WE HAVE A BIG SHOW FOR YOU, WITH VERY IMPORTANT NEWS.
HOLIDAY TRAVELERS HOPING TO STAY
SAFE AS YOU VACATION WITH YOUR
LOVED ONES.
NEWS FROM THE PALACE.
PRINCE HARRY AND MEGHAN MARKLE ENGAGED.ARRY AND MEGHAN MARKLE
ENGAGED.
WERE GOING TO HAVE AN AMERICAN PRINCESS.G TO HAVE AN AMERICAN
PRINCESS.
ACCORDING TO A STATEMENT FROM
CLARENCE HOUSE, PRINCE HENRY OF WALES, THE YOUNGER SON OF PRINCE
CHARLES AND PRINCESS DIANA.
AND FIFTH TO THE THRONE IS
GETTING MARRIED TO MEGHAN
MARKLE.
MARKLE.
ITS THRILLING. THE 18th CENTURY INSTITUTION
MADE THE ANNOUNCEMENT IN A 21st
CENTURY WAY, WITH A TWEET.
THE PRINCE OF WALES, IT READ, IS
DELIGHTED TO ANNOUNCE THE
ENGAGEMENT OF PRINCE HARRY TO
MEGHAN MARKLE.
#OMG.
I MADE THAT UP.
THAT DOESNT SOUND LIKE PRINCE
CHARLES AT ALL.
THE BRIDE-TO-BE AND EITHER PRINCESS OR DUCHESS-TO-BE,
STARRED ON THE USA NETWORK SHOW,
"SUITS."
"SUITS."
SHES DIVORCED. SHES A TV DIVORCEE, AS AM I.
SHE IS THREE YEARS OLDER THAN
THE 33-YEAR-OLD PRINCE HARRY.
VERY MODERN.
VERY MODERN. THE HAPPY COUPLE WHO HAVE BEEN
DATING OVER A YEAR, GOT ENGAGED
IN LONDON. AND THE WEDDING WILL BE THIS
SPRING.
SPRING.
FOR MORE, WERE JOINED NOW BY NBC NEWS CORRESPONDENT KELLY
COBIELLA AT KENSINGTON PALACE IN
LONDON.
LONDON.
HEY, KELLY.
WHATS THE LATEST? >> Reporter: OH, MEGYN, I WISH I
COULD TELL YOU ALL OF THE
DETAILS OF THAT PROPOSAL.
ITS ALL ANYONE HAS BEEN TALKING
ABOUT IN THIS CITY, IN THIS
COUNTRY, OVER THE PAST COUPLE OF
MONTHS.
MONTHS.
AND I UNDERSTAND WERE GOING TO
SEE THEM.
WERE ABOUT TO SEE THE HAPPY COUPLE.OUT TO SEE THE HAPPY
COUPLE.
YOU CAN SEE THEM WALKING DOWN THE LANE.EE THEM WALKING DOWN
THE LANE.
>> THIS IS THE FIRST PHOTO OP WE
HAVE SEEN OF THE HAPPY COUPLE NOW. SEEN OF THE HAPPY COUPLE
NOW.
JUST TAKE A LOOK FOR A MOMENT. [ APPLAUSE ]LOOK FOR A MOMENT.
[ APPLAUSE ]
I KNOW.
ITS EXCITING. THINK OF WHAT THIS YOUNG WOMAN
IS FEELING RIGHT NOW.
THEY MET SEPTEMBER OF 16.
AND JUST OVER A YEAR LATER.
MAYBE SUMMER OF 16.
AND HERE WE ARE, OVER A YEAR
LATER, AND SHE IS ABOUT TO
BECOME AMERICAN AND BRITISH
ROYALTY.
ROYALTY.
JUST 36 YEARS OLD.
THEYRE GOING TO LIVE IN THE COTTAGE AT KENSINGTON PALACE.
>> ROW ARE YOU FEELING?
>> THRILLED.
>> THRILLED. >> MEGHAN, HOW ARE YOU FEELING?
HOW DID YOU PROPOSE?
>> THAT WILL COME LATER.
