{"id":1324,"date":"2023-06-30T15:31:44","date_gmt":"2023-06-30T15:31:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sup-yumigahama.com\/uncategorized\/meghan-markle-and-king-charles-iiis-ups-and-downs-through-the-years-a-timeline\/"},"modified":"2023-07-20T07:59:14","modified_gmt":"2023-07-20T07:59:14","slug":"meghan-markle-and-king-charles-iiis-ups-and-downs-through-the-years-a-timeline","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sup-yumigahama.com\/royals\/meghan-markle-and-king-charles-iiis-ups-and-downs-through-the-years-a-timeline\/","title":{"rendered":"Meghan Markle and King Charles III\u2019s Ups and Downs Through the Years: A Timeline"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Joining the royals. Amid Meghan Markle<\/strong><\/a> and Prince Harry<\/strong><\/a>\u2019s early courtship, she impressed his regal family members<\/a> \u2014 including his father, King Charles III<\/strong><\/a>.<\/p>\n

The Duke of Sussex introduced his father \u2014 who succeeded Queen Elizabeth II<\/a> as monarch in September 2022 \u2014 to the\u00a0Suits\u00a0<\/i><\/a>alum in November 2016 after nearly five months together<\/a>.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019d call the visit a coming-out party,\u201d a source exclusively told\u00a0Us Weekly\u00a0<\/i>at the time<\/a>, noting the then-dating couple attended a birthday bash for Harry at Balmoral Castle in Scotland. \u201cIt would have been the first time some of his close friends got to meet her. It\u2019s been important for Harry to introduce Meghan to the people he cares about<\/a>.\u201d<\/p>\n

Harry and Meghan eventually got engaged nearly one year later<\/a> at their Nottingham Cottage residence.<\/p>\n

\u201cI wanted to do it earlier, because I had to ask permission from my grandmother, [Queen Elizabeth II],\u201d the Invictus Games cofounder recalled of his proposal<\/a> during the second episode of the couple\u2019s\u00a0Harry & Meghan\u00a0<\/i>docuseries<\/a>, which premiered in December 2022. \u201cI couldn\u2019t do it outside of the U.K.\u201d<\/p>\n

He added: \u201cI did pop a bottle of champagne while she was roasting the chicken, and that kind of slightly gave the game away<\/a>. She was like, \u2018You don\u2019t drink champagne, what\u2019s the occasion?\u2019 I was like, \u2018I don\u2019t know, just had it lying around, whatever.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n

Ahead of Harry and the Duchess of Sussex\u2019s royal wedding<\/a>, news broke that Meghan\u2019s father, Thomas Markle<\/strong><\/a>, would not attend the big day<\/a> or walk his daughter down the aisle. (The former lighting director had been accused of staging paparazzi photos<\/a> weeks before the ceremony.) Instead, Meghan asked the former Prince of Wales to escort her<\/a> to the altar.<\/p>\n

\u201cPrince Charles was very touched to be asked by Meghan to walk her down the aisle and he is very much looking forward to welcoming her into the family,\u201d a Buckingham Palace source exclusively told\u00a0Us\u00a0<\/i>in May 2018<\/a>. \u201cThere is a real growing affection between Charles, [Queen Consort] Camilla<\/strong><\/a> and Meghan, which of course extends to Doria [Ragland<\/strong><\/a>, her mother] too.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Charles \u2014 who even nicknamed Meghan \u2018Tungsten\u2019 for her toughness<\/a> \u2014 and the California native eventually hit a rough patch after she and Harry decided to take a step back from their roles as senior working royals<\/a>. A source told\u00a0Us\u00a0<\/i>in January 2020 that the British sovereign was \u201clivid\u201d with his youngest son<\/a> \u2014 whom he shared with the late Princess Diana<\/a> \u2014 over the decision.<\/p>\n

Harry and Meghan eventually settled in Montecito, California<\/a>, where they are raising their children: son Archie<\/a>, born in 2019, and daughter Lilibet<\/a>, born in 2021. The married couple have also started several joint business ventures, including their Archewell foundation<\/a> and inked production deals with Netflix<\/a> and Spotify<\/a>.<\/p>\n

After the couple\u2019s move, the\u00a0Spare\u00a0<\/i>author<\/a> alleged in their joint March 2021 CBS interview that his father had financially cut them off<\/a> and stopped speaking to them<\/a>. After years of distance, the king offered an olive branch to Harry and Meghan<\/a> in his first speech as the reigning monarch.<\/p>\n

\u201cI think the king has made it very clear that he wants to heal the rift. Family dynamics, of course, are always complicated, but I think we can all see that there\u2019s a great deal of pain,\u201d royal expect Gareth Russell<\/strong> exclusively told\u00a0Us\u00a0<\/i>in September 2022<\/a> of Charles offering his \u201clove\u201d to the couple amid their overseas life. \u201cThe king, even when he was Prince of Wales, I think has made it very clear that he would, he would like a better relationship with the Duke of Sussex. So let\u2019s hope that the olive branch is something that works.\u201d<\/p>\n

Harry and Meghan attended the queen\u2019s state funeral<\/a> later that month, where they were seated directly behind Charles and Camilla<\/a>. In May 2023, however, the former actress was not present for the new king and queen\u2019s coronation<\/a> in London, which her husband attended solo.<\/p>\n

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