday together in the middle of nowhere and, you know, showing a tent together
05:02and all that kind of stuff.
05:02It was, you know, it was fantastic.
05:04It was absolutely amazing to get to know her as quickly as I did.
05:09And starting a long distance relationship, you were working on Suits.
05:12You had, I imagine, a packed filming schedule.
05:14You've got lots of commitments of your own.
05:17How hard was it to keep things going?
05:19It was, yeah.
05:21It was just a choice, right?
05:23I think that very early on when we realized we were going to commit to each other, that
05:29we knew we had to invest the time and the energy and whatever it took to make that happen.
05:33And so, yes, with the filming schedule, it was not the easiest because it, of course, included
05:40a lot of travel back and forth.
05:42But I don't think you've had any idea what time zone you've been on for the last year
05:46and a half.
05:47No.
05:48Coming over here four days or a week and then going back and then straight into filming the
05:52next day, 4 a.m. wake-up calls on a Monday, straight into set, you know.
05:57Right off the plane and straight to set and just coming back and doing it again.
06:00Just trying to stay as close as possible, but, you know, on two different time zones and
06:04five hours apart does have its challenges.
06:06But, you know, we made it work and now we're here, so we're thrilled.
06:11But in the case of your relationship, unlike for most people, there's this whole layer of
06:15what it means to get involved with someone from the royal family.
06:19How much of a sense did you have, Megan, of the enormity of what you were getting into,
06:23what it might mean for your life?
06:24I think I can very safely say, as naive as it sounds now, having gone through this learning
06:31curve in the past year and a half, I did not have any understanding of just what it would
06:36be like.
06:37I don't think either of us did that.
06:38We both said that, even though we knew that it would be...
06:40I tried to warn you as much as possible, but I think both of us were totally surprised
06:48by the reaction after the first five, six months of what we had to ourselves of what actually
06:53happened from then, so I think you can have as many conversations as you want and try
06:57and prepare as much as possible, but we were totally unprepared for what happened after that.
07:03The scrutiny.
07:04Well, all sorts.
07:05Well, I mean, I think also because there's a misconception that because I have worked
07:11in the entertainment industry that this would be something I would be familiar with, but
07:15even though I'd been on my show for, I guess, six years at that point and working before
07:20that, I've never been part of tabloid culture.
07:22I've never been in pop culture to that degree and lived a relatively quiet life, even though
07:28I focus so much on my job.
07:30And so that was a really stark difference out of the gate.
07:36And I think we were just hit so hard at the beginning with a lot of mistruths that I made
07:41the choice to not read anything, positive or negative.
07:44It just didn't make sense.
07:45And instead, we focused all of our energies just on nurturing our relationship.
07:50And some of that scrutiny, and you ended up making a very public statement about it, some
07:54of that scrutiny was centred around your ethnicity, Megan.
07:58And when you realized that, what did you think?
08:01Of course, it's disheartening.
08:03You know, it's a shame that that is the climate in this world to focus that much on that or
08:10that that would be discriminatory in that sense.
08:12But I think, you know, at the end of the day, I'm really just proud of who I am and
08:17where
08:17I come from.
08:18And we have never put any focus on that.
08:22We've just focused on who we are as a couple.
08:25And so when you take all those extra layers away and all of that noise, I think it makes
08:31it really easy to just enjoy being together and tune all the rest of that out.
08:36But now that it is all official, Prince Harry, do you have that sense that the combination
08:40of the two of you, your different backgrounds, that you together represent something new for
08:45the royal family?
08:46I don't know if it's something new.
08:47I think it's, you know, for me, it's an added member of the family.
08:52It's another team player as part of the bigger team.
08:55And, you know, for all of us, what we want to do is be able to carry out the right
09:00engagements,
09:01carry out our work, and try and encourage others and the younger generation to be able
09:05to see the world in the correct sense rather than perhaps having a distorted view.
09:12So, you know, the fact that I fell in love with Meghan so incredibly quickly was a sort
09:19of confirmation to me that everything, all the stars were aligned, everything was just
09:24perfect.
09:24It was this beautiful woman just sort of literally tripped and fell into my life.
09:28I fell into her life.
09:29And the fact that she, I know the fact that she'll be really unbelievably good at the
09:36job part of it as well is obviously a huge relief to me because she'll be able to deal
09:41with everything else that comes with it.
09:43But, no, you know, we're a fantastic team.
09:46We know we are.
09:47And we hope to, you know, over time, try and have as much impact for the things that we
09:53care about as much as possible.
09:54I am very excited about that.
09:56Yeah.
09:56And, Meghan, given your acting and the profile you had, you'd already been involved in various
10:00causes.
10:00You've been an ambassador for UN Women.
10:02Mm-hmm.
10:03What about this new role?
10:05I mean, you're going to have a bigger platform, a bigger voice.
10:08What do you want to do with it?
10:09I mean, how...
10:11I can't imagine.
10:13No, I'm not a singer.
