All The Ways Meghan Markle Is Breaking Royal Tradition

Fairy Tale Ending

Most girls dream of marrying a prince when they grow up. Few girls actually get to do it. Meghan Markle is one of those lucky girls who will actually get to live out a childhood fantasy when she walks down the aisle with Prince Harry on May 19th next year. Her hair will be perfectly done. Her gown will be immaculately designed. The whole world will be watching as she says, "I do," and lives happily ever after. 

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Tradition!

But Prince Harry and Meghan Markle are a set of rebels and DGAF about royal tradition. Their wedding will be unconventional in almost every way possible, according to royal standards that is. Here are some of the ways Prince Harry and Meghan Markle are sticking it to centuries of tradition. 

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She's American

The last member of the Royal family to wed an American was Prince Harry's great-grand Uncle King Edward. And that didn't turn out so well. King Edward had to abdicate the throneafter his marriage to American Wallis Simpson. When it happened, the world was scandalized by a royal marrying an American. Less than a century later, the world is all "Whatevs." 

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