ROYAL FAMILY NEWS:Prince Harry and Meghan Markle rushed engagement for one crucial reason

ROYAL FAMILY NEWS:Prince Harry and Meghan Markle rushed engagement for one crucial reason

Prince Harry brushed off Prince William’s concerns as he said he wanted to marry Meghan Markle quickly because her ‘biological clock was ticking’

Prince Harry and Meghan Markle had only been dating for one year when they got engaged and this was because of a crucial reason

The couple’s love story began with a blind date in 2016. The following year, they announced their engagement and then they got married in a star-studded ceremony at Windsor Castle in May 2018.

It is claimed that Harry’s brother, Prince William, who dated Catherine for eight years before proposing, was “nervous” about how quickly the couple were moving at the beginning of their relationship as he worried that Meghan would struggle to adapt to royal life in such a short time. However, Harry brushed off his brother’s concerns, claiming he had to marry Meghan quickly as her “biological clock was ticking” since she was almost 35 years old.

Speaking about the moment Harry got down on one knee, Meghan said: “Just a cosy night, it was – what we were doing just roasting chicken and having …” Interrupting Meghan, Harry said: “Roasting a chicken, trying to roast a chicken.”

Meghan continued: “Trying to roast a chicken and it just – just an amazing surprise, it was so sweet and natural and very romantic. He got on one knee.”

Harry added: “She didn’t even let me finish, she said can I say yes, can I say yes and then were was hugs and I had the ring in my finger and I was like can I – can I give you the ring? She goes – oh yes the ring. So no it was – it was a really nice moment, it was just the two of us and I think managed to catch – catch her by surprise as well.”