Is Meghan Markle The First American To Marry Into The Royal Family? She Is & We're So Pumped

On the evening of Nov. 26, the royal family killed all of my dreams and announced Prince Harry's engagement to Meghan Markle. This engagement is a big deal for more than the obvious excitement factor of, you know, a prince getting married. For one, Prince Harry and Meghan Markle have kept their relationship so private that it's been borderline cruel to the rest of us. But the royal engagement is also groundbreaking on a historical level: Megan Markle is the first American to marry into the royal family.

Markle, an actress, is a mixed race, American-born woman who has been married before and was raised Catholic. All of these things would have been no-no's for a royal engagement in the past, which is why this engagement is so stellar: It represents a step toward modernity and progressive thought from a massively influential family, and that is always a good thing.

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