'We knew there was something there that was so solid, so powerful - we were willing to have a go': Unseen video reveals Harry and Meghan talking about the moment they knew it was right 
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BREAKING NEWS: Prince Harry to marry Meghan Markle in the spring after he proposed earlier this month and the Queen gave her blessing for the divorced American actress to join the royal family
Harry and Meghan's off-mic antics were about the Suits' star not letting her royal husband-to-be get a word in edgeways, MailOnline can reveal today.
The couple's engagement excitement truly emerges in candid and funny footage never shown to millions in Britain and around the world last night.
Harry and Meghan are shown laughing, joking and chatting with each other, interviewer Mishal Husain and other people off screen but unfortunately the microphones were switched off.
But expert lipreader Tina Lannin, whose company 121 Captions specialises in forensic lipreading for the police and CPS, has told MailOnline that Harry is ribbing his fiancee for interrupting him.
While he is believed to be describing their safari in Botswana last year Meghan cuts across the prince and says: 'It was 5 days, yeah'.
Showing their relaxed relationship Harry then tells her: 'She wants me to say something' and saying 'Goddammit' while slapping his leg in faux outrage. After apologising Meghan barks jokingly: 'Do it again!'.
Ms Lannin also revealed the happy couple describing the moment they fell in love.
Miss Markle said: 'Six months. We both knew.'
Before Harry added: 'The relationship there, we both knew there was something there that was solid, so solid, so powerful. We were willing to have a go.'
This afternoon the couple are expected to reveal when and where they will get married next year with Windsor Castle now the clear favourite ahead of Westminster Abbey and St Paul's Cathedral.
Harry and Meghan's engagement excitement can be revealed in a series of candid and funny shots not shown to the millions who watched in Britain and later around the world
They were unable to contain their laughter and excitement in unseen footage cut from last night's interview with the BBC and it includes jokes about Meghan interrupting her fiance
Harry makes a funny face and makes Meghan laugh out loud in footage not shown to millions last night
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Prince Harry and Meghan Markle have today announced they are engaged and will marry early next year, the couple have finally revealed.
They will appear on national TV in the UK this evening to discuss their engagement just 16 months after they got together after being introduced by a mutual friend in Toronto where she was filming Suits.
The couple, who revealed they were an item a year ago after a six-month secret relationship, got engaged earlier this month in London and will marry in spring 2018, Kensington Palace said.
Royal protocol dictated that the Queen had to give her grandson permission to marry the star just a week after she celebrated her own 70th wedding anniversary and in a statement she and Prince Philip said: 'delighted for the couple and wish them every happiness'.
His brother William and sister-in-law Kate said in a joint statement: 'The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge said of the engagement: 'We are very excited for Harry and Meghan. It has been wonderful getting to know Meghan and to see how happy she and Harry are together'.
Harry also asked Meghan's parents Thomas Markle and Doria Ragland, who divorced when their daughter was six, for her hand in marriage before popping the question a few weeks ago, it emerged today.
They said: 'Our daughter has always been a kind and loving person. To see her union with Harry, who shares the same qualities, is a source of great joy for us as parents'.
Harry, 33, and his American fiancee, 36, have not said where they will hold the ceremony but if they choose the UK most senior royals marry at Westminster Abbey, St Paul's Cathedral or the chapel at Windsor Castle.
Meghan, who is divorced, could become a princess or alternatively be given the title Duchess of Sussex when she marries the fifth in line to the throne and joins the royal family.
But they are likely to wait until prince William and Kate have their third child, which is due in April.
Prince Harry and Meghan Markle have today revealed they are engaged after the Queen gave her grandson permission to marry the star in the week after she celebrated her 70th wedding anniversary. Above, their first public appearance together at a tennis match during the Invictus Games in Toronto in September
Meghan Markle has been spotted Christmas shopping in the capital after landing in London on Monday, starting rumours the engagement would be announced
Meghan did not attend the Queen and Prince Philip's 70th wedding anniversary celebrations this week with Harry, pictured with the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge, although she is understood to have met the Queen for tea last month
The Prince and Meghan snuggled up and the prince gives her a kiss during the closing ceremony of the Invictus Games at the Air Canada Centre in September
The couple will live in Nottingham Cottage in the grounds of Kensington Palace and Kate and William will be their neighbours
Prince Charles reveals Harry is going to marry Suits star Meghan
The official announcement today
Prince Harry decision to marry his American actress girlfriend Meghan Markle was revealed by his father Prince Charles.
The much-anticipated news was confirmed by the Prince of Wales in a brief statement issued by Clarence House.
It read: 'His Royal Highness the Prince of Wales is delighted to announce the engagement of Prince Harry to Ms Meghan Markle.
