Meghan Markle shares her “atypical” speech from her 2018 wedding to Prince Harry in the final episode of their Netflix docuseries.
“I gave a speech the night of our wedding, which is atypical for a bride in the UK, I think,” Markle says in “Harry & Meghan” as Harry agrees, “Very.”
Reading from her phone, the Duchess of Sussex begins, “On to the crux of why I wanted to speak tonight — first of all, it’s been a while,” before quipping that her joke got a “big laugh.”
“But mostly I wanted to share a story. A story that I wrote about the man that I love and the way we met. Let’s call this a modern fairy tale.”
Markle, 41, kicks off with the classic introduction of “once upon a time” and tells a story about an actress from California and a prince from England.
“All of those people didn’t fully get it because this is the love story of a boy and a girl who were meant to be together,” she continues.
Markle details meeting Harry, 38, on July 3, 2016, and giggling “endlessly” throughout the evening.
“The next day they have their second date, and he brings her cupcakes because it’s Fourth of July. ‘A bittersweet celebration,’ he says. Ironic, really. Her country’s independence from his country.
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“Yet in this moment, they know they don’t want to be independent of each other, and after a month of long-distance courtship, they settle into the quiet of Botswana,” Markle continues as photos of their trip to Africa display on the screen.
“And amidst whatever momentary worries that creep in, they look at each other and think, ‘Whatever, world, we’re in.’”
The speech also addresses their love of gardening and traveling, with the former “Suits” star joking that they racked up “more air miles than any couple could have.”
“And when the tides were rough, they squeezed each other tighter. ‘Nothing can break us,’ they’d say. ‘For this love, she was a fighter,’” she says.
“I appreciate, respect and honor you, my treasure, for the family we will create and our love story that will last forever. So I ask you to raise a glass to the astounding assurance that now life begins and the everlasting knowing that, above all, love wins.”
