E!: Meghan Markle just returned to Toronto after a week in London with her mother

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I mentioned in yesterday’s post about Meghan Markle and Princess Diana’s psychic that there was an odd report from Hello Magazine claiming that Meghan flew to London one week ago. Hello seemed to have an eyewitness report, someone who had seen Meghan fly in from Canada. I didn’t know what to make of it because, honestly, I’ve gotten used to getting all of my late-breaking Markle news from her favorite outlet, E! News. E! News seems to get all of the big leaks out of Camp Markle, so it felt… odd that E! wasn’t saying much. Well, here we go:

This mother-daughter paid a visit across the pond. A source confirmed to E! News, Meghan Markle and her mom, Doria Radlan, hopped on a plane and headed to London last week. The Suits star, who has famously been dating Prince Harry for the past year, used the special trip to show her mom some of the sights of her beau’s native city. As E! News previously reported, she and the royal have spoken about living in London and Meghan “really sees herself moving” there in the future.

No trip to England would be complete for the ladies without some plans with Harry himself. “Doria, of course, spent time with Harry and Meghan together,” the source noted.

After nearly a week in the United Kingdom, the actress and her mother packed up their bags and Markle made her way home to Toronto to resume shooting for Suits.

The trip fell just a week ahead of the star’s 36th birthday today and around the time of their 1-year anniversary, so it certainly seems like it was the perfect time to pay Harry a visit. While she is expected to stay in Toronto through the week to film the hit series, as the insider noted, “She’ll be back in London before you know it.”

[From E! News]

Meghan brought her mom, but where did her mom stay? Every time she visits Harry, Meg has been staying at Nottingham Cottage within the grounds of Kensington Palace, but that’s apparently a pretty small place and I’m not sure there’s even room for a guest? I wonder if Meghan got a hotel suite or something? But that seems unreasonable too, because if Meg and her mom had been staying at a hotel, then the paparazzi would have gotten some shots of them coming and going. Hmmm… royal conspiracies!!

Anyway, this is how it starts. If Meghan is bringing her mom to London for a week, you know it’s because Meghan and Harry are completely on the engagement path. It would not surprise me at all if we learned that Prince Charles met Doria Radlan. It also wouldn’t surprise me if Doria was in London – in the future – when Harry and Meghan announce their engagement.

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  1. Millennial says:

    I thought this story was a bit light on the details about what’s Meghan actually did with Harry. I’m rooting for them, but I’m getting nervous! I need pics of them eating the same ice cream cone and looking lovey dovey.

    • Enough Already says:

      Or swan shaped sundaes.

    • Bettyrose says:

      IDK. From what i know of Meghan, I like her. She’d bring the awesomeness to royal gossip. But I can’t wish this life on her. The Windsors and the Kennedy’s man, it’s not a great deal for wives.

    • RoyalSparkle says:

      Lovely photo f Meghan in waiting.

      Now the news articles – that potential King Henry and Meghan are in Africa to celebrate, photo and all.

    • Imqrious2 says:

      Eh, another paper yesterday (I forget which one, sorry!) said Harry “whisked Meghan away to Africa to celebrate her birthday”, complete with eyewitnesses who saw them at the airport (no pics of course). Who knows what to believe. Frankly, until I hear it “officially” or see it (like a ring on her finger), I’m not buyin’ the goods 😊

  2. Nicole says:

    I was waiting for the E! Story as well. I doubt it’s going to be a birthday engagement. I’m thinking end of year and announce in the new year. If everything goes well. But I would think (hope?) that Harry steps out with her a little to kind of prepare her. Or is that not allowed? I just feel like we saw Chelsea at more events which is why everyone thought they would get married. I’m wondering if Meghan will be popping up at more events before the engagement rollout

    • PrincessK says:

      Exactly what I thought. I just feel it would be strange for them to suddenly announce an engagement when they have not presented themselves to the public as a couple, I would expect them to be photographed together at a few public outings before any announcement. Initially I expected these ‘public outings’ would take place at Royal Ascot or Wimbledon or some other summer season high profile event. But now think they want to get all of the Diana anniversary activities finished with so I now doubt if anything will happen this August. Meghan of course may be invited to Balmoral for a couple of days.

