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Source: The Archewell Foundation<\/p>\n
Prince Harry and Meghan Markle surprised US recipients of the first Responsible Technology Youth Power Fund. <\/p>\n
April 21 2025, Published 1:21 p.m. ET<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n Meghan Markle and Prince Harry were smitten with each other after their very first date in 2016. The pair was set up on a blind date by a mutual friend. In their 2022 Netflix docuseries, <\/a>Harry and Meghan, the Duke and Duchess of Sussex, shared previously unseen emails and texts from their early courtship days. The series also featured personal footage of their time together before entering royal life.<\/p>\n Article continues below advertisement<\/p>\n<\/p>\n As reported by Cosmopolitan<\/a>, the first episode, released on December 8, 2022, revealed an email from the mutual friend who set the couple up. It read, \u201cBetween you and I, thought you might want to know this, being newly single and all. I put our Snapchat on Instagram, and Prince Haz follows me (he\u2019s a friend.) He called me last night, dying to meet you.\u201d In the episode, Markle revealed that she too was impressed by Harry\u2019s Instagram account, which had picturesque photos from his time in Africa.<\/p>\n Article continues below advertisement<\/p>\n<\/p>\n Harry himself also opened up about the same. On the show, he said, \u201cMeghan and I met over Instagram. I was scrolling through my feed, and someone who was a friend had a video of the two of them, like a Snapchat. With dog ears. That was the first thing. I was like, who is that?\u201d The pair spoke on Instagram and texted back and forth before planning to meet each other in person. One of their private chats featured in the series read, \u201cHarry: \u201cSo come on\u2014what are you doing tomorrow night? Hope you\u2019re having fun over there.\u201d Meghan: \u201cHeading back to Soho. I have a dinner tomorrow at 8, but I can do drinks tomorrow night, would that work? Maybe 6?\u201d Harry: \u201cYou\u2019re ON!\u201d<\/p>\n Article continues below advertisement<\/p>\n<\/p>\n The Duke and Duchess of Sussex have chosen not to reveal the identity of the friend who set them up. Markle shared on the show that she was very upset that Harry decided to show up late on their blind date.<\/a> Harry added, \u201cI was panicking, I was freaking out, I was, like, sweating.\u201d When Harry finally arrived looking red and sweating, Markle realized that he was in fact stuck in traffic and wasn’t being tardy. All was well thereafter. She added, \u201cHe was just so fun\u2026and that was the thing, we were, like, childlike together.\u201d As reported by Sky News<\/a>, their date took place at Soho House, a luxurious members’ club in London.<\/p>\n Article continues below advertisement<\/p>\n<\/p>\n In their sit-down interview after their engagement, Harry opened up about how he was love-struck when he laid eyes on Markle. He told the BBC<\/a>, \u201cI was beautifully surprised when I walked into a room and there she was sitting there.\u201d He explained that after they met for the first time, he managed to persuade her to join him in Botswana. He revealed, “We camped out together under the stars and enjoyed five days together,\u201d bonding over their shared love for philanthropy.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Source: The Archewell Foundation Prince Harry and Meghan Markle surprised US recipients of the first Responsible Technology Youth…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":39032,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7708],"tags":[7709,7721,7719,7718,1501,7720,1281,447,7710,519,7802,7711],"class_list":{"0":"post-39031","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-royals","8":"tag-british-royal-family","9":"tag-duchess-of-sussex","10":"tag-duke-of-sussex","11":"tag-harry","12":"tag-latest-news","13":"tag-meghan","14":"tag-meghan-markle","15":"tag-prince-harry","16":"tag-royal-families","17":"tag-royal-family","18":"tag-royal-rebels","19":"tag-uk-royal-family"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/114377467125423199","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/39031","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=39031"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/39031\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/39032"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=39031"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=39031"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=39031"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}