Britain’s Prince Harry, one of the world’s most eligible bachelors, is getting married to outspoken American actress Meghan Markle next year after they announced on Monday that they got engaged earlier this month.
The wedding is scheduled for Spring of 2018 and the couple will make Nottingham Cottage at Kensington Palace in london their marital home.
“The Prince of Wales is delighted to announce the engagement of Prince Harry to Ms Meghan Markle,” Clarence House said in a statement on behalf of Harry’s father Prince Charles.
“The wedding will take place in Spring 2018. Further details about the wedding day will be announced in due course,” it adds.
The announcement confirms that the couple had got engaged in london earlier this month and that the 33-year-old fifth in line to Britain’s throne had informed Queen Elizabeth II of his intention to marry Markle.
Markle a mixed-race American raised in California, an outspoken full-time actress, and a divorcee makes a surprising addition to Britain’s monarchy.
Markle, besides being an actress and model, is a blogger who has written about her heritage on her website, describing herself as biracial, and has been a United Nations (UN) women’s advocate.
She has campaigned with the United Nations on gender equality, written in Time magazine about girls’ education and the stigma surrounding menstruation, and has travelled to Rwanda as global ambassador for the charity World Vision Canada.
In January, Markle visited India with World Vision to meet girls and women who directly bear the brunt of social stigma associated with periods and how it costs them their right to education.