HELLO! The Royal Wedding Special Collectors Edition, Harry and Meghan

As an aspiring actress, Meghan Markle must often have imagined standing in the Green Room at a showbiz awards ceremony. But it’s fair to assume she never envisaged herself posing for these historic wedding pictures in the lavish Green Drawing Room at Windsor Castle, the culmination, said the photographer, of an “inspiring journey of love, hope and family”. Of course, if happy families are all alike, then these portraits follow, at one level, a happily familiar pattern. A newlywed couple gather their loved ones around them to create a precious keepsake image. This particular line-up takes place, however, in the formidable, gilded surroundings of Windsor, and includes four generations of the world’s most famous royal dynasty. It’s a picture not just for the family album, but also for the history…

There was just a dash of mischief in that handsome grin of his as he glanced at his best friend and best man Prince William, there for Harry, as always, and returning a favour from his own wedding seven years earlier. Then, when Harry turned to view his beautiful bride, we all watched as the devil-may-care rogue melted into a man in love, beaming with tender, besotted bliss. These days there’s a new aura around the Prince, an aura of deep happiness, which after a life marked by personal grief and struggle, he truly deserves. Harry, with the support of his loving family, had come a long way from the little boy devastated by his mother’s death. Standing at the altar, he’d reached the end of that uphill path, and…

‘She has the ability to be smart and sharp without losing her sweetness’ When it came to casting the character of a sassy paralegal in Suits, producers were looking for someone “absolutely engaging, relatable and authentic”, said the show’s creator. Recalling the moment Meghan Markle walked in, TV boss Aaron Korsh said: “We all looked at each other like, ‘Wow, this is the one!’ I think that’s because she has the ability to be smart and sharp without losing her sweetness.” With her beauty, brains and poise, Meghan has not only won the heart of the Queen’s grandson, she has captivated the entire world. Even as a child growing up in Los Angeles she radiated star quality. In a delightful home movie that surfaced a few months before her fairytale…

His public appearances routinely attracted armies of swooning admirers holding placards exhorting him to “Marry me Harry”. And it was perfectly easy to understand why, given his strapping 6ft 1-in frame, caring nature and the hint of mischief always bubbling just below the surface. But behind the dancing eyes and easy manner was a young man still struggling to come to terms with a childhood shattered by the loss of his mother. Harry yearned for the right woman by his side to heal his broken heart and take on “the baggage”, as he called it, both of his grief and of life inside Britain’s most famous dynasty. Enter a quietly confident brunette with a dazzling smile, ready wit and a passion for good causes equal to his own. “I’m really…

Having observed Harry and Meghan together, I’ve been struck by their powerful chemistry – the loving glances they exchange and the way they instinctively reach for each other’s hands even while on duty. Theirs is a true love match and their wedding, the start of the happy ever after Harry so rightly deserves. The sight of him radiating happiness as he emerged from St George’s Chapel with his new wife was an image that all those who’ve watched his progress through life could only delight in. Over the years we’ve watched Harry grow up, from the little boy who walked, head bowed, behind his mother’s coffin alongside his brother Prince William, to the handsome soldier supporting that same beloved brother as best man as he wed his longtime sweetheart. And…

‘When did I know she was The One? Very first time we met’ So deliciously in love.” Those were the joyfully vivid words spoken by official engagement photographer Alexi Lubomirski as he captured not only unforgettable images of Harry and Meghan but also the romance, sheer bliss and excitement shared by the head-over-heels pair. Seven years earlier William and Kate, though clearly delighted, were more restrained and formal in their own engagement portraits, taken by society photographer Mario Testino. Harry and Meghan opted for Testino’s edgier, younger former apprentice Alexi, an Instagram sensation who’s at home capturing the glossy, high-wattage star power of Beyoncé, Gwyneth Paltrow, Jennifer Aniston and Charlize Theron. It was a fresh, innovative approach that touched the world’s heart. One picture in the series of candid poses…