--- title: Prince Harry and Meghan Markle: BBC Interview Transcript description: Prince Harry and Meghan Markle shared how they met after announcing their engagement Monday. Read the full transcript of the BBC interview canonical: https://time.com/5038618/prince-harry-meghan-markle-engaged-bbc-interview-transcript/ author: Katie Reilly article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2017-11-27T23:15:57.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-06-24T06:56:42.166Z article:section: World og:title: Read About Prince Harry and Meghan Markle's Sweet First Date og:description: "This beautiful woman just sort of literally tripped and fell into my life" og:url: https://time.com/5038618/prince-harry-meghan-markle-engaged-bbc-interview-transcript/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltb56f9acfb8696c42/6988e70686f68e02796e7591/prince-harry-meghan-markle-interview1.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: Britain Royal Engagement og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Read About Prince Harry and Meghan Markle's Sweet First Date twitter:description: "This beautiful woman just sort of literally tripped and fell into my life" twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltb56f9acfb8696c42/6988e70686f68e02796e7591/prince-harry-meghan-markle-interview1.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Read About Prince Harry and Meghan Markle's Sweet First Date in Their Post-Engagement Interview ## Video: This Video Is No Longer Available [Watch (HLS stream): This Video Is No Longer Available](https://cdn.jwplayer.com/manifests/fKodeUO6.m3u8) (0:10)  _Published 2026-06-23. "This beautiful woman just sort of literally tripped and fell into my life"_  by [Katie Reilly](/author/katie-reilly/)  ## Katie Reilly Nov 27, 2017 11:15 PM CUT  by [Katie Reilly](/author/katie-reilly/)  ## Katie Reilly Nov 27, 2017 11:15 PM CUT Prince Harry and [Meghan Markle](http://time.com/5037786/meghan-markle-prince-harry-engagement/ "undefined") spoke out on Monday [in their first interview](http://time.com/5038357/prince-harry-meghan-markle-interview/ "undefined") after [announcing their engagement](http://time.com/5036408/prince-harry-meghan-markle-engaged/?xid=homepage "undefined"), sharing the story of how they met on a blind date, fell in love in Botswana and got engaged on a “cozy night” in their Kensington Palace cottage. Read the full transcript of their [interview with the BBC’s Mishal Husain](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LQicq60aJaw "undefined"): --- > “” --- ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/5038618/prince-harry-meghan-markle-engaged-bbc-interview-transcript/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/5038618/prince-harry-meghan-markle-engaged-bbc-interview-transcript/"},"headline":"Read About Prince Harry and Meghan Markle's Sweet First Date in Their Post-Engagement Interview","datePublished":"2017-11-27T23:15:57.000Z","dateModified":"2026-06-24T06:56:42.166Z","description":"\"This beautiful woman just sort of literally tripped and fell into my life\"","url":"https://time.com/5038618/prince-harry-meghan-markle-engaged-bbc-interview-transcript/","keywords":["United Kingdom","Royal Family","celebrities","uk","Prince Harry","british royal family","onetime","meghan markle"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltb56f9acfb8696c42/6988e70686f68e02796e7591/prince-harry-meghan-markle-interview1.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Katie Reilly","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/katie-reilly/"}],"articleSection":"World","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltb56f9acfb8696c42/6988e70686f68e02796e7591/prince-harry-meghan-markle-interview1.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Britain Royal Engagement","caption":"Britain Royal Engagement","creditText":"AP","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/world/","name":"World"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/united-kingdom/","name":"United Kingdom"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/5038618/prince-harry-meghan-markle-engaged-bbc-interview-transcript/","name":"Read About Prince Harry and Meghan Markle's Sweet First Date in Their Post-Engagement Interview"}}]},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"VideoObject","name":"This Video Is No Longer Available","description":"\"This beautiful woman just sort of literally tripped and fell into my life\"","thumbnailUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/v2/media/fKodeUO6/poster.jpg?width=720","uploadDate":"2026-06-23T15:00:44.000Z","contentUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/manifests/fKodeUO6.m3u8","embedUrl":"https://time.com/5038618/prince-harry-meghan-markle-engaged-bbc-interview-transcript/","duration":"PT10S","potentialAction":{"@type":"SeekToAction","target":"https://time.com/5038618/prince-harry-meghan-markle-engaged-bbc-interview-transcript/?jw_start={seek_to_second_number}","startOffset-input":"required name=seek_to_second_number"}}] ```