PhotoLONDON — There were quiet rumblings in the press when they first started dating, a whiff of snobbery: Meghan Markle — half black, American, divorced, actress — was a curiosity. All of it came with the implication that Ms. Markle was an unlikely candidate to be taken seriously. In an announcement that went out Monday morning, His Royal Highness the Prince of Wales declared that Ms. Markle would marry Prince Harry in the spring. Prince Harry openly and defiantly dating Ms. Markle made me, a black British woman, see the royals slightly differently. Advertisement Continue reading the main storyEven before Monday’s announcement, Prince Harry had exceeded Britain’s expectations of him.

Source: New York Times November 28, 2017 12:37 UTC