00:02The fairytale wedding of Prince Harry and Meghan Markle is finally here and to celebrate why not
00:07get a bit closer to Britain's newest royal with these little-known facts. First of all,
00:13Meghan is actually her middle name. The American actress's first name is actually Rachel and
00:17interestingly her most famous role was on the TV series Suits playing a character named Rachel.
00:22But whatever you call her, Markle was born to be a star. Growing up in LA her dad was the
00:27director of photography for the popular sitcom Married with Children and Meghan spent plenty
00:32of time hanging out on the set. Even once she became famous herself, her dad would call her
00:36after watching her performances and give her tips about the lighting and camera work to pass on to
00:40the crew. After graduating college with a dual degree in acting and international relations,
00:45Markle still had to work some odd jobs to make ends meet while searching for her big break.
00:50One of them was serving as a briefcase girl on the game show Deal or No Deal,
00:54where she once got to meet Donald Trump. But she also had an entrepreneurial streak,
00:59setting up her own business doing calligraphy. It was her handwriting that adorned the invitations
01:03to the wedding of Robin Thicke and Paula Patton in 2005.
01:07Meghan's stylist is her BFF Jessica Mulroney. But there's one thing the fashionable actress insists
01:12on picking out herself, her jewellery. She's revealed that when she was appearing on Suits,
01:17all the jewellery she wore on screen was her own, including family heirlooms like a charm bracelet left
01:23to her by her grandmother. Finally, you might be aware that Markle loves animals and has two
01:27rescue dogs at home. But did you know that it's thanks to Ellen DeGeneres that she adopted one of
01:32the pups? Apparently, Meghan was playing with a dog at a shelter, trying to decide whether to get him,
01:37when Ellen, who happened to also be there and didn't yet know Markle, walked by and told her,
01:41you have to take that dog. Meghan brought the pooch home that same day.
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