When Prince Harry realised Meghan Markle was The One, he couldn't wait to introduce her to his beloved Granny, the Queen.
The first meeting was a last minute affair at Windsor Castle, so much so that the American actress ended up getting a crash course in curtseying in the front garden from Harry's aunt, Sarah Ferguson.
But once she was inside, the two women hit it off straight away. They chatted about Meghan's work and her life in Canada.
The visit lasted about 20 minutes, during which time it's been claimed the Queen told Meghan she could continue her acting career if she wished.
In his book Elizabeth: An intimate Portrait, Prince Philip's close friend Gyles Brandreth claims Meghan used that meeting to make it clear to the Queen that she wanted to focus all her efforts on royal duties.
He writes: "She did everything she could to make her future granddaughter-in-law feel welcome. She was concerned for her future happiness. At their first meeting, the Queen said to Meghan: 'You can carry on being an actress if you like – that’s your profession, after all.'
"But Meghan was ready for royal duty and, of course, the Queen was delighted by that. She was particularly delighted by the enthusiasm Meghan showed for the Commonwealth and the commitment she made to the Queen to do 'whatever you think we should be doing for the Commonwealth'."
Gyles also claims that Meghan used the meeting to make a promise to the Queen, but it wasn't one she's been able to keep.
He continues: "She promised the Queen that when it came to the Commonwealth she wouldn’t let Her Majesty down. The Queen liked Meghan and told lots of people so."
Clearly believing in Meghan, the Queen gave her vital role within the Commonwealth shortly after their wedding. On International Women's Day, Meghan was appointed the Vice President of The Queen's Commonwealth Trust.
They hoped to carry on their work within the Commonwealth when they stepped back from their senior duties. In their statement detailing their intentions to quit, the couple wrote: "We now plan to balance our time between the United Kingdom and North America, continuing to honour our duty to The Queen, the Commonwealth, and our patronages."
However the Queen decided they weren't allowed to be involved in any royal tasks, vetoing a half in, half our approach to royal life.
Following a 12 month review into their new non-royal lives, Meghan and Harry expressed their disappointment.
Their spokesman said: "As evidenced by their work over the past year, the Duke and Duchess of Sussex remain committed to their duty and service to the UK and around the world, and have offered their continued support to the organisations they have represented regardless of official role. We can all live a life of service. Service is universal."
Meghan spoke about her first two meetings with the Queen when she and Harry sat down with the BBC for their official engagement interview.
She said: "It's incredible, I think, you know, a) to be able to meet her through his lens, not just with his honour and respect for her as the monarch, but the love that he has for her as his grandmother, all of those layers have been so important for me so that when I met her I had such a deep understanding and of course incredible respect for being able to have that time with her.
"She's an incredible woman."
Harry also joked about how even the corgis were taken by his new girlfriend.
He said: "The corgis took to [Meghan] straight away. I've spent the last 33 years being barked at; this one walks in, absolutely nothing."
Meghan added: "Just laying on my feet during tea, it was very sweet" to which Harry continued: "just wagging tails and I was just like 'Argh'".
However there was a slightly awkward moment when Meghan mistook Prince Andrew for the Queen's PA. Writing in his memoir Spare, he writes: "After a moment Meg asked me something about the Queen's assistant. I asked who she was talking about.
'"That man holding the purse. That man who walked her to the door. That wasn't her assistant? Who was it?"'
Harry awkwardly had to tell Meghan that this wasn't the late Queen's PA, but was in fact her second eldest son, reports the Daily Mail.
However he saw it as a good thing, believing it to be a clear sign that she hadn't Googled the royal family.
