SHEINELLE IS HERE. >> THIS IS GOOD.
THIS IS LIKE A COLLEGE COURSE. >> GOING TO BE A QUIZ? COURSE.
>> GOING TO BE A QUIZ? >> UH-HUH.
>> UH-HUH.
>> ON SATURDAY, RACHEL MEGHAN
MARKLE WILL BE THE FIRST PERSON
TO BE A BRITISH ROYAL HIGHNESS. WALLACE SIMPSON BECAME THENESS.
WALLACE SIMPSON BECAME THE DUCHESS OF WINDSOR.
BUT HE ABDICATED THE THROWN BECAUSE SHE WAS DIVORCED TWICE.
SHE WAS NEVER REFERRED TO AS HER
ROYAL HIGHNESS.
ROYAL HIGHNESS. BUT TIMES HAVE CHANGED.
IT STARTED WITH A ROMANTIC ROYAL
PROPOSAL.
>> IT WAS SO SWEET AND NATURAL
AND VERY ROMANTIC.
HE GOT ON ONE KNEE.
>> Reporter: THIS WEEKEND, A
FAIRY TALE COMES TRUE.
BUT WHO IS MEGHAN MARKLE? ACTRESS.IS MEGHAN MARKLE?
ACTRESS. ACTIVIST.
ACTIVIST. SMART AND STUNNING.
NOT YOUR TYPICAL ROYAL
BRIDE-TO-BE, BIRACIAL, DIVORCED
AND AMERICAN.
SHE WAS BORN IN CALIFORNIA. HER FATHER, THOMAS, WORKED IN
TV.
TV.
AND HER MOTHER, A SOCIAL WORKER
AND YOGA INSTRUCTOR. HER PARENTS DIVORCED WHEN SHE
WAS YOUNG.
WAS YOUNG. >> THEY SPLIT UP WHEN SHE WAS
YOUNG.
YOUNG.
THAT MUST HAVE BEEN TRAUMATIC
FOR HER.
SHES LOVED BY THEM BOTH AND HAS
BECOME A CONFIDENT AND
SUCCESSFUL WOMAN.
>> Reporter: SHE WAS PERFECTLY
CAST FOR SHOWBIZ.
>> ON THE SET WITH "MARRIED WITH CHILDREN" EVERY DAY AFTER SCHOOL
FOR TEN YEARS I WAS THERE.
>> Reporter: HER FATHER WORKED
ON "MARRIED WITH CHILDREN."
♪ LOVE AND MARRIAGE
>> Reporter: AND SHE CAUGHT THE
ACTING BUG YOUNG.
EVEN PLAYING A ROYAL ROLE. >> TAKE ONE. A ROYAL ROLE.
>> TAKE ONE. >> Reporter: NEXT, IT WAS
CATHOLIC SCHOOL.
CATHOLIC SCHOOL. >> SHE ALWAYS HAD A SENSE OF
CONFIDENCE AND POISE.
INSTEAD OF COMPLAINING ABOUT
SOMETHING, LETS THINK ABOUT
WHAT WE MIGHT BE ABLE TO DO TO
CHANGE IT.
CHANGE IT. >> Reporter: BEFORE STUDYING
THEATER AND INTERNATIONAL
RELATIONS AT NORTHWESTERN
UNIVERSITY, THEN WORKING BRIEFLY
AT THE U.S. EMBASSY IN
ARGENTINA.
ARGENTINA.
SHE THEN FOLLOWED A DIFFERENT
PATH FROM HER HUSBAND-TO-BE.
AROUND THE SAME TIME HARRY WAS
PREPARING TO GO TO AFGHANISTAN
AND SERVING IN THE BRITISH ARMY, MEGHAN WAS ALREADY ON TV, AS AY,
MEGHAN WAS ALREADY ON TV, AS A MODEL ON THE GAME SHOW "DEAL OR
NO DEAL."
NO DEAL." >> MEGHAN MARKLE.
>> Reporter: IN 2013, MEGHAN
STARTED A POPULAR LIFESTYLE BLOG
CALLED THE TIG, WHICH LANDED HER
APPEARANCES, EVEN HERE ON
"TODAY."
"TODAY."
>> MEGHAN MARKLE IS BACK.
>> Reporter: HER FIRST STARRING TV ROLE CAME ON THE HIT DRAMANG
TV ROLE CAME ON THE HIT DRAMA "SUITS."
"SUITS." SOON AFTER SHE CAUGHT THE EYE OF
PRINCE HARRY.
PRINCE HARRY. >> THIS IS SO EXCITING.
>> Reporter: THE TWO BEGAN
DATING IN 2016 AND SOON THE
BRITISH PRESS WAS IN TOW.
INEVITABLY THEY TRACED MEGHANS
BRITISH ROOTS.
BRITISH ROOTS. IT WAS DISCOVERED ANCESTOR WAS
DEHEADED ON THE ORDERS OF KING
HENRY VIII.
HENRY VIII. AND SHE ISNT THE FIRST IN HER
FAMILY TO WALK IN WINDSOR
CASTLE.
CASTLE.
>> HER GREAT, GREAT, GREAT
GRANDMOTHER, APPEARS TO HAVE WORKED THERE IN SOME CAPACITY
DURING THE VICTORIAN ERA.
>> Reporter: HARRY AND MEGHAN
HAVE IN COMMON A DEDICATION TO
THOSE IN NEED.
THEY USED THE OCCASION OF THE INVICTUS GAMES, AN EVENT HARRY
FOUNDED, AS A TIME AND PLACE TO
GO PUBLIC WITH THE ROMANCE.
MEGHAN APPEARS WELL-SUITED FOR
THE FAME THAT MODERN ROYALS MUST
NAVIGATE.
NAVIGATE.
AND ACCORDING TO HARRY, HIS BELOVED MOTHER, PRINCESS DIANA,
WOULD SURELY HAVE LIKED HER.
>> THEY WOULD BE THICK AS
THIEVES, WITHOUT QUESTION.
I THINK SHE WOULD BE OVER THE
MOON, JUMPING UP AND DOWN, SO
EXCITED FOR ME.
BUT THEN, PROBABLY WOULD HAVE
BEEN BEST FRIENDS WITH MEGHAN.
>> OH.
>> OH.
>> WE KNOW QUITE A BIT ABOUT
MEGHAN FROM HER
PERSONA.
WE KNOW SHE LIKES TUSCAN WINE AND SHE NAMED IT THE TIG AFTER
THAT.
THAT.
AND SHE LOVES PEONIES WHICH ARE GOING TO BE ONE OF THE FLOWERSE
GOING TO BE ONE OF THE FLOWERS USED AT THE WEDDING.
QUIZ TOMORROW.
QUIZ TOMORROW.
>> I GOT DEBORAH PEONIES FOR
MOTHERS DAY.
>> WAY TO BRING IT FULL-CIRCLE. >> YOURE SO ROYAL. FULL-CIRCLE.
>> YOURE SO ROYAL. >> WERE GOING TO HAVE LIVE
COVERAGE FROM ENGLAND ALL WEEK.
ILL BE THERE ON THURSDAY.
AND EVERYONE WILL JOIN ME THERE
FOR FRIDAY.
FOR FRIDAY.
DONT LEAVE ME ALONE. SPECIAL WEDDING AVERAGE AT 4:30