Editing Prince Harry, Duke of Sussex (section)

===Marriage and family===
{{further|Wedding of Prince Harry and Meghan Markle}}
[[File:Harry and Meghan on Christmas Day 2017 (cropped).jpg|thumb|left|With Markle on Christmas Day, 2017]]
In mid-2016,<ref name="People-date">{{cite magazine|url=https://people.com/royals/prince-harry-meghan-markle-romance-timeline/|title=Prince Harry and Meghan Markle's Relationship Timeline|magazine=People|first=Jessica|last=Sager|date=8 December 2022|access-date=10 December 2022|archive-date=9 December 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221209214020/https://people.com/royals/prince-harry-meghan-markle-romance-timeline/|url-status=live}}</ref> Harry began a relationship with American actress [[Meghan Markle]].<ref name="Cambridge">{{cite news|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2016/11/26/duke-cambridge-approved-prince-harrys-plea-trolls-leave-meghan/|title=The Duke of Cambridge approved Prince Harry's plea to trolls to leave Meghan Markle alone|first=Gordon|last=Rayner|work=The Telegraph|date=30 November 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170912063947/http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2016/11/26/duke-cambridge-approved-prince-harrys-plea-trolls-leave-meghan/|archive-date=12 September 2017|url-status=live|url-access=subscription|access-date=5 September 2017}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2017/11/27/harry-meghan-blind-date-engagement-words/ |title=Prince Harry and Meghan Markle engaged: 'She didn't even let me finish!' Couple describe 'sweet, natural and very romantic' proposal|last=Furness|first=Hannah|date=27 November 2017|work=The Telegraph|access-date=28 November 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171127233239/http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2017/11/27/harry-meghan-blind-date-engagement-words/|archive-date=27 November 2017|url-status=live|url-access=subscription}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.cbc.ca/news/world/prince-harry-meghan-markle-royal-wedding-marriage-engaged-1.4417681 |title=Prince Harry, actress Meghan Markle engaged|work=CBC News|date=27 November 2017|access-date=21 December 2023|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171127144359/http://www.cbc.ca/news/world/prince-harry-meghan-markle-royal-wedding-marriage-engaged-1.4417681|archive-date=27 November 2017}}</ref> According to the couple, they first connected with each other via [[Instagram]],<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.today.com/popculture/royals/harry-meghan-first-met-instagram-rcna60719|title=Harry and Meghan first met on Instagram after he saw her with a dog-ears filter|work=Today|first=Lindsay|last=Lowe|date=8 December 2022|access-date=9 December 2022|archive-date=9 December 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221209055838/https://www.today.com/popculture/royals/harry-meghan-first-met-instagram-rcna60719|url-status=live}}</ref> though they have also said that they were set up on a blind date by a mutual friend in July 2016.<ref name="People-date"/> On 8 November, eight days after the relationship was made public by the press, the prince directed his communications secretary to release a statement on his behalf to express personal concern about pejorative and false comments made about his girlfriend by [[mainstream media]] and [[internet trolls]].<ref name="Vallance-2016">{{cite news|url=https://www.royal.uk/statement-communications-secretary-prince-harry|title=A Statement by the Communications Secretary to Prince Harry|last=Vallance |first=Adam |date=8 November 2016 |work=The Royal Family |access-date=26 September 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170927052849/https://www.royal.uk/statement-communications-secretary-prince-harry|archive-date=27 September 2017}}</ref><ref name="Guardian on smear">{{cite news |url=https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2016/nov/08/prince-harry-lambasts-press-over-meghan-markle-coverage|title=Prince Harry attacks press over 'wave of abuse' of girlfriend Meghan Markle|work=The Guardian|first1=Robert|last1=Booth|first2=Lisa|last2=O'Caroll|date=8 November 2016|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170907173906/https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2016/nov/08/prince-harry-lambasts-press-over-meghan-markle-coverage |archive-date=7 September 2017}}</ref> In September 2017, Prince Harry and Markle first appeared together in public at the [[Invictus Games]] in Toronto.