      • Carrie says:

        Ohhhh I just had a thought. This has been an emotionally tumultuous year for the BRF. Diana death 20 year anniversary, Prince Philip stepping down, something ip with the Queen (imo)… yeah I would like these two to have a year of normality to see if they do ok without all the turmoil going on.

        It’s definitely weird they’ve not been together in public much. It would be excellent if she moved there first and lived on her own there for a bit while dating him.

      • RoyalSparkle says:

        -1000
        What were the photos of: potential King Henry and Meghan walking in London together -at a wedding in Jamaica, as a couple – at his charity Polo game – Polo event next day photo kissing – are, if not ‘as a couple’.

  3. Nyawira says:

    Yaaaaassss! She was obviously there to meet his side of the family who are kind of limited in making discreet international travel plans. I love it. Wedding bells by next year’s Summer FOR SURE.

  4. Seraphina says:

    But the psychic said it would not work!!!! JK

    Agreed- this is leading down the path of the beginning of a wedding aisle. I hope they are both happy. Good luck to them both. I could use another royal wedding. I wonder if Kate will make little jars of chutney as wedding favors 🤔

    • bettyrose says:

      The very fact that his deceased mother’s former psychic made international headlines dissing her is reason enough she needs to walk away. She’s a gorgeous, successful, independent woman. Shagging Harry is total bragging rights. But marriage? Just, no.

  5. Abs says:

    She left before word came out she was there. The Hello story came out last week on the day they started filming episode 10, last one before the break. She has been back in Toronto working for a week now. Hello probably spotted them on the way to the airport. Harry had the week before that off too, so it all makes a lot of sense. Meghan will be done filming today or tomorrow.

  6. Lynnie says:

    Slightly off topic, but do people think the wedding will be as big of a media deal in the states as Will’s and Kate’s was? Or will it kinda suffer from “second kid” syndrome?

    • Nicole says:

      Not as big or interesting. Harry won’t be king and Meghan won’t be queen. So I think the hoopla will be way less. Same with their kids.
      Just the way it goes

      • Maria says:

        I think it will be smaller but way more interesting.
        Nothing about Waity and Willy is that interesting .
        Would love to see a fall engagement and a Christmas wedding.

      • PrincessK says:

        A Prince Harry /Meghan Markle will be much much more interesting than William and Kate, their wedding was a certainty for a long time and their characters are very bland in comparison. The media will go absolutely crazy if this wedding happens. It is quite clear that the press have been very restricted in their reporting so far and are chomping at the bit to splash stories about this romance. Probably the reason Harry and Meghan are so secretive about their assignations.

    • Merritt says:

      If Harry marries an American, I could see the US based media making a big deal about there being an American marrying into a royal family.

      • SoulSPA says:

        ITA

      • bettyrose says:

        I hope so. I’m totally against her marrying into this 17th century horror show, but if it happens I need to see it.

      • Imqrious2 says:

        Considering W & K got engaged in Africa, do you think Harry will “copy” that with Meghan?

      • All About Eve says:

        @IMQRIOUS2

        William & Kate got engaged in Kenya. Unless Harry & Meghan also get engaged in Kenya then he is not copying William. That’s just like saying if two couples get engaged in separate European countries, e.g. Italy & Sweden, that they are copying each other. Africa is a diverse continent with 54 countries, nevertheless it’s a common mistake for people to view it as one giant country which it isn’t.

    • Bellagio DuPont says:

      @ Lonnie:

      Are you kidding me? I think Americans would go absolutely NUTS (in more ways than one) for an American girl marrying a British prince.

      Reminiscence of Grace Kelly…. 😉 😉

    • LAK says:

      I think it will be a big deal for all the reasons ASSUME can’t happen eg a mixed race, divorced American actress.

      • PrincessK says:

        Exactly. The world world media will love it. Meghan will sell more papers and magazines than Kate for those reasons.

      • bettyrose says:

        I think she’ll be amazing as an international presence, bringing awareness to global causes. On that point, I’ll put my skepticism away. Maybe she and Harry will be an amazing team and the RF will be transformed by her.

    • WTW says:

      It probably won’t be as big, but the fact that Markle is American and mixed-race will likely draw interest from people who didn’t care about Kate and William’s wedding.

    • Zondie says:

      Back in the 80ies the Andrew – Sarah Ferguson wedding was a big deal and broadcast live here in the States.

