Prince Harry, 32, and Meghan Markle, 36, have been dating since last year, and many are convinced the couple got engaged during their recent trip to Africa.
Keeping up with the speculation, someone who was once a close to the royals has revealed why in December they could announce their engagement.
Bookmakers in the UK slashed odds on their engagement when news of their vacation together broke and proposal rumours escalated.
Africa holds significance to the prince as his first visit to the continent came just after his mother’s death in 1997 and he has travelled there multiple times since then.
He told Town & Country earlier this year: “My dad told my brother and me to pack our bags – we were going to Africa to get away from it all.”
His brother Prince William also proposed to the Duchess, Kate Middleton while on safari in Kenya.
Britons have been speculating whether or not the couple are already engaged, or when they will get engaged, but Darren McGrady, who was Princess Diana’s head chef, has revealed when he thinks the couple will make the announcement.
“I really do think they would have been engaged by now. But with Princess Diana’s 20th anniversary this month in August, they can’t trump that,” Darren told Hello! Online.
“And then November is the Queen and Prince Philip’s platinum wedding anniversary so they can’t trump that either, whereas December they can announce the engagement and they’d be free to marry next year; I think that’s what’s going to happen. Meghan can join the royals at Sandringham at Christmas because she’ll be engaged and part of the fold.”
Darren worked as Princess Diana’s head chef for four year until her death in 1977.
Before moving to Kensington Palace as Private Chef to the princess, he worded Royal Kitchen at Buckingham Palace where for 11 years he cooked for the Queen and the Duke of Edinburgh on a daily basis.
Fashion designer Julien Macdonald has also revealed how he would design Meghan’s dress.
The 46-year-old Welsh designer was named ‘British Fashion Designer of the Year’, and on March 15 2001 he was appointed as chief designer at Givenchy, after Alexander McQueen.
Julien told Express.co.uk: “I think she has a great style, very classic, very chic, very glamorous.”
The designer, who was at one point tipped to design Kate Middleton’s wedding dress, explained he would envisage Meghan’s dress as ‘dreamy and romantic’.
However, he added it is very important to work one on one with the bride to make the dress something she has always envisioned on the big day.
Julien said: “I would work with her for her desired look I think it would be very dreamy and romantic, I think it would be my job in interpreting her dream dress.”
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