10:15I think what's been really exciting as we talk about the transition of this out of my
10:21career but into the role is that, as you said, the causes that have been very important to
10:25me I can focus even more energy on because very early out of the gate I think you realize
10:31once you have access or a voice that people are willing to listen to with that comes a lot
10:35of responsibility, which I take seriously.
10:37And, at the same time, I think in these beginning few months and now being boots on the ground
10:43in the UK, I'm excited to just really get to know more about the different communities
10:48here, smaller organizations who are working on the same causes that I've always been passionate
10:53about under this umbrella and also being able to go around to the Commonwealth.
10:58I think it's just the beginning of the...
11:00There's a lot to do.
11:01Really?
11:01There's a lot to do.
11:03And it's an immense change.
11:04And you're getting a new country out of it, a husband obviously, but also giving up your
11:12career.
11:13Sounds nice, isn't it?
11:14Yes.
11:14Yes.
11:15But I don't see it as giving anything up.
11:18I just see it as a change.
11:20It's a new challenge.
11:21It's a new...
11:21It's a new chapter, right?
11:23And also keep in mind, I've been working on my show for seven years.
11:28So, we are very, very fortunate to be able to have that sort of longevity on a series.
11:33And for me, once we hit the hundred episode marker, I thought, you know what, I have ticked
11:38this box and I feel really proud of the work I've done there.
11:40And now it's time to, as you said, work as a team with you.
11:46I do.
11:47Yeah.
11:47But do you have that sense of responsibility, Prince Harry, for what you're asking Meghan
11:51to do?
11:52Of course.
11:54That sense of responsibility was essentially from day one or maybe a couple of months in
11:59when I suddenly realised, actually, this is, you know, I feel, I know that I'm in love
12:04with this girl and I hope that she's in love with me, but we still had to sit down on
12:08the
12:08sofa and I still, you know, I still had to have some pretty, you know, frank conversations
12:12with her to say that, you know, what you're letting yourself in for is, it is, it's a big,
12:16it's a big deal.
12:17And it's, you know, it's not, I wouldn't, it's not, it's not easy for anybody.
12:22But I know that, you know, at the end of the day, she, she chooses me and I choose her.
12:28And therefore, you know, whatever, whatever we have to tackle together or individually will
12:32always be us together as a team.
12:34So I think, I think she's capable of...
12:38I don't know.
12:39She's capable of, she's capable of anything.
12:41Thank you.
12:41And together, as I said, there's, there's a hell of a lot of stuff and work that needs
12:46doing.
12:47At the moment for us, it's going to be making sure that our relationship is always put first.
12:51But no, look, both of us have passions for, for, for wanting to make change, change for
12:58good.
12:58And, you know, with lots of young people running around the Commonwealth, that's where we're
13:02going to spend most of our time, hopefully.
13:03And it was really one of the first things we connected on.
13:05It was one of the first things we started talking about when we met was just the
13:08different things that we wanted to do in the world and how passionate we were about seeing
13:12change.
13:13I think that was, that's what got date two in the books, probably.
13:19Plenty to talk about.
13:20Children?
13:22Plans?
13:22Not currently, no.
13:24No, of course, you know, I think, you know, one, one, one step at a time and hopefully we'll
13:29start a family in the near future.
13:30Have you met each other's families?
13:33I imagine.
13:34Yes, his family has been so welcoming.
13:36And you've met quite a few of them actually.
13:38I have on both sides of his family's mom's side as well, which has been really important
13:41to me too.
13:42But yes, the family has been great.
13:44And over the past year and a half, we've just had a really nice time getting to know
13:49them and progressively helping me feel a part of, of not just the institution, but also
13:54part of the family, which has been really, really special.
13:58Trying to track them down and make sure that they're around at the same time that she's
14:01popping in without telling too many people and we've managed, we've actually done incredibly
14:06well to make sure that you've met all the, all the key people.
14:09So does that mean a lot of the time that you've been together in this last year and a half,
14:12you've been, you've been at home a lot.
14:15Yes.
14:15No, we've, we've, well, yeah, we had to sort of reverse the whole process and cosy nights
14:23in, in front of the television, cooking dinner with, you know, just the two of us by ourselves
14:27in our little cottage, rather than going out for dinner and being seen in public.
14:31So we, we have, we reversed the whole process, which is, it's, it's, it's provided different
14:36opportunities and it's made us a hell of a lot closer in a shorter space of time.
14:39That's true.
14:40That's, you know, without question.
14:41So, you know, if anybody else at home is listening, then maybe, you know, slow down on the dates
14:45and maybe spend more time at home.
14:47But no, it's, it's for us, it's, it's an opportunity to, to really get to know each other
14:52without other people, you know, looking or trying to take photos on their phones and all
14:56that kind of stuff.
14:56You know, with that, that comes, that comes, comes with the, comes with the job, comes with
15:00the role, but where possible.
15:02Yeah.
15:02And we were able to really get to know each other that way, but also then to go and have
15:06friends
15:06over for dinner or to go to his family's tea or any of those sort of things.
15:11And even, you know, just to take the, take the time to be able to go on long country walks
15:17and just talk.
15:19We've been all over the place.
15:20Have you met the Queen?
15:22I have, yes.
15:22Couple of times.
