It started out so well as their relationship bloomed, leading to a star-studded wedding and a baby, Archie, but unrelenting tabloid scrutiny took a toll.
LONDON — After Prince Harry and Meghan Markle met through friends in July 2016, it didn't take long for the British tabloids to get wind of the relationship and shift into overdrive.
"Meghan Markle has been subject to a wave of abuse and harassment," it said."Some of this has been very public — the smear on the front page of a national newspaper; the racial undertones of comment pieces; and the outright sexism and racism of social media trolls and web article comments." Four months later, Markle appeared on the cover of Vanity Fair magazine, speaking openly about their relationship for the first time.Prince Harry and Meghan Markle at the Invictus Games in Toronto in 2017.Later that month, they were joined by Markle's mother, Doria Ragland, at the Invictus Games in Toronto, where they made their first official public appearance together at a wheelchair tennis match.
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