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-41376139 |title=Meghan Markle attends Invictus Games|date=24 September 2017|work=BBC News Online|access-date=26 September 2017 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170927085407/http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-41376139 |archive-date=27 September 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://abcnews.go.com/Entertainment/prince-harry-meghan-markle-make-official-public-appearance/story?id=50007178|title=Prince Harry, Meghan Markle make first official public appearance|date=26 September 2017|work=ABC News|access-date=26 September 2017|url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170925041954/https://abcnews.go.com/Entertainment/prince-harry-meghan-markle-make-official-public-appearance/story?id=50007178|archive-date=25 September 2017}}</ref> Their engagement was announced on 27 November 2017 by Harry's father.<ref>{{cite news|title=Prince Harry and Ms. Meghan Markle are engaged to be married |url=https://www.royal.uk/prince-harry-and-ms-meghan-markle-are-engaged-be-married |date=27 November 2017|website=The Royal Family|access-date=15 August 2020|last=Minard|first=Jenny |archive-date=7 August 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200807014113/https://www.royal.uk/prince-harry-and-ms-meghan-markle-are-engaged-be-married |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite magazine|last=Frost|first=Katie |title=Prince Harry and Meghan Markle Are Engaged! (Nov. 27, 2017)|url=https://www.townandcountrymag.com/society/tradition/a12198435/prince-harry-meghan-markle-engaged/ |magazine=Town & Country|date=27 November 2017|access-date=15 August 2020|archive-date=11 August 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200811021101/https://www.townandcountrymag.com/society/tradition/a12198435/prince-harry-meghan-markle-engaged/ |url-status=live }}</ref><ref name="Cambridge"/><ref>{{cite news|last=Bourke|first=Latika |title=Royal wedding: Prince Harry and Meghan Markle announce engagement |url=http://www.theage.com.au/world/royal-wedding-prince-harry-and-meghan-markle-announce-engagement-20171127-gztxks.html |access-date=27 November 2017 |work=The Age|date=27 November 2017|url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171127200809/http://www.theage.com.au/world/royal-wedding-prince-harry-and-meghan-markle-announce-engagement-20171127-gztxks.html|archive-date=27 November 2017}}</ref> The announcement prompted generally positive comments about having a mixed-race person as a member of the royal family,<ref name=race>{{cite news |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/women/life/meghan-markle-has-already-changed-way-think-race/ |title=Meghan Markle has already changed the way we think about race|first=Sunder|last=Katwala |date=25 May 2018 |access-date=12 July 2018|work=The Telegraph|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180713123438/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/women/life/meghan-markle-has-already-changed-way-think-race/|archive-date=13 July 2018|url-status=live|url-access=subscription}}</ref> especially in regard to Commonwealth countries with populations of blended or native ancestry.<ref>{{cite news|last=Grigoriadis|first=Vanessa|title=Inside the Markle Family Breakdown|url=https://www.vanityfair.com/style/2018/12/inside-the-meghan-markle-family-breakdown-thomas-samantha-markle|date=19 December 2018|access-date=24 October 2023|magazine=[[Vanity Fair (magazine)|Vanity Fair]]|archive-date=15 December 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231215115723/https://www.vanityfair.com/style/2018/12/inside-the-meghan-markle-family-breakdown-thomas-samantha-markle|url-status=live}}</ref> The [[Wedding of Prince Harry and Meghan Markle|marriage ceremony]] was held at [[St George's Chapel, Windsor Castle]] on 19 May 2018.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-42156565|title=Harry and Meghan to wed in Windsor in May|date=28 November 2017|work=BBC News|access-date=28 November 2017|archive-date=23 July 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190723044741/https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-42156565|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2018/05/18/st-georges-chapel-inside-windsor-castle-venue-tomorrows-royal/|title=St George's Chapel: Inside the Windsor Castle venue for tomorrow's royal wedding|last=Vickers|first=Hugo|date=18 May 2018|work=The Daily Telegraph|access-date=18 May 2018|url-access=subscription|issn=0307-1235|archive-date=18 May 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180518065407/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2018/05/18/st-georges-chapel-inside-windsor-castle-venue-tomorrows-royal/|url-status=live}}</ref> The couple later revealed in the 2021 television interview ''[[Oprah with Meghan and Harry]]'' that, three days prior to the ceremony, they had privately exchanged vows in their garden, in the presence of the Archbishop of Canterbury.