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Queen's 'cryptic' 9-word reply when 'muppet' Prince Harry asked to marry Meghan Markle

Prince Harry had to ask his grandmother, Queen Elizabeth II, for permission to propose to Meghan Markle - and her response left him questioning what she really meant

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" In their Netflix documentary Harry and Meghan, the prince recounted: "I did pop a bottle of champagne while she was roasting a chicken and that kind of slightly gave the game away. A romantic photo of the proposal, shared in the documentary, shows Harry on one knee, holding a ring box in one hand and their dog Guy's collar in the other, with a bouquet of white roses on the floor before him.

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