'The wedding will take place in Spring 2018. Further details about the wedding day will be announced in due course.
'His Royal Highness and Ms Markle became engaged in London earlier this month.
'Prince Harry has informed Her Majesty the Queen and other close members of his family.
'Prince Harry has also sought and received the blessing of Ms Markle's parents.
'The couple will live in Nottingham Cottage at Kensington Palace.'
Bookmakers refused to take any more bets on the couple getting engaged last week as Meghan landed in London and started moving her belongings and two dogs to the UK.
Social media went into meltdown but they have had to wait until today to hear that the fifth-in-line to the throne has proposed to his actress girlfriend.
A Kensington Palace spokesman tweeted today: 'The Prince of Wales has announced the engagement of Prince Harry and Ms Meghan Markle.
'Prince Harry and Ms Markle became engaged in London earlier this month. Prince Harry has informed The Queen and other close members of The Royal Family.
'Prince Harry has also sought and received the blessing of Ms Markle's parents. The couple will live in Nottingham Cottage at Kensington Palace.
'The wedding will take place in spring 2018. Further details will be announced in due course.'
They have chosen to state they are getting married just before they spend their first proper Christmas together and will probably head to Sandringham to spend it with the Queen and the royal family.
A statement by Miss Markle's parents Thomas Markle and Doria Ragland said: 'We are incredibly happy for Meghan and Harry.
'Our daughter has always been a kind and loving person. To see her union with Harry, who shares the same qualities, is a source of great joy for us as parents.
'We wish them a lifetime of happiness and are very excited for their future together.'
The couple will pose for photographs at Kensington Palace later this afternoon and they will also take part in a broadcast interview to be aired this evening.
The actress and model did not attend the Queen and Prince Philip's 70th wedding anniversary celebrations together - but she has met Her Majesty for tea.
And royal protocol dictates that Harry will have had to ask his grandmother to let him marry.
The Suits star is set to move to London having quit the show and has already left her apartment in Toronto.
She is shipping her belongings to the UK including her beloved dogs - a beagle named Guy and a labrador-shepherd named Bogart.
Initially at least, the newly-engaged couple are likely to move in together at Kensington Palace, where Prince William, Kate, Prince George and Princess Charlotte will be their neighbours.
The announcement marks an extraordinary 12 months since the couple said they were in love after a whirlwind romance where the prince quickly became 'besotted', royal sources said.
The 36-year-old actress, who is best known for her role as Rachel Zane in US legal drama Suits, is believed to have charmed the Royal when he visited Toronto in the summer of 2016.
They managed to keep their relationship secret from the world - but it later emerged she had met William and Kate and he had met her family in California.
Their cover was blown when keen observers spotted pictures of them wearing matching bracelets. The Prince followed the actress on Instagram using a pseudonym.
She also went to Wimbledon and Buckingham Palace this year coinciding with a period when Harry was in London but were never seen together.
As news of their love affair broke on Halloween last year, Harry was forced to abandon a secret trip to visit his actress girlfriend in Canada.
Meghan then flew to London two weeks later during a gap in her filming schedule and was photographed by MailOnline buying food on Kensington High Street, Princess Diana's favourite shopping street.
Days later, in an extraordinary statement on his love life, Harry said he is 'worried about Miss Markle's safety' since rumours of their relationship first surfaced nine days ago.
Harry and Meghan made a number of secret trips to see each other and this is the moment Harry left her Toronto home undercover in November last year
Meghan was next seen shopping at Whole Foods just yards from Harry's home inside Kensington Palace, where she is likely to move to
The couple were first pictured together in Christmas last year and again in London visiting Soho House hand-in-hand in February
Meghan and Harry became an item officially almost exactly 12 months ago, and the star couldn't hide her smiles as the news emerged in November last year
He lashed out at media intrusion and the 'sexism and racism of social media trolls' in a statement which said 'this is not a game - it is her life and his' and that he is 'deeply disappointed that he has not been able to protect her'.
A lengthy and strongly-worded statement issued by Kensington Palace said there had been a 'line crossed' in the abuse and harassment she has faced and it was 'not right' that his girlfriend 'should be subjected to such a storm'.
Harry was said to have offered to pay for a bodyguard for his girlfriend, which he had never offered to do for ex-girlfriends in the past.
But his brother Prince William was said to be deeply unhappy over his younger brother's decision to issue an unprecedented public statement, which was branded hot-headed by royal sources.
Weeks later Harry was accused of breaching royal protocol by making a 1,700-mile detour to visit his girlfriend after an official tour.
The prince was expected to fly home from the Caribbean, but he changed plans and instead boarded a flight to Toronto to see her.
The pair were seen embracing following polo at the Audi Polo Challenge at Coworth Park, Berkshire in May
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