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Marie Claire
Marie Claire
Lifestyle
Amy Mackelden

Prince Harry Jokes About the "Drama" and "Intrigue" of Growing Up Royal, Compares Marrying Meghan Markle to 'Downton Abbey' Plot

Meghan Markle wears a white halter top and waves while Prince Harry, who has red hair, wears a gray suit jacket and white shirt.

Having grown up within the British Royal Family, and then moved to California with his wife, Meghan Markle, Prince Harry has had a more dramatic life than most. Luckily, the Duke of Sussex has a sense of humor when it comes to his surprising life path, and he knows it has a little in common with Downton Abbey.

At a networking event celebrating relationships between the U.S. and the U.K., Prince Harry delivered a keynote speech, which included some pretty funny jokes. "People sometimes ask if growing up with the Royal Family was a bit like Julian [Fellowes]'s Downton Abbey," Harry told the audience (via Hello! magazine). "Yeah, but only one of those worlds is filled with drama, intrigue, elaborate dinners, marriages to Americans, and the other is a TV show."

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