Meghan Markle lookalike gets mistaken for the new royal at least four times a week… and she’s just married her own Prince Charming
33-year-old Danielle Harris has even been stopped in supermarket queues, as people are so convinced that she is actually the Duchess
MEET the other Meghan Markle – the lookalike bride who recently married her own Prince Charming.
Danielle Harris, 33, bears such an extraordinary resemblance to the former Suits actress that she is mistaken for her at least four times a week.
Despite their uncanny likeness, Danielle’s big day couldn’t have been further away from Prince Harry and Meghan’s fairytale Windsor wedding.
Danielle and her husband Wu Olsen, 38, pulled off their wedding with £50,000 – 0.001 per cent of Harry and Meghan’s £45 million royal budget.
While Meghan donned a £500,000 Givenchy gown to walk down the aisle, nurse Danielle looked equally elegant in a high-necked lace dress which cost just £1,800.
Both couples stuck to traditional vows, but Danielle and Wu’s January 2017 wedding in Arizona was a much more intimate affair with 115 guests – compared to the royal couple’s overwhelming guest list of 600.
Danielle and Wu, who wed in Clayton on the Park in Scottsdale, Arizona, USA, said their wedding was a “giant party”, with guests dancing into the earlier hours to a local DJ.
Although Meghan’s doppelgänger said she had the perfect day, she envied the royal bride’s 16-ft lace veil when she woke at 4am to watch the actress wed Prince Harry.
Danielle said she was also jealous her ceremony didn’t include The Kingdom Choir, who performed Stand by Me in St George’s Chapel during 36-year-old Meghan’s ceremony.
She said: “We had such an elegant and modern wedding.
“It was very, very fun and I’m not just saying that because I was the bride. Our guests partied into the early hours.
“It was four years ago when a mutual friend first said to me that I look just like Rachel Zane, Meghan’s character in Suits.
“I didn’t watch the show then, but I couldn’t see the similarities when she showed me the picture.
“I didn’t think much of it until the past year or so when Meghan and Harry’s relationship became public.
“If I had five dollars for everyone who has said I look like her over the last 12 months I would be so rich.
“I got up at 4am to watch the wedding and I cried when they said their vows.
“Her dress wasn’t my favorite, I preferred my own, but I thought she looked absolutely beautiful.
“Harry – I just love him. But I’m lucky, I already have my prince, my husband Wu.
“I wouldn’t change our wedding for the world, but I was really jealous of Meghan’s choir – they were amazing.
“After watching her walk down the aisle I thought that maybe I should have worn a veil too.”
And, unlike Meghan, who was given away by Prince Charles, Danielle’s father walked her down the aisle on her wedding day. “My dad walked me down the aisle and that was the perfect moment but I really admired how Meghan walked almost the whole way by herself.
“It was such a statement.”
Danielle’s big day wasn’t without its glamour though, as her groom gifted her a Rolex watch prior to the ceremony.
“As me and the girls were getting ready, the best man came over and gave me a box which had the most beautiful watch – a Rolex. It was so romantic.
Danielle said she has even thought about launching a career as a professional Meghan Markle lookalike, considering she gets mistaken for the Duchess of Sussex so often.
The nurse said the funniest instance of mistaken identity happened while shopping in a designer store where staff lined up to meet the ‘star’.
Danielle said: “My husband and I were in the Gucci store in Dallas and they were taking so long to wrap up my things I couldn’t understand it.
“Until all the sales associates came out of the back to meet me. It was so funny.
“On Friday I was standing in the grocery store line and this old lady in front of me had a magazine with Meghan on it.
“She started doing a double take and said ‘Has anyone ever told you..’ but I just finished her sentence for her.
“Everyone always tells me ‘Danielle, you need to get a job as her double’. My husband even jokes that he’d be my manager.”
Danielle said being mistaken for Meghan has been a huge boost to her confidence and she couldn’t think of a better compliment.
“We’re both mixed race and I also have freckles like Meghan.
“She’s so beautiful I think it’s a huge compliment when people tell me we look alike. It makes me laugh.”
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