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A Photo of Teenage Meghan Markle at Buckingham Palace Exists, & It’s the Greatest Foreshadowing

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Future royal Meghan Markle has had quite the week. After her engagement to Prince Harry was announced on Monday, she officially departed from her TV show Suits, her wedding venue was revealed and plans for her to become a British citizen were confirmed. Although she may have said in the couple’s engagement interview that she didn’t know much about Harry and his family growing up, Meghan’s teenage self has betrayed at least some interest in royal life (I mean, don’t we all blame things on our 15-year-old selves?). Cosmopolitan reports that a photo of 15-year-old Meghan in front of Buckingham Palace has hit the British press circuit, showing just how eerie fate can be. 

British tabloid newspaper The Daily Mail featured the 1996 photo on its front cover on Wednesday. In it, Meghan and a friend pose on a gate a short distance away from the palace, which is Queen Elizabeth’s official London residence. While Meghan has moved into the nearby Kensington Palace with Harry and will continue to live there after their wedding next year, I’m sure she’ll end up making plenty of appearances at Buckingham throughout the years. 

Obviously, the quintessentially ’90s-looking photo has Twitter dying. 

This love story just continues to be a Hallmark movie come to life. If I share the photo of me in front of Buckingham Palace, do I magically meet an obscure royal cousin? 

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Kristen Perrone is a Siena College Class of 2018 alumna. She studied English during her time at Siena.