According to reports, Markle and Ptak met when the former interviewed the latter for Markle's now-defunct lifestyle blog, the Tig. It's been assumed that hiring Ptak instead of a royal baker was Markle's decision and, if this is true, there's something touching about that. While abiding dutifully to the many rules of a royal engagement and marriage, the future princess' choice of a fellow Californian as their baker — Markle was born and raised in Los Angeles — means that when it comes to the cake, she'll have something that suggests a little bit of a hometown wedding, albeit one on steroids.

Source: Los Angeles Times March 23, 2018 15:00 UTC