    • India Andrews says:

      I think watching Kate will be interesting given how she seemed cool to the Queen of Spain. I wonder how petty Kate is when it comes to competition for the spotlight from other women close to her age. She has been within handshake distance of Letizia on two occasions now and hasn’t shown any graciouness.

      • Carrie says:

        Oh I didn’t know about this. I did however notice that she’s been much more active publicly and boisterously happy appearing since Harry and Meghan began taking notice. Maybe it was just timing of all the heads together stuff tho. I’m not sure what to think.

      • bettyrose says:

        Gah, that family. What is even the point of investing all their efforts in becoming rich and titled if they can’t be gracious, decent humans?

    • RoyalSparkle says:

      Bigger or just as … considering the better of the brother/s – Meghan, the career professional, hardworking philanthropist – is a worthy US marry in royal. Bringing together even more with Invictus of at least 3 countries.

      Compared to whiny middleton lack luster waity and the middletons marry in -after 16 years, wiaty and family brought nothing but lazy, snobbish climbers to the BRF!

  7. seesittellsit says:

    At this point, I think assumptions of any kind are unwise, especially about relatives meeting relatives and birthday engagements announcements and what “a source” said. Harry has dated women for very long periods of time, his father has known or met the girls and sometimes family members, William’s first choice was Isabella [fill in the string of aristo names with hyphens] Calthorpe, Kate was a fallback, if I remember (hence, Kate’s alarm at the sudden appearance of Cressida Bonas) – it’s all possible, but I think it odd that MM and her mother would have spent a week seeing the sights in London without being seen or papped once.

    The only thing I feel safe saying is that the relationship seems ON, and without further excitement the news media is desperate to keep feeding the shark so it keeps moving.

    I lost too many bets since BREXIT and the elections (both of them) on assumptions, and now I’ve got one on Trump being gone in a year and not finishing out his term . . . I have this dreadful feeling that I’m the Kiss of Death and if I bet on a Harry/MM engagement by 1/1/18 they will have a huge fight the next day and call it off and I’ll be out $10 yet again.

    • Maria says:

      Maybe next year, you will win every bet!

      • seesittellsit says:

        @Maria – well, HELLO has a huge article on the “when not if” in honor of MM’s 36th – I’m rather more encouraged by HELLO saying it’s a done deal and she’s getting the ring for her birthday than by anything E! says. Although if I were Harry I’d be getting increasingly annoyed at press pressure that would make ending the relationship, should that become the eventuality, a real difficulty. That, btw, is what I am sure happened to Charles with Diana, and we know how that went.

        It would be JUST my luck not to put money down on the one thing that does go the way the bookies predict. . . .!

      • RoyalSparkle says:

        Potential King Henry’s and wedding would be better by Christmastime 2017!

        And they are travelling together as per photos.

    • PrincessK says:

      Better to bet on Trump winning a second term.

      • Bellagio DuPont says:

        @ Princess K:

        Bringing Trump into this delicious discussion is like someone dropping a dirty, giant, hairy spider into your bowl of Cereal on a morning when you are particularly hungry! 🙁

      • RoyalSparkle says:

        Please,… lets enjoy this spice!

  8. SoulSPA says:

    Wondering how their marriage will work if they only had a long-distance relationship. Will they likely live together for a few months before an engagement is announced? I shall not comment on the experience of Diana and Charles, or WK, as they’ve been very different.
    I’m curious to see how their relationship will develop and whether there will be an engagement announcement.

    • Anitas says:

      We got married after years of international long-distance relationship, without actually having lived together first. Didn’t originally plan it that way, but it worked out much better than I expected. Although our lifestyles were way different to begin with, than that of a working actress and a prince…

      • PrincessK says:

        Same here, I had a long distance romance spread over less than two years and now have three grown up kids to show for it.

  9. Jo says:

    That’s awkward seeing as Harry was pictured in Sicily with Emma Watson at some Google thing. Meghan is PR hungry and she’s using her E news connections to put out rubbish stories. Anyone who thinks they’ll marry is kidding themselves. They both seem arragont and entitled so it’s a shame they’ll break up and use the “long distance” excuse to hide the fact he’s not into her and she loves the prince not the man. Embrassing all around.

    • Deedee says:

      Harry and Emma attending the same conference doesn’t mean a thing.

