3:42
- ABC News
- Royal Family
- September 24, 2017
Meghan Markle attends Invictus Games with Harry
Harry, 33, and Markle, 36, began dating last summer.
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ABC News' royal contributor Victoria Murphy said the article \"shows the strength\" of Harry's and Markle's one-year relationship.
\"She would have had permission from Kensington Palace to give the [Vanity Fair] interview,\" Murphy said. \"It definitely shows the strength of their relationship and her confidence in their love.\"
![\"PHOTO:](\"http://a.abcnews.com/images/Entertainment/meghan-markle-prince-harry-04-gty-jpo-170921_4x3t_384.jpg\")
Last month the couple traveled to Africa together on a three-week trip to celebrate Markle's 36th birthday.
Tomorrow's front page: Besotted Prince Harry wraps an arm around girlfriend Meghan Markle on romantic holiday for her 36th birthday pic.twitter.com/kf6VBiGMog
— The Sun (@TheSun) August 4, 2017
Harry has been publicly supported by his girlfriends in the past -- Chelsy Davy sat with Harry at the 10th anniversary concert for his late mother, Princess Diana, and Cressida Bonas attended an Invictus Games concert in London -- but there is more to his relationship with Markle, according to royal experts.
\"This is a public coming out of sorts,\" Murphy said of Markle's Invictus Games appearance with Harry before they are officially engaged.
The couple has maintained a transatlantic relationship, traveling between London, where Harry lives at Kensington Palace, and Toronto.
The couple was spotted attending the wedding of one of Harry's closest childhood friends in Jamaica in March, and attended the wedding reception for Kate's sister, Pippa Middleton, and her now-husband James Matthews, in May.
Markle and Harry’s romance was confirmed by Kensington Palace in November 2016 when an unprecedented statement was issued lambasting the “abuse and harassment” of Markle by some members of the press.
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