There are ten good reasons why Prince Harry and Meghan Markle are likely to announce their engagement imminently, MailOnline can reveal.
The couple announced they were together a year ago after a secret six-month relationship after they met at a party in Toronto.
Speculation has been ramped up in recent weeks that Harry could have proposed to the 36-year-old US actress, with the couple said to be ‘head over heels’ in love.
And bookmakers have now decided to pull all bets on when the engagement will take place when Meghan landed in London Tuesday.
Today there were also unconfirmed rumours online that Buckingham Palace had called in staff for a meeting.
Here are the ten reasons their engagement could be announced any minute:
1. Body double’s Facebook post reveals Meghan has quit
‘You deserve it all!’ Meghan Markle’s Suits body double Nicky Bursic posts champagne emoji after actress quits show amid Prince Harry engagement rumours
Personal message: She tagged her post with a champagne glasses emoji, and the hashtag ‘you deserve it all’ amid rumors of an engagement between Meghan and her boyfriend Prince Harry
Meghan Markle’s body double on Suits confirmed widespread reports that Meghan is to leave the show – by posting a message of good luck to the actress.
‘It’s been an absolute pleasure and honor being your ‘STAND-IN’ for the last 2 seasons,’ wrote Nicky Bursic, a six-year veteran of the show.
‘Though I’ve been on @suits_usa for 6 years , the latter 2 has been my most memorable. Wishing you all the happiness in the world Bella.’
2. The dogs are coming to London
Meghan Markle is thought to be moving her dogs to the UK in the clearest sign yet that she is planning to live in London with Prince Harry
Meghan Markle is moving her dogs to the UK in the clearest sign yet that she is planning to live in London with Prince Harry.
The 36-year-old US actress, who has been dating the prince since last summer, is known to be extremely fond of her labrador-shepherd Bogart and beagle Guy.
Prince Harry, 33, is also said to have become very attached to the dogs while visiting Miss Markle, who lets them sleep on her bed and feeds them on an organic diet.
‘The fact she’s started the process of moving them to England is the clearest hint yet that she sees her future living in London with Harry,’ a source said.
3. Bookies stop taking bets
Harry made his first public appearance with her at the Invictus Games where they had a kiss
Bookmakers have now decided to pull all bets on if and when the engagement will take place.
Last night Jessica Bridge of Ladbrokes said: ‘We have closed all betting on Harry and Meghan following rumours an announcement is imminent.
‘With Meghan residing in London now it looks like their engagement announcement is coming sooner rather than later.’
Paddy Power was still offering odds of 2-1 on a 2018 wedding, and a spokesman said: ‘It looks like the Prince is in a hurry to marry, the way he and Meghan Markle are ramping things up.’
4. Removal vans spotted outside her Toronto home
Prince Harry and Meghan Markle, pictured at the Invictus Games in Toronto in September, are expected to announce their engagement imminently
Meghan Markle’s plans to re-locate to the British capital emerged when she moved out of her apartment in Toronto, with removal vans reportedly seen outside.
According to the reports, Meghan will be moving into Harry’s cottage in the grounds of Kensington Palace.
5. BBC ‘told to expect an announcement’
BBC sources have revealed they have been told to expect an announcement and they are said to have it prepared, although the exact timing is unclear.
Buckingham Palace and Kensington Palace was deluged with media calls seeking confirmation of a wedding.
Today a spokesman refused to comment and said they wouldn’t give a running commentary on Harry’s love life.
6. NOT in US for Thanksgiving
Meghan Markle decided to head to Britain and missed Thanksgiving, pictured last year, believed to be her favourite holiday of the year
Meghan Markle decided to head to Britain and missed Thanksgiving, believed to be her favourite holiday of the year.
The star has hosted a roast turkey dinner for family and friends for the past few years in Toronto, but is giving it a miss in 2017.
Last year she decided to stay 2,000 miles away from Harry, on official royal business in the Caribbean.
The Suits star took to Instagram to share a throwback snap of her ‘perfect’ cooking from Thanksgiving a year earlier.
She suggested the ‘pressure was on’ to make an equally amazing dinner when she celebrates the American holiday,
7. He’s met the future mother-in-law
The prince and Meghan a the Invictus Games – pictured with her mother, Doria Ragland
In September Harry invited Meghan’s mother to join him at the closing ceremony of his Invictus Games in Toronto.
The prince was captured deep in conversation with Doria Raglan, who made the five-hour flight from her home in Los Angeles to Canada
She looked much younger than her 60 years, and enviably trim, in a lilac chiffon top and jeans, with her hair stylishly braided.
Harry was evidently delighted to see her, and from their smiles it was clear that the pair already get along famously.
They appear to be on such good terms that, at one point, she cupped her hand over her mouth conspiratorially as she whispered something to him.
8. Tea with the Queen
Harry has introduced his celebrity girlfriend to the Queen over tea at Buckingham Palace
Meghan and Harry were swept into Buckingham Palace in a Ford Galaxy with blacked out windows last month for tea with the Queen.
The actress was meeting Her Majesty for the first time and it is the Queen who must give Harry permission to marry because he is fifth in line to the throne.
The prince had desperately wanted his grandmother to meet divorcee Meghan and it would suggest that the couple are making plans for a future together.
Everything about the teatime meeting was deliberately informal, the Mail learned, in part it was to settle any nerves Meghan might have felt but also to ensure it was not widely publicised within the palace.
9. Meghan’s car is in London and her possessions shipped
The ex-Suits star has bought herself a VW Golf to drive around London as she prepares for life in the UK.
She also brought clothes and important possessions but the remainder of her furnitire and other belongings are being shipped over from Canada.
The last time an attractive young woman linked to a Prince was seen being driven through the streets in a flash car was when a certain Kate Middleton was pictured in an Audi A3 before her engagement to William in 2010.
10. Lands in London and goes straight for a facial
Miss Markle was spotted in West London on Tuesday after a beauty treatment at an exclusive clinic (left). She is also pictured on the way to a film set in Toronto last November (right)
Following a seven-and-a-half hour flight from Toronto, Meghan Markle treated herself to a touch of retail therapy and facial treatments at a very exclusive spa.
On Tuesday Meghan, 36, was seen carrying a bag from the Sarah Chapman spa in Chelsea and was accompanied by the celebrity facialist herself as she left the beautician’s.
It is no wonder that Chapman’s Skinesis Clinic was top of Meghan’s list when it came to skin treatments with the spa boasting an all-star clientele including Victoria Beckham and Gigi Hadid.
Meghan also pops to Mayfair salon Nails & Brows, which is also a favourite of Princess Beatrice.
The beauty treatment could be a clue that she was preparing herself for an official statement and perhaps an official photoshoot with Harry.