15:23What was that like?
15:24Sure, a couple of times.
15:25Um, it's incredible.
15:27I think, you know, A, to be able to meet her through his lens, not just with his honour
15:34and respect for her as the monarch, but the love that he has for her as his grandmother.
15:40All of those layers have been so important for me so that when I met her, I had such a
15:45deep
15:45understanding and of course, incredible respect for being able to have that time with her.
15:50And, and we've had a really, she's, she's an incredible woman.
15:55And the corgis took to you straight away.
15:56That's true.
15:57For the last 33 years being barked at.
15:59This one walks in absolutely nothing.
16:01Just laying on my feet during tea.
16:03It was very sweet.
16:04And I was just like, oh.
16:05That has to be a good sign.
16:07Speaking of dogs, have you brought yours to the UK?
16:09Well, I have two dogs that I've had for quite a long time, both my rescue pups.
16:14And one is now staying with very close friends.
16:16And my other little guy is, yes, he's in the UK.
16:20He's been here for a while.
16:21Okay.
16:22Let's hope he adjusts well.
16:23I think he's doing just fine.
16:25What was it like introducing Megan to your father and your brother?
16:30Um, what was it like?
16:34It was exciting.
16:35I mean, I, you know, I've been seeing her for a period of time when I literally didn't
16:39tell anybody at all.
16:41And then William was longing to meet her.
16:44And so was Catherine.
16:45So, you know, being our neighbors, we managed to get, get that in a couple of, well, quite
16:50a few times now.
16:51Um, and Catherine's been absolutely, um, amazing as is William as well.
16:56You know, fantastic support.
16:57And then my, my father's already had, you know, a couple of, no more than that.
17:00We've had a handful of teas and meetings and, and all sorts of gatherings over, over at
17:06his place as well.
17:06So, um, no, the family together have been absolutely, um, you know, solid support.
17:12And, and my grandparents as well have been, have been wonderful throughout this whole process.
17:16And they've known for quite some time.
17:17So how they, how they haven't told anybody is, is again, a miracle in itself.
17:22But, um, no, the whole family have come together and, and have been a huge amount of support.
17:27They've been amazing.
17:28And Megan, your parents, do you think, you know, well, very happy for you, obviously.
17:33Yes.
17:33Do you think they have worried at all about the scale of what you're getting into?
17:36Well, I'm sure at the onset, uh, both my parents and my close friends were concerned
17:42because we got very quickly swept up in a media storm that, as I, I shared, was not part of
17:49my life before that.
17:50But they also had never seen me so happy.
17:54And, um, and I think also once my friends, excuse me, were able to, to really meet Harry
18:00and my mom, who we've spent a lot of time with, who was so much fun.
18:05Your mom's amazing.
18:06It was just, you know, it was just obvious that no matter what we were being put through,
18:13that it was just temporary and that we were going to be able to get through that.
18:18So everyone was really happy with me.
18:19He's talked to my dad a few times, hasn't been able to meet him just yet.
18:22Um, but it's all been, it's all been worth every effort.
18:26Yeah, it's been great.
18:28Um, your ring.
18:29Oh yeah.
18:31Tell us about your ring.
18:33Um, the ring is, is obviously yellow gold because that's, um, her favourite.
18:38And the main stone itself, um, are sourced from Botswana.
18:41And the, uh, the little diamonds either side are from my mother's jewelry collection
18:46to make sure that she's with us on this, on this crazy journey together.
18:51Um, and.
18:52It's beautiful.
18:53And he designed it.
18:54It's incredible.
18:56Um.
18:57Yeah.
18:58Yeah.
18:58Make sure it stays on that finger.
19:00Of course.
19:01Of course.
19:01Of course.
19:02What does it mean to you, Megan, to have those stones on your finger that once belonged to
19:06Princess Diana?
19:07I, I think everything about, um, Harry's thoughtfulness is, and the inclusion of that and obviously
19:16not being able to meet his mom.
19:19It's so important to me to, to know that she's a part of this with us.
19:24And, and I think in being able to meet his aunts and, and also to be like Julia and just
19:30different
19:30people who are so important to his mom.
19:32I'm able to, in some way, know a part of her through them and of course through him.
19:37And it's, um, it's incredibly special and, you know, to be able to have this which sort
19:42of links where you come from and Botswana which is important to us.
19:47And it's, uh, it's perfect.
19:50What do you think your mother would have thought of Megan or said about Megan?
19:54Oh, these days they'd be thick as thieves.
19:57Without question.
19:58I think she would be over the moon, jumping up and down, you know, so excited for, for me.
20:04But then, as I said, we've probably been best friends, best friends with Megan.
20:08So, no, it's, I, you know, it's, it is days like, days like today when, when I really miss
20:13having her around and miss being able to share the, the happy news.
20:16But, you know, with, with the ring and with everything else that's going on, I'm sure she's,
20:19She's with us.
20:20I'm sure she's with us, you know, you know, jumping up and down somewhere else.
20:24Prince Harry, Megan Markle, thank you both very much.
20:27Thank you so much.
20:28Thank you very much.
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