Date 31/10/2017 - News People
Business Insider reports that Suits actress Meghan Markle and boyfriend, Prince Harry are cousins. Although Markle did not grow up as a royal, according to genealogical information gathered by The Mail on Sunday, Markle has a connection to the Prince on her father's side. Her dad, Thomas Markle is an Emmy Award-winning cinematographer. The Mail reports that they're "related through a 15th Century English ancestor of the Queen Mother, the High Sheriff of County Durham Ralph Bowes." This reportedly makes them 15th cousins. This is not the first time a royal romance has been familial. According to Expedia, "Queen Elizabeth and Prince Philip are also cousins," coming from the same bloodline as Queen Victoria.