Harry reveals his romantic proposal to Meghan Meghan

Harry reveals his romantic proposal to Meghan Meghan



Meghan Markle revealed tonight how she said 'yes' immediately to Prince Harry after he proposed on one knee while they were cooking a roast dinner during a 'cosy night' in.



In their first joint interview this evening, Miss Markle, 36, said she did not even wait for the 33-year-old royal to finish the sentence before she said 'yes' - and it was 'so sweet and natural and very romantic'.



The couple, who had been in Nottingham Cottage at Kensington Palace when the proposal happened, revealed that they first met on a blind date after being set up by a female friend - and have tried to see each other every two weeks.   



Harry added: 'I fell in love with Meghan so incredibly quickly... All the stars were aligned - everything was just perfect. It was this beautiful woman just sort of literally tripped and fell into my life - I fell into her life.'



Four weeks after they met, Harry persuaded Miss Markle to join him on a five-day break in Botswana. He said: 'We camped out with each other under the stars... which was absolutely fantastic.'



The couple - who spoke to BBC presenter Mishal Husain today - also revealed that Miss Markle has already met the Queen 'a couple of times', and the actress described the monarch as an 'incredible woman'.



HOW THEY MET 



They talked about their 16-month relationship and how they never went more than two weeks without seeing one another.



Miss Markle said: 'I don't think that I would call it a whirlwind in terms of our relationship, obviously there have been layers attached to how public it has become after we had a good five, six months almost with just privacy, which was amazing.



'But no, I think we were able to really have so much time just to connect and we never went longer than two weeks without seeing each other, even though we were obviously doing a long distance relationship. So it's - we made it work.'



The pair said they were introduced by a mutual female friend in July 2016, but declined to reveal her name.





Harry told how they camped out under the stars in Botswana a few weeks after they met when Harry persuaded Miss Markle to join him on holiday.



Harry said: 'Then it was I think about three, maybe four weeks later that I managed to persuade her to come and join me in Botswana.



'And we, we camped out with each other under the stars, we spent, she came and joined me for five days out there, which was absolutely fantastic.'



Miss Markle revealed how they took 'the time to be able to go on long country walks and just talk'. Miss Markle has met the Queen a couple of times and described her as an 'incredible woman'.



THE PROPOSAL



Speaking of the proposal, Harry said: 'It happened a few weeks ago, earlier this month, here at our cottage; just a standard typical night for us.



Miss Markle added: 'Just a cosy night, it was - what we were doing just roasting chicken and having ...' Harry said he was 'roasting a chicken, trying to roast a chicken'.



Miss Markle described it as 'just an amazing surprise. It was so sweet and natural and very romantic. He got on one knee.' She added: 'As a matter of fact I could barely let you finish proposing, I said - can I say yes now?'



The pair are to marry in a church wedding in the spring next year. Harry revealed how they had 'hugs' after the proposal and he handed over the ring.



Prince Harry said: 'She didn't even let me finish, she said 'can I say yes, can I say yes' and then were was hugs and I had the ring in my finger and I was like 'can I - can I give you the ring?' She goes - 'oh yes the ring'.



'So no it was - it was a really nice moment, it was just the two of us and I think managed to catch - catch her by surprise as well.'



THE RING



Asked about the ring, Harry said: 'The ring is - is obviously yellow gold because that's what - her favourite and the main stone itself I sourced from Botswana and the - the little diamonds either side are from my mother's jewellery collection to make sure that she's with us on this - on this crazy journey together.'



Miss Markle added: 'It's beautiful, and he designed it, it's incredible.' And Harry said: 'Yeah, make sure it stays on that finger.'



PRINCESS DIANA



Asked what it meant to Miss Markle to have stones on her finger that once belonged to Princess Diana, she said: 'I think everything about Harry's thoughtfulness is - and the inclusion of that and obviously not being able to meet his mom it's so important to me to - to know that she's a part of this with us.



'And I think in being able to meet his aunts and - and also like Julia and just different people who were so important to his mom, I'm able to, in some way, know a part of her through them and of course through him.