WithMeghan Markle’sphone streaming vintage soul and rock tunes on Spotify and her faithful rescue beagle, Guy, at her feet, it could have been any other sunny morning for the Los Angeles-raised actress as she sat having her hair and makeup done.
Only on this day, stylist Serge Normant was fashioning her ‘do around a glittering tiara on loan fromQueen Elizabethas she prepared to meet her groom,Prince Harry, at Windsor Castle.
“It was just like hanging out with your friend on her wedding day,” her make-up artist Daniel Martin, tells PEOPLE. “The last thing we said to each other was, ‘See you on the other side.’ ”
“Ever since Queen Victoria’s reign, women have dominated and ruled the House of Windsor,” says royal biographer Andrew Morton.
Meghan Markle and Queen Elizabeth in 2018.Jeff J Mitchell/Getty Images
In this week’s issue, PEOPLE explores the story of royal women from the Queen — who unexpectedly found herself immediately in line for the throne when her uncle Edward VIII abdicated his duty on the throne in favor of marrying a twice-divorced American, Wallis Simpson — to the latePrincess Dianaand how she changed the monarchy. It brings the story up to date with Meghan’s wedding and the birth ofPrince Louis, a third child forPrince WilliamandKate Middleton.
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Morton, who pennedDiana Her True Story, and Martin are among the friends, experts and palace insiders who appear inThe Story of the Royals, a two-night PEOPLE and ABC television event airing on August 22 and 23.
source: people.com
