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| Prince Harry and Meghan Markle: How North America reacted | |
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| The American love affair with the British Royal Family is an enduring, long-distance relationship, spiced up every now and then by a birth or a marriage. | The American love affair with the British Royal Family is an enduring, long-distance relationship, spiced up every now and then by a birth or a marriage. |
| The latest development has a distinctly American twist: Prince Harry has announced his engagement to the US actress Meghan Markle. | The latest development has a distinctly American twist: Prince Harry has announced his engagement to the US actress Meghan Markle. |
| US networks are breathlessly covering the news. CBS gave it a "hip hip and a hooray". | US networks are breathlessly covering the news. CBS gave it a "hip hip and a hooray". |
| Many on the other side of the pond have focused not just on Ms Markle's nationality but the fact that she is mixed race. | Many on the other side of the pond have focused not just on Ms Markle's nationality but the fact that she is mixed race. |
| "Prince Harry's future mother-in-law is a black woman with dreadlocks. There are no words for this kind of joy," tweeted journalist Samara Linton. | "Prince Harry's future mother-in-law is a black woman with dreadlocks. There are no words for this kind of joy," tweeted journalist Samara Linton. |
| One Ontario man thought the engagement was good news for another minority: the ginger haired. | One Ontario man thought the engagement was good news for another minority: the ginger haired. |
| After news that Prince Harry had sought permission from Ms Markle's father, it was then the turn of Wendell Pierce, who plays her on-screen father in the TV drama Suits, to add his blessing. | After news that Prince Harry had sought permission from Ms Markle's father, it was then the turn of Wendell Pierce, who plays her on-screen father in the TV drama Suits, to add his blessing. |
| Patrick Adams, who plays her love interest in the drama, and the show's creator Aaron Korsh also chipped in. | |
| Ms Markle will now find herself rubbing shoulders with the great and good of British high society. | Ms Markle will now find herself rubbing shoulders with the great and good of British high society. |
| It is an experience familiar to the American nutritionist and author, and now Viscountess Hinchingbrooke, Julie Montagu. | It is an experience familiar to the American nutritionist and author, and now Viscountess Hinchingbrooke, Julie Montagu. |
| Ms Montagu, from Sugar Grove, Illinois, married John Montagu, the 11th Earl of Sandwich. | Ms Montagu, from Sugar Grove, Illinois, married John Montagu, the 11th Earl of Sandwich. |
| "It's about being respectful of the history, the history Megan is marrying into is older than America itself," she told the BBC. | "It's about being respectful of the history, the history Megan is marrying into is older than America itself," she told the BBC. |
| "At the same time, you don't want to lose who you are as a person and as an American." | "At the same time, you don't want to lose who you are as a person and as an American." |
| She said Ms Markle might face a steep learning curve when it came to pronunciation ("My first lesson was that 'viscount' doesn't rhyme with 'discount'") and setting a table ("All those forks and knives and spoons... I had to have my husband show me how to set a table"). | She said Ms Markle might face a steep learning curve when it came to pronunciation ("My first lesson was that 'viscount' doesn't rhyme with 'discount'") and setting a table ("All those forks and knives and spoons... I had to have my husband show me how to set a table"). |
| It would however be "such a breath of fresh air to have an American", she said. | It would however be "such a breath of fresh air to have an American", she said. |
| UK social media site Joe.co.uk won some fans for taking a slightly different perspective to most, by making the successful bride-to-be the focus of the news. | UK social media site Joe.co.uk won some fans for taking a slightly different perspective to most, by making the successful bride-to-be the focus of the news. |
| Twitchy.com editor Greg Pollowitz also speculated that it might be part of an elaborate ploy to take back America. | Twitchy.com editor Greg Pollowitz also speculated that it might be part of an elaborate ploy to take back America. |
| On another note, Twitter-shy US president Donald Trump has yet to offer his congratulations to the couple. His predecessor has... | |
| As has his counterpart to the north... | |
| Natasha Bird, digital editor at Elle Magazine, which has published two essays by Ms Markle, speculated that the American actress might help Her Majesty's subjects "lose a bit of our British cynicism and adopt more of the we-can-do-anything attitude they have in America". | Natasha Bird, digital editor at Elle Magazine, which has published two essays by Ms Markle, speculated that the American actress might help Her Majesty's subjects "lose a bit of our British cynicism and adopt more of the we-can-do-anything attitude they have in America". |
| Good luck to her. | Good luck to her. |