<ref>{{cite news |title=Meghan and Harry interview: Racism claims, duke 'let down' by dad, and duchess on Kate |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-56316659 |work=BBC News |date=9 March 2021 |access-date=19 September 2022 |archive-date=15 March 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210315232230/https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-56316659 |url-status=live }}</ref> However, this earlier exchange of vows was not an official religious or [[Marriage in England and Wales|legally recognised marriage]].<ref>{{cite news |last1=Swerling |first1=Gabriella |last2=Ward |first2=Victoria |last3=Tominey |first3=Camilla |author3-link=Camilla Tominey |title=Prince Harry and Meghan's 'secret wedding' an exchange of vows and not legal ceremony |work=The Daily Telegraph |date=8 March 2021 |quote=sources within both the Church of England and those working for the Sussexes moved to clarify that the vows presided over by the Most Rev Justin Welby in the garden did not constitute a legal marriage. Instead, the "marriage" was merely a personal and private exchange of vows between the couple.}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last=Siddique |first=Haroon |title=Meghan's claim of private garden wedding sparks confusion |url=https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2021/mar/08/meghans-claim-of-private-garden-wedding-sparks-confusion |access-date=10 March 2021 |work=The Guardian |date=8 March 2021 |archive-date=9 March 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210309203311/https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2021/mar/08/meghans-claim-of-private-garden-wedding-sparks-confusion |url-status=live }}</ref>

The Duke and Duchess initially lived at [[Nottingham Cottage]] in London, in the grounds of Kensington Palace.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2018/05/20/nottingham-cottage-kensington-home-meghan-harry-will-live-married/|title=Nottingham Cottage: The Kensington home where Meghan and Harry live as a married couple|newspaper=The Daily Telegraph|first=Victoria|last=Ward|date=22 May 2018|access-date=12 July 2018|url-access=subscription|archive-date=5 July 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180705111706/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2018/05/20/nottingham-cottage-kensington-home-meghan-harry-will-live-married/|url-status=live}}</ref> In May 2018, it was reported that they had signed a two-year lease on WestfieldLarge, located on the Great Tew Estate in the [[Cotswolds]].<ref name="WestfieldLarge">{{cite magazine|url=https://www.townandcountrymag.com/leisure/real-estate/a20979122/great-tew-estate-meghan-markle-prince-harry-country-home/|title=What to Know About Meghan Markle and Prince Harry's Former Cotswolds Home|magazine=Town & Country|first=Lauren|last=Hubbard|date=17 May 2019|access-date=6 January 2023|archive-date=6 January 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230106204400/https://www.townandcountrymag.com/leisure/real-estate/a20979122/great-tew-estate-meghan-markle-prince-harry-country-home/|url-status=live}}</ref> They gave up the lease after photos of the house and its interior were published by a paparazzi agency.<ref name="WestfieldLarge"/> The couple considered settling at the 21-room Apartment 1 within Kensington Palace,<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://www.vogue.com/article/all-about-prince-harry-and-meghan-markles-new-home-at-kensington-palace|title=All About Prince Harry and Meghan Markle's New 21-Room Home at Kensington Palace|magazine=Vogue|first=Elise|last=Taylor|date=5 October 2018|access-date=6 January 2023|archive-date=6 January 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230106211631/https://www.vogue.com/article/all-about-prince-harry-and-meghan-markles-new-home-at-kensington-palace|url-status=live}}</ref> but moved to [[Frogmore Cottage]] in the [[Home Park, Windsor|Home Park]] of [[Windsor Castle]] which Queen Elizabeth II had recently gifted to them instead.