- Meghan's father is white and has German, English, Irish, Scottish, Scots-Irish/Northern Irish, and remote French ancestry. He has Colonial American (largely English) roots going back to the 1600s, particularly in New Hampshire and Massachusetts. Meghan's mother is African-American and has family lines in Ohio, Tennessee, and Georgia.
- Attended Northwestern University, where she majored in theater and international relations. After graduating, she worked for the U.S embassy in Buenos Aires, Argentina.
- She was born on the same day as her Suits (2011) co-star Abigail Spencer: August 4, 1981.
- The engagement ring created by Queen Elizabeth II's preferred jeweler "Cleave and Company" features the main stone (sourced in Botswana) set on a yellow gold band surrounded by two diamonds from the late Princess Diana's personal jewelry collection.
- For a scene in A Lot Like Love (2005), the 2nd A.D. had to teach her how to drive stick shift just an hour before filming.
- Is an avid foodie whose culinary skills were woven into the home skills of her character, Rachel, in Suits (2011).
- In May 2016 Meghan was introduced to Prince Harry by mutual friend Markus Anderson, Toronto-based consultant for private members only clubs "Soho House" where Harry had been a VIP member. Meghan had long known Anderson, a man who had often been referred to as "King of Soho House".
- Prince Harry and Meghan publicly announced their engagement Monday, November 27, 2017. The wedding took place on May 19 2018 at St. George's Chapel at Windsor Castle.
- Traveled to Botswana for three weeks with Prince Harry to celebrate her 36th birthday. (August 2017)
- Grew up in the View Park-Windsor Hills neighborhood of Los Angeles, sometimes known as 'Black Beverly Hills'.
- Upon her marriage to Prince Harry at age 36 she became the oldest-ever royal bride for a member of the royal family's first marriage in British history, surpassing her sister-in-law Catherine Princess of Wales, who was 29 when she married Prince William of Wales. Meghan's stepmother-in-law Queen Camilla was technically the oldest royal bride ever at age 57 when she married King Charles III, though it was the second marriage for both.
- Has 2 children: son Archie Harrison Mountbatten-Windsor (b. May 6, 2019) and daughter Lilibet Diana Mountbatten-Windsor (b. June 4, 2021) with her husband, Prince Harry.
- Ran a food blog website, The Tig, from May 2014 until 2017, about food, travel, fashion, and beauty. The website name was inspired by an Italian red wine, Tignanello.
- Is 16 years younger than her paternal half-sister, Samantha Grant Markle, who was diagnosed with multiple sclerosis in 2008, and 15 years younger than her paternal half-brother, Thomas Markle Jr..
- Her full titles upon marriage to Prince Harry: "HRH Meghan, Duchess of Sussex, Countess of Dumbarton, Baroness Kilkeel".
- Friends with Priyanka Chopra Jonas and Serena Williams.
- In 2020, she became the first member of the British royal family to vote in a U.S. presidential election. Although royals are not forbidden to vote in elections by any law, royal protocol forbids voting to maintain political neutrality, though it has never been clarified if this rule also applies to elections outside the UK and the Commonwealth.
- She fangirled over Yasmine Bleeth when she came into the frozen yogurt shop she was working in at the age of 14. Yasmine's understated gratitude to her taught her how to handle her own fan encounters.
- Stated on "The Late Show with Craig Ferguson" (the 8 August 2013 episode) that because her father Thomas W. Markle was director of photography on Married... with Children (1987) (198 episodes, 1988-1996), she spent a lot of time, hanging around on set watching her dad at work, after her day at Catholic school.
- Her uncle Michael Markle got her a job working at a U.S. Embassy after she had earned a degree in international relations.
- Other Americans who married royalites were Rita Hayworth, Grace Kelly, Queen Noor, Kristin J. White, Kendra Spears, Crown Princess Marie-Chantal, Alexandra Miller, Lee Radziwill, Kelly Rondestvedt, Hope Cooke, Sarah Butler, Alison Kay, Alana C. Bunte, Olivia Wilde, Christopher O'Neill and Elizabeth Hoag.
- In 2018, before her marriage to Prince Harry, she converted to the Church of England and was baptized and confirmed. She was raised as an Episcopalian, which is an offshoot of the Church of England.
- British biographer Andrew Morton who wrote the 1992 bestseller "Diana: Her True Story - In Her Own Words" about the late Princess Diana, also wrote the 2018 biography "Meghan: A Hollywood Princess".
- A month before her wedding to Prince Harry, she was on TIME magazine's ''The 100 Most Influential People'' (leaders) with a homage penned by her friend Priyanka Chopra Jonas [April 2018].
- Meghan's lavish wedding dress was by Givenchy designer Clare Waight Keller. The bride wore Queen Mary's diamond tiara courtesy of Queen Elizabeth II. After the reception the bride changed into a less formal Stella McCartney dress.
- Counts businesswoman and network executive Bonnie Hammer as a major mentor for her career both on and off the screen.
- She is the second American to marry into the British royal family and receive a title ("The Duchess of Sussex"), following Wallis Simpson, who obtained the title Duchess of Windsor after her marriage to Prince Edward, Duke of Windsor (formerly King Edward Vlll), who abdicated the throne to do so. Unlike Wallis, Meghan was granted the status of a British princess, which allowed her to use the style "Her Royal Highness", becoming the first American to use the style.
- Began the process of applying for UK citizenship in November 2017 after she became engaged to Prince Harry, though in 2020 she abandoned the process by moving back to the US.
- No longer friends with Jessica Mulroney.
- She has often claimed she had no idea how to curtsy prior to her first meeting with Queen Elizabeth II in 2017 and had to quickly learn to curtsy moments before, though years earlier in a scene in Suits (2011), her character Rachel Zane performs a (rather shallow) curtsy.
- Alexi Lubomirski was the official photographer of the Prince Harry & Meghan Markle Royal Wedding. The wedding was the very first royal nuptial to be broadcast live in Ultra HD 4K resolution.
- She is a self-confessed feminist.
- Born to Doria Ragland.
- Cellist virtuoso Sheku Kanneh-Mason performed 3 classical music pieces for the occasion of her wedding ceremonies with Prince Harry.
- Karen Gibson and the Kingdom Choir performed the song "Stand by Me" during the church ceremonies.
- She acted alongside Russell Brand in the 2010 comedy Get Him to the Greek.
- The Dean of Windsor Rev David Conner supervised the ceremony. The Archbishop of Canterbury Justin Welby oversaw the marital vows.
- Born at 4:46 AM (PDT).
- She speaks fluent Spanish, which she learned while on an internship in the American Embassy in Buenos Aires.
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