Prince Harry caught off-guard by Queen's awkward response to Meghan Markle request

It was 7 years agone contiguous that Prince Harry and Meghan Markle announced their engagement but earlier helium popped the question, helium had to inquire his precocious grandma the Queen for permission

Prince Harry and Meghan Markle were the representation of joyousness precisely 7 years agone arsenic they announced their engagement.

The brace looked blissful arsenic they posed for photographers astatine Kensington Palace aft announcing their blessed quality earlier sitting down for a interrogation with the BBC. But earlier Harry was adjacent allowed to popular the question, determination was connected obstacle helium archetypal had to overcome. Due to a long-standing royal precedent, Harry had to inquire support from his precocious grandma the Queen to inquire for Meghan's manus successful marriage.

Convention dictates that the archetypal six radical successful the enactment of succession indispensable inquire the monarch for support to go engaged. So erstwhile the duke realised helium was acceptable to marque the adjacent measurement with Meghan, helium broached the precocious Queen for her blessing earlier presenting the erstwhile histrion with her ring.

And successful his memoir Spare, helium details the infinitesimal helium plucked up the courageousness to broach the taxable with his granny - and her 'cryptic' nine-word response. In the book, Harry says helium decided to hold until the household were connected a shooting travel successful Sandringham earlier raising the subject, hoping it would enactment the precocious Queen successful a 'good mood'.

Once the sprout was finished Harry managed to get his grandma alone, admitting his caput was racing. He recalls his nonstop words successful Spare, telling his grandma however overmuch helium loved Meg and that helium wanted to wed her. According to the book, helium past awkwardly asked: "I've been told that I person to inquire your support earlier I tin propose".

He says the Queen past replied: "You person to?" to which Harry replied that is what helium had been told. He past details a infinitesimal of soundlessness earlier the Queen replied and told him: "Well then, I accidental I person to accidental yes."

Harry admits helium was wholly thrown by her answer. He writes: "I didn't get it. Was she being sarcastic? Ironic? Deliberately cryptic? Was she indulging successful a spot of wordplay? I'd ne'er known Granny to bash immoderate wordplay and this would beryllium a surpassingly bizarre infinitesimal (not to notation wide inconvenient) for her to start, but possibly she conscionable saw the accidental to play disconnected my unfortunate usage of the connection 'have' and couldn't resist"

He claims helium stood determination trying to enactment retired what she was saying, but past 'realised' she was saying yes, describing himself arsenic a 'muppet'. He past thanked her, saying it was 'fabulous'. Once helium had the go-ahead, it came to designing the ringing and readying the cleanable infinitesimal with Meghan. He took 2 diamonds from Princess Diana's postulation and 1 helium procured from his beloved Botswana to make the golden ring.

He popped the question during a nighttime successful astatine their Kensington Palace home. The mates roasted a chickenhearted and past headed extracurricular with candles to beryllium nether the stars. But Harry astir gave the crippled distant with his prime of drinks for the casual weekday dinner. Speaking of his connection successful their Netflix amusement Harry & Meghan, the prince explained: "I did popular a vessel of champagne portion she was roasting a chickenhearted and that benignant of somewhat gave the crippled away. She was like, 'You ne'er portion champagne, what's the occasion?' And I was like, 'I don't know, I conscionable had it like, lying around"

While helium acceptable things up, Meghan called a person to stock the excitement. She recorded the telephone call, and tin beryllium heard saying: "Oh my God Jess, Jess, it's happening, it's happening. He told maine not to peek." The mates shared a romanticist photograph of the infinitesimal connected the docuseries, showing Harry kneeling connected a broad holding a ringing container successful 1 manus and their canine Guy's collar successful the different portion a clump of achromatic roses sat connected the level successful beforehand of him.

Recalling the infinitesimal successful their engagement interview, Harry said: "She didn't adjacent fto maine finish. She said, 'Can I accidental yes? Can I accidental yes?' and past determination were hugs and I had the ringing successful my manus and I was like, 'Can I - tin I springiness you the ring?' She goes, 'Oh yes the ring'. So nary it was - it was a truly bully moment, it was conscionable the 2 of america and I deliberation managed to drawback - drawback her by astonishment arsenic well."