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Late Queen's cryptic nine-word reply to Harry when he asked to marry Meghan Markle


It's six years to the day that Prince Harry married Meghan Markle at Windsor Castle - in his memoir, Harry recalls the moment he asked his grandmother if he could marry Meghan

In his memoir titled Spare, Harry candidly shared how he mustered the courage to discuss this matter with his granny - including her somewhat enigmatic nine-word response. “I'd never known Granny to do any wordplay and this would be a surpassingly bizarre moment (not to mention widely inconvenient) for her to start, but maybe she just saw the chance to play off my unfortunate use of the word 'have' and couldn't resist". Discussing his proposal on their Netflix show Harry and Meghan, the prince revealed: "I did pop a bottle of champagne while she was roasting a chicken and that kind of slightly gave the game away.

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