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Why marriage is increasingly for the royals – and the rich

2 December 2017

9:00 AM

2 December 2017

9:00 AM

Whatever their views about the monarchy, most people will warm to the news of Prince Harry and Meghan Markle’s engagement. Sentimental as it sounds, I was surprised by how much I enjoyed the last royal wedding and how happy I felt for Prince William and Kate Middleton, as she was then.

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