    • Idky says:

      Agree with your comment – she is PR hungry and loves the Prince, not the man. She absolutely knows she’s not going to do better than Prince Harry, is attracted to the lifestyle and is willing to trade off her current lifestyle for that of being “royal”.

      • whisper says:

        you realize you’re projecting, right?

        you’re entitled to your opinion of MM, but you can’t know another woman’s heart.

      • Llamas says:

        And yet everyone claims to know waity’s heart on here. I’m not a fan of KM at all but just because people like MM more doesn’t mean she’s perfect. There’s probably a mix of good and bad with her just like anyone else.

      • RoyalSparkle says:

        Any mature, career professional wanting to serve, do good for the world – would LOVE the status of a Prince. A picture speak a thousand words, and they always seem ‘already married and happy together’ from photos.

        Meghan is mature professional before meeting potential King Harry – so let’s go!

      • CynicalAnn says:

        Based on what?

    • Merritt says:

      Emma Watson has been pretty adamant about not dating famous men. I doubt she is going to dive into anything with Prince Harry, especially since it would derail many of her activities with gender equality.

      People making claims about Meghan being PR hungry cannot be taken seriously. She hasn’t given interviews and she stopped posting on her social media months ago.

      • India Andrews says:

        I agree about Emma. I can’t see how she would reconcile her feminist principles with living in such a patriarchal family structure as the royal family.

    • MellyMel says:

      Y’all are so ridiculous with these comments, it’s laughable.

      “so it’s a shame they’ll break up and use the “long distance” excuse to hide the fact he’s not into her and she loves the prince not the man. Embarrassing all around.”

      So you’re a psychic too, predicting the future? Good to know! Are Kate and Will gonna have another baby? When will Harry find true love? Will Trump be impeached? Please let us know.

      • Merritt says:

        I mean duh, the only people who could ever truly love a prince are these pure of heart commenters and their Tumblr alter egos.

      • Bellagio DuPont says:

        @ mellymel

        I know right? Lol. These women find it so hard to disguise their envy, it’s palpable.

      • Nic919 says:

        I am now watching Suits and noticing the distinct lack of love scenes in recent episodes between Mike and Rachel which is odd since they are supposed to be engaged. My tv analysis concludes that this is because Meghan doesn’t want any fallout because of her relationship with Harry.

        So I am rooting for those crazy kids!

      • seesittellsit says:

        @MellyMel – YES, Trump will be impeached (she said fervently).

        No clue on the third Wales baby, but I’ll give you evens that if Kate knows that Harry and MM are a “go” she’ll put it off so she can look great at the wedding . . .

      • CityGirl says:

        Nic919 – I have been watching Suits since the beginning and I have noticed the same change in their story line and I’m with you completely. And I really do want to see that royal wedding sooner than later!!!!

      • Carrie says:

        It was nice around here, for a while, without this kind of attacking on other commenters going on.

        This is the only thing which keeps me away from here from time to time. It’s pretty awful to experience. Just coming off the Angelina children trauma post especially.

    • SoulSPA says:

      “Meghan is PR hungry and she’s using her E news connections to put out rubbish stories.” I tend to agree. All I know about MM, literally, is from CB. It’s been said in many articles she uses E! to “inform” the public. Taking all this with a pinch of salt though, should this be true, it will not work out in her favour. IIRC neither Chelsy nor Cressida have used PR for their relationship(s) with Harry the Innocent. Something tells me such move by MM would not be appreciated in BRF. Dolittle and her family were quite private during the Waiting Years and some say it was a smart move. Don’t tell me about the post-wedding period up to this day.
      On a different note, I would assume that the BRF would welcome “positive” news that would distract the public from Diana’s commemoration. Not that there no articles at all on DM about her. Not one, two, three or even four a day! Pun intended.
      Either way, I can’t wait to see Harry getting married!

      • Merritt says:

        Cressida absolutely used PR. The Middletons used it too. But I guess it is only upsetting to people when Meghan allegedly does it, although since sometimes E! scoops on Meghan and Harry are wrong, it becomes a question as to whether Meghan is using them at all. I kind of doubt she had anything to do with the recent fashion articles where E! made it seem like she gave an interview with them and she didn’t.

      • SoulSPA says:

        Thanks, Merritt. Idk about other RFs but in the case of the BRF and people linked to them, there will always be a lot of PR involved. Intentionally by those involved or not.

