People
Family, colleagues, and collaborators — the documented circle.
Prince Harry, Duke of Sussex
Her husband since 19 May 2018. The younger son of King Charles III and Diana, Princess of Wales; founder (with her) of the Archewell Foundation. They met in July 2016 and have two children.
Doria Ragland
Her mother — a social worker and yoga instructor based in Los Angeles. She attended the 2018 wedding and has been publicly supportive of her daughter; she keeps a low public profile.
Thomas Markle
Her father — a retired television lighting director. He did not attend the 2018 wedding after reported health issues and staged-paparazzi-photo controversies; the relationship has been the subject of extensive press coverage. This site records only documented events, not the family’s private dynamics.
Trevor Engelson
Her first husband — a television and film producer. They married in Jamaica in September 2011 and divorced in 2013, before her relationship with Prince Harry.
Queen Elizabeth II
The late British monarch (1926–2022), Harry’s grandmother. She attended the 2018 wedding, granted the Sussex dukedom, and presided over the January 2020 Sandringham agreement on the couple’s new working arrangement.
Archie Harrison Mountbatten-Windsor
Her son, born 6 May 2019 in London. Since March 2023 styled Prince Archie of Sussex, under the 1917 Letters Patent (see Titles & Styles).
Lilibet Diana Mountbatten-Windsor
Her daughter, born 4 June 2021 in Santa Barbara, California. Since March 2023 styled Princess Lilibet of Sussex.
Aaron Korsh
Creator and showrunner of Suits, who cast her as Rachel Zane in 2011. The role ran for seven seasons; Korsh has spoken publicly about writing her departure in 2017.
Serena Williams
Tennis champion and long-standing friend; they met at a 2010 charity event and have described a close friendship. Williams was the first guest on the Archetypes podcast (2022) and attended the 2018 wedding.
Oprah Winfrey
The broadcaster who conducted the couple’s March 2021 CBS primetime interview. Winfrey is a neighbor in Montecito and attended the 2018 wedding.
Jessica Mulroney
Toronto-based stylist and, during the Suits years, a widely reported close friend. She attended the 2018 wedding. (Friendship status in later years has been press speculation; this site does not track it.)
Clare Waight Keller
The Givenchy artistic director who designed Markle’s 2018 wedding gown. The choice — a British designer heading a French house — was widely analyzed as a deliberate statement.
Bishop Michael Curry
The Presiding Bishop of the Episcopal Church, whose sermon on love at the 2018 wedding — quoting Martin Luther King Jr. — became one of the ceremony’s most discussed moments.
Christian Robinson
The illustrator of her children’s book The Bench (2021), a Caldecott honoree whose watercolor illustrations shaped the book’s reception.
Liz Garbus
The documentary filmmaker who directed the Netflix docuseries Harry & Meghan (2022).
Abigail Spencer
Her Suits co-star and long-reported close friend; a guest at the 2018 wedding and a public supporter of her post-royal projects.
Source notes
- Family facts: official announcements (wedding, births), the January 2020 palace statements, and contemporary press reporting.
- Professional relationships: series credits, wedding guest records, and the principals’ own public statements.
- This page covers documented public relationships only; private family dynamics are outside this site’s scope (see methodology.md).