Meghan, Duchess of Sussex

Member of the British royal family and Duchess of Sussex since 2018

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Born 1981 · age 45United States

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  • Age
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    Born 1981
  • Known for
    Horrible Bosses
    2011
Summary
Updated 2026-08-29

She traded network television for Windsor Castle, then walked away from both. The American actress who married into the British royal family became the story itself when she and Prince Harry broke from palace life and relocated to California.

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About

Born and raised in Los Angeles, Meghan Markle started acting after Northwestern University and spent seven seasons playing Rachel Zane on the legal drama Suits while running The Tig, a lifestyle blog that drew her into charity work on women's issues. She divorced film producer Trevor Engelson in 2014. Four years later she married Prince Harry and became the Duchess of Sussex, but the couple stepped down as working royals in January 2020 and moved to Southern California with their two children, Archie and Lilibet. They launched Archewell Inc., sat for a widely watched Oprah Winfrey interview in…

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Meghan, Duchess of Sussex
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I try to eat vegan during the week and then have a little bit more flexibility with what I dig into on the weekends. But at the same time, it’s all about balance.
"Before Harry: The Meghan Markle Interview", Best Health Magazine Canada (May 2016)
Meghan, Duchess of Sussex
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We film Suits in Toronto and I might just stay in Canada.
Speaking as to the then-hypothetical Trump presidency on a panel about Donald Trump on The Nightly Show with Larry Wilmore in 2016
Meghan, Duchess of Sussex
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It’s surreal being back because I haven’t been back since I graduated, and as I am walking around I remember things like the schlep of getting to South Campus from up north.
Speaking in 2014 on her first visit back to Northwestern University since she graduated in 2003 (a promotional visit for Suits) as quoted
Meghan, Duchess of Sussex
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Of course Trump is divisive—think about female voters alone. I think it was in 2012, the Republican Party lost the female vote by 12 points.
Meghan, Duchess of Sussex
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Suffrage is not simply about the right to vote but also about what that represents.
At the celebration of 125 years of women's suffrage in New Zealand
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71.0
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Momentum5.6
Historical39.8
Now attention1.7
Source confidence75.0
Completeness85.0
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