      • notasugarhere says:

        That’s an important point many keep missing. Some claim she’s feeding all these stories, when many of the stories from E end up being wrong. As this one is, as the timing appears to be off as stated above. If these two were in London, if was before this, and she’s already been back filming in Toronto for a week.

      • CityGirl says:

        See, SoulSPA, I don’t think so….I’m more of the mind that because she is an American actress, E! will automatically seek any news out on her/them and make it much bigger than warranted. I also believe that shutting down her website speaks volumes to her intent. The only thing we hear about her directly besides her work on Suits (her job) is her philanthropic work and whenever some outlets photographs her at some event with Harry or at the airport going to/from. I
        don’t think she is PR Grabbing or whatever and I too think it’s more than a little sad that people are trying to make her out to be so ugly.

        But then too, I WANT TO BELIEVE in something happy and romantic instead of obsessing what’s going on in the White House and how it’s become such a sh**-show

      • RoyalSparkle says:

        Whiny bill – carol/ waity MIDDLETONS are always PR hungry /climbing calling the paps (Pipa hired PR for books/ wedding) – – the connection is already set for carol whiny to give inside information about P-King Harry and Meghan tip off.

        E as part of USA Network – already have inside scheduling on Meghan.

      • CynicalAnn says:

        Uh no-the Middletons had the papps on speed dial. They had a few contacts in the press that Carole talked to all the time.

    • Bellagio DuPont says:

      @ Jo:

      It’s a shame you’ve built such a cynical, bitter view of a couple you don’t know and have most likely never met.

      I would suggest you look inward at areas of personal unfulfillment that might currently be plaguing you……I suspect that would be more productive than constantly heaping sh*t on this couple.

      Bonne chance.

      • Squiggisbig says:

        Just to reiterate what other ppl have said Cressida used dating a prince to launch her acting “career” and she absolutely used the press to help her do that.

        I find all of the “MM only wants to be with harry for the lifestyle he can provide” talk fascinating because no one ever says that about Kate, who to my knowledge, never had a career or really any friends besides Pippa. Believe it or not MM could probably date and marry someone else that is wealthy without all the strings that come along with being with Harry. Because a lot of rich ppl are still attracted to the slight suggestion of celebrity. Hence how amber heard, Miranda Kerr, Ellen Barkin, Janet Jackson, or any other number of women ended up involved with billionaires.

      • seesittellsit says:

        @Squisggisbig – oh, you are dead wrong about no one ever saying that about Kate. Everyone knew the Middletons were the climbers of all time. They didn’t call Kate and Pippa the Wisteria Sisters at St. Andrews for nothing (“because they are fragrant, decorative . . . and climbing”). EVERYONE. Everyone knew that Kate did nothing with her life after graduating because she and her family were determined to hook William and all the social status and wealth that went with it. It was, you should pardon the expression, the crowning moment in three-four generations of determined social betterment on Carole’s family’s side.

        There’s a reason these guys end up on “Most Eligible Bachelor” lists. Why should anyone assume that MM, any more than Kate, should be immune to those things?

        And why should she be? In her shoes, I’d be doing exactly the same thing.

      • CityGirl says:

        @ Bellagio DuPont – all I can say is LOL *snort*LOL

      • Sarah says:

        Wow. You are judging someone here, being pretty condescending, while criticizing someone for doing the same.

    • Sam says:

      Emma wasnt with Harry,she just happened to be sitting behind him and what connections does she have with Enews ? enews have gotten so many details about them wrong.i dont doubt sometimes they do get legit information but how do you know they all come from Meghan? and why is is so impossible for some of y’all to believe she might actually like Harry for who is his and not because hes a prince.

    • notasugarhere says:

      “Anyone who thinks they’ll marry is kidding themselves.”

      They are the only two people who know if they are even thinking marriage, and they’ll be the only two who decide whether or not they get married. Nothing written here, and especially nothing obsessed over by the Tumblr queens, will change that.

      • SoulSPA says:

        @notasugarhere: of course Harry and Meghan in this case would decide to get married or not. I read however that depending on the # in order in line to the Crown (sorry I don’t know how to explain this differently), members of the BRF must ask permission from the Queen? Up to the sixth if I know this right? Harry being (let me count!) after Charles, William, George and Charlotte – 5th in line – should be granted permission by the Queen. Is it like this?

