On Monday the whole world celebrated as Prince Harry and Meghan Markle confirmed their engagement.
And now one Twitter user has likened their royal romance to another love story that captured the hearts of the nation at Christmas time 14 years ago.
Chris Hofmann tweeted about the similarities between Harry and Meghan’s tale and that of the adorable young lovebirds in the classic festive movie, Love Actually.
The 2003 movie sees a redheaded schoolboy fall for a beautiful mixed-raced American classmate, who he eventually chases to the airport to confess his feelings in a famously heart warming scene.
Hofmann tweeted pictures of the characters next to the flame-haired Prince and his glamorous bride-to-be with the caption: ‘This is awesome on so many levels.’
It prompted a flood of responses, including from one person who said: ‘Glad these two worked it out’.
Twitter user Chris Hoffmann pointed out the similarities between the royal couple and the Love Island cast
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Prince Harry and Meghan Markle announced their engagement on Monday after a 16-moth relationship
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In Love Actually Sam falls in love for the first time with the older Joanna, an American student at his school.
Prince Harry met Meghan in 2016 and the LA-raised royal bride has relocated from her temporary hometown of Toronto to live in the UK with Harry.
Hofmann tweeted of his picture montage of the royal couple and the movie characters: ‘On the left: Royal wedding between Prince Harry (British, red-head) and American, half-black actress.
‘On the right: Characters from popular Xmas movie Love Actually – British red-head with huge crush on half-black American.
‘Conclusion – Prince Harry really loves Love Actually.’
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![Joanna in Love Actually](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2017/12/01/10/46DEAB3900000578-5135957-image-a-15_1512125776546.jpg)
Twitter users think Meghan Markle is like Joanna in Love Actually, an older American girl
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They compared Prince Harry red-head Sam, who had a crush on Joanna and chased her to the airport
Other Twitter users shared the image, with one saying she was glad to they had ‘worked it out’ and another writing ‘so this match is love, actually’.
Harry, 33, and Miss Markle, 36, appeared at a photocall at Kensington Palace in London on Monday.
Fifth in line to the throne Harry has been dating the American actress since the summer of last year.
![Experts estimate that Meghan's three-stone engagement ring cost up to £200,000](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2017/12/01/10/46C57E4000000578-5135957-image-a-22_1512125866734.jpg)
Experts estimate that Meghan’s three-stone engagement ring cost up to £200,000
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The couple will marry in Windsor Castle in May in 2018 and will live together in Harry’s current home, Nottingham Cottage at Kensington Palace
Their 16-month whirlwind romance blossomed when they were introduced by a mutual friend in London, and the pair have been almost inseparable in recent months.
The couple will live together in Harry’s current home, Nottingham Cottage at Kensington Palace, and Miss Markle will become an HRH and a senior royal.
She is expected to become a duchess – just like Kate Middleton did when she became the Duchess of Cambridge after saying her vows in 2011.
Miss Markle is widely tipped to become HRH the Duchess of Sussex, if Harry is made the Duke of Sussex by the Queen on the morning of his wedding.
The pair were secretly engaged earlier this month, and Harry took Miss Markle to meet his grandmother the Queen for tea at Buckingham Palace in October.
The wedding will take place at St George’s Chapel in the grounds of Windsor Castle in May because it is a place ‘close to the couple’s hearts’.