From a newborn to a grinning toddler, these childhood snaps of Meghan Markle reveal the making of a princess
IN May next year the world will be watching as Meghan Markle walks down the aisle with Prince Harry, the fifth in line to the throne.
And if these adorable throwback snaps of the American actress as a child are anything to go by, she's never been shy of the camera.
Glamorous Meghan, 36, and Harry, 33, announced the happy news of their engagement on Monday 27 November.
The couple will wed at St George's Chapel, Windsor Castle, which is where Harry was christened when he was three months old.
Since Meghan began dating the British royal, the Markle family has been thrust into the spotlight.
Here we provide a rare insight into Meghan's early years, from a cute newborn to a grinning toddler.
Meghan's mother Doria Radlan, a yoga instructor and social worker, and father Thomas, divorced when the future princess was six.
Meghan describes her parents as "coming from little" but they were able to privately educate her in the Hollywood area of Los Angeles.
Doria is African-American, while Meghan's father is Dutch-Irish, and their difference in skin tone led to the family receiving racial abuse when she was younger.
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The actress has said that because her mother is black with dreadlocks, and she passes as Caucasian, she often received hurtful comments about whether Doria was her real mum.
Meghan has described her mum as a "free-spirited clinical therapist" and is proud she took her travelling to remote - often impoverished - places when she was younger.
She once said: "Both my parents came from little, so they made a choice to give a lot."