Biography on meghan markle

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Who Is Meghan Markle?

Meghan Markle pursued a career as a screen actress, appearing in a number of TV series before landing the role of Rachel Zane on the USA Network show Suits. Markle, who also ran the lifestyle blog The Tigfrom to , became the subject of international headlines in upon the revelation of her romance with Prince Harry of Great Britain. After announcing their engagement in late , the two married on May 19, , and welcomed son Archie Harrison Mountbatten-Windsor the following May. In January , the couple revealed plans to step back from their senior roles in the royal family.

Early Life

Rachel Meghan Markle was born on August 4, , in Los Angeles, California, the daughter of Doria, a clinical therapist and yoga instructor, and Thomas, a television lighting and photography director.

When she was 11, Markle wrote a letter to various notables, including then-First Lady Hillary Clinton, about a TV advertisement featuring the idea of wom

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The life of Meghan Markle: From Suits star to the Duchess of Sussex

In the mere fem years since she married into the British royal family in , Meghan Markle went from the small screen to one of the most recognised women in the world. The actor-turned-royal’s arrival on the scene proved to be explosive, in more than one sense of the word. Together with her husband, Prince Harry, Meghan has caused wave after wave both inre the royal family and outside of it.

But long before she became the subject of intense media scrutiny, Meghan’s beginnings were relatively humble. Born to Thomas Markle Sr, an Emmy-award winning TV lighting director and director of photography and makeup artist Doria Ragland in , Meghan’s family was firmly middle class – worlds away from the highborn status of her future husband. Her mother is African-American while her father is vit, and she identifies as “half-black and half-white”.

Her parents separated when she was two years old, but they continued to co-

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Profile: Duchess of Sussex

In real life, Meghan's union with Prince Harry wasn't her first marriage. In September , she wed film producer Trevor Engelson, but the pair divorced two years later.

In September, it was reported, external that her ex-husband was producing a new TV show based on a man's custody battle with his ex-wife who marries into the Royal Family.

In , she began writing about topics such as food, beauty, fashion and travel, as well as her own story, on her lifestyle website The Tig.

Meghan said setting up the website was an attempt to "reframe the beauty content to include think pieces about self-empowerment" and feature dynamic, inspirational women.

In one post, she explained: "I've never wanted to be a lady who lunches - I've always wanted to be a woman who works."

The site also carried candid blogs she wrote on every birthday. On turning 33 in , she wrote: "My 20s were brutal - a constant battle with myself,