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.nbcnews.com/news/world/child-coming-it-s-suburbs-prince-harry-meghan-markle-n939631|title=With child coming, it's off to the country for Prince Harry and Meghan Markle|work=NBC News|date=24 November 2018|access-date=24 November 2018|archive-date=24 November 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181124220217/https://www.nbcnews.com/news/world/child-coming-it-s-suburbs-prince-harry-meghan-markle-n939631|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.cbsnews.com/news/prince-harry-and-meghan-are-moving-to-the-suburbs-frogmore-cottage-2018-11-24/|title=Prince Harry and Meghan are moving to the suburbs|work=CBS News|date=24 November 2018|access-date=24 November 2018|archive-date=24 November 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181124135143/https://www.cbsnews.com/news/prince-harry-and-meghan-are-moving-to-the-suburbs-frogmore-cottage-2018-11-24/|url-status=live}}</ref> The [[Crown Estate]] refurbished the cottage at a cost of £2.4 million, paid out of the [[Sovereign Grant]], with the Duke later reimbursing expenses beyond restoration and ordinary maintenance, a part of which was offset against rental payments that were due at the time.<ref>{{cite news |title=Harry and Meghan taxpayer-funded renovations cost £2.4m |work=BBC News |date=25 June 2019 |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-48746609 |access-date=25 June 2019 |archive-date=24 June 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190624234634/https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-48746609 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=£2.4m bill for renovation of Meghan and Harry's house, Frogmore Cottage |url=https://www.thetimes.com/uk/royal-family/article/2-4m-bill-for-renovation-of-meghan-and-harry-s-house-frogmore-cottage-mxwg6wbdj |website=[[The Times]] |access-date=25 June 2019 |last1=Low |first1=Valentine |url-access=subscription |archive-date=24 June 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190624235404/https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/2-4m-bill-for-renovation-of-meghan-and-harry-s-house-frogmore-cottage-mxwg6wbdj |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-54062799|title=Prince Harry: Frogmore Cottage renovation cost repaid|work=BBC News|date=7 September 2020|access-date=25 November 2020|archive-date=31 October 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201031230631/https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-54062799|url-status=live}}</ref> On 6 May 2019, the Duke and Duchess's son, [[Prince Archie of Sussex|Archie]], was born.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Barry |first1=Ellen |last2=Karasz |first2=Palko |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2019/05/06/world/europe/meghan-markle-baby-boy.html |title=Meghan, Duchess of Sussex, gives birth to a boy |work=The New York Times |date=6 May 2019|access-date=6 May 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190506135908/https://www.nytimes.com/2019/05/06/world/europe/meghan-markle-baby-boy.html |archive-date=6 May 2019 |url-status=live |url-access=limited }}</ref> Their office was moved to Buckingham Palace and officially closed on 31 March 2020 when the Sussexes ceased "undertaking official engagements in support of the Queen".<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://people.com/royals/meghan-markle-prince-harry-split-households-kate-middleton-prince-william/|title=Meghan Markle and Prince Harry Have Split Royal Households from Kate Middleton and Prince William|magazine=People|first=Erin|last=Hill|date=14 March 2019|access-date=14 March 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190402132823/https://people.com/royals/meghan-markle-prince-harry-split-households-kate-middleton-prince-william/|archive-date=2 April 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://www.townandcountrymag.com/society/tradition/a30999952/prince-harry-meghan-markle-to-officially-close-buckingham-palace-office-march-31/|title=Prince Harry and Meghan Markle to Officially Close Buckingham Palace Office at the End of March|magazine=Town & Country|first=Victoria|last=Murphy|date=19 February 2020|access-date=25 November 2020|archive-date=19 December 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201219031152/https://www.townandcountrymag.com/society/tradition/a30999952/prince-harry-meghan-markle-to-officially-close-buckingham-palace-office-march-31/|url-status=live}}</ref> After some months in Canada and the United States, the couple bought a house in June 2020 on the former estate of [[Riven Rock, Montecito|Riven Rock]] in [[Montecito, California]].