{"id":4917,"date":"2017-11-27T14:33:58","date_gmt":"2017-11-27T22:33:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/?p=4917"},"modified":"2017-11-27T14:33:58","modified_gmt":"2017-11-27T22:33:58","slug":"prince-harry-and-meghan-markle-are-engaged","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/?p=4917","title":{"rendered":"Prince Harry and Meghan Markle are engaged"},"content":{"rendered":"
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The American love affair with the British Royal Family is an enduring, long-distance relationship, spiced up every now and then by a birth or a marriage.<\/p>\n

The latest development has a distinctly American twist: Prince Harry has announced his engagement to the US actress Meghan Markle.<\/p>\n

US networks are breathlessly covering the news. CBS gave it a “hip hip and a hooray”.<\/p>\n

Many on the other side of the pond have focused not just on Ms Markle’s nationality but the fact that she is mixed race.<\/p>\n

“Prince Harry’s future mother-in-law is a black woman with dreadlocks. There are no words for this kind of joy,” tweeted journalist Samara Linton.<\/p>\n

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Prince Harry’s future mother-in-law is a black woman with dreadlocks. There are no words for this kind of joy.<\/p>\n

\u2014 S. (@Samara_Linton) November 27, 2017<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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So I’ve seen a black president of the United States, and now I’ll see a black woman joining the British royal family. What a time to be alive.<\/p>\n

Congrats #MeghanMarkle<\/a> and #PrinceHarry<\/a>.https:\/\/t.co\/N9hEhyvHZD<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2014 Maya Earls (@MayaEarls) November 27, 2017<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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One Ontario man thought the engagement was good news for another minority: the ginger haired.<\/p>\n

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Okkkk Prince Harry I see you boy<\/p>\n

Giving hope to other gingers<\/p>\n

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After news that Prince Harry had sought permission from Ms Markle’s father, it was then the turn of Wendell Pierce, who plays her on-screen father in the TV drama Suits, to add his blessing.<\/p>\n

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Congratulations to my TV daughter Meghan Markle and Prince Harry on the news of their wedding engagement. Harry you have her TV Father\u2019s blessing. Robert Zane approves @Suits_USA<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2014 Wendell Pierce (@WendellPierce) November 27, 2017<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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Patrick Adams, who plays her love interest in the drama, and the show’s creator Aaron Korsh also chipped in.<\/p>\n

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She said she was just going out to get some milk…https:\/\/t.co\/y7cnM0eC9D<\/a><\/p>\n

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Congratulations to Meghan Markle and Prince Harry on their engagement. Wonderful news, I wish you both a lifetime of happiness. Love, Aaron<\/p>\n

\u2014 Aaron Korsh (@akorsh9) November 27, 2017<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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Ms Markle will now find herself rubbing shoulders with the great and good of British high society.<\/p>\n

It is an experience familiar to the American nutritionist and author, and now Viscountess Hinchingbrooke, Julie Montagu.<\/p>\n

Ms Montagu, from Sugar Grove, Illinois, married John Montagu, the 11th Earl of Sandwich.<\/p>\n

“It’s about being respectful of the history, the history Megan is marrying into is older than America itself,” she told the BBC.<\/p>\n

“At the same time, you don’t want to lose who you are as a person and as an American.”<\/p>\n

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Image caption<\/span>Ms Markle has been dating Prince Harry since summer 2016<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

She said Ms Markle might face a steep learning curve when it came to pronunciation (“My first lesson was that ‘viscount’ doesn’t rhyme with ‘discount'”) and setting a table (“All those forks and knives and spoons… I had to have my husband show me how to set a table”).<\/p>\n

It would however be “such a breath of fresh air to have an American”, she said.<\/p>\n

UK social media site Joe.co.uk won some fans for taking a slightly different perspective to most, by making the successful bride-to-be the focus of the news.<\/p>\n

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BREAKING: Successful actress Meghan Markle to wed former soldier https:\/\/t.co\/TAvRgQNiwC<\/a><\/p>\n

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Twitchy.com editor Greg Pollowitz also speculated that it might be part of an elaborate ploy to take back America.<\/p>\n

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Prince Harry’s kids will be Americans. What if one grows up to be president and is in line for the throne at the same time? Brits are playing long-ball here, but it’s a smart move. They want America back and this is how they’ll do it.<\/p>\n

\u2014 Greg Pollowitz (@GPollowitz) November 27, 2017<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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On another note, Twitter-shy US president Donald Trump has yet to offer his congratulations to the couple. His predecessor has…<\/p>\n

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Michelle and I are delighted to congratulate Prince Harry and Meghan Markle on their engagement. We wish you a lifetime of joy and happiness together.<\/p>\n

\u2014 Barack Obama (@BarackObama) November 27, 2017<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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As has his counterpart to the north…<\/p>\n

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Congratulations and best wishes to you both! \ud83c\udde8\ud83c\udde6\ud83c\uddec\ud83c\udde7F\u00e9licitations et mes meilleurs v\u0153ux \u00e0 vous deux!https:\/\/t.co\/7oaMFrmVqu<\/a><\/p>\n

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Natasha Bird, digital editor at Elle Magazine, which has published two essays by Ms Markle, speculated that the American actress might help Her Majesty’s subjects “lose a bit of our British cynicism and adopt more of the we-can-do-anything attitude they have in America”.<\/p>\n

Good luck to her.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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