Megan Markle and Prince Harry went on an extraordinary effort to stop their secret, which is traced in the early days of their novel.
But one of the measures they took on the date to keep things incognito stands out from the rest as particularly unique – and a little weird.
The Duke and Duchess of Sussex pretended to go to the supermarket for the first time when they met in his then hometown of London.
They both wore light forms of disguise and pretended not to know each other while they were there so as not to break their cover.
Sharing an amusing anecdote in Dex Shepard’s podcast “Expert on Chairs” last year, Harry said: “The first time Megan and I met to have her stay with me, we met at a supermarket in London, pretending we didn’t know each of them. the other by sending each other text messages from the other side of the aisles.
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“People look at me, throw all these weird looks at me, come up to me and say‘ hello ’.
“I texted her ‘this is correct’ and she said, ‘No, you want parchment paper’ and ‘I think where is the parchment paper ?!’
“I was wearing a baseball cap, I was staring at the floor, trying to stay incognito. It’s amazing how much chewing gum you see, it’s a mess! “
Now a happy marriage and settled in California, this week it became known that the couple has a team net worth about £ 96 million.
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After leaving the royal family, the Sussex returned £ 2.4 million to taxpayers’ money used to renovate their royal residence, Frogmore Cottage, and relied mainly on a fortune of £ 10 million left over. Princess Diana.
Harry had also previously inherited from the Queen Mother, which reportedly included her valuables.
It was previously reported that along with his legacy Harry earned between £ 36,000 and £ 38,000 a year while working in the British Army Air Corps.
They also signed a deal with the podcast, which is estimated to cost £ 18 million.
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