>> WAS IT ROMANTIC?
>> VERY. >> VERY FIRST TIME WE MET.
>> MEGHAN, SHOW US THE RING,
PLEASE.
PLEASE.
>> THANK YOU. >> AW.NK YOU.
>> AW. A SWEET MOMENT, RIGHT?
A SWEET MOMENT.
THEY MAY BE ROYALS.
BUT ITS REALLY ABOUT LOVE.
THATS WHAT ITS ABOUT.
ITS ABOUT LOVE.
AND THOSE THAT VOTED THAT SHE
WOULD BE WEARING A WHITE COAT IN
THE POOL, YOU HAVE WON $16 IN OUR "MEGYN KELLY TODAY" POOL.
THATS UNEXPECTED THEY SPOKE.
THATS SUPPOSED TO COME LATER.
THEYRE GOING TO GIVE AN
INTERVIEW TO THE BBC, WHICH WELL SEE LATER THIS AFTERNOON.
THE PRINCE SAYING HE IS
THRILLED.
THRILLED.
AND MEGHAN MARKLE SHOWING HER ENGAGEMENT RING FOR THE FIRST
TIME, WHICH WAS EXCITING TO SEE.
OUR THANKS TO KELLY.
KELLY, BEFORE I LET YOU GO, WHAT
SHOULD WE EXPECT, NOW, IN TERMS
OF THE ARCHITECTURE -- ARCHITECT
ARCHITECTURE
ARCHITECTURE ARCHITECTURE, FROM THIS POINT
FORWARD?
FORWARD?
>> Reporter: WELL, ITS A BIG DAY TODAY HERE AT KENSINGTON
PALACE.
PALACE.
YOU MENTIONED THE SITDOWN INTERVIEW WITH THE BBC.WN
INTERVIEW WITH THE BBC. IT WILL BE RELEASED TO ALL OF
US, ALL OF THE OTHER
BROADCASTERS.
BROADCASTERS. WELL HEAR FOR THE FIRST TIME
FROM PRINCE HARRY AND MEGHAN
MARKLE, SITTING TOGETHER AND
TALKING, WE PRESUME, ABOUT THE
RELATIONSHIP, ABOUT THE
PROPOSAL.
PROPOSAL.
POSSIBLY ABOUT WHAT THEIR LIFE
WILL BE LIKE AS A ROYAL COUPLE. AS WE KNOW, PRINCE HARRY IS ONE
OF THE MOST POPULARS IF THE MOST
POPULAR MEMBERS OF THE ROYAL
FAMILY.
ITS NOT LIKELY HE WILL BACK
AWAY FROM THE ROYAL DUTIES.
WHAT WILL MEGHANS DUTIES BE LIKE?WILL MEGHANS DUTIES BE
LIKE?
AND MOST PARENTALLY, MEGYN, WHAT WILL THE HEADING BE LIKE?N, WHAT
WILL THE HEADING BE LIKE? WILL IT BE A TRADITIONAL AFFAIR
AT WEST MINISTER CATHEDRAL LIKE
PRINCE WILLIAMS?
PRINCE WILLIAMS? OR A COUNTRY-KIND OF AN AFFAIR.
AND PREPPING FOR THAT BIG ROYAL
WEDDING IN THE SPRING.
MEGYN?
MEGYN?
>> THANKS, KELLY. >>> JOINING US IN STUDIO, ROYAL
EXPERT, VICTORIA ARBITER.
>> GOOD MORNING.
>> IT MAKES YOU FEEL HAPPY AND
HOPEFUL TO SEE YOUNG LOVE LIKE
THAT.
THAT.
>> IT DOES.
AND I FEEL LIKE THE WORLD FEELS LIKE AN UNHAPPY PLACE.RLD FEELS
LIKE AN UNHAPPY PLACE. AND THERES NOTHING LIKE A ROYAL
WEDDING TO BRING EVERYONE
TOGETHER.
TOGETHER.
THE QUEEN IS THE QUEEN OF THE
COMMONWEALTH.
