What is Meghan, Duchess of Sussex?
{{Use mdy dates|date=April 2020}} {{Redirect|Duchess of Sussex|the title|Duke of Sussex}} {{Infobox royalty | name = Meghan | title = [[Duke of Sussex|Duchess of Sussex]] ([[#Titles and Honor|more]])<!-- full titles not needed here --> | image = Meghan, Duchess of Sussex.jpg | caption = Markle in 2018 | birth_name = Rachel Meghan Markle | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1981|8|4|mf=yes}} | birth_place = West Park Hospital, [[Canoga Park, Los Angeles]], California, U.S. | spouses = {{plainlist| * {{marriage|[[Trevor Engelson]]|September 10, 2011|August 2013|end=divorced}} * {{marriage|[[Prince Harry, Duke of Sussex]]|May 19, 2018}} }} | issue = {{plain list| * [[Prince Archie of Sussex]] * [[Princess Lilibet of Sussex]] }} | house = [[House of Windsor|Windsor]] (by marriage)<!-- See [[Talk:House of Windsor#SHSG Part II]] --> | father = [[Thomas Markle]] | mother = [[Doria Ragland]] {{Infobox actress | child=yes | alma_mater = [[Northwestern University]] | occupation = {{hlist|Actress|activist|author}} | height = 168 cm | works = {{hlist|[[#Filmography|Filmography]]|[[#Bibliography|writings]]}} | years_active = 1995, 2002–2017 (as actress)<!-- Markle's final scene in Suits was filmed in 2017 --> | signature = Signature of the HRH Meghan, Duchess of Sussex.svg }} |religion=Church of England|succession=|reign=19 May 2018 – present|reign-type=Tenure|coronation=16 July 2018|cor-type=Letters Patent}} '''Meghan, Duchess of Sussex''' ({{IPAc-en|ˈ|m|ɛ|ɡ|ən}}; born '''Rachel Meghan Markle'''; August 4, 1981), sometimes called '''Meghan Sussex''', is an [[United States|American]] member of the [[British Royal Family]] (through her marriage to [[Prince Harry, Duke of Sussex|Prince Harry]]) and former actress, model and [[humanitarian]]. ==Early life== Meghan was born at West Park Hospital in Canoga Park, [[Los Angeles]], [[California