When Meghan Markle married into the British royal family in 2018, she represented a sea change in the staid, lily-white institution. Not only was she an American television actress, she was divorced and mixed-race.
In the beginning, the union of Markle and Prince Harry was touted as a fairytale combination of Hollywood glamor and British aristocracy. “When Harry and Meghan got married, I was so overexcited, it was ridiculous,” says Sue Smith, 56, a recently retired nurse and royal YouTuber based in South Carolina.