<ref name=TelegAug20>{{cite news|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/royal-family/2020/08/13/harry-meghan-buy-home-santa-barbara-estate-formed-setting-1998/|title=Harry and Meghan buy home on Santa Barbara estate that was subject of 1998 novel Riven Rock|date=13 August 2020|work=[[The Daily Telegraph]]|access-date=14 August 2020|url-access=subscription|archive-date=9 January 2022|archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220109090136/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/royal-family/2020/08/13/harry-meghan-buy-home-santa-barbara-estate-formed-setting-1998/|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://people.com/royals/meghan-markle-prince-harry-oprah-interview-chicken-coop-california-home-archie-chick-inn/|title=What Is Archie's Chick Inn? The Sweet Moment You Missed from Meghan and Harry's Oprah Interview|magazine=People|first=Stephanie|last=Petit|date=8 March 2021|access-date=18 January 2022|archive-date=18 January 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220118182734/https://people.com/royals/meghan-markle-prince-harry-oprah-interview-chicken-coop-california-home-archie-chick-inn/|url-status=live}}</ref> The next month, the Duchess suffered a [[miscarriage]].<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-55068783|title=Meghan: Duchess of Sussex tells of miscarriage 'pain and grief'|work=BBC News|date=25 November 2020|access-date=25 November 2020|archive-date=2 December 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201202060220/https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-55068783|url-status=live}}</ref> On 4 June 2021, their daughter, [[Princess Lilibet of Sussex|Lilibet]], was born.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Foster |first1=Max |last2=Said-Moorhouse |first2=Lauren |title=Meghan and Prince Harry welcome second child |url=https://www.cnn.com/2021/06/06/europe/meghan-harry-baby-girl-news-intl-scli/index.html |access-date=6 June 2021 |work=CNN |date=6 June 2021 |archive-date=24 June 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220624040458/https://www.cnn.com/2021/06/06/europe/meghan-harry-baby-girl-news-intl-scli/index.html |url-status=live }}</ref> The Duke and Duchess have owned a [[Labrador Retriever|Labrador]] named Pula, and two [[Beagle]]s named Guy and Mamma Mia.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/harry-mamma-mia-pula-sussex-daily-telegraph-b2151800.html|title=Harry and Meghan adopt beagle called Mamma Mia|work=The Independent|first=Catherine|last=Wylie|date=24 August 2022|access-date=24 August 2022|archive-date=24 August 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220824155730/https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/harry-mamma-mia-pula-sussex-daily-telegraph-b2151800.html|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://people.com/meghan-markle-mourns-death-rescue-beagle-guy-8767884|title=Meghan Markle Mourns Death of Rescue Beagle Guy: 'I Have Cried Too Many Tears to Count'|magazine=People|first1=Rachel|last1=Burchfield|first2=Erin|last2=Hill|date=7 January 2025|access-date=7 January 2025}}</ref>

In 2017, Harry stated that he had "five or six" godchildren, some of whom later attended his wedding.<ref>{{cite AV media|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xZzp84rtCbs|title=Bryony Gordon speaks to Prince Harry for Mad World Podcast (2017 Archive)|work=The Telegraph|date=April 2017|accessdate=11 February 2024|via=YouTube|archive-date=27 April 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230427012616/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xZzp84rtCbs|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Sorry, great-grandma, but Meghan is leaving Archie in Canada for this trip |url=https://www.thetimes.com/uk/royal-family/article/sorry-great-grandma-but-meghan-is-leaving-archie-in-canada-for-this-trip-pfsmkrpmh |access-date=3 December 2020 |work=[[The Times]] |date=1 March 2020 |url-access=subscription |archive-date=4 December 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201204060244/https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/sorry-great-grandma-but-meghan-is-leaving-archie-in-canada-for-this-trip-pfsmkrpmh |url-status=live }}</ref>