{"id":2748,"date":"2026-05-19T19:20:45","date_gmt":"2026-05-19T19:20:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/prince-harrys-anniversary-gift-to-meghan-markle-has-special-sentimental-meaning\/"},"modified":"2026-05-19T19:20:45","modified_gmt":"2026-05-19T19:20:45","slug":"prince-harrys-anniversary-gift-to-meghan-markle-has-special-sentimental-meaning","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/prince-harrys-anniversary-gift-to-meghan-markle-has-special-sentimental-meaning\/","title":{"rendered":"Prince Harry&#8217;s anniversary gift to Meghan Markle has special, sentimental meaning"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2026\/05\/128216990.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>Prince Harry\u2019s special anniversary gift to Meghan Markle took center stage on the royal\u2019s Instagram Story as the couple celebrated eight years together. <\/p>\n<p>The Duchess of Sussex, 44, showed that her husband gifted her a sculpture of two penguins nuzzling each other with a card that read, \u201cmy one and only.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>With a video, she explained the meaning behind the gift, telling <a href=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/2026\/05\/16\/royal-family\/meghan-markle-shares-rare-look-at-daughter-lilibets-red-hair\/\">their daughter Princess Lilibet<\/a> about their 2017 engagement party.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>Prince Harry\u2019s eighth wedding anniversary gift to Meghan Markle (pictured above) has special meaning.  <span class=\"credit\">Instagram\/meghan<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>The Duke of Sussex gifted his wife a figurine of two penguins nuzzling each other, as seen above, which referenced their engagement party photo.  <span class=\"credit\">Instagram\/meghan<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<aside class=\"single__inline-module aligncenter wp-block-nypost-editor-primary-tag\">\n<\/aside>\n<p>\u201cWhen Mama and Papa, when we got engaged, we had a party with all of our friends and everyone wore an animal onesie,\u201d she recounted, adding that she and Harry were penguins. <\/p>\n<p>In a follow-up video, she posed the figurines behind a polaroid snap of the couple wearing said penguin onesies.<\/p>\n<p>She finished showing off her present by sharing a closeup photo of the throwback picture, which showed Markle standing next to a very tall Prince Harry, 41, for a mirror selfie.<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s worth noting that some species of penguins like Macaroni penguins are known to mate with one partner for life, <a href=\"https:\/\/aqua.org\/stories\/2024-01-30-misconceptions-about-animal-relationships\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">according to the National Aquarium<\/a>. <\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>As Markle explained, the couple hosted their 2017 engagement party with friends and asked their guests to wear onesies. (Pictured above is Harry and Markle taking a selfie dressed in penguin onesies.) <span class=\"credit\">Instagram\/meghan<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>She and Harry chose to go in penguin onesies.  <span class=\"credit\">Instagram\/meghan<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Earlier on Tuesday, the \u201cWith Love, Meghan\u201d star marked the couple\u2019s anniversary with a touching Instagram post sharing <a href=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/2026\/05\/19\/royal-family\/meghan-markle-celebrates-8th-anniversary-to-prince-harry-with-never-before-seen-wedding-photos\/\">never-before seen pics<\/a> from their big wedding day. <\/p>\n<p>She shared several snaps from their first dance as they spun around together and sweetly wrapped their arms around each other.<\/p>\n<p>The two could also be seen kissing while their wedding guests joined them on the dance floor.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>Markle celebrated her anniversary earlier on Tuesday by sharing never-before-seen photos from their wedding day.  <span class=\"credit\">Getty Images<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>Markle and Prince Harry tied the knot at St. George\u2019s Chapel in the United Kingdom on May 19, 2018. <span class=\"credit\">Getty Images<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>She followed it up with a second post sharing some intimate photos from their wedding ceremony, where they talked after exchanging their vows and took wedding photos together.<\/p>\n<p>In one loved up snap, Harry leaned over to give his bride a kiss after he finished giving a toast.<\/p>\n<p>Harry and Markle\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/2018\/02\/12\/prince-harry-and-meghan-markle-offer-wedding-day-details\/\">tied the knot<\/a>\u00a0in front of their friends and family at St. George\u2019s Chapel in the United Kingdom on May 19, 2018.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/2026\/05\/19\/royal-family\/prince-harrys-anniversary-gift-to-meghan-markle-has-special-sentimental-meaning\/\" target=\"_blank\">Source link<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Prince Harry\u2019s special anniversary gift to Meghan Markle took center stage on the royal\u2019s Instagram<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2749,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2748","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-entertainment"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/128216990.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2748","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2748"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2748\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2749"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2748"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2748"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2748"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}