Could THESE be Meghan's Bridesmaids? Following the Announcement of the Royal Proposal Meet the Women who Could be Poised to Walk Miss Markle Down the Aisle
Following the announcement of Prince Harry's engagement to Meghan Markle royal fans will be eagerly anticipating the royal wedding to follow.
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Prince Charles Reveals Harry is Going to Marry Suits Star Meghan
The official announcement today
Prince Harry decision to marry his American actress girlfriend Meghan Markle was revealed by his father Prince Charles.
The much-anticipated news was confirmed by the Prince of Wales in a brief statement issued by Clarence House.
It read:
'His Royal Highness the Prince of Wales is delighted to announce the engagement of Prince Harry to Ms Meghan Markle.
'The wedding will take place in Spring 2018. Further details about the wedding day will be announced in due course.
'His Royal Highness and Ms Markle became engaged in London earlier this month.
'Prince Harry has informed Her Majesty the Queen and other close members of his family.
'Prince Harry has also sought and received the blessing of Ms Markle's parents.
'The couple will live in Nottingham Cottage at Kensington Palace.'
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And while Meghan's dress is anyone's guess those holding the train are less of an enigma with the US actress championing several female friends on social media.
From the Wimbledon champion she now considers a close friend to the Star Wars actress she has known for 15 years FEMAIL reveal the possible bridesmaids-to-be in Miss Markle's arsenal.
Prince Harry isn't Meghan Markle's only high profile companion with the Suits actress boasting an impressive arsenal of high flying friends including Star Wars actress Janina Gavankar
JANINA GAVANKAR
Janina is one of Meghan's oldest friends with the pair having met 15 years ago and still remaining close today.
In a recent snap she shared on Instagram, the US based actress gushed about her friendship with Janina writing: 'Couldn't be prouder of how far we've come, and couldn't be more grateful for being able to share every step of it with you'.
Janina is a fellow actor with her most acclaimed role as Iden Versio in the recent Star Wars Battlefront II. The actress has also starred in True Blood as well as The Vampire Diaries.
Meghan has clearly had a big impact on Janina's life having inspired her pal to launch her very own lifestyle website altfound after she disolved her own website The Tig in April this year.
Jessica Mulroney started out as Meghan's stylist but quickly became close pals with Prince Harry's girlfriend
JESSICA MULRONEY
Jessica has a heavy presence on Meghan's social media with the pair often sharing cheeky selfies together online, including their various trips together including a lavish holiday to Italy last year.
Jessica is a mother to Ivy who can also been spending time with Prince Harry's girlfriend and often joins her mother on trips to Meghan's house.
As well as providing services as a friend Jessica also acts as Meghan's stylist believed to have been employed three years ago to make sure her pal is perfectly preened for her public appearances.
Jessica features heavily on Miss Markle's Instagram account with the pair recently enjoying a trip to Italy together
Jessica, is the daughter-in-law of former Canadian prime minister Brian Mulroney and the pair met after Meghan moved to Toronto for her role in Suits.
Jessica first came to the public's attention in November 2015 after she styled Sophie Gregoire Trudeau, wife of current Canadian premier Justin Trudeau.
It was an appointment that raised eyebrows in Canada because of the political rivalry between Jessica's father-in-law and Justin Trudeau's father, Pierre, another ex-prime minister.
HEATHER DORAK
Heather Dorak is another of Meghan's hired help working as a fitness guru but like Jessica she and Meghan quickly became close friends
But like Jessica, Heather and Meghan quickly became close and now spend much of their spare time together outside of the gym.
Heather is famed in Los Angeles for her company Pilates Platinum and her health and fitness tips saw her enlisted as well-being writer for Meghan's lifestyle website The Tig before it's closure.
The pair have far exceeded the boundaries of fitness instructor and client with Meghan even celebrating Christmas with Heather last December.
BENITA LITT
Meghan is godmother to her friend Benita Litt's two daughters and is thought to have spent Christmas with the family last year
Benita is one of Meghan's closest friends with the US actress acting as godmother to Mrs Litt's two daughters and even helping the family to decorate their Christmas tree last year.
Benita launched the bag company Legend of Lido based in Venice Beach and also runs her own brand agency under her name where she helps others to start their businesses.
MISHA NONOO
Fashion designer Misha Nonoo, who split from Alexander Gilkes last year after four years of marriage, and was believed to have introduced the loved-up pair over the summer.
And while reports have since claimed that the pair were introduced by by Soho House director Markus Anderson in London Misha is a mutual friend of both the prince and Meghan.
Fashion designer Misha Nonoo is very well connected in royal circles as her estranged husband went to Eton with Prince Harry and Prince William
Misha is very well connected in royal circles as her estranged husband went to Eton with Prince Harry and Prince William.
Gilkes was a guest at the royal wedding of Prince William and Kate Middleton back in 2011, and his younger brother Charlie dated Pippa Middleton for years.
Misha remains close friends with Meghan today and the designer can be seen sharing photos of the actress in her wears on her Instagram account.
