Prince Harry is engaged to Meghan Markle Kensington Palace says
Meghan Markled
The statement said the couple will live in Nottingham Cottage at Kensington Palace. Harry and  Markle âs upcoming wedding will be the first grand royal wedding since Prince William and Kate Middleton got married in 2011.
William and Kate  who is expecting her third child  said in a statement they are excited for the couple  adding that âit has been wonderful getting to know  Meghan  and to see how happy  she  and Harry are together."
 Markle   best known for  her  role as an ambitious paralegal in the hit U.S. legal drama "Suits " surprised many when  she  shared  her  feelings for Harry in a September cover story for Vanity Fair. Asked about the media frenzy surrounding their courtship  the 36-year-old said: "At the end of the day I think it's really simple ... we're two people who are really happy and in love."
Describing Harry as her "boyfriend  " Markle  said that while  she  expected that  she  and Harry would have to "come forward" about their relationship at some point  the two were just a couple enjoying time spent with each other.
"Personally  I love a great love story "  she  said.
 Markle 's Vanity Fair interview broke new ground. It is unusual for a royal love interest to speak so publicly -- and candidly -- before becoming engaged. Harry's past reported girlfriends all shied away from the media limelight  and his sister-in-law  formerly known as Kate Middleton  stayed silent until she and Prince William gave a formal televised interview at Buckingham Palace after their engagement became public.
But then  unlike some other "commoners" romantically linked to Britain's royals   Markle  is no stranger to media exposure and the world of show business.
The actress's most successful role is the feisty Rachel Zane in the TV legal show "Suits " now in its seventh season.  Her  career has included small parts on TV series including "Fringe " "CSI: Miami " "Knight Rider" and "Castle " as well as movies such as "Horrible Bosses." Outside of acting   Markle  founded a lifestyle blog called TheTig.com (which closed down in April without explanation)  and has lent  her  celebrity status to humanitarian causes.
 She  has campaigned with the United Nations on gender equality  written in Time magazine about girls' education and the stigma surrounding menstruation  and has traveled to Rwanda as global ambassador for the charity World Vision Canada.  She  has described how  her  mother took  her  to the slums of Jamaica to witness poverty first-hand  saying experiences like that shaped  her  social consciousness and charity work.
To some degree that mirrors the experience of Harry  who was also inspired by his mother's humanitarian work and embraced the types of charities Diana favored in the final years of  her  life before  her  1997 death in a Paris car crash.
Harry and  Markle  held hands for their first official appearance together in September in Toronto at the Invictus Games  a sporting event for wounded service personnel that Harry spearheaded.
Both were dressed casually in jeans  smiling and chatting as they arrived for a tennis match. Several days later  Harry was photographed kissing  Markle  on the cheek as he joined the actress and  her  mother in a luxury box to watch the event's closing ceremony.
 Markle  said  she  met Harry through friends in London in July 2016  and that they had been dating quietly for several months before the romance hit the headlines.
Some tabloids had alluded to  Markle 's mixed-race heritage  pointing out  she  has an African-American mother and a white father.
 Markle  herself has spoken out about coming to terms with being biracial -- both growing up  and in  her  Hollywood career.
In a March interview with Allure magazine   she  said studying race at college was "the first time I could put a name to feeling too light in the black community and too mixed in the white community.
The statement said the couple will live in Nottingham Cottage at Kensington Palace. Harry and   [TGT]  âs upcoming wedding will be the first grand royal wedding since Prince William and Kate Middleton got married in 2011.
William and Kate  who is expecting her third child  said in a statement they are excited for the couple  adding that âit has been wonderful getting to know  Meghan  and to see how happy  she  and Harry are together."
  [TGT] best known for   [TGT]   role as an ambitious paralegal in the hit U.S. legal drama "Suits " surprised many when   [TGT]   shared   [TGT]   feelings for Harry in a September cover story for Vanity Fair. Asked about the media frenzy surrounding their courtship  the 36-year-old said: "At the end of the day I think it's really simple ... we're two people who are really happy and in love."
Describing Harry as her "boyfriend  " Markle  said that while  she  expected that  she  and Harry would have to "come forward" about their relationship at some point  the two were just a couple enjoying time spent with each other.
"Personally  I love a great love story "  she  said.
 Markle 's Vanity Fair interview broke new ground. It is unusual for a royal love interest to speak so publicly -- and candidly -- before becoming engaged. Harry's past reported girlfriends all shied away from the media limelight  and his sister-in-law  formerly known as Kate Middleton  stayed silent until she and Prince William gave a formal televised interview at Buckingham Palace after their engagement became public.
But then  unlike some other "commoners" romantically linked to Britain's royals   Markle  is no stranger to media exposure and the world of show business.
The actress's most successful role is the feisty Rachel Zane in the TV legal show "Suits " now in its seventh season.  Her  career has included small parts on TV series including "Fringe " "CSI: Miami " "Knight Rider" and "Castle " as well as movies such as "Horrible Bosses." Outside of acting   Markle  founded a lifestyle blog called TheTig.com (which closed down in April without explanation)  and has lent  her  celebrity status to humanitarian causes.
 She  has campaigned with the United Nations on gender equality  written in Time magazine about girls' education and the stigma surrounding menstruation  and has traveled to Rwanda as global ambassador for the charity World Vision Canada.  She  has described how  her  mother took  her  to the slums of Jamaica to witness poverty first-hand  saying experiences like that shaped  her  social consciousness and charity work.
To some degree that mirrors the experience of Harry  who was also inspired by his mother's humanitarian work and embraced the types of charities Diana favored in the final years of  her  life before  her  1997 death in a Paris car crash.
Harry and  Markle  held hands for their first official appearance together in September in Toronto at the Invictus Games  a sporting event for wounded service personnel that Harry spearheaded.
Both were dressed casually in jeans  smiling and chatting as they arrived for a tennis match. Several days later  Harry was photographed kissing  Markle  on the cheek as he joined the actress and  her  mother in a luxury box to watch the event's closing ceremony.
 Markle  said  she  met Harry through friends in London in July 2016  and that they had been dating quietly for several months before the romance hit the headlines.
Some tabloids had alluded to   [TGT]  's mixed-race heritage  pointing out   [TGT]   has an African-American mother and a white father.
 Markle  herself has spoken out about coming to terms with being biracial -- both growing up  and in  her  Hollywood career.
In a March interview with Allure magazine   she  said studying race at college was "the first time I could put a name to feeling too light in the black community and too mixed in the white community.