      • notasugarhere says:

        Yes, he does have to ask permission of the Queen. No matter how much hate and how many lies the tumblr queen’s spill, Her Majesty wouldn’t say no to this marriage. That was made clear in the solid Palace leak that Harry’s happiness is paramount and they wouldn’t stand in the way. Westminster Abbey released a statement about how they would be happy to marry these two. That was probably to shut down all the obsessives who were contacting them to try to “prove” in their little tumblrverse that these two wouldn’t be allowed to marry in a Church.

        No matter how much some folks rail against and attack this woman, none of our opinions matter in this. Why continue such a massive hate campaign against this woman? Let them figure out for themselves where this is going.

      • India Andrews says:

        I think the folks reminding everyone here that only H and MM know their own hearts have forgotten this is a gossip site. Of course people are projecting and speculating. It is a gossip site. Most of us are entertaining ourselves during snack and lunch breaks from work or while waiting to pick up the kids from school.

    • seesittellsit says:

      @Jo – that Emma Watson stuff was malarkey from the get-go. But the photos of him flirting cosily with some blonde in a hat at a recent rock concert, on the other hand, seemed far more suspicious to me.

      Personally, I wouldn’t trust Harry Windsor as far as I could throw him, but I doubt MM cares. At a minimum, the publicity she’s gotten through dating Harry couldn’t be bought in a hundred years.

      • notasugarhere says:

        Man leans over to talk to his friend’s girlfriend at concert, now we get the spin that he’s cheating? She is reported in multiple places as Van Strawberry’s latest girlfriend.

        It is his brother with the solid, proven track record of cheating, not Harry.

      • seesittellsit says:

        @notasugarhere – was she? I missed that part about who she actually was, so I’ll take your word. They did look quite cosy. It was my impression that both brothers were a bit callous about absolute fidelity.

        Is it true that Calthorpe turned William down (she went on to marry Richard Branson’s son, I think) and that’s when Kate became a sure thing?

      • CityGirl says:

        Yes, that was his friend’s girlfriend. He was also there at the event and in some of the photos.

      • PrincessK says:

        @seesittellsit…..Yes William was crazy for the very very beautiful Isabella Ansthruther Gough Calthorpe, but she was not interested in him and he went back to Kate. William is too shy and did not try hard enough to get her IMO. If Harry had wanted her I am sure he would have won her round, he has more charisma. She is the half sister of Cressida.

    • Sarah says:

      And OF COURSE Meghan can see herself living in London, in a castle, with an unlimited income, courtesy of the British taxpayers. Sounds a lot better than what she had in store with the chef.

      • I wonder what is the British public’s reaction to Harry marrying Meghan. I mean, people who are not on royal blogs or the Daily Mail. There are pros and cons to every marriage, if we nit pick over every breath any couple makes as is done with Royal girl/boy friends and married couples. IMHO, Meghan is an American, of mixed heritage, child of divorce, dysfunctional family, university educated with two degrees, self-made, and an (unknown to most) actress, self-called but unproven humanitarian and “philanthropist.” Harry is a royal Prince of Great Britain, child of divorce, arguably from a dysfunctional family, no university degrees, known intense dislike of media, non self-made with poor history of fulfilling his duties and working, disappears to Africa frequently for charities that he is seen by a photo or two for hated publicity. Forget about American views -we don’t have a pound in the game. I am curious.

      • RoyalSparkle says:

        … what does decade waity kate and the middletons family hangers on saw?? ….and as of 6 years and counting – has done NO service of consequence to the tax payers / people GB and the world with the awesome power, a royal brings to charities, humanity issues the world over.

    • CynicalAnn says:

      Huh? What are you basing this on? Emma Watson has a boyfriend. There are pics of Harry with his arm around Meghan as they de-plane in Africa for her birthday trip. They look pretty happy and he definitely looks into her.

  10. Nic919 says:

    Harry is not going to make any engagement announcement right now because it would overshadow the Invictus Games that are taking place in Toronto in September. And it would be a nightmare if he did. Any announcement happens once Meghan is done filming Suits, which is expected to be in November.

    Now if Christmas comes and goes and there remains no engagement announcement then the naysayers can start to crow.

    • SoulSPA says:

      Invictus Games in Canada where Meghan is based. Coincidence?

      • notasugarhere says:

        Toronto was announced as the location in spring 2016, months before these two even met.

