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Meghan Markle shared a romantic new video of herself with her husband Prince Harry in 2016, as well as a throwback photo of the two as they celebrated their nearly decade-long romance.
On Saturday, the Duchess of Sussex, 44, took part in the viral “2026 is the new 2016” trend, in which social media users are celebrating the New Year with throwback photos from ten years ago.
Markle posted a black and white video from this year, showing her dancing on a lawn with Harry, 41, — as well as a photo of the couple, taken during a trip to Botswana, Africa in 2016, just weeks after they first met.
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Markle credited her four-year-old daughter Princess Lilibet for making the video, writing in the caption: “When 2026 feels just like 2016… you had to be there.”
Meghan Markle shares a romantic new video and throwback photo from 2016 as she dances with her husband Prince Harry. (Craig Barritt/Time/Getty Images for Meghan Markle Instagram)
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In the clip, Markle was wearing baggy shorts and a short-sleeved white shirt, while Harry was wearing pants and a T-shirt.
The former “Suits” actress was seen dancing toward Harry on a spacious lawn before the pair hugged and kissed. The couple then began dancing with each other and at one point Harry bent his wife’s back.
The video, which was set to Olivia Dean’s 2025 song “So Easy (To Fall in Love)”, ended when Harry picked up Markle and she wrapped her legs around his waist.
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The second slide in Markle’s carousel showed an old photo of the couple smiling while standing knee-deep in an embrace in a pond in Savannah.
During an interview with the BBC in November 2017, Harry and Markle recalled that they first met in early July 2016 in London after a mutual friend set them up on a blind date.
The two hit it off immediately and had two back-to-back dates soon after their first meeting. Harry recalled that a few weeks later, he asked Markle to go with him on a camping trip in Botswana.
Markle posted a black and white photo taken of the couple’s 4-year-old daughter, Lilibet. (Meghan Markle Instagram)
In the clip, the couple was seen dancing on a lawn. (Meghan Markle Instagram)
Both couples were dressed casually, with Markle wearing shorts and a short-sleeved shirt and Harry wearing pants and a T-shirt. (Meghan Markle Instagram)
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“I think about three, maybe four weeks later I managed to convince her to come with me to Botswana,” he said via People magazine. “And we – we camped with each other under the stars, we hung out – she came and stayed with me there for five days, which was absolutely fantastic.”
“Just — take time to go on a long walk across the country and talk,” Markle said.
Harry said it didn’t take him long to realize that Markle was the person.
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The video was set to Olivia Dean’s 2025 song “So Easy (To Fall in Love)”. (Meghan Markle Instagram)
At one point in the video, Harry takes his wife into the plunge (Meghan Markle Instagram)
The video concluded when Harry picked Meghan up and she wrapped her legs around his waist. (Meghan Markle Instagram)
He said, “I fell in love with Meghan incredibly quickly – it was confirmation for me that all the stars were aligned.” “This beautiful woman literally stumbled into my life.”
In November 2016, Harry made an official statement confirming their relationship and appealing for relief from the negative press their romance was receiving.
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Speaking to the BBC, Markle said the pair were able to enjoy their relationship for several months before it went public. At the time, she was shooting her USA Network TV show “Suits” in Toronto, Canada, while Harry was living in London.
“We spent a good five, six months with privacy, which was amazing,” he said. “I think we really had that much time to connect and we never went more than two weeks without seeing each other, even though we were obviously having a long-distance relationship. So it is — we made it work.”
Markle also shared a never-before-seen throwback photo of the pair in 2016. (Meghan Markle Instagram)
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Markle publicly addressed her romance with Harry for the first time while appearing on the cover of Vanity Fair’s October 2017 issue.
‘We’re a couple,’ she told the outlet. “We are in love. I’m sure there will come a time when we have to come forward and present ourselves and have stories to tell, but I hope people understand that this is our time.
The couple have Lilibet and 6-year-old son Prince Archie. (Photo by Chris Jackson/Getty Images for the Invictus Games Foundation)
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The couple announced their engagement in November 2017 and tied the knot in May 2018. Harry and Meghan welcomed their first child, son Prince Archie, now 6, in May 2019.
Harry and Markle shocked the world in January 2020 when they announced they were stepping down from their roles as senior royals. In August 2020, the couple moved into a $14 million mansion in Montecito, California, where they continue to live with Archie and Lilibet, whom they welcomed in June 2021.