MILLIE MACKINTOSH
While Meghan has a whole host of pals back in the US and Canada she has already made some firm friends on UK soil including former reality star Millie Mackintosh.
Millie Mackintosh has come somewhat of a go-to pal for Meghan during her visits to London with the pair enjoying a trip to Soho house together
The pair spent time at Soho Farmhouse, Oxfordshire, last year, with Meghan gushing on Instagram: 'The best afternoon with Millie Mackintosh. So proud of you darling.'
Meghan lists the former Made in Chelsea star as one of her go-to workout buddies and has previously said that she can't wait to join her healthy pal at Russ Bateman's Skinny B**** Collective class.
SERENA WILLIAMS
Also in the British set is tennis champion Serena Williams who Meghan counts as a close friend after meeting at a charity football game in 2014.
Following their Meghan wrote on The Tig: 'We hit it off immediately, taking pictures, laughing and chatting not about tennis or acting but about good old-fashioned girly stuff. So began our friendship.'
Serena Williams who Meghan counts as a close friend after meeting at a charity football game in 2014
She has said of Williams: 'She quickly became a confidante I would text when I was travelling, the friend I would rally around for her tennis matches, and the down-to-earth chick I was able to grab lunch with a couple of weeks ago in Toronto.
'We are both the same age, have a penchant for hot sauces and adore fashion, but what connects us more than those things is perhaps our belief in exceeding expectations — our endless ambition.'
On her visit to London in 2016, Meghan watched Williams at Wimbledon and sat a few rows away from Pippa Middleton.
Since then, she has plugged the tennis player's fashion show at New York Fashion Week — 'so proud of your new collection'. She has also contributed to a flattering profile of the sports star in America's glossiest celebrity magazine, Vanity Fair.
LINDSAY ROTH
The TV producer and author is easily vying for the best friend title in Meghan's friendship circle having recently enlisted the actress as Maid of Honour at her wedding in Greece last August.
The pair first met when they took the same Toni Morrison literature class at Northwestern University and have remained close friends ever since.
Meghan met producer Lindsay Roth when they took the same Toni Morrison literature class at Northwestern University
Lindsay is easily vying for the best friend title in Meghan's friendship circle having recently enlisted the actress as Maid of Honour at her wedding in Greece last August
Lindsay recently paid tribute to her 'generous and supportive' pal in an interview with People magazine.
'I think people assume that when someone gains notoriety that they change. But she's still the same girl I met years ago, with the same values and priorities,' she said.
'She's selfless, and that's just a part of who she is and who she was raised to be.'
She said she's not surprised by how well Meghan has handled the attention since her relationship with Prince Harry came to light, saying everyone can learn from how she deals with life's challenges 'gracefully, smartly, elegantly, positively, realistically and graciously'.
Referring to her close pal as 'Meg' she said that the pair have a shared motto that they've relied on over the years, which is: 'I choose happiness'.
PRIYANKA CHOPRA
Crowned Miss World at the age of 18 in 2000, Priyanka Chopra is a hugely successful film actress. A tireless social networker, she met Meghan at a party in Toronto two years ago.
After Meghan interviewed her for her blog, The Tig, Priyanka Chopra and Meghan quickly became friends
After Meghan interviewed her for her blog, The Tig, they became friends and Priyanka has publicised photos of them together — including one where they drank ****tails together in a dimly-lit bar in Los Angeles.
For her part, Meghan shared a picture of herself and the Indian actress (who has made more than 50 Bollywood films) at Soho House in New York and hanging out by a pool.
Priyanka is a Unicef ambassador and recently returned from Jordan, where she highlighted the plight of Syrian refugees. She lives between Mumbai, where she grew up, and Toronto and celebrated her 30th birthday with a party at U2 star Bono's house. Rockers Bryan Adams and Bruce Springsteen are also among her friends.
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WHERE WILL THEY MARRY?
WESTMINSTER ABBEY is usually the frontrunner for Royals. The Queen and the Queen Mother both married there but it also holds painful memories because of Diana's funeral.
Steeped in more than a thousand years of history, the gothic London Abbey has been at the forefront of major royal ceremonies for generation after generation.
The Queen wed Prince Philip of Greece there as a 21-year-old Princess on November 20 1947.
The Queen Mother, then Lady Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon, married the Duke of York, later George VI, there on April 26 1923. Her funeral in 2002 as also at the Abbey.
ST PAUL'S is where Charles and Diana married in 1981 and has been the focus for many royal celebrations.
The iconic building built by Sir Christoper Wren has recently held thanksgiving services for the Queen's Golden Jubilee and her 80th birthday.
It staged the funerals of Lord Nelson, the Duke of Wellington and Sir Winston Churchill, the peace services marking the end of the First and Second World Wars and more recently the Service of Remembrance and Commemoration for the September 11 terrorist attacks.
WINDSOR CASTLE is considered a more private and low key option.
It would also prove easier for security because it could be cut off by a ring of steel more readily than locations in central London.
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