Harry, Meghan and the finely tuned royal wedding PR machine
Tehran (KNA) - As so often, it all started with a tweet. This particular one was posted on the morning of November 27 last year.
"The Prince of Wales is delighted to announce the engagement of Prince Harry to Ms. Meghan Markle," it read. As journalists around the world scrambled to publish their already half-written stories, Kensington Palace -- home of the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge (Prince Harry's brother and sister-in-law) -- retweeted the announcement. A series of carefully crafted posts followed, offering tantalizing snippets of information about the upcoming nuptials and reaction from family members. The 3.3 million followers of the Palace Instagram account were also treated to pictures and a video clip of the couple -- since "liked" hundreds of thousands of times. Just a few hours later, the couple were on television revealing details of the proposal and Markle's first meeting with the Queen (and her corgis) -- and a few days after that, they were on their first official walkabout, meeting members of the public.
Source: CNN