      • SoulSPA says:

        Thanks @notasugarhere.

      • Ravine says:

        I was walking home yesterday (in Toronto) and noticed Invictus Games banners on Bloor St W for the first time! It’s so odd, because I mostly associate them with Harry and this site, so getting physical “confirmation” that they exist took me by surprise.

      • RoyalSparkle says:

        This would be a GREAT time -BOOST to INVICTUS GAMES the world over!!!

        Imagine the millions more tuned in – to see both potential King Henry and Meghan together with our military service members and families – his comrades who gave SOOOO much for all of us …

    • notasugarhere says:

      I think along those same lines re. timing. If they are already considering marrying, no announcement until after the big stuff is over, including HM and PP’s 70th anniversary in November. If they are still figuring things out, then we might expect to see her trying to get acting jobs or charity work in London spring 2018.

      • seesittellsit says:

        @notasugarhere: I think if Theresa May goes down in flames, and another election is called, they might hold an announcement off until the election is over, so as not to be seen to distract attention from that. I also suspect that if Labour win such an election, and British citizens can tell me what they think on this, the wedding might be a bit less splashier than initially intended. Corbyn is a republican and I suspect they’d want to avoid giving him ammunition for splendid royal weddings in times of economic uncertainty . . .

        What do you think?

      • Bellagio DuPont says:

        @Seesittellsit

        Apart from Corbyn, I would imagine they might also hold back a tiny bit, just to try not to excite the criticism of maybe poorer white working class people; you know…..the Brexit supporting kinda voters who are constantly worried about outsiders and foreigners taking their jobs and relying on benefits……these are also the type who will see Meghan as nothing but a walking, talking benefit/public funds scrounger.

        So all round, they would benefit from something a bit less showy.

  11. Nikki says:

    From your lips to God’s ears, Kaiser, from your lips to God’s ears!

  12. NotSoSocialButterfly says:

    Honking for Merry!!

  13. Meg says:

    Charles proposed to a few women before Diana and they turned him down. Besides the stories of him seeming like a not great guy I could see women not wanting to be married to him because of the attention and criticism that comes along with being that famous -so it says something about Megan that she’s down with all of this attention which is way more than even what she as an actress is used to. I can’t see Harry being ready to have proposed to anyone before Megan so the first woman he’s serious enough about to marry says yes?

  14. bonobochick says:

    The Sun posted pics of them jetting off to Africa today. They look very happy.

    http://belgianeyes.tumblr.com/post/163804991747/besotted-prince-harry-hugs-girlfriend-meghan

    • Nic919 says:

      It’s pretty obvious they are still together and going strong. They just are keeping it on the down low.

    • Unoriginal Commenter says:

      Yes, also reported on People: http://people.com/royals/prince-harry-meghan-markle-birthday-vacation-africa/

      Does this mean E! was wrong yet again?

      • Tim says:

        E isn’t wrong they had an article a week ago that detailed this very trip then pulled it because they released it too early e was spot on so yes markle is leaking to e

      • Ravine says:

        Indeed. It’s almost like Meghan Markle ISN’T calling them up weekly to feed them info about her life for no reason. Imagine that.

    • Maria says:

      There was a clip about them landing in Africa. Maybe that’s where he will propose, and he’s carrying the ring around. His brother proposed to Waity in Kenya, it would be funny if Harry did the same.

    • RoyalSparkle says:

      +100000
      and this is the first time P/ess Harry- Meghan in waiting, travelling together publicly!@!!??

      • PrincessK says:

        Yes, that is a good point. It disappear that this is the first time we have seen them publicly travelling together. I hope that have a great vacation.

  15. Sylvia says:

    Love them as a couple

    • CynicalAnn says:

      Me too. I think she’s going to be a great royal Duchess. Bring it, Meghan. She’s going to be hard working, have great causes, and have beautiful clothes. I’m looking forward to it!

      • magnoliarose says:

        I am too. The Royals are great for some escapist gossip but if he marries her it will be the best move the RF has done in ages. She is charismatic, beautiful and eager to do charity and philanthropic work. The American angle and her biracial background give it a little more contemporary modern spin. Bring on the glamor and fashion!

    • BeamMeUpScottie says:

      Yep. Me too.

    • PrincessK says:

      Beautifully said, magniliarose!