THERES A LOT OF PEOPLE WITH A
VESTED INTEREST IN THE ROYAL FAMILY.INTEREST IN THE ROYAL
FAMILY.
AND HARRY IS THE MOST POPULAR
MEMBER OF THE ROYAL FAMILY. >> AND ABOUT TO BE MORE SO,
GIVEN THE CHOICE IN BRIDE.
SHES NONTRADITIONAL.
SHES NONTRADITIONAL. A TV DIVORCEE.
THREE YEARS OLDER THAN HIM.
AN AMERICAN.
AN AMERICAN.
>> AN ACTRESS. >> NONE OF WHICH APPEARED TO BE
A PROBLEM FOR THE ROYAL FAMILY.
>> NO.
>> NO.
THIS IS AN INDICATION OF HOW
TIMES HAVE CHANGED AND
GENERATIONS HAVE CHANGED.
THE LAST TIME A DIVORCEE MARRIED INTO THE ROYAL FAMILY WAS 1926.D
INTO THE ROYAL FAMILY WAS 1926. IT LED TO THE ABDICATION
PROCESS.
PROCESS. AND CHARLES IS DIVORCED.
A COUPLE OF HIS SIBLINGS ARE
DIVORCED.
DIVORCED.
THE FACT SHE IS INTERNATIONAL. PETER PHILLIPS IS MARRIED TO A
CANADIAN
CANADIAN CANADIAN.
CANADIAN. BUT THATS ONE OF THE REALMS.
THAT ENCOMPASSES THE QUEEN AS
HEAD OF STATE.
WERE SEEING THE ROYAL FAMILY REFLECT THIS MODERN SOCIETY.
>> WHY DO YOU THINK IT WILL BE
SPRING OF 18 FOR THE WEDDING?
THATS GOING TO BE QUICK.
THATS WHEN KATES BABY IS DUE.
>> ROYAL ENGAGEMENTS TEND TO BE
SHORT.
SHORT.
AND MEGHAN WILL BE THERE ON A
FIANCEE VISA.
>> THEY KIND OF KNOW SOMEBODY. >> THEY DO.D OF KNOW SOMEBODY.
>> THEY DO. BUT THIS IS THE THING WITH THE
ROYAL FAMILY.
ROYAL FAMILY.
ITS DIFFERENT TO BEING A
CELEBRITY.
THEY HAVE TO COMPLY TO THE SAM RULES AS EVERYBODY ELSE.HE SAM
RULES AS EVERYBODY ELSE. I THINK EVERYBODY IS SURPRISED
ABOUT THE SPRING WEDDING BECAUSE
THE DUCHESS OF CAMBRIDGES BABY
IS DUE.
IS DUE. >> AND MEGAN MARKINGS LIFE IS
ABOUT TO CHANGE.
>> DRAMATICALLY.
>> DRAMATICALLY. KATE HAD AT LEAST GROWN UP
WATCHING THE ROYAL FAMILY.
SHE HAD A SENSE OF WHAT LIFE
WOULD BE LIKE WITHIN THE ROYAL
FAMILY.
FAMILY.
ITS DIFFERENT WHEN YOURE LIVING IT.ENT WHEN YOURE
LIVING IT. BUT FOR MEGHAN, SHE IS GROWING
UP, WHERE YOU GO TO CHECK OUT
AND THERES "THE NATIONAL
ENQUIRER" WITH RIDICULOUS
HEADLINES.
HEADLINES.
THERES NO PROTOCOL THAT MATCHES
IT HERE.
SHES PREPARED, GIVEN SHES COME
FROM A PUBLIC LIFE. SHES INDEPENDENT.E.
SHES INDEPENDENT. SHES CREATED A SUCCESSFUL LIFE
FOR HERSELF.
FOR HERSELF.
BUT ITS DIFFERENT WHEN YOURE IN THE ROYAL FISH BOWL.YOURE
IN THE ROYAL FISH BOWL. >> IT CAN BE OVERWELLING FOR
YOUNG WOMEN LIKE KATE AND
WILLIAM.
WILLIAM.
UNTIL THEY